Nomic 15.0

[_infina_]

yes.

[Affinity]

Affinity - You stole my next motion. My second is dependent on the first. Perhaps you could have made a motion to alter my current one.

Heh. I went out of my way to word my motion in such a way that it would be compatible with your second motion, but didn't notice that the second motion explicitly invalidated itself if the first one failed.

All right, then. I, as motion-maker, hereby terminate Affinity's motion to create an alternative definition of activity.

I won't bother re-proposing anything at the moment.

Active motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to create a system of Nomic Time, with one year of Nomic Time corresponding to one day of Real Time. The official Nomic New Year is set at midnight UTC. The first New Year before this motion passes is the beginning of "Year 1", and the year following this is "Year 2", and so on. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to create time".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; approved by coolguy5678; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion to create official positions for Master Map Maker, Deputy Map Maker and allow players to take on Map Maker duties. A Player may take on his duty as Map Maker by declaring, in bold and italics: "I hereby take on the solemn duty of Map Maker, and pledge to devote my map-making efforts to the World Charting Endeavour. For as long as I am commited to this effort, I pledge never to use my map-making powers for evil." The role of the Master Map Maker is to reconcile eventual map-making conflicts, and direct the World Charting Endeavour. The Deputy Map Maker shall take on the role of Master Map Maker, in the event that the Master Map Maker is not available at any given time to solve any map-related issue. The Deputy Map Maker may override a map-making decision by a Map Maker. The Master Map Maker may override any map-making decision, including but not limited to, decisions made by the Deputy Map Maker. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "HarvesteR's motion to commence the World-Charting Endeavour".

(Proposed by HarvesteR; approved by HarvesteR; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion to, In the event of "HarvesteR's motion to commence the World-Charting Endeavour"'s approval, HarvesteR is named Master Map Maker, and Affinity is made Deputy Map-Maker. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as: "HarvesteR's motion to appoint HarvesteR as Master Map Maker"

(Proposed by HarvesteR; approved by HarvesteR; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by Affinity)

I make a motion that any resources generated by a player's capital city are doubled. If "HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land" does not pass, this motion is made invalid. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion that the player list be separated into active players and inactive players. All players at the time of the passage of this motion are placed in the active players category. If a player fails to post for a week, they are moved to the inactive players category. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as infina's motion to define activity.

(Proposed by _infina_; approved by _infina_; opposed by HarvesteR)

I hereby make a motion that after a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.This motion is dependent on infina's motion to define activity, and if that does not pass, this motion is no longer valid. For the purposes of voting, this shall be referred to as infina's motion to penalize inactivity.

(Proposed by _infina_; approved by _infina_, Affinity; opposed by nobody)

I make a motion to change the first two sentences of §004 to the following: "If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic.

(Proposed by Affinity; approved by Affinity; opposed by nobody)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic estate: 0 internets, -236 roods on credit, 2256 roods claimed
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed
coolguy5678: 15 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed
Affinity: 13 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed
_infina_: 4 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
JonR: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
kerfuffleninja: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
skellious: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Quate: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
snowyowl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
neoliminal: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Boreeas: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
ostrichguy: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed

[HarvesteR]

Well, just wanted to give an update on the World-Charting Endeavour, which, even though it's not officially approved, is already underway...

Soon there will be a flash client for mapping out the land. It grabs the data off the Nomic Database, and renders out a map with domain boundaries and cities.
It also helps out in finding map coordinates (it highlights the axis labels aligned with the mouse)

So, with this tool there is no need to have a Master Map Maker, in charge of photoshopping maps together... for that reason,

I, as motion-maker, hereby terminate HarvesteR's motion to commence the World-Charting Endeavour. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten.

And, by association,

I, as motion-maker, hereby terminate HarvesteR's motion to appoint HarvesteR as Master Map Maker. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten.

Of course, if people still want to do a 'complete the grid' style charting endeavour, that is still possible... with the added bonus of being free to map out the land without distorting domain boundaries or erasing cities...

That should warrant another motion... but let's leave it at this for today.

Cheers

Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§005:
HarvesteR is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions. (Dates from kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay)
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's first motion; to make the Chairman someone active"; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

§008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

§013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§015:
Players may give any positive amount of their resources any other player for whatever reason they wish. (Originally "coolguy5678's motion to promote the Christmas spirit")
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to expand the Christmas spirit"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§017:
The Chairman is permitted to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the Chairman, free of cost to players, if a motion to do so passes. The chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Any internets beyond that will be charged to the chairman as per Rule §015. Internets granted under this rule may be revoked, as per the procedure outlined in §005.
(Proposed by alexriehl as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§018:
No player is allowed to have more than 3 open motions at any time. Any motion proposed after the 3rd shall be ignored.
(Proposed by JonR as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals"; approved by HarvesteR, _infina_, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§019:
The Nomic estate now holds land. This land is subdivided into 2560 roods. These areas can be held by a player as a way to generate resources, provided that said player has enough internets to his credit to make the purchase. As of this rule's approval, the value of the land rood is not yet established, and no method of generating resources from the land has been devised. For the aforementioned reasons, buying and selling of land roods is not, as of yet, in effect.
(Proposed by _infina_ as "infina's motion to create land"; approved by _infina_, alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§020:
Each player to join the game will begin with ten roods of land in addition to his/her starting internet. Players present at the passing of this motion shall receive ten roods of land for each internet they have. Roods awarded in this manner shall be deducted from the Nomic estate's rood supply.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to award initial roods"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§021:
At any point, a player may declare, "I buy [n] roods from the Nomic estate", where n is a multiple of ten less than or equal to the number of roods remaining in the Nomic estate. The player immediate gains n roods and loses n/10 internets, which are added to the Nomic estate's internet supply. Roods transferred between players are not restricted by this motion's exchange rate.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to set an exchange rate"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§022:
All land in existance shall be mapped on a 64 by 40 tile grid, each tile of which represents a land rood. Land-buyers, as they purchase more land, must update this map so that it reflects the change in territory ownership. The map shall be posted at each new map update, contained in a spoiler tag. Each land-owner must represent his estate with a unique color, so that his territory is well defined.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to map out the land"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§023:
Each prospective land buyer, prior to purchasing any land, be it from the Nomic Estate or from another land-owner, must declare his intent to do so in the following manner, in bold and italics: 'I hereby claim the land located at [location of roods]'. The purpose of this rule is to prevent conflicts over land ownership in the event that another players claim the same rood, before the map of ownership could be updated.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to prevent land ownership conflicts"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§024:
Whenever a someone makes a motion, he automatically and implicitly casts a vote in favour of it. This can be cancelled by explicitly stating, in bold and italics, "I do not cast my vote in (favour|favor) of [motion name]", or by casting a vote against the motion.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's second motion; to reduce obvious, redundant votes"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§025:
The term "resources" (currently) means internets and roods. Furthermore, no action may be performed that causes any of a player's resources to become negative.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to simplify resource transactions"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§026:
Players may announce the foundation of a settlement in their own land. The first settlement is free of charge, but subsequent settlements have a cost of 3 internets. Players shall announce the foundation of a settlement in the following form, in bold and italics: "I announce the foundation of [name of settlement] in [player domain's name], located at [map coordinates]" A player may declare any settlement in his land a city, but doing so will cost 3 more internets. To declare a settlement a city, the announcement must be in bold and italics and read: "I declare [name of settlement] a city." The capital city of a player's domain is the first settlement promoted to a city. A player may transfer the capital of his domain to another city (not settlement) at the cost of another 3 internets. Transferring a capital shall be done by announcing in bold and italics: "I transfer the capital of [name of domain] to the city of [name of city]".
(Proposed by HarvesteR as HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land; Approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, ostrichguy; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to create a system of Nomic Time, with one year of Nomic Time corresponding to one day of Real Time. The official Nomic New Year is set at midnight UTC. The first New Year before this motion passes is the beginning of "Year 1", and the year following this is "Year 2", and so on. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to create time".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by Affinity)

I make a motion that any resources generated by a player's capital city are doubled. If "HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land" does not pass, this motion is made invalid. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that the player list be separated into active players and inactive players. All players at the time of the passage of this motion are placed in the active players category. If a player fails to post for a week, they are moved to the inactive players category. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as infina's motion to define activity.

(Proposed by _infina_; Approved by _infina_; Opposed by no one)

I hereby make a motion that after a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.This motion is dependent on infina's motion to define activity, and if that does not pass, this motion is no longer valid. For the purposes of voting, this shall be referred to as infina's motion to penalize inactivity.

(Proposed by _infina_; Approved by _infina_; Opposed by HarvesteR)

I make a motion to change the first two sentences of §004 to the following: "If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic.

(Proposed by Affinity; Approved by Affinity; Opposed by no one)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic Estate: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 2256 roods claimed
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed
coolguy5678: 15 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed
Affinity: 13 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed
_infina_: 4 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
JonR: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
kerfuffleninja: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
skellious: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Quate: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
snowyowl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
neoliminal: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Boreeas: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
ostrichguy: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed

[ostrichguy]

I buy 10 roods from the Nomic estate.
With those rods, plus the ones I start out with, a claim the land I have marked a such on the map.
I announce the foundation of Ostrichburg City* in Ostrich Guy's Domain, located at AF, 11.

* I know the name is misleading, since I can't yet make it a city, but I'm going to call it that anyway.

Current (I think) Map

Spoiler:

Also, I propose a motion to decrease the number of motions an individual can have at a time to two. This would not effect motions currently in voting. This will be called Ostrichguy's motion to decrease over-activity.

[coolguy5678]

You left out my domain in the top-right corner.

I cast my vote against Ostrichguy's motion to decrease over-activity.
I cast my vote in favour of infina's motion to define activity.
I cast my vote in favour of infina's motion to penalize inactivity.
I would cast my vote in favour of elastic passage requirements, but I'm worried about awarding too many internets for a passed motion.

I announce the foundation of The Awesome City of Awesomeness in coolguy5678's domain, located at BH1. Like Ostrichguy, I'm going to leave it as a non-city until we have motions which make cities actually do anything.

With the flash mapper, it seems terrible fonts is unnecessary, since we probably won't be able to choose our fonts ourselves anyway, but I'll keep it around for now.

[ostrichguy]

I cast my vote in favor of coolguy5678's motion to create time.
I cast my vote against coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts.

I propose a motion that all off an individual's territory must be connected, either by being directly attached to each other, or being connected by a railroad or road. Players may build a train track for 5 Internet, regardless of its length. Players may build a road for 1 internet per 10 grid squares it crosses. If the railroad is made through another individual's territory, the money payed will go to that individual. If it passes through multiple other individuals' territory's, the people who's territory it goes through will split the Internets proportionally to how much is in each of their territories. This motion will be referred to Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory.

Hopefully this isn't too confusing.

[_infina_]

okay, my second motion has passed (two + my implicit vote) so it is just waiting on the first one, which needs one more vote. I have several other votes, but I am about to go inactive for a little over a week.

[HarvesteR]

I don't wanna vote for coolguy5678's motion tro create time yet, because I'm not sure if I like how we're supposed to keep calculating resource payoffs every day...

I'd vote for it if either the time-scale was longer, or if someone proposed a better way to define the passage of time.. as, say... forum pages, so the thread activity would regulate the speed of the game...

Well, anyways, down to business:

Infina's motion to penalize inactivity has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.

However, we have a problem... The motion explicitly states being non-valid if infina's motion to define activity isn't approved. That motion is still open for vote...So..

I, as Chairman, make the decision to put infina's motion to penalize inactivity on hold, until the fate of infina's motion to define activity is known.
infina's motion to penalize inactivity's approval or denial is hereby slaved to the approval or denial of infina's motion to define activity.

well... the other motion is just a vote away from approval... so I don't think this weird situation should last long

Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(In original ruleset; Amended by HarvesteR through "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§005:
HarvesteR is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions. (Dates from kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay)
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's first motion; to make the Chairman someone active"; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

§008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

§013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§015:
Players may give any positive amount of their resources any other player for whatever reason they wish. (Originally "coolguy5678's motion to promote the Christmas spirit")
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to expand the Christmas spirit"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§017:
The Chairman is permitted to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the Chairman, free of cost to players, if a motion to do so passes. The chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Any internets beyond that will be charged to the chairman as per Rule §015. Internets granted under this rule may be revoked, as per the procedure outlined in §005.
(Proposed by alexriehl as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§018:
No player is allowed to have more than 3 open motions at any time. Any motion proposed after the 3rd shall be ignored.
(Proposed by JonR as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals"; approved by HarvesteR, _infina_, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§019:
The Nomic estate now holds land. This land is subdivided into 2560 roods. These areas can be held by a player as a way to generate resources, provided that said player has enough internets to his credit to make the purchase. As of this rule's approval, the value of the land rood is not yet established, and no method of generating resources from the land has been devised. For the aforementioned reasons, buying and selling of land roods is not, as of yet, in effect.
(Proposed by _infina_ as "infina's motion to create land"; approved by _infina_, alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§020:
Each player to join the game will begin with ten roods of land in addition to his/her starting internet. Players present at the passing of this motion shall receive ten roods of land for each internet they have. Roods awarded in this manner shall be deducted from the Nomic estate's rood supply.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to award initial roods"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§021:
At any point, a player may declare, "I buy [n] roods from the Nomic estate", where n is a multiple of ten less than or equal to the number of roods remaining in the Nomic estate. The player immediate gains n roods and loses n/10 internets, which are added to the Nomic estate's internet supply. Roods transferred between players are not restricted by this motion's exchange rate.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to set an exchange rate"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§022:
All land in existance shall be mapped on a 64 by 40 tile grid, each tile of which represents a land rood. Land-buyers, as they purchase more land, must update this map so that it reflects the change in territory ownership. The map shall be posted at each new map update, contained in a spoiler tag. Each land-owner must represent his estate with a unique color, so that his territory is well defined.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to map out the land"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§023:
Each prospective land buyer, prior to purchasing any land, be it from the Nomic Estate or from another land-owner, must declare his intent to do so in the following manner, in bold and italics: 'I hereby claim the land located at [location of roods]'. The purpose of this rule is to prevent conflicts over land ownership in the event that another players claim the same rood, before the map of ownership could be updated.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to prevent land ownership conflicts"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§024:
Whenever a someone makes a motion, he automatically and implicitly casts a vote in favour of it. This can be cancelled by explicitly stating, in bold and italics, "I do not cast my vote in (favour|favor) of [motion name]", or by casting a vote against the motion.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's second motion; to reduce obvious, redundant votes"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§025:
The term "resources" (currently) means internets and roods. Furthermore, no action may be performed that causes any of a player's resources to become negative.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to simplify resource transactions"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§026:
Players may announce the foundation of a settlement in their own land. The first settlement is free of charge, but subsequent settlements have a cost of 3 internets. Players shall announce the foundation of a settlement in the following form, in bold and italics: "I announce the foundation of [name of settlement] in [player domain's name], located at [map coordinates]" A player may declare any settlement in his land a city, but doing so will cost 3 more internets. To declare a settlement a city, the announcement must be in bold and italics and read: "I declare [name of settlement] a city." The capital city of a player's domain is the first settlement promoted to a city. A player may transfer the capital of his domain to another city (not settlement) at the cost of another 3 internets. Transferring a capital shall be done by announcing in bold and italics: "I transfer the capital of [name of domain] to the city of [name of city]".
(Proposed by HarvesteR as HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land; Approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, ostrichguy; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to create a system of Nomic Time, with one year of Nomic Time corresponding to one day of Real Time. The official Nomic New Year is set at midnight UTC. The first New Year before this motion passes is the beginning of "Year 1", and the year following this is "Year 2", and so on. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to create time".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by Affinity, ostrichguy)

I make a motion that any resources generated by a player's capital city are doubled. If "HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land" does not pass, this motion is made invalid. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that the player list be separated into active players and inactive players. All players at the time of the passage of this motion are placed in the active players category. If a player fails to post for a week, they are moved to the inactive players category. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as infina's motion to define activity.

(Proposed by _infina_; Approved by _infina_, coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I hereby make a motion that after a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.This motion is dependent on infina's motion to define activity, and if that does not pass, this motion is no longer valid. For the purposes of voting, this shall be referred to as infina's motion to penalize inactivity. --This motion's approval is slaved to the approval of infina's motion to define activity

(Proposed by _infina_; Approved by _infina_, coolguy5678, Affinity; Opposed by HarvesteR)

I make a motion to change the first two sentences of §004 to the following: "If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic.

(Proposed by Affinity; Approved by Affinity; Opposed by no one)

I propose a motion to decrease the number of motions an individual can have at a time to two. This would not effect motions currently in voting. This will be called Ostrichguy's motion to decrease over-activity.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by coolguy5678)

I propose a motion that all off an individual's territory must be connected, either by being directly attached to each other, or being connected by a railroad or road. Players may build a train track for 5 Internet, regardless of its length. Players may build a road for 1 internet per 10 grid squares it crosses. If the railroad is made through another individual's territory, the money payed will go to that individual. If it passes through multiple other individuals' territory's, the people who's territory it goes through will split the Internets proportionally to how much is in each of their territories. This motion will be referred to Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic Estate: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 2256 roods claimed
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed
coolguy5678: 15 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed
Affinity: 13 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed
_infina_: 4 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
JonR: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
kerfuffleninja: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
skellious: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Quate: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
snowyowl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
neoliminal: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Boreeas: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
ostrichguy: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 20 roods claimed

[HarvesteR]

Just to update on the state of the Nomic Map Renderer:

It's almost feature complete now, at least for the purpose it was intended for...

Still missing a few details like, aligning the city text left or right to avoid having it drawn off screen, Drawing a gridless map with stroke around the boundaries (not as easy when your shape is made of tiny rectangles), and adding the city/settlement graphics behind the city marker.

And, most important, saving images to file so we can upload them... (not that hard really... just draw the whole swf into bitmapData, and use the FileReference class to save it down to the user's computer)

After those features above are complete, I will upload it to a server as a first release... and everyone will be able to render out an up to date map (up-to-date depends on the state of the database, which still has to be updated manually, but I'm trying to always be on top of things)

Cheers

[JonR]

I cast my vote against Ostrichguy's motion to decrease over-activity

I cast my vote in favor of Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory
I cast my vote in favour of Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic
I cast my vote in favour of infina's motion to define activity
I cast my vote in favour of coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome

I hereby claim the land located in a 5 by 5 square U31 to Y35 - claiming 25 credit roods
I announce the foundation of Joncester (pronounced Jon'ster) in JonR'sDomain, located at W31

[coolguy5678]

I also had the idea of defining time by forum pages, but one page is far too long, and I don't want to manually count up fractions of pages...

[ostrichguy]

I cast my vote in favor of coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome.

I make a motion for 1 Nomic Year to be equal to 1 page. For voting, this motion will be referred to as OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long.

[HarvesteR]

infina's motion to define activity has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, none against. infina shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.

Infina's motion to penalize inactivity has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, 1 against. infina shall receive 2 internets for his meritous contribution.

coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, none against. coolguy5678 shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.

I cast my vote in favour of OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long.

Ooff that was a lot of work for a single update... I wanna make a motion about it...
This is to prevent loss of game data through many people posting a lot of actions at the same time... We do have a script generating output, but remember that data insertion is done by hand, and a lot can be lost if there's a large amount of updating to do... Me and Affinity can't be monitoring the game all the time, so for now, let's do this:

I make a motion to limit the amount of total actions permitted between ruleset updates. Actions consist of all official moves a player may take, as defined by the ruleset. This is to reduce the amount of desynchronization between the current state of the game and of the ruleset. The limit shall be set at 5 actions between updates. The action-count is global, and increases by each action posted by any player. Any player may post an update and, thus, reset the action-count to zero. Any actions posted after the initial five without a ruleset update shall be ignored. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync.

If anyone else wants to help with the updates, PM me and I'll send a link to the Nomic Database, upon oath to never use that power for evil
The other option is to create online forms to submit motions and actions straight to te database, but that would completely destroy the game I think, so a sensible limit to reduce the chance of error seems best to me.

Also, remember that an update needs not include the whole ruleset/active motions/internet count/map of the Empire... you can just update the sections affected by the moves after the last update.

The map renderer is almost ready... soon that'll be as easy as taking a screenshot.

A a feature for later, I plan to include the game state update output there too, so anyone can copy and paste. (no write access though)

Cheers


Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(In original ruleset; Amended by HarvesteR through "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§005:
HarvesteR is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions. (Dates from kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay)
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's first motion; to make the Chairman someone active"; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

§008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

§013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§015:
Players may give any positive amount of their resources any other player for whatever reason they wish. (Originally "coolguy5678's motion to promote the Christmas spirit")
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to expand the Christmas spirit"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§017:
The Chairman is permitted to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the Chairman, free of cost to players, if a motion to do so passes. The chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Any internets beyond that will be charged to the chairman as per Rule §015. Internets granted under this rule may be revoked, as per the procedure outlined in §005.
(Proposed by alexriehl as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§018:
No player is allowed to have more than 3 open motions at any time. Any motion proposed after the 3rd shall be ignored.
(Proposed by JonR as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals"; approved by HarvesteR, _infina_, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§019:
The Nomic estate now holds land. This land is subdivided into 2560 roods. These areas can be held by a player as a way to generate resources, provided that said player has enough internets to his credit to make the purchase. As of this rule's approval, the value of the land rood is not yet established, and no method of generating resources from the land has been devised. For the aforementioned reasons, buying and selling of land roods is not, as of yet, in effect.
(Proposed by _infina_ as "infina's motion to create land"; approved by _infina_, alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§020:
Each player to join the game will begin with ten roods of land in addition to his/her starting internet. Players present at the passing of this motion shall receive ten roods of land for each internet they have. Roods awarded in this manner shall be deducted from the Nomic estate's rood supply.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to award initial roods"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§021:
At any point, a player may declare, "I buy [n] roods from the Nomic estate", where n is a multiple of ten less than or equal to the number of roods remaining in the Nomic estate. The player immediate gains n roods and loses n/10 internets, which are added to the Nomic estate's internet supply. Roods transferred between players are not restricted by this motion's exchange rate.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to set an exchange rate"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§022:
All land in existance shall be mapped on a 64 by 40 tile grid, each tile of which represents a land rood. Land-buyers, as they purchase more land, must update this map so that it reflects the change in territory ownership. The map shall be posted at each new map update, contained in a spoiler tag. Each land-owner must represent his estate with a unique color, so that his territory is well defined.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to map out the land"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§023:
Each prospective land buyer, prior to purchasing any land, be it from the Nomic Estate or from another land-owner, must declare his intent to do so in the following manner, in bold and italics: 'I hereby claim the land located at [location of roods]'. The purpose of this rule is to prevent conflicts over land ownership in the event that another players claim the same rood, before the map of ownership could be updated.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to prevent land ownership conflicts"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§024:
Whenever a someone makes a motion, he automatically and implicitly casts a vote in favour of it. This can be cancelled by explicitly stating, in bold and italics, "I do not cast my vote in (favour|favor) of [motion name]", or by casting a vote against the motion.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's second motion; to reduce obvious, redundant votes"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§025:
The term "resources" (currently) means internets and roods. Furthermore, no action may be performed that causes any of a player's resources to become negative.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to simplify resource transactions"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§026:
Players may announce the foundation of a settlement in their own land. The first settlement is free of charge, but subsequent settlements have a cost of 3 internets. Players shall announce the foundation of a settlement in the following form, in bold and italics: "I announce the foundation of [name of settlement] in [player domain's name], located at [map coordinates]" A player may declare any settlement in his land a city, but doing so will cost 3 more internets. To declare a settlement a city, the announcement must be in bold and italics and read: "I declare [name of settlement] a city." The capital city of a player's domain is the first settlement promoted to a city. The capital city generates twice the resources of a regular city. A player may transfer the capital of his domain to another city (not settlement) at the cost of another 3 internets. Transferring a capital shall be done by announcing in bold and italics: "I transfer the capital of [name of domain] to the city of [name of city]".
(Proposed by HarvesteR as HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land; Approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, ostrichguy; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)
(Amended by coolguy5678 as coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, JonR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§027:
Players who haven't posted in a week shall be moved to the inactive player list. After a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.
(Proposed by infina as infina's motion to define activity and infina's motion to penalize inactivity; Approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, JonR; opposed by HarvesteR; edited by HarvesteR)

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion to create a system of Nomic Time, with one year of Nomic Time corresponding to one day of Real Time. The official Nomic New Year is set at midnight UTC. The first New Year before this motion passes is the beginning of "Year 1", and the year following this is "Year 2", and so on. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to create time".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by Affinity, ostrichguy)

I make a motion that any resources generated by a player's capital city are doubled. If "HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land" does not pass, this motion is made invalid. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, JonR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to change the first two sentences of §004 to the following: "If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic.

(Proposed by Affinity; Approved by Affinity, JonR; Opposed by no one)

I propose a motion to decrease the number of motions an individual can have at a time to two. This would not effect motions currently in voting. This will be called Ostrichguy's motion to decrease over-activity.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by coolguy5678, JonR)

I propose a motion that all off an individual's territory must be connected, either by being directly attached to each other, or being connected by a railroad or road. Players may build a train track for 5 Internet, regardless of its length. Players may build a road for 1 internet per 10 grid squares it crosses. If the railroad is made through another individual's territory, the money payed will go to that individual. If it passes through multiple other individuals' territory's, the people who's territory it goes through will split the Internets proportionally to how much is in each of their territories. This motion will be referred to Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy, JonR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion for 1 Nomic Year to be equal to 1 page. For voting, this motion will be referred to as OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy, HarvesteR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to limit the amount of total actions permitted between ruleset updates. Actions consist of all official moves a player may take, as defined by the ruleset. This is to reduce the amount of desynchronization between the current state of the game and of the ruleset. The limit shall be set at 5 actions between updates. The action-count is global, and increases by each action posted by any player. Any player may post an update and, thus, reset the action-count to zero. Any actions posted after the initial five without a ruleset update shall be ignored. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync.

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR; Opposed by no one)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic Estate: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 2231 roods claimed
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed
coolguy5678: 18 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed
Affinity: 13 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed
_infina_: 9 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
JonR: 4 internets, 15 roods on credit, 25 roods claimed
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
kerfuffleninja: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
skellious: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Quate: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
snowyowl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
neoliminal: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Boreeas: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
ostrichguy: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 20 roods claimed

[HarvesteR]

Sorry, double post

[coolguy5678]

I cast my vote in favour of OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long.
I, as motion-maker, hereby terminate coolguy5678's motion to create time. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten.

A potential problem with defining time by pages is that someone might post a lot to speed up time to gain an advantage. Therefore I make a motion that anyone who double-posts three or more times in the same thread page is fined one internet for each double-post after the first two, which go to the Nomic Estate. A double-post is defined as two consecutive posts by the same user; three consecutive posts are considered two double posts, four consecutive posts as three double-posts, and so on*. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time". Two people can still accelerate time by posting alternately, and if someone can think of a more elegant way to prevent this, go ahead and I will cancel this.

*If the four posts are ABCD, then AB, BC and CD are the three double-posts.
I allow each player two grace double-posts in case they accidentally double post like HarvesteR just did.

[JonR]

I like Ostrichguys motion to connect territory, but don't see why railroads are a fixed price for any length and roads are per unit.

anyway, if it's changed, I might be interested in voting for it.

before it's changed, can I buy/delcare some more land in a different place to that already declared as my domain?

[ostrichguy]

I like Ostrichguys motion to connect territory, but don't see why railroads are a fixed price for any length and roads are per unit.

anyway, if it's changed, I might be interested in voting for it.

before it's changed, can I buy/delcare some more land in a different place to that already declared as my domain?

Before it's changed, you can buy/declare land. If the law passes, the land will be grandfathered in. As for the pricing difference, I did that so that building a road will be the better deal for a shorter connection, and a railroad will be a better deal for a longer connection. This adds a bit of strategy to it.

Also: I cast my vote in favor of coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time.

[bkwinner]

[deleted. Due to registration problems, this post was made 3 days before it appeared, and the state of the game has changed since then. Reposted at bottom, with updates to the gamestate applied. Sorry for the inconvenience.]

[HarvesteR]

OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, none against. OstrichGuy shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.

(EDIT: fixed the credits on the last 2 rules, modded the database script so it won't happen again )

Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(In original ruleset; Amended by HarvesteR through "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§005:
HarvesteR is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions. (Dates from kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay)
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's first motion; to make the Chairman someone active"; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

§008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

§013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§015:
Players may give any positive amount of their resources any other player for whatever reason they wish. (Originally "coolguy5678's motion to promote the Christmas spirit")
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to expand the Christmas spirit"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§017:
The Chairman is permitted to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the Chairman, free of cost to players, if a motion to do so passes. The chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Any internets beyond that will be charged to the chairman as per Rule §015. Internets granted under this rule may be revoked, as per the procedure outlined in §005.
(Proposed by alexriehl as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§018:
No player is allowed to have more than 3 open motions at any time. Any motion proposed after the 3rd shall be ignored.
(Proposed by JonR as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals"; approved by HarvesteR, _infina_, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§019:
The Nomic estate now holds land. This land is subdivided into 2560 roods. These areas can be held by a player as a way to generate resources, provided that said player has enough internets to his credit to make the purchase. As of this rule's approval, the value of the land rood is not yet established, and no method of generating resources from the land has been devised. For the aforementioned reasons, buying and selling of land roods is not, as of yet, in effect.
(Proposed by _infina_ as "infina's motion to create land"; approved by _infina_, alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§020:
Each player to join the game will begin with ten roods of land in addition to his/her starting internet. Players present at the passing of this motion shall receive ten roods of land for each internet they have. Roods awarded in this manner shall be deducted from the Nomic estate's rood supply.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to award initial roods"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§021:
At any point, a player may declare, "I buy [n] roods from the Nomic estate", where n is a multiple of ten less than or equal to the number of roods remaining in the Nomic estate. The player immediate gains n roods and loses n/10 internets, which are added to the Nomic estate's internet supply. Roods transferred between players are not restricted by this motion's exchange rate.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to set an exchange rate"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§022:
All land in existance shall be mapped on a 64 by 40 tile grid, each tile of which represents a land rood. Land-buyers, as they purchase more land, must update this map so that it reflects the change in territory ownership. The map shall be posted at each new map update, contained in a spoiler tag. Each land-owner must represent his estate with a unique color, so that his territory is well defined.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to map out the land"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§023:
Each prospective land buyer, prior to purchasing any land, be it from the Nomic Estate or from another land-owner, must declare his intent to do so in the following manner, in bold and italics: 'I hereby claim the land located at [location of roods]'. The purpose of this rule is to prevent conflicts over land ownership in the event that another players claim the same rood, before the map of ownership could be updated.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to prevent land ownership conflicts"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§024:
Whenever a someone makes a motion, he automatically and implicitly casts a vote in favour of it. This can be cancelled by explicitly stating, in bold and italics, "I do not cast my vote in (favour|favor) of [motion name]", or by casting a vote against the motion.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's second motion; to reduce obvious, redundant votes"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§025:
The term "resources" (currently) means internets and roods. Furthermore, no action may be performed that causes any of a player's resources to become negative.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to simplify resource transactions"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§026:
Players may announce the foundation of a settlement in their own land. The first settlement is free of charge, but subsequent settlements have a cost of 3 internets. Players shall announce the foundation of a settlement in the following form, in bold and italics: "I announce the foundation of [name of settlement] in [player domain's name], located at [map coordinates]" A player may declare any settlement in his land a city, but doing so will cost 3 more internets. To declare a settlement a city, the announcement must be in bold and italics and read: "I declare [name of settlement] a city." The capital city of a player's domain is the first settlement promoted to a city. The capital city generates twice the resources of a regular city. A player may transfer the capital of his domain to another city (not settlement) at the cost of another 3 internets. Transferring a capital shall be done by announcing in bold and italics: "I transfer the capital of [name of domain] to the city of [name of city]".
(Proposed by HarvesteR as HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land; Approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, ostrichguy; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)
(Amended by coolguy5678 as coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, JonR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§027:
Players who haven't posted in a week shall be moved to the inactive player list. After a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.
(Proposed by infina as infina's motion to define activity and infina's motion to penalize inactivity; Approved by Affinity, infina, JonR; opposed by HarvesteR; edited by HarvesteR)

§028:
A page on this thread represents the passage of one year in Nomic Time.
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long"; Approved by OstrichGuy, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by Affinity, ostrichguy)

I make a motion to change the first two sentences of §004 to the following: "If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic.

(Proposed by Affinity; Approved by Affinity, JonR; Opposed by no one)

I propose a motion to decrease the number of motions an individual can have at a time to two. This would not effect motions currently in voting. This will be called Ostrichguy's motion to decrease over-activity.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by coolguy5678, JonR)

I propose a motion that all off an individual's territory must be connected, either by being directly attached to each other, or being connected by a railroad or road. Players may build a train track for 5 Internet, regardless of its length. Players may build a road for 1 internet per 10 grid squares it crosses. If the railroad is made through another individual's territory, the money payed will go to that individual. If it passes through multiple other individuals' territory's, the people who's territory it goes through will split the Internets proportionally to how much is in each of their territories. This motion will be referred to Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy, JonR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to limit the amount of total actions permitted between ruleset updates. Actions consist of all official moves a player may take, as defined by the ruleset. This is to reduce the amount of desynchronization between the current state of the game and of the ruleset. The limit shall be set at 5 actions between updates. The action-count is global, and increases by each action posted by any player. A player may only exceed the action limit in the event that an update is included in the same post, and encompasses all previous actions. Any player may post an update and, thus, reset the action-count to zero. Any actions posted after the initial five without a ruleset update shall be ignored. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync.

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that anyone who double-posts three or more times in the same thread page is fined one internet for each double-post after the first two, which go to the Nomic Estate. A double-post is defined as two consecutive posts by the same user; three consecutive posts are considered two double posts, four consecutive posts as three double-posts, and so on*. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time"

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic Estate: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 2211 roods claimed
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed
coolguy5678: 18 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed
Affinity: 13 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed
_infina_: 9 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
JonR: 4 internets, 15 roods on credit, 25 roods claimed
ostrichguy: 3 internets, 0 roods on credit, 20 roods claimed
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
kerfuffleninja: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
skellious: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Quate: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
snowyowl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
neoliminal: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Boreeas: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed

[ostrichguy]

I, as motion-maker, hereby terminate Ostrichguy's motion to prevent over-activity. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten.

No one seemed to like that one. I terminated it so not to waste space, because I can only have three active motions at a time.

Here's a new motions.

I make a motion that players may convert tiles in their territory into farmland or factories for the cost of 1 Internet per 3 tiles of land converted. At the end of each Nomic Year, not including the one during which the tiles were converted, players receive 1 Internet per 3 tiles of farmland and 1 Internet per 2 tiles of factories. "Farm" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive farmland" and "manufacturing area" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive factories." Each manufacturing area must have a city in it. Each farm must have a settlement in it. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "OstrichGuy's motion to make territory actually have a purpose."

And here's another motion. I can make two in the same post, right?

I make a motion that players may take vacations. If a player declares in bold an italics, "I am taking the next [one or two] weeks off, then that amount of time is not counted towards the amount of time required to be considered inactive. Players are given 2 weeks off per real-world year, which may be used as either two one-week vacation or one two-week vacations. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "OstrichGuy's motion to allow vacations"

[HarvesteR]

I agree with the vacation thing.. especially in view of the recently passed punishment for being inactive for 3 weeks... But I think there's no need for a 2 week limit there... (even because the punishment comes after 3 weeks)

I'll cast my vote if that limit is removed.

And, about the territory motion, when you say a 'farm must have a settlement in it', how would that work exactly?... I propose that line gets reworded to: "A farm (Or industrial area) must have at least one of it's tiles neighboring a settlement/city."
This would better approximate some kind of SimCity mechanic (like the power grids there)

One thing though... There are a lot of open motions that aren't receiving a lot of attention anymore... wouldn't it be a good idea to cancel off a few?
Also, I'm thinking about ways to condense that ruleset into a smaller and more concise list... but I don't see how that could be done given the current rule-making rules... I mean, we currently have 28 rules... some being no more than additions to other rules... with some rewriting we could reduce that to no more than 15 (I think)... The trouble is that this would destroy the rule history, and it goes against many rules to do so...

I've been rereading the rules, and it seems quite hard to condense all but a few actually... So maybe we're better off now with just an appeal to read the ruleset before posting a new motion, and, where applicable, propose an amendment instead of a whole new rule.
Hmm, now that can be made into a motion..

I make a motion to require that all players, upon making a new motion, read the current rules before posting, in an effort to always prefer proposing an amendment to the rules to making a new one. In the event that this motion should pass, It shall be amended to rule §001, so that it reads: "Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules. Amendments are always preferred over new rules, since they prevent the ruleset from growing too large". This motion shall also amend rule §005 to include: "The Chairman holds the power to condense a rule-motion into an amendment, wherever it is applicable, in order to keep the ruleset size down". For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as: "HarvesteR's motion to keep to prevent ruleset TL;DR"

Cheers

Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(In original ruleset; Amended by HarvesteR through "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§005:
HarvesteR is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions. (Dates from kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay)
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's first motion; to make the Chairman someone active"; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

§008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

§013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§015:
Players may give any positive amount of their resources any other player for whatever reason they wish. (Originally "coolguy5678's motion to promote the Christmas spirit")
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to expand the Christmas spirit"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§017:
The Chairman is permitted to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the Chairman, free of cost to players, if a motion to do so passes. The chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Any internets beyond that will be charged to the chairman as per Rule §015. Internets granted under this rule may be revoked, as per the procedure outlined in §005.
(Proposed by alexriehl as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§018:
No player is allowed to have more than 3 open motions at any time. Any motion proposed after the 3rd shall be ignored.
(Proposed by JonR as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals"; approved by HarvesteR, _infina_, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§019:
The Nomic estate now holds land. This land is subdivided into 2560 roods. These areas can be held by a player as a way to generate resources, provided that said player has enough internets to his credit to make the purchase. As of this rule's approval, the value of the land rood is not yet established, and no method of generating resources from the land has been devised. For the aforementioned reasons, buying and selling of land roods is not, as of yet, in effect.
(Proposed by _infina_ as "infina's motion to create land"; approved by _infina_, alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§020:
Each player to join the game will begin with ten roods of land in addition to his/her starting internet. Players present at the passing of this motion shall receive ten roods of land for each internet they have. Roods awarded in this manner shall be deducted from the Nomic estate's rood supply.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to award initial roods"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§021:
At any point, a player may declare, "I buy [n] roods from the Nomic estate", where n is a multiple of ten less than or equal to the number of roods remaining in the Nomic estate. The player immediate gains n roods and loses n/10 internets, which are added to the Nomic estate's internet supply. Roods transferred between players are not restricted by this motion's exchange rate.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to set an exchange rate"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§022:
All land in existance shall be mapped on a 64 by 40 tile grid, each tile of which represents a land rood. Land-buyers, as they purchase more land, must update this map so that it reflects the change in territory ownership. The map shall be posted at each new map update, contained in a spoiler tag. Each land-owner must represent his estate with a unique color, so that his territory is well defined.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to map out the land"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§023:
Each prospective land buyer, prior to purchasing any land, be it from the Nomic Estate or from another land-owner, must declare his intent to do so in the following manner, in bold and italics: 'I hereby claim the land located at [location of roods]'. The purpose of this rule is to prevent conflicts over land ownership in the event that another players claim the same rood, before the map of ownership could be updated.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to prevent land ownership conflicts"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§024:
Whenever a someone makes a motion, he automatically and implicitly casts a vote in favour of it. This can be cancelled by explicitly stating, in bold and italics, "I do not cast my vote in (favour|favor) of [motion name]", or by casting a vote against the motion.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's second motion; to reduce obvious, redundant votes"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§025:
The term "resources" (currently) means internets and roods. Furthermore, no action may be performed that causes any of a player's resources to become negative.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to simplify resource transactions"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§026:
Players may announce the foundation of a settlement in their own land. The first settlement is free of charge, but subsequent settlements have a cost of 3 internets. Players shall announce the foundation of a settlement in the following form, in bold and italics: "I announce the foundation of [name of settlement] in [player domain's name], located at [map coordinates]" A player may declare any settlement in his land a city, but doing so will cost 3 more internets. To declare a settlement a city, the announcement must be in bold and italics and read: "I declare [name of settlement] a city." The capital city of a player's domain is the first settlement promoted to a city. The capital city generates twice the resources of a regular city. A player may transfer the capital of his domain to another city (not settlement) at the cost of another 3 internets. Transferring a capital shall be done by announcing in bold and italics: "I transfer the capital of [name of domain] to the city of [name of city]".
(Proposed by HarvesteR as HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land; Approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, ostrichguy; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)
(Amended by coolguy5678 as coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, JonR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§027:
Players who haven't posted in a week shall be moved to the inactive player list. After a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.
(Proposed by infina as infina's motion to define activity and infina's motion to penalize inactivity; Approved by Affinity, infina, JonR; opposed by HarvesteR; edited by HarvesteR)

§028:
A page on this thread represents the passage of one year in Nomic Time.
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long"; Approved by OstrichGuy, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by Affinity, ostrichguy)

I make a motion to change the first two sentences of §004 to the following: "If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic.

(Proposed by Affinity; Approved by Affinity, JonR; Opposed by no one)

I propose a motion that all off an individual's territory must be connected, either by being directly attached to each other, or being connected by a railroad or road. Players may build a train track for 5 Internet, regardless of its length. Players may build a road for 1 internet per 10 grid squares it crosses. If the railroad is made through another individual's territory, the money payed will go to that individual. If it passes through multiple other individuals' territory's, the people who's territory it goes through will split the Internets proportionally to how much is in each of their territories. This motion will be referred to Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy, JonR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to limit the amount of total actions permitted between ruleset updates. Actions consist of all official moves a player may take, as defined by the ruleset. This is to reduce the amount of desynchronization between the current state of the game and of the ruleset. The limit shall be set at 5 actions between updates. The action-count is global, and increases by each action posted by any player. A player may only exceed the action limit in the event that an update is included in the same post, and encompasses all previous actions. Any player may post an update and, thus, reset the action-count to zero. Any actions posted after the initial five without a ruleset update shall be ignored. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync.

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that anyone who double-posts three or more times in the same thread page is fined one internet for each double-post after the first two, which go to the Nomic Estate. A double-post is defined as two consecutive posts by the same user; three consecutive posts are considered two double posts, four consecutive posts as three double-posts, and so on*. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time"

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that players may convert tiles in their territory into farmland or factories for the cost of 1 Internet per 3 tiles of land converted. At the end of each Nomic Year, not including the one during which the tiles were converted, players receive 1 Internet per 3 tiles of farmland and 1 Internet per 2 tiles of factories. "Farm" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive farmland" and "manufacturing area" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive factories." Each manufacturing area must have a city in it. Each farm must have a settlement in it. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "OstrichGuy's motion to make territory actually have a purpose."

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that players may take vacations. If a player declares in bold an italics, "I am taking the next [one or two] weeks off, then that amount of time is not counted towards the amount of time required to be considered inactive. Players are given 2 weeks off per real-world year, which may be used as either two one-week vacation or one two-week vacations. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "OstrichGuy's motion to allow vacations"

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to require that all players, upon making a new motion, read the current rules before posting, in an effort to always prefer proposing an amendment to the rules to making a new one. In the event that this motion should pass, It shall be amended to rule §001, so that it reads: "Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules. Amendments are always preferred over new rules, since they prevent the ruleset from growing too large". This motion shall also amend rule §005 to include: "The Chairman holds the power to condense a rule-motion into an amendment, wherever it is applicable, in order to keep the ruleset size down". For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as: "HarvesteR's motion to keep to prevent ruleset TL;DR"

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR; Opposed by no one)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic Estate: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 2211 roods claimed
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed
coolguy5678: 18 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed
Affinity: 13 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed
_infina_: 9 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
JonR: 4 internets, 15 roods on credit, 25 roods claimed
ostrichguy: 3 internets, 0 roods on credit, 20 roods claimed
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
kerfuffleninja: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
skellious: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Quate: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
snowyowl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
neoliminal: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Boreeas: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed

[ostrichguy]

Here's some clarification to my motion. In these examples, red tiles represent farmland

Example 0

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In this example, 2B, 2C, 3B, and 3C are all one farm.The other red squares would be another farm, but the player would not be allowed to build on there because there is no settlement.

Example 1

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In this example, on the other hand there are two farms and each has a settlement.
Example 2

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In this example, all the red squares representing farmland are connected, and are considered one farm. Thus, you only need one settlement within it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hopefully this clears up the confusion, but it probably just made it worse. I am not good at wording things.

[bkwinner]

I've been reading through this, and it seems interesting. So, to begin:

I cast my vote in favor of coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time.
I cast my vote in favor of OstrichGuy's motion to make territory actually have a purpose.
(Why else would we want territory?)
I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to keep to prevent ruleset TL;DR.
(Ruleset definitely needs to be shortened.)
i cast my vote in favor of Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory.
(Seems logical and realistic)
I cast my vote in favor of HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync.
(It's not that hard to repost the ruleset, is it? Just quote someone with it, remove the other text, and update. That's what I did.)

Now for the motions:
I propose a motion that, if Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic passes, that the internet rewards for approved motions be changed to: 3 for unanimous support, 2 for <100% but >=75% and 1 for <75%. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to rescale rewards.

I propose a motion that we are allowed to make conditional votes, votes that only take effect if the conditions are met, to be proposed like this:

I cast my vote (in favor|favour of/against) (motion) if (condition)

If (condition) is true, then the vote counts. Otherwise (If the condition is false/undetermined), it doesn't. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to allow conditional votes.

I propose a motion that we are allowed to edit our motions by stating:

[b ][i ]I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby edit [name of motion] to:
(new motion text)
[/i ][/b ]

All votes for the old motion are kept, unless the meaning is significantly changed, as determined by the chairman (this decision can be overruled as per §005), in which case the votes are repealed. Motions may not be edited if they already have the number of votes nessisary for approval/rejection. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to edit motions.


Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(In original ruleset; Amended by HarvesteR through "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§005:
HarvesteR is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions. (Dates from kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay)
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's first motion; to make the Chairman someone active"; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

§008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

§013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§015:
Players may give any positive amount of their resources any other player for whatever reason they wish. (Originally "coolguy5678's motion to promote the Christmas spirit")
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to expand the Christmas spirit"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§017:
The Chairman is permitted to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the Chairman, free of cost to players, if a motion to do so passes. The chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Any internets beyond that will be charged to the chairman as per Rule §015. Internets granted under this rule may be revoked, as per the procedure outlined in §005.
(Proposed by alexriehl as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§018:
No player is allowed to have more than 3 open motions at any time. Any motion proposed after the 3rd shall be ignored.
(Proposed by JonR as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals"; approved by HarvesteR, _infina_, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§019:
The Nomic estate now holds land. This land is subdivided into 2560 roods. These areas can be held by a player as a way to generate resources, provided that said player has enough internets to his credit to make the purchase. As of this rule's approval, the value of the land rood is not yet established, and no method of generating resources from the land has been devised. For the aforementioned reasons, buying and selling of land roods is not, as of yet, in effect.
(Proposed by _infina_ as "infina's motion to create land"; approved by _infina_, alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§020:
Each player to join the game will begin with ten roods of land in addition to his/her starting internet. Players present at the passing of this motion shall receive ten roods of land for each internet they have. Roods awarded in this manner shall be deducted from the Nomic estate's rood supply.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to award initial roods"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§021:
At any point, a player may declare, "I buy [n] roods from the Nomic estate", where n is a multiple of ten less than or equal to the number of roods remaining in the Nomic estate. The player immediate gains n roods and loses n/10 internets, which are added to the Nomic estate's internet supply. Roods transferred between players are not restricted by this motion's exchange rate.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to set an exchange rate"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§022:
All land in existance shall be mapped on a 64 by 40 tile grid, each tile of which represents a land rood. Land-buyers, as they purchase more land, must update this map so that it reflects the change in territory ownership. The map shall be posted at each new map update, contained in a spoiler tag. Each land-owner must represent his estate with a unique color, so that his territory is well defined.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to map out the land"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§023:
Each prospective land buyer, prior to purchasing any land, be it from the Nomic Estate or from another land-owner, must declare his intent to do so in the following manner, in bold and italics: 'I hereby claim the land located at [location of roods]'. The purpose of this rule is to prevent conflicts over land ownership in the event that another players claim the same rood, before the map of ownership could be updated.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to prevent land ownership conflicts"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§024:
Whenever a someone makes a motion, he automatically and implicitly casts a vote in favour of it. This can be cancelled by explicitly stating, in bold and italics, "I do not cast my vote in (favour|favor) of [motion name]", or by casting a vote against the motion.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's second motion; to reduce obvious, redundant votes"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§025:
The term "resources" (currently) means internets and roods. Furthermore, no action may be performed that causes any of a player's resources to become negative.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to simplify resource transactions"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§026:
Players may announce the foundation of a settlement in their own land. The first settlement is free of charge, but subsequent settlements have a cost of 3 internets. Players shall announce the foundation of a settlement in the following form, in bold and italics: "I announce the foundation of [name of settlement] in [player domain's name], located at [map coordinates]" A player may declare any settlement in his land a city, but doing so will cost 3 more internets. To declare a settlement a city, the announcement must be in bold and italics and read: "I declare [name of settlement] a city." The capital city of a player's domain is the first settlement promoted to a city. The capital city generates twice the resources of a regular city. A player may transfer the capital of his domain to another city (not settlement) at the cost of another 3 internets. Transferring a capital shall be done by announcing in bold and italics: "I transfer the capital of [name of domain] to the city of [name of city]".
(Proposed by HarvesteR as HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land; Approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, ostrichguy; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)
(Amended by coolguy5678 as coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, JonR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§027:
Players who haven't posted in a week shall be moved to the inactive player list. After a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.
(Proposed by infina as infina's motion to define activity and infina's motion to penalize inactivity; Approved by Affinity, infina, JonR; opposed by HarvesteR; edited by HarvesteR)

§028:
A page on this thread represents the passage of one year in Nomic Time.
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long"; Approved by OstrichGuy, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by Affinity, ostrichguy)

I make a motion to change the first two sentences of §004 to the following: "If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic.

(Proposed by Affinity; Approved by Affinity, JonR; Opposed by no one)

I propose a motion that all off an individual's territory must be connected, either by being directly attached to each other, or being connected by a railroad or road. Players may build a train track for 5 Internet, regardless of its length. Players may build a road for 1 internet per 10 grid squares it crosses. If the railroad is made through another individual's territory, the money payed will go to that individual. If it passes through multiple other individuals' territory's, the people who's territory it goes through will split the Internets proportionally to how much is in each of their territories. This motion will be referred to Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy, JonR, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to limit the amount of total actions permitted between ruleset updates. Actions consist of all official moves a player may take, as defined by the ruleset. This is to reduce the amount of desynchronization between the current state of the game and of the ruleset. The limit shall be set at 5 actions between updates. The action-count is global, and increases by each action posted by any player. A player may only exceed the action limit in the event that an update is included in the same post, and encompasses all previous actions. Any player may post an update and, thus, reset the action-count to zero. Any actions posted after the initial five without a ruleset update shall be ignored. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync.

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that anyone who double-posts three or more times in the same thread page is fined one internet for each double-post after the first two, which go to the Nomic Estate. A double-post is defined as two consecutive posts by the same user; three consecutive posts are considered two double posts, four consecutive posts as three double-posts, and so on*. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as "coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time"

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, ostrichguy, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that players may convert tiles in their territory into farmland or factories for the cost of 1 Internet per 3 tiles of land converted. At the end of each Nomic Year, not including the one during which the tiles were converted, players receive 1 Internet per 3 tiles of farmland and 1 Internet per 2 tiles of factories. "Farm" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive farmland" and "manufacturing area" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive factories." Each manufacturing area must have a city in it. Each farm must have a settlement in it. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "OstrichGuy's motion to make territory actually have a purpose."

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that players may take vacations. If a player declares in bold an italics, "I am taking the next [one or two] weeks off, then that amount of time is not counted towards the amount of time required to be considered inactive. Players are given 2 weeks off per real-world year, which may be used as either two one-week vacation or one two-week vacations. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "OstrichGuy's motion to allow vacations"

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to require that all players, upon making a new motion, read the current rules before posting, in an effort to always prefer proposing an amendment to the rules to making a new one. In the event that this motion should pass, It shall be amended to rule §001, so that it reads: "Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules. Amendments are always preferred over new rules, since they prevent the ruleset from growing too large". This motion shall also amend rule §005 to include: "The Chairman holds the power to condense a rule-motion into an amendment, wherever it is applicable, in order to keep the ruleset size down". For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as: "HarvesteR's motion to keep to prevent ruleset TL;DR"

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that, if Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic passes, that the internet rewards for approved motions be changed to: 3 for unanimous support, 2 for <100% but >=75% and 1 for <75%. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to rescale rewards.

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we are allowed to make conditional votes, votes that only take effect if the conditions are met, to be proposed like this:

I cast my vote (in favor|favour of/against) (motion) if (condition)

If (condition) is true, then the vote counts. Otherwise (If the condition is false/undetermined), it doesn't. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to allow conditional votes.

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we are allowed to edit our motions by stating:

I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby edit [name of motion] to:
(new motion text)

All votes for the old motion are kept, unless the meaning is significantly changed, as determined by the chairman (this decision can be overruled as per §005), in which case the votes are repealed. Motions may not be edited if they already have the number of votes nessisary for approval/rejection. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to edit motions

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic Estate: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 2211 roods claimed
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed
coolguy5678: 18 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed
Affinity: 13 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed
_infina_: 9 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
JonR: 4 internets, 15 roods on credit, 25 roods claimed
ostrichguy: 3 internets, 0 roods on credit, 20 roods claimed
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
bkwinner:1 internet, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
kerfuffleninja: 1 internet, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
skellious: 1 internet, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internet, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Quate: 1 internet, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
snowyowl: 1 internet, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
neoliminal: 1 internet, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Boreeas: 1 internet, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internet, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
(note: 1 internets isn't gramatical.)

[ostrichguy]

I declare Ostrichburg City a city.

My motion to connect the territory got three votes. It passes now, right. I can haz internetz?

[HarvesteR]

OstrichGuy's motion to connect territory has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, none against. OstrichGuy shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.

coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, none against. Coolguy5678 shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.


I have to disagree with the conditional votes thing... if your vote depends on something else, it's better to wait until that something is complete before casting your vote... People are already doing this far too much with motions, and it really gets confusing...

About the motion editing thing, there is a way to do it legally already: just cancel off your motion by announcing it's termination (see rule §016), then make a new motion. Editing would be redundant.

I think people are motioning way too much because it's the only way to make internets as of now... we have some very good options to generate internets as open motions, and those should be enacted as soon as possible I think.

I cast my vote in favor of OstrichGuy's motion to make territory actually have a purpose.


OstrichGuy's motion to make territory actually have a purpose has 3 votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, none against. OstrichGuy shall receive 3 internets for his meritous contribution.

Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(In original ruleset; Amended by HarvesteR through "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§005:
HarvesteR is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions. (Dates from kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay)
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's first motion; to make the Chairman someone active"; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

§008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

§013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§015:
Players may give any positive amount of their resources any other player for whatever reason they wish. (Originally "coolguy5678's motion to promote the Christmas spirit")
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§017:
The Chairman is permitted to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the Chairman, free of cost to players, if a motion to do so passes. The chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Any internets beyond that will be charged to the chairman as per Rule §015. Internets granted under this rule may be revoked, as per the procedure outlined in §005.
(Proposed by alexriehl as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§018:
No player is allowed to have more than 3 open motions at any time. Any motion proposed after the 3rd shall be ignored.
(Proposed by JonR as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals"; approved by HarvesteR, _infina_, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§019:
The Nomic estate now holds land. This land is subdivided into 2560 roods. These areas can be held by a player as a way to generate resources, provided that said player has enough internets to his credit to make the purchase. As of this rule's approval, the value of the land rood is not yet established, and no method of generating resources from the land has been devised. For the aforementioned reasons, buying and selling of land roods is not, as of yet, in effect.
(Proposed by _infina_ as "infina's motion to create land"; approved by _infina_, alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§020:
Each player to join the game will begin with ten roods of land in addition to his/her starting internet. Players present at the passing of this motion shall receive ten roods of land for each internet they have. Roods awarded in this manner shall be deducted from the Nomic estate's rood supply.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to award initial roods"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§021:
At any point, a player may declare, "I buy [n] roods from the Nomic estate", where n is a multiple of ten less than or equal to the number of roods remaining in the Nomic estate. The player immediate gains n roods and loses n/10 internets, which are added to the Nomic estate's internet supply. Roods transferred between players are not restricted by this motion's exchange rate.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to set an exchange rate"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§022:
All land in existance shall be mapped on a 64 by 40 tile grid, each tile of which represents a land rood. Land-buyers, as they purchase more land, must update this map so that it reflects the change in territory ownership. The map shall be posted at each new map update, contained in a spoiler tag. Each land-owner must represent his estate with a unique color, so that his territory is well defined.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to map out the land"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§023:
Each prospective land buyer, prior to purchasing any land, be it from the Nomic Estate or from another land-owner, must declare his intent to do so in the following manner, in bold and italics: 'I hereby claim the land located at [location of roods]'. The purpose of this rule is to prevent conflicts over land ownership in the event that another players claim the same rood, before the map of ownership could be updated.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to prevent land ownership conflicts"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§024:
Whenever a someone makes a motion, he automatically and implicitly casts a vote in favour of it. This can be cancelled by explicitly stating, in bold and italics, "I do not cast my vote in (favour|favor) of [motion name]", or by casting a vote against the motion.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's second motion; to reduce obvious, redundant votes"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§025:
The term "resources" (currently) means internets and roods. Furthermore, no action may be performed that causes any of a player's resources to become negative.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to simplify resource transactions"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§026:
Players may announce the foundation of a settlement in their own land. The first settlement is free of charge, but subsequent settlements have a cost of 3 internets. Players shall announce the foundation of a settlement in the following form, in bold and italics: "I announce the foundation of [name of settlement] in [player domain's name], located at [map coordinates]" A player may declare any settlement in his land a city, but doing so will cost 3 more internets. To declare a settlement a city, the announcement must be in bold and italics and read: "I declare [name of settlement] a city." The capital city of a player's domain is the first settlement promoted to a city. The capital city generates twice the resources of a regular city. A player may transfer the capital of his domain to another city (not settlement) at the cost of another 3 internets. Transferring a capital shall be done by announcing in bold and italics: "I transfer the capital of [name of domain] to the city of [name of city]".
(Proposed by HarvesteR as HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land; Approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, ostrichguy; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)
(Amended by coolguy5678 as coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, JonR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§027:
Players who haven't posted in a week shall be moved to the inactive player list. After a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.
(Proposed by infina as infina's motion to define activity and infina's motion to penalize inactivity; Approved by Affinity, infina, JonR; opposed by HarvesteR; edited by HarvesteR)

§028:
A page on this thread represents the passage of one year in Nomic Time.
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long"; Approved by OstrichGuy, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§029:
Anyone who double-posts three or more times in the same thread page is fined one internet for each double-post after the first two, which go to the Nomic Estate. A double-post is defined as two consecutive posts by the same user; three consecutive posts are considered two double posts, four consecutive posts as three double-posts, and so on
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time"; Approved by coolguy5678, ostrichguy, bkwinner; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§030:
All off an individual's territory must be connected, either by being directly attached to each other, or being connected by a railroad or road. Players may build a train track for 5 Internet, regardless of its length. Players may build a road for 1 internet per 10 grid squares it crosses. If the railroad is made through another individual's territory, the money payed will go to that individual. If it passes through multiple other individuals' territory's, the people who's territory it goes through will split the Internets proportionally to how much is in each of their territories
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory"; Approved by ostrichguy, JonR, bkwinner; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§031:
Players may convert tiles in their territory into farmland or factories for the cost of 1 Internet per 3 tiles of land converted. At the end of each Nomic Year, not including the one during which the tiles were converted, players receive 1 Internet per 3 tiles of farmland and 1 Internet per 2 tiles of factories. "Farm" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive farmland" and "manufacturing area" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive factories." Each manufacturing area must have a city in it. Each farm must have a settlement in it. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make territory actually have a purpose"; Approved by ostrichguy, bkwinner, HarvesteR; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by Affinity, ostrichguy)

I make a motion to change the first two sentences of §004 to the following: "If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic.

(Proposed by Affinity; Approved by Affinity, JonR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to limit the amount of total actions permitted between ruleset updates. Actions consist of all official moves a player may take, as defined by the ruleset. This is to reduce the amount of desynchronization between the current state of the game and of the ruleset. The limit shall be set at 5 actions between updates. The action-count is global, and increases by each action posted by any player. A player may only exceed the action limit in the event that an update is included in the same post, and encompasses all previous actions. Any player may post an update and, thus, reset the action-count to zero. Any actions posted after the initial five without a ruleset update shall be ignored. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync.

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that players may take vacations. If a player declares in bold an italics, "I am taking the next [one or two] weeks off, then that amount of time is not counted towards the amount of time required to be considered inactive. Players are given 2 weeks off per real-world year, which may be used as either two one-week vacation or one two-week vacations. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "OstrichGuy's motion to allow vacations"

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to require that all players, upon making a new motion, read the current rules before posting, in an effort to always prefer proposing an amendment to the rules to making a new one. In the event that this motion should pass, It shall be amended to rule §001, so that it reads: "Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules. Amendments are always preferred over new rules, since they prevent the ruleset from growing too large". This motion shall also amend rule §005 to include: "The Chairman holds the power to condense a rule-motion into an amendment, wherever it is applicable, in order to keep the ruleset size down". For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as: "HarvesteR's motion to keep to prevent ruleset TL;DR"

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that, if Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic passes, that the internet rewards for approved motions be changed to: 3 for unanimous support, 2 for <100% but >=75% and 1 for <75%. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to rescale rewards.

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we are allowed to make conditional votes, votes that only take effect if the conditions are met, to be proposed like this:

I cast my vote (in favor|favour of/against) (motion) if (condition)

If (condition) is true, then the vote counts. Otherwise (If the condition is false/undetermined), it doesn't. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to allow conditional votes.

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we are allowed to edit our motions by stating:

I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby edit [name of motion] to:
(new motion text)

All votes for the old motion are kept, unless the meaning is significantly changed, as determined by the chairman (this decision can be overruled as per §005), in which case the votes are repealed. Motions may not be edited if they already have the number of votes nessisary for approval/rejection. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to edit motions

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic Estate: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 2211 roods claimed
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed
coolguy5678: 21 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed
Affinity: 13 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed
_infina_: 9 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed
ostrichguy: 6 internets, 0 roods on credit, 20 roods claimed
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
JonR: 4 internets, 15 roods on credit, 25 roods claimed
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
kerfuffleninja: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
skellious: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Quate: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
snowyowl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
neoliminal: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Boreeas: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed

[ostrichguy]

I buy 30 roods from the Nomic estate.
This cost me 3 Internets.
And I claim a bunch of land. (See the Nomic map.)
I convert the rectangle with corners (AI, 10) and (AF, 11), plus (AE,11) into factories.
This cost me 3 Internets.
I will gain 3 Internets at the end of each Nomic Year, except for this one.


Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§004:
If at any point there are three votes in favor of a motion, the motion is immediately approved. If at any point there are three votes against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(In original ruleset; Amended by HarvesteR through "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§005:
HarvesteR is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions. (Dates from kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay)
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's first motion; to make the Chairman someone active"; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

§008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

§013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§015:
Players may give any positive amount of their resources any other player for whatever reason they wish. (Originally "coolguy5678's motion to promote the Christmas spirit")
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§017:
The Chairman is permitted to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the Chairman, free of cost to players, if a motion to do so passes. The chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Any internets beyond that will be charged to the chairman as per Rule §015. Internets granted under this rule may be revoked, as per the procedure outlined in §005.
(Proposed by alexriehl as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§018:
No player is allowed to have more than 3 open motions at any time. Any motion proposed after the 3rd shall be ignored.
(Proposed by JonR as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals"; approved by HarvesteR, _infina_, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§019:
The Nomic estate now holds land. This land is subdivided into 2560 roods. These areas can be held by a player as a way to generate resources, provided that said player has enough internets to his credit to make the purchase. As of this rule's approval, the value of the land rood is not yet established, and no method of generating resources from the land has been devised. For the aforementioned reasons, buying and selling of land roods is not, as of yet, in effect.
(Proposed by _infina_ as "infina's motion to create land"; approved by _infina_, alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§020:
Each player to join the game will begin with ten roods of land in addition to his/her starting internet. Players present at the passing of this motion shall receive ten roods of land for each internet they have. Roods awarded in this manner shall be deducted from the Nomic estate's rood supply.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to award initial roods"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§021:
At any point, a player may declare, "I buy [n] roods from the Nomic estate", where n is a multiple of ten less than or equal to the number of roods remaining in the Nomic estate. The player immediate gains n roods and loses n/10 internets, which are added to the Nomic estate's internet supply. Roods transferred between players are not restricted by this motion's exchange rate.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to set an exchange rate"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§022:
All land in existance shall be mapped on a 64 by 40 tile grid, each tile of which represents a land rood. Land-buyers, as they purchase more land, must update this map so that it reflects the change in territory ownership. The map shall be posted at each new map update, contained in a spoiler tag. Each land-owner must represent his estate with a unique color, so that his territory is well defined.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to map out the land"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§023:
Each prospective land buyer, prior to purchasing any land, be it from the Nomic Estate or from another land-owner, must declare his intent to do so in the following manner, in bold and italics: 'I hereby claim the land located at [location of roods]'. The purpose of this rule is to prevent conflicts over land ownership in the event that another players claim the same rood, before the map of ownership could be updated.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to prevent land ownership conflicts"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§024:
Whenever a someone makes a motion, he automatically and implicitly casts a vote in favour of it. This can be cancelled by explicitly stating, in bold and italics, "I do not cast my vote in (favour|favor) of [motion name]", or by casting a vote against the motion.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's second motion; to reduce obvious, redundant votes"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§025:
The term "resources" (currently) means internets and roods. Furthermore, no action may be performed that causes any of a player's resources to become negative.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to simplify resource transactions"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§026:
Players may announce the foundation of a settlement in their own land. The first settlement is free of charge, but subsequent settlements have a cost of 3 internets. Players shall announce the foundation of a settlement in the following form, in bold and italics: "I announce the foundation of [name of settlement] in [player domain's name], located at [map coordinates]" A player may declare any settlement in his land a city, but doing so will cost 3 more internets. To declare a settlement a city, the announcement must be in bold and italics and read: "I declare [name of settlement] a city." The capital city of a player's domain is the first settlement promoted to a city. The capital city generates twice the resources of a regular city. A player may transfer the capital of his domain to another city (not settlement) at the cost of another 3 internets. Transferring a capital shall be done by announcing in bold and italics: "I transfer the capital of [name of domain] to the city of [name of city]".
(Proposed by HarvesteR as HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land; Approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, ostrichguy; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)
(Amended by coolguy5678 as coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, JonR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§027:
Players who haven't posted in a week shall be moved to the inactive player list. After a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.
(Proposed by infina as infina's motion to define activity and infina's motion to penalize inactivity; Approved by Affinity, infina, JonR; opposed by HarvesteR; edited by HarvesteR)

§028:
A page on this thread represents the passage of one year in Nomic Time.
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long"; Approved by OstrichGuy, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§029:
Anyone who double-posts three or more times in the same thread page is fined one internet for each double-post after the first two, which go to the Nomic Estate. A double-post is defined as two consecutive posts by the same user; three consecutive posts are considered two double posts, four consecutive posts as three double-posts, and so on
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time"; Approved by coolguy5678, ostrichguy, bkwinner; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§030:
All off an individual's territory must be connected, either by being directly attached to each other, or being connected by a railroad or road. Players may build a train track for 5 Internet, regardless of its length. Players may build a road for 1 internet per 10 grid squares it crosses. If the railroad is made through another individual's territory, the money payed will go to that individual. If it passes through multiple other individuals' territory's, the people who's territory it goes through will split the Internets proportionally to how much is in each of their territories
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory"; Approved by ostrichguy, JonR, bkwinner; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§031:
Players may convert tiles in their territory into farmland or factories for the cost of 1 Internet per 3 tiles of land converted. At the end of each Nomic Year, not including the one during which the tiles were converted, players receive 1 Internet per 3 tiles of farmland and 1 Internet per 2 tiles of factories. "Farm" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive farmland" and "manufacturing area" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive factories." Each manufacturing area must have a city in it. Each farm must have a settlement in it. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make territory actually have a purpose"; Approved by ostrichguy, bkwinner, HarvesteR; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by Affinity, ostrichguy)

I make a motion to change the first two sentences of §004 to the following: "If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied." For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic.

(Proposed by Affinity; Approved by Affinity, JonR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to limit the amount of total actions permitted between ruleset updates. Actions consist of all official moves a player may take, as defined by the ruleset. This is to reduce the amount of desynchronization between the current state of the game and of the ruleset. The limit shall be set at 5 actions between updates. The action-count is global, and increases by each action posted by any player. A player may only exceed the action limit in the event that an update is included in the same post, and encompasses all previous actions. Any player may post an update and, thus, reset the action-count to zero. Any actions posted after the initial five without a ruleset update shall be ignored. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync.

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that players may take vacations. If a player declares in bold an italics, "I am taking the next [one or two] weeks off, then that amount of time is not counted towards the amount of time required to be considered inactive. Players are given 2 weeks off per real-world year, which may be used as either two one-week vacation or one two-week vacations. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "OstrichGuy's motion to allow vacations"

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to require that all players, upon making a new motion, read the current rules before posting, in an effort to always prefer proposing an amendment to the rules to making a new one. In the event that this motion should pass, It shall be amended to rule §001, so that it reads: "Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules. Amendments are always preferred over new rules, since they prevent the ruleset from growing too large". This motion shall also amend rule §005 to include: "The Chairman holds the power to condense a rule-motion into an amendment, wherever it is applicable, in order to keep the ruleset size down". For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as: "HarvesteR's motion to keep to prevent ruleset TL;DR"

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that, if Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic passes, that the internet rewards for approved motions be changed to: 3 for unanimous support, 2 for <100% but >=75% and 1 for <75%. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to rescale rewards.

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we are allowed to make conditional votes, votes that only take effect if the conditions are met, to be proposed like this:

I cast my vote (in favor|favour of/against) (motion) if (condition)

If (condition) is true, then the vote counts. Otherwise (If the condition is false/undetermined), it doesn't. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to allow conditional votes.

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we are allowed to edit our motions by stating:

I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby edit [name of motion] to:
(new motion text)

All votes for the old motion are kept, unless the meaning is significantly changed, as determined by the chairman (this decision can be overruled as per §005), in which case the votes are repealed. Motions may not be edited if they already have the number of votes nessisary for approval/rejection. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to edit motions

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic Estate: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 2211 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
coolguy5678: 21 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
Affinity: 13 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
_infina_: 9 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
ostrichguy: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 50 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 9 factories
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
JonR: 4 internets, 15 roods on credit, 25 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
kerfuffleninja: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
skellious: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
Quate: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
snowyowl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
neoliminal: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
Boreeas: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed, 0 farmland, 0 factories

Nomic Map

Spoiler:

[bkwinner]

I have to disagree with the conditional votes thing... if your vote depends on something else, it's better to wait until that something is complete before casting your vote... People are already doing this far too much with motions, and it really gets confusing...

The point of these is so that you can, instead of stating, for example:

I agree with the vacation thing.. especially in view of the recently passed punishment for being inactive for 3 weeks... But I think there's no need for a 2 week limit there... (even because the punishment comes after 3 weeks)

I'll cast my vote if that limit is removed.

you could say:

I cast my vote in favor|favour of OstrichGuy's motion to allow vacations if the limit for vacations is removed

you could also have a vote that changes its state between for and against by combining multiple conditional votes, ex:

I cast my vote in favor|favour of OstrichGuy's motion to allow vacations if the limit for vacations is removed
I cast my vote against OstrichGuy's motion to allow vacations if the limit for vacations is not removed

This is mainly intended for motions that are editable by my system, as with the current system that you outlined:

About the motion editing thing, there is a way to do it legally already: just cancel off your motion by announcing it's termination (see rule §016), then make a new motion. Editing would be redundant.

all votes are lost. With my editing system, not only does it save space; it also carries the votes. With conditional voting, it provides a method to auto-update votes based on gamestate, instead of having to check back and change your vote every time the situation changes.
Also:
I claim the land from 8h to 10j, keeping one rood unclaimed.
I establish Bob-omb town(don't ask) on 9i, and turn 9h-9j into farmland. this costs 1 internet, and I will obtain 1 internet per year.
(sorry for not updating the map; I don't have any photo-editing software, as paint is busted, and I don't know where the script for updating the map is.)

[ostrichguy]

Oh I just realized that I was wrong. I get 4.5 Internets at the end of each year, not 3.
For farmland you get 100% of what you paid at the end of each year. (AKA 1 Internet per 3 tiles)
For factories, you get 150% of what you paid at the end of each year. (AKA 1 Internet per 2 tiles)
Factories, however, need cities, which are more expensive than settlements.

I make a motion that, in addition to Internet, we use another unit of currency, called a sub-internet, equal to 1/10 of an Internet. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as Ostrichguy's motion to subdivide currency.

I guess that unless this passes, my yearly pay will round down to 4.

Also, I'm not sure about allowing motions to be edited. What if I already voted for a motion, and don't like the modified version, and it passes before I get a chance to take back my vote? I think it's better just to have players terminate motions and then propose modified versions.

[coolguy5678]

I cast my vote in favour of Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic.
I cast my vote against HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync. 5 actions is too few; I sometimes go through that in a single post.
I cast my vote in favour of bkwinner's motion to rescale rewards.
I cast my vote in favour of Ostrichguy's motion to subdivide currency.

I declare The Awesome City of Awesomeness a city.

[ostrichguy]

I make a motion to amend rule 26 to say that, rather than the capital city generating double the income, all the factories in the manufacturing are in which the capital is located generates double the normal income for a factory. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as Ostrichguy's motion to clear up ambiguity about income.
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(sorry for not updating the map; I don't have any photo-editing software, as paint is busted, and I don't know where the script for updating the map is.)

If you need image editing software, you should check out gimp. It has quality at or near Photoshop-level, but it's free, and it costs nothing.

[coolguy5678]

I cast my vote in favour of Ostrichguy's motion to clear up ambiguity about income.
I convert the rectangle BE1 -> BH3 into factories, costing 4 internets and generating 6 internets per year. (12 if Ostrichguy's motion passes)

I make a motion that any settlement that isn't a city may be converted into a Mining Town for 3 internets. If a manufacturing area contains a mining town, its yearly income is increased by 15%. A single manufacturing area can only earn this bonus once. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as coolguy5678's motion to create mining towns.

I make a motion that, if a farm is connected to a manufacturing area either by having their physical location touching, or by having a railroad or road between them, then the income of the manufacturing area is increased by 0.5% for each rood in the farm, up to a maximum of 15%*. This does not compound with the Mining Town bonus, i.e. the bonus is calculated according to the income of the manufacturing area before applying the mining town bonus. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as coolguy5678's motion to make farms supply to factories.

The idea is that the mining town/farm can supply what it generates to the manufacturing area so it can make more stuff.

[JonR]

just checking in so that I'm still active.
don't have time now to post for/against motions.

can someone check the map to add in my requested domain from ages ago?

Thanks, keep up the nomic!

[Krawl]

I make a motion that in commemoration of the coming new year, every player receives +3 internets. For the purposes of voting, this shall be known as "Krawl's New Year's Gift Motion."

I make a motion that somebody who is not lazy, is to reformat the ruleset into a more congruent set. This will be for the purposes of making the ruleset shorter and more concise, therefore making it easier to read. If this motion is approved, every player is to re-read the new, shorter, and more concise ruleset to ensure that they all know what is going on still. For the purposes of voting, this shall be known as "Krawl is complaining that the ruleset is too long motion."

Also, I am now a player, thus I claim my roods (to credit) and my internet(s).
I am not certain if voting on your own motions is allowed anymore, if they are, I shall edit in my vote for both of these motions.
Also, if "Krawl is complaining that the ruleset is too long." passes, the ruleset should also be looked over for typos, and bad copypasta. I found plenty.
EDIT:: Seeing as how all of the first votes within the Active Motions Spoiler are from the creator, I assume it is allowed, therefore:
I cast my vote in favor/favour of Krawl's New Year's Gift Motion.
I cast my vote in favor/favour of Krawl is complaining that the ruleset is too long motion.

[HarvesteR]

I cast my vote in favor of Krawl's New Year's Gift Motion
Good idea, this one.

I cast my vote against Krawl is complaining that the ruleset is too long motion

We already have an open motion for this, it's called "HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset TL;DR"

And yes, the ruleset has grown so large it's very difficult to keep it updated... hence my previous motions...

I've sent links to the most active players with editing privileges to the Nomic Database, so they can also help in keeping it up to date...

I'm working on the map renderer now, and it's almost ready... just need to add some more assets for cities and capitals, and also add the new factories, farms and roads and rails and a loader for the flash app

(Ok, maybe it's not so almost ready)

For those who want to see it, here it is.
(the 'save image' button doesn't do anything yet, and the map is a little outdated... also you might have to hit refresh a few times if it doesn't show)

Cheers

[coolguy5678]

I cast my vote in favour of Krawl is complaining that the ruleset is too long motion. The rules could use some reordering; right now they're all over the place.
I cast my vote in favor of Krawl's New Year's Gift Motion. Who could say no to free internets?

Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic has 3 votes in favor, and passes.
This motion has been approved with 3 votes in favor, 0 against. Affinity shall receive 3 internets for this meritious contribution.

Note that this motion passed before Krawl's New Year Gift, so that doesn't pass yet.

Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§004:
If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(In original ruleset; Amended by HarvesteR through "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR); Amended by Affinity through Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic

§005:
HarvesteR is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions. (Dates from kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay)
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's first motion; to make the Chairman someone active"; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

§008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

§013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§015:
Players may give any positive amount of their resources any other player for whatever reason they wish. (Originally "coolguy5678's motion to promote the Christmas spirit")
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§017:
The Chairman is permitted to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the Chairman, free of cost to players, if a motion to do so passes. The chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Any internets beyond that will be charged to the chairman as per Rule §015. Internets granted under this rule may be revoked, as per the procedure outlined in §005.
(Proposed by alexriehl as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§018:
No player is allowed to have more than 3 open motions at any time. Any motion proposed after the 3rd shall be ignored.
(Proposed by JonR as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals"; approved by HarvesteR, _infina_, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§019:
The Nomic estate now holds land. This land is subdivided into 2560 roods. These areas can be held by a player as a way to generate resources, provided that said player has enough internets to his credit to make the purchase. As of this rule's approval, the value of the land rood is not yet established, and no method of generating resources from the land has been devised. For the aforementioned reasons, buying and selling of land roods is not, as of yet, in effect.
(Proposed by _infina_ as "infina's motion to create land"; approved by _infina_, alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§020:
Each player to join the game will begin with ten roods of land in addition to his/her starting internet. Players present at the passing of this motion shall receive ten roods of land for each internet they have. Roods awarded in this manner shall be deducted from the Nomic estate's rood supply.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to award initial roods"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§021:
At any point, a player may declare, "I buy [n] roods from the Nomic estate", where n is a multiple of ten less than or equal to the number of roods remaining in the Nomic estate. The player immediate gains n roods and loses n/10 internets, which are added to the Nomic estate's internet supply. Roods transferred between players are not restricted by this motion's exchange rate.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to set an exchange rate"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§022:
All land in existance shall be mapped on a 64 by 40 tile grid, each tile of which represents a land rood. Land-buyers, as they purchase more land, must update this map so that it reflects the change in territory ownership. The map shall be posted at each new map update, contained in a spoiler tag. Each land-owner must represent his estate with a unique color, so that his territory is well defined.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to map out the land"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§023:
Each prospective land buyer, prior to purchasing any land, be it from the Nomic Estate or from another land-owner, must declare his intent to do so in the following manner, in bold and italics: 'I hereby claim the land located at [location of roods]'. The purpose of this rule is to prevent conflicts over land ownership in the event that another players claim the same rood, before the map of ownership could be updated.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to prevent land ownership conflicts"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§024:
Whenever a someone makes a motion, he automatically and implicitly casts a vote in favour of it. This can be cancelled by explicitly stating, in bold and italics, "I do not cast my vote in (favour|favor) of [motion name]", or by casting a vote against the motion.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's second motion; to reduce obvious, redundant votes"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§025:
The term "resources" (currently) means internets and roods. Furthermore, no action may be performed that causes any of a player's resources to become negative.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to simplify resource transactions"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§026:
Players may announce the foundation of a settlement in their own land. The first settlement is free of charge, but subsequent settlements have a cost of 3 internets. Players shall announce the foundation of a settlement in the following form, in bold and italics: "I announce the foundation of [name of settlement] in [player domain's name], located at [map coordinates]" A player may declare any settlement in his land a city, but doing so will cost 3 more internets. To declare a settlement a city, the announcement must be in bold and italics and read: "I declare [name of settlement] a city." The capital city of a player's domain is the first settlement promoted to a city. The capital city generates twice the resources of a regular city. A player may transfer the capital of his domain to another city (not settlement) at the cost of another 3 internets. Transferring a capital shall be done by announcing in bold and italics: "I transfer the capital of [name of domain] to the city of [name of city]".
(Proposed by HarvesteR as HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land; Approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, ostrichguy; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)
(Amended by coolguy5678 as coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, JonR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§027:
Players who haven't posted in a week shall be moved to the inactive player list. After a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.
(Proposed by infina as infina's motion to define activity and infina's motion to penalize inactivity; Approved by Affinity, infina, JonR; opposed by HarvesteR; edited by HarvesteR)

§028:
A page on this thread represents the passage of one year in Nomic Time.
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long"; Approved by OstrichGuy, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§029:
Anyone who double-posts three or more times in the same thread page is fined one internet for each double-post after the first two, which go to the Nomic Estate. A double-post is defined as two consecutive posts by the same user; three consecutive posts are considered two double posts, four consecutive posts as three double-posts, and so on
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time"; Approved by coolguy5678, ostrichguy, bkwinner; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§030:
All off an individual's territory must be connected, either by being directly attached to each other, or being connected by a railroad or road. Players may build a train track for 5 Internet, regardless of its length. Players may build a road for 1 internet per 10 grid squares it crosses. If the railroad is made through another individual's territory, the money payed will go to that individual. If it passes through multiple other individuals' territory's, the people who's territory it goes through will split the Internets proportionally to how much is in each of their territories
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory"; Approved by ostrichguy, JonR, bkwinner; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§031:
Players may convert tiles in their territory into farmland or factories for the cost of 1 Internet per 3 tiles of land converted. At the end of each Nomic Year, not including the one during which the tiles were converted, players receive 1 Internet per 3 tiles of farmland and 1 Internet per 2 tiles of factories. "Farm" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive farmland" and "manufacturing area" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive factories." Each manufacturing area must have a city in it. Each farm must have a settlement in it. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make territory actually have a purpose"; Approved by ostrichguy, bkwinner, HarvesteR; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by Affinity, ostrichguy)

I make a motion to limit the amount of total actions permitted between ruleset updates. Actions consist of all official moves a player may take, as defined by the ruleset. This is to reduce the amount of desynchronization between the current state of the game and of the ruleset. The limit shall be set at 5 actions between updates. The action-count is global, and increases by each action posted by any player. A player may only exceed the action limit in the event that an update is included in the same post, and encompasses all previous actions. Any player may post an update and, thus, reset the action-count to zero. Any actions posted after the initial five without a ruleset update shall be ignored. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync.

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR, bkwinner; Opposed by coolguy5678)

I make a motion that players may take vacations. If a player declares in bold an italics, "I am taking the next [one or two] weeks off, then that amount of time is not counted towards the amount of time required to be considered inactive. Players are given 2 weeks off per real-world year, which may be used as either two one-week vacation or one two-week vacations. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "OstrichGuy's motion to allow vacations"

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to require that all players, upon making a new motion, read the current rules before posting, in an effort to always prefer proposing an amendment to the rules to making a new one. In the event that this motion should pass, It shall be amended to rule §001, so that it reads: "Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules. Amendments are always preferred over new rules, since they prevent the ruleset from growing too large". This motion shall also amend rule §005 to include: "The Chairman holds the power to condense a rule-motion into an amendment, wherever it is applicable, in order to keep the ruleset size down". For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as: "HarvesteR's motion to keep to prevent ruleset TL;DR"

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that, if Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic passes, that the internet rewards for approved motions be changed to: 3 for unanimous support, 2 for <100% but >=75% and 1 for <75%. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to rescale rewards.

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner, coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we are allowed to make conditional votes, votes that only take effect if the conditions are met, to be proposed like this:

I cast my vote (in favor|favour of/against) (motion) if (condition)

If (condition) is true, then the vote counts. Otherwise (If the condition is false/undetermined), it doesn't. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to allow conditional votes.

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we are allowed to edit our motions by stating:

I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby edit [name of motion] to:
(new motion text)

All votes for the old motion are kept, unless the meaning is significantly changed, as determined by the chairman (this decision can be overruled as per §005), in which case the votes are repealed. Motions may not be edited if they already have the number of votes nessisary for approval/rejection. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to edit motions

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that, in addition to Internet, we use another unit of currency, called a sub-internet, equal to 1/10 of an Internet. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as Ostrichguy's motion to subdivide currency.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy, coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to amend rule 26 to say that, rather than the capital city generating double the income, all the factories in the manufacturing are in which the capital is located generates double the normal income for a factory. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as Ostrichguy's motion to clear up ambiguity about income.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy, coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that any settlement that isn't a city may be converted into a Mining Town for 3 internets. If a manufacturing area contains a mining town, its yearly income is increased by 15%. A single manufacturing area can only earn this bonus once. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as coolguy5678's motion to create mining towns.

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that, if a farm is connected to a manufacturing area either by having their physical location touching, or by having a railroad or road between them, then the income of the manufacturing area is increased by 0.5% for each rood in the farm, up to a maximum of 15%*. This does not compound with the Mining Town bonus, i.e. the bonus is calculated according to the income of the manufacturing area before applying the mining town bonus. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as coolguy5678's motion to make farms supply to factories.

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that in commemoration of the coming new year, every player receives +3 internets. For the purposes of voting, this shall be known as "Krawl's New Year's Gift Motion."

(Proposed by Krawl; Approved by Krawl, Harvester, coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that somebody who is not lazy, is to reformat the ruleset into a more congruent set. This will be for the purposes of making the ruleset shorter and more concise, therefore making it easier to read. If this motion is approved, every player is to re-read the new, shorter, and more concise ruleset to ensure that they all know what is going on still. For the purposes of voting, this shall be known as "Krawl is complaining that the ruleset is too long motion."

(Proposed by Krawl; Approved by Krawl, coolguy5678; Opposed by Harvester)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic Estate: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 2202 roods claimed
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed
coolguy5678: 18 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed
Affinity: 16 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed
_infina_: 9 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed
ostrichguy: 6 internets, 0 roods on credit, 20 roods claimed
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
JonR: 4 internets, 15 roods on credit, 25 roods claimed
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
kerfuffleninja: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
skellious: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Quate: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
snowyowl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
neoliminal: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Boreeas: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
bkwinner: 1 internets, 1 roods on credit, 9 roods claimed
Krawl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed

First time updating the Nomic Database. I hope I didn't forget anything...

[HarvesteR]

You know what? I'm changing my vote... we really need to revise that ruleset..

I retract my vote against Krawl is complaining that the ruleset is too long motion


I cast my vote in favor of Krawl is complaining that the ruleset is too long motion

I cast my vote in davor of Ostrichguy's motion to subdivide currency.
This is a good idea... we had dollars but didn't have cents I assume if you have 10 sub-internets, you can round that to one internet right?

I make a motion that we notate internets with the ¤ symbol (Alt+0164), and sub-internets as decimals of the number of internets. In the event of this motion's approval, rule §008 shall be amended to include this. For the purposes pf voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to notate currency



One thing I want to point out though... The elastic passage requirements rule is now in effect, which means motions will now need 50% of players to vote in favor of for them to pass... The player list currently holds 19 players, which means a minimum of 9.5 votes in favor (10 in practice) to approve a motion now

Ruleset:

Spoiler:

§001:
Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules.
(In original ruleset)

§002:
All official motions must be in bold and italics and begin with "I make a motion to..." Additionally, official motions must end with "For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as [username]'s motion to...", followed by a summary of the motion's actions, with "[username]" replaced by the motion-maker's username. For example, one could say "I make a motion to put the comma that is directly outside the quotes in rule §002 inside the preceeding quotes, after the ellipses. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammar Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§003:
To vote in favor of or against a motion, one must declare one's vote by saying "I cast my vote [in favor of/in favour of/against] [motion-maker]'s motion to [motion summary]." For example, one could say "I cast my vote in favor of kerfuffleninja's motion to save grammer Nazis from developing a nervous twitch."
(In original ruleset)

§004:
If at any point more than half of the active players have voted in favor of a motion, it is immediately approved. If at any point more than half of the active players against a motion, the motion is immediately denied. If the motion passes, and requires that the rules be amended, the motion-maker or any other with official powers to do so must do this as soon as possible, and post the revised ruleset. Although already approved, A rule and/or amendment shall not be considered as in effect until the revised ruleset is posted. (Dates from original ruleset; amended)
(In original ruleset; Amended by HarvesteR through "HarvesteR's motion to reduce confusion over rule §004" (approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR); Amended by Affinity through Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic)

§005:
HarvesteR is the chairman. Any disputes and disagreements about gameplay may settled by the chairman. If there is a dispute, the chairman may take any action necessary to restore stable gameplay, except the actions specifically forbidden by these rules. The chairman's decisions may be overturned by five votes from different players reading "I cast my vote to repeal the chairman's executive decision." The chairman may not take any action which results in players being unable to repeal his decisions. (Dates from kerfuffleninja's motion to ensure stable gameplay)
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's first motion; to make the Chairman someone active"; approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§006:
The revised ruleset must be placed inside of spoiler tags in order to prevent page-stretching.
(Proposed by Quate as "Quate's motion to prevent page-stretching"; approved by Quate, e^ipi+1=0, skellious, turret, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§007:
No motion may have retroactive effects before the moment at which it passed. No motion may specify that it cannot be altered or repealed. No motion may contradict a motion which has already passed or which is in voting unless it specifically supersedes, repeals, or reverses the existing motion.
(Proposed by snowyowl as "Snowyowl's motion to prevent contradictions"; approved by snowyowl, skellious, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by snowyowl)

§008:
All players have a property called "number of internets". All players receive one internet upon making their first post in this thread; all players who have made at least one post before the passing of this rule also gain one internet when this rule comes into effect. Whenever a player's number of internets is changed, a list of all players' internet-counts is posted in a spoiler tag, in decreasing order of internet-counts.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to create currency"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§009:
Those who have their motions approved shall be rewarded with 1 (one) internet per vote in favor received, less 1 (one) internet per vote against received. In this fashion, one who has a motion approved will receive an amount of internets proportional to the general acceptance of his proposed motion. (e.g. If one has a motion passed with 3 votes in favor and 2 votes against, said one shall receive 1 internet). Internets shall only be granted once the motion has been effectively approved, and correctly followed through with appropriate insertion on, and/or revision of the ruleset. Motions passed before the approval of this rule shall not be affected retroactively. Motions currently under vote at the time of this rule's approval shall observe this rule. In the event that a motion is denied, no internets shall be given nor taken.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to reward meritous contributions"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§010:
All motions to create rules approved henceforth shall be/must be automatically appended to the existing ruleset under its corresponding number.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to maintain a coherent ruleset"; approved by HarvesteR, Boreeas, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§011:
All rules appended to the original ruleset are required to be reworded so as to remove unnecessary sentences regarding obsolete voting, such as 'for the purposes of voting...'. This rule also requires that in any case in which a rule refers to itself as a 'motion', it must be reworded so as to emphasize and maintain the semantic difference between a motion and a rule. The extent of this rule is limited to such rewording and editing, and prohibits the altering of rules in any way that might distort, omit or otherwise modify the implied or explicitly stated content of its previous form as a motion. It extends as far as modifying the wording of a rule to append information about its creator and originating motion in order to preserve its history.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance and further improve the coherence of the ruleset"; approved by alexriehl, HarvesteR, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§012:
People are not forced to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for.
(Proposed by turret as "turret's motion to simplify and ease voting through not forcing people to type down the entire summary of any vote they wish to endorse and vote for"; approved by turret, snowyowl, JonR; opposed by kerfuffleninja, Affinity; edited by HarvesteR)

§013:
All terminated motions, regardless of the outcome of the vote, are required to be announced in the following form:
For approved motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes in favor, and it passes.
This motion has been approved with # votes in favor, # against. [username] shall receive {see rule §009} internets for his(her) meritous contribution."
For denied motions, the announcement must be in bold and follow this template:
"[username]'s [name of motion for the purposes of voting] has # votes against, and is hereby denied."
It is required that, upon posting of the revised ruleset, the ruleset-revisor precede his new submission with the above announcement, so that it is clear for all participants that a new revision of the ruleset has been submitted. Observance of other rules regarding ruleset presentation shall still apply.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to enhance motion termination verbosity"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§014:
Along with the revised ruleset, a list of motions still open to voting is to be placed in any post casting a deciding vote in a motion.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to keep a list of active motions"; approved by HarvesteR, JonR, alexriehl; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§015:
Players may give any positive amount of their resources any other player for whatever reason they wish. (Originally "coolguy5678's motion to promote the Christmas spirit")
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to promote Christmas spirit"; approved by coolguy5678, alexriehl, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§016:
The Motion-maker is granted official power to cancel a motion of his own making that is currently under vote. This shall be done by declaring, in bold and italics: "I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby terminate [name of motion]. As of this moment, this motion is no longer under vote and shall be removed and forgotten." This shall completely terminate the open motion. Being granted power to remove a motion does not imply that the power-holder is compelled to follow through. The Chairman does not have authority to grant this power unto himself, being also required to rely on the group consensus.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to remove and forget obsolete motions"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§017:
The Chairman is permitted to grant internets to persons who have been of exemplary value in the community, at the discretion of the Chairman. The chairman is unable to award himself/herself internets, but internets can be given to the Chairman, free of cost to players, if a motion to do so passes. The chairman is only permitted to award 5 internets per week. Any internets beyond that will be charged to the chairman as per Rule §015. Internets granted under this rule may be revoked, as per the procedure outlined in §005.
(Proposed by alexriehl as "alexriehl's revised motion to grant currency-based rewards"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, _infina_; opposed by nobody; edited by alexriehl)

§018:
No player is allowed to have more than 3 open motions at any time. Any motion proposed after the 3rd shall be ignored.
(Proposed by JonR as "JonR's 2nd motion; to curb excessive motion proposals"; approved by HarvesteR, _infina_, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§019:
The Nomic estate now holds land. This land is subdivided into 2560 roods. These areas can be held by a player as a way to generate resources, provided that said player has enough internets to his credit to make the purchase. As of this rule's approval, the value of the land rood is not yet established, and no method of generating resources from the land has been devised. For the aforementioned reasons, buying and selling of land roods is not, as of yet, in effect.
(Proposed by _infina_ as "infina's motion to create land"; approved by _infina_, alexriehl, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§020:
Each player to join the game will begin with ten roods of land in addition to his/her starting internet. Players present at the passing of this motion shall receive ten roods of land for each internet they have. Roods awarded in this manner shall be deducted from the Nomic estate's rood supply.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to award initial roods"; approved by Affinity, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§021:
At any point, a player may declare, "I buy [n] roods from the Nomic estate", where n is a multiple of ten less than or equal to the number of roods remaining in the Nomic estate. The player immediate gains n roods and loses n/10 internets, which are added to the Nomic estate's internet supply. Roods transferred between players are not restricted by this motion's exchange rate.
(Proposed by Affinity as "Affinity's motion to set an exchange rate"; approved by Affinity, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§022:
All land in existance shall be mapped on a 64 by 40 tile grid, each tile of which represents a land rood. Land-buyers, as they purchase more land, must update this map so that it reflects the change in territory ownership. The map shall be posted at each new map update, contained in a spoiler tag. Each land-owner must represent his estate with a unique color, so that his territory is well defined.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to map out the land"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§023:
Each prospective land buyer, prior to purchasing any land, be it from the Nomic Estate or from another land-owner, must declare his intent to do so in the following manner, in bold and italics: 'I hereby claim the land located at [location of roods]'. The purpose of this rule is to prevent conflicts over land ownership in the event that another players claim the same rood, before the map of ownership could be updated.
(Proposed by HarvesteR as "HarvesteR's motion to prevent land ownership conflicts"; approved by alexriehl, coolguy5678, Affinity; opposed by nobody; edited by Affinity)

§024:
Whenever a someone makes a motion, he automatically and implicitly casts a vote in favour of it. This can be cancelled by explicitly stating, in bold and italics, "I do not cast my vote in (favour|favor) of [motion name]", or by casting a vote against the motion.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's second motion; to reduce obvious, redundant votes"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§025:
The term "resources" (currently) means internets and roods. Furthermore, no action may be performed that causes any of a player's resources to become negative.
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to simplify resource transactions"; Approved by coolguy5678, Affinity, HarvesteR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§026:
Players may announce the foundation of a settlement in their own land. The first settlement is free of charge, but subsequent settlements have a cost of 3 internets. Players shall announce the foundation of a settlement in the following form, in bold and italics: "I announce the foundation of [name of settlement] in [player domain's name], located at [map coordinates]" A player may declare any settlement in his land a city, but doing so will cost 3 more internets. To declare a settlement a city, the announcement must be in bold and italics and read: "I declare [name of settlement] a city." The capital city of a player's domain is the first settlement promoted to a city. The capital city generates twice the resources of a regular city. A player may transfer the capital of his domain to another city (not settlement) at the cost of another 3 internets. Transferring a capital shall be done by announcing in bold and italics: "I transfer the capital of [name of domain] to the city of [name of city]".
(Proposed by HarvesteR as HarvesteR's motion to colonize the land; Approved by HarvesteR, Affinity, ostrichguy; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)
(Amended by coolguy5678 as coolguy5678's motion to make the capital city awesome; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR, JonR; opposed by nobody; edited by HarvesteR)

§027:
Players who haven't posted in a week shall be moved to the inactive player list. After a player has been on the inactive list for three weeks, their land is returned to the Nomic Estate.
(Proposed by infina as infina's motion to define activity and infina's motion to penalize inactivity; Approved by Affinity, infina, JonR; opposed by HarvesteR; edited by HarvesteR)

§028:
A page on this thread represents the passage of one year in Nomic Time.
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make years pretty long"; Approved by OstrichGuy, HarvesteR, coolguy5678; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§029:
Anyone who double-posts three or more times in the same thread page is fined one internet for each double-post after the first two, which go to the Nomic Estate. A double-post is defined as two consecutive posts by the same user; three consecutive posts are considered two double posts, four consecutive posts as three double-posts, and so on
(Proposed by coolguy5678 as "coolguy5678's motion to stop people from single-handedly accelerating time"; Approved by coolguy5678, ostrichguy, bkwinner; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§030:
All off an individual's territory must be connected, either by being directly attached to each other, or being connected by a railroad or road. Players may build a train track for 5 Internet, regardless of its length. Players may build a road for 1 internet per 10 grid squares it crosses. If the railroad is made through another individual's territory, the money payed will go to that individual. If it passes through multiple other individuals' territory's, the people who's territory it goes through will split the Internets proportionally to how much is in each of their territories
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "Ostrichguy's motion to connect territory"; Approved by ostrichguy, JonR, bkwinner; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

§031:
Players may convert tiles in their territory into farmland or factories for the cost of 1 Internet per 3 tiles of land converted. At the end of each Nomic Year, not including the one during which the tiles were converted, players receive 1 Internet per 3 tiles of farmland and 1 Internet per 2 tiles of factories. "Farm" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive farmland" and "manufacturing area" will henceforth be used as a term meaning "a collection of consecutive factories." Each manufacturing area must have a city in it. Each farm must have a settlement in it.
(Proposed by OstrichGuy as "OstrichGuy's motion to make territory actually have a purpose"; Approved by ostrichguy, bkwinner, HarvesteR; Opposed by no oneHarvesteR)

Active Motions:

Spoiler:

I make a motion that anyone who uses either Comic Sans or Papyrus in the Nomic Empire Map will be fined 5 internets (or all their internets, if they have less than 5). These internets will go to the Nomic Estate. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "coolguy5678's motion to prevent the use of terrible fonts".

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by Affinity, ostrichguy)

I make a motion to limit the amount of total actions permitted between ruleset updates. Actions consist of all official moves a player may take, as defined by the ruleset. This is to reduce the amount of desynchronization between the current state of the game and of the ruleset. The limit shall be set at 5 actions between updates. The action-count is global, and increases by each action posted by any player. A player may only exceed the action limit in the event that an update is included in the same post, and encompasses all previous actions. Any player may post an update and, thus, reset the action-count to zero. Any actions posted after the initial five without a ruleset update shall be ignored. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to prevent ruleset desync.

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR, bkwinner; Opposed by coolguy5678)

I make a motion that players may take vacations. If a player declares in bold an italics, "I am taking the next [one or two] weeks off, then that amount of time is not counted towards the amount of time required to be considered inactive. Players are given 2 weeks off per real-world year, which may be used as either two one-week vacation or one two-week vacations. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be referred to as "OstrichGuy's motion to allow vacations"

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to require that all players, upon making a new motion, read the current rules before posting, in an effort to always prefer proposing an amendment to the rules to making a new one. In the event that this motion should pass, It shall be amended to rule §001, so that it reads: "Any player may set forth a motion to take some official action. Official actions include, but are not limited to, amendment of or additions of rules. Amendments are always preferred over new rules, since they prevent the ruleset from growing too large". This motion shall also amend rule §005 to include: "The Chairman holds the power to condense a rule-motion into an amendment, wherever it is applicable, in order to keep the ruleset size down". For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as: "HarvesteR's motion to keep to prevent ruleset TL;DR"

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR, bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that, if Affinity's motion to make passage requirements elastic passes, that the internet rewards for approved motions be changed to: 3 for unanimous support, 2 for <100% but >=75% and 1 for <75%. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to rescale rewards.

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner, coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we are allowed to make conditional votes, votes that only take effect if the conditions are met, to be proposed like this:

I cast my vote (in favor|favour of/against) (motion) if (condition)

If (condition) is true, then the vote counts. Otherwise (If the condition is false/undetermined), it doesn't. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to allow conditional votes.

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we are allowed to edit our motions by stating:

I, ['as motion-maker' or 'having been lawfully granted official power'], hereby edit [name of motion] to:
(new motion text)

All votes for the old motion are kept, unless the meaning is significantly changed, as determined by the chairman (this decision can be overruled as per §005), in which case the votes are repealed. Motions may not be edited if they already have the number of votes nessisary for approval/rejection. For the purposes of voting, this will be called bkwinner's motion to edit motions

(Proposed by bkwinner; Approved by bkwinner; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that, in addition to Internet, we use another unit of currency, called a sub-internet, equal to 1/10 of an Internet. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as Ostrichguy's motion to subdivide currency.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion to amend rule 26 to say that, rather than the capital city generating double the income, all the factories in the manufacturing are in which the capital is located generates double the normal income for a factory. For purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as Ostrichguy's motion to clear up ambiguity about income.

(Proposed by ostrichguy; Approved by ostrichguy, coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that any settlement that isn't a city may be converted into a Mining Town for 3 internets. If a manufacturing area contains a mining town, its yearly income is increased by 15%. A single manufacturing area can only earn this bonus once. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as coolguy5678's motion to create mining towns.

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that, if a farm is connected to a manufacturing area either by having their physical location touching, or by having a railroad or road between them, then the income of the manufacturing area is increased by 0.5% for each rood in the farm, up to a maximum of 15%*. This does not compound with the Mining Town bonus, i.e. the bonus is calculated according to the income of the manufacturing area before applying the mining town bonus. For the purposes of voting, this motion shall be known as coolguy5678's motion to make farms supply to factories.

(Proposed by coolguy5678; Approved by coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that in commemoration of the coming new year, every player receives +3 internets. For the purposes of voting, this shall be known as "Krawl's New Year's Gift Motion."

(Proposed by Krawl; Approved by Krawl, Harvester, coolguy5678; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that somebody who is not lazy, is to reformat the ruleset into a more congruent set. This will be for the purposes of making the ruleset shorter and more concise, therefore making it easier to read. If this motion is approved, every player is to re-read the new, shorter, and more concise ruleset to ensure that they all know what is going on still. For the purposes of voting, this shall be known as "Krawl is complaining that the ruleset is too long motion."

(Proposed by Krawl; Approved by Krawl, coolguy5678, HarvesteR; Opposed by no one)

I make a motion that we notate internets with the ¤ symbol (Alt+0164), and sub-internets as decimals of the number of internets. In the event of this motion's approval, rule §008 shall be amended to include this. For the purposes pf voting, this motion shall be known as HarvesteR's motion to notate currency

(Proposed by HarvesteR; Approved by HarvesteR; Opposed by no one)

Players:

Spoiler:

The Nomic Estate: 0 internets, 0 roods on credit, 2202 roods claimed
HarvesteR: 25 internets, 50 roods on credit, 110 roods claimed
coolguy5678: 18 internets, 0 roods on credit, 90 roods claimed
Affinity: 16 internets, 2 roods on credit, 68 roods claimed
_infina_: 9 internets, 4 roods on credit, 36 roods claimed
ostrichguy: 6 internets, 0 roods on credit, 20 roods claimed
alexriehl: 4 internets, 40 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
JonR: 4 internets, 15 roods on credit, 25 roods claimed
turret: 2 internets, 20 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
kerfuffleninja: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
skellious: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
e^ipi+1=0: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Quate: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
snowyowl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
neoliminal: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Boreeas: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
NecklaceOfShadow: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
bkwinner: 1 internets, 1 roods on credit, 9 roods claimed
Krawl: 1 internets, 10 roods on credit, 0 roods claimed
Moach: 1 internets, 0 roods on credit, 10 roods claimed

[coolguy5678]

That's only players who have posted in the past week, though.

[Moach]

i hereby claim the land located under grid reference coords: AI22 through AK23 and AH23 through AJ24 - as marked in orange on the official map

i hereby found the settlement of Maeln located in the above claimed province!

[HarvesteR]

here's the state of the map renderer now... it can save the map to file (using jpg compression), so we can upload it and post here.

The renderer takes it's data straight off the map sheet on the Nomic Database, so it's important to check that it is up to date before posting an image.

This is a sample output, with no official import (for now)...

Cheers

[ostrichguy]

Okay, we currently have 6 active players:

HarvesteR
coolguy5678
Krawl
JonR
ostrichguy
bkwinner

So, motions need three votes to pass, just like before.