Welcome to Reform or Revolution. This is a forum game in which you play as the leader of a political faction trying to influence the political life of your country.
Rules
Also, no insults, slurs, or real political fights please. Also please realize that some artistic license is taken in the interests of simplification.
Sign-Ups are open.
I do require that NeoLiberals and NeoConservatives be claimed first, as they are the largest factions.
After that, any faction may be claimed.
To signup, just claim a faction from the last below by posting in the thread. You are expected to act and RP like your faction leader.
Rules
1. Factions
Each player plays as the leader of a faction. A faction represents a particular ideological viewpoint.
1.1 Ideologies
Each faction falls into one of four ideological families thanks to them sharing generally similar viewpoints. These are, from Left to Right, Socialists, Liberals, Conservatives, and Right-Wing Populists.
Socialists consist of:
Left Communists
Extreme socialists who wish to abolish the state immediately and who generally reject elections. This includes but is not limited to anarchists. Economic Position: 5 / Social Position: 4
Marxists
Regular revolutionary socialists, including Trotskyists, Leninists, and other revolutionary socialists who accept parliamentary elections but still want workers' control. Economic Position: 5 / Social Position: 3
Anti-Revionists
The revolutionary wing of Stalinism, similar in some ways to Left Communism but still supporting bureaucratic control of the economy rather then direct workers' control. Includes Maoists and Hoxhaists. Economic Position: 4 / Social Position: 4
Stalinists
Orthodox pro-soviet socialists. Support bureaucratic economic planning and tends towards reformism. Economic Position: 4 / Social Position: 3
Liberals consist of:
Green Politics
Environmentalists with most of the same concerns as social democrats but more extreme social viewpoints. Economic Position: 3 / Social Position: 4
Social Democracts
Supports heavily regulated capitalism and reforms through elections. Economic Position: 3 / Social Position: 3
Social Liberals
A more moderate version of social democracy, supporting a regulated capitalism but with less state control. Economic Position: 2 / Social Position: 3
Neoliberals
Free Market economics but progressive social policies. Economic Position: 1 / Social Position: 3
Conservatives consist of:
National Conservatives
Supports a regulated market in the interests of the national community. Economic Position: 2 / Social Position: 2
Neoconservatives
A right-wing version of neoliberalism. Economic Position: 1 / Social Position: 2
Reactionaries
Anti-public control and right-wing social policies. Includes Monarchists and other radical traditionalists. Economic Position: 1 / Social Position: 1
Right-Wing Populists consist of:
Fascists
Moderate levels of state control combined with extreme social policies. Economic Position: 2 / Social Position: 1
Solidarist Populists
Highly controlled or regulated capitalism with extreme nationalism. Includes Baathists, Peronists, and other Third-Positionists. Economic Position: 3 / Social Position: 1
1.2 Parties
Each faction has a number representing its degree of popular support, which in turn affects the ability of that faction to win elections, overthrow the government, control unions, etc. That number is a percentage going to 1/1000 of popular support. That number is recalculate every turn.
Factions which stand alone are considered to be Parties. A party may also consist of a number of factions under a single organization. Control within the party is decided according to internal elections according to the level of support per faction (ie, someone controlling my support has a vote that is worth more). The leader of the party can decide to let new factions join that party or expel existing factions.
Factions within parties accrue benefits in proportion to their influence within the party. They also stand for a common ballot in elections.
2. Government
The government represents the means of determining national policy. Its composition is determined according to the constitution of that particular country. In most cases this is by elections. This may take the form of a legislature. In the case of a legislature, new policies may be passed according to a majority vote by legislators via their controlling parties. If that legislation is supported by a majority of the public, then those factions which supported it will increase in popularity according to their influence in passing that legislation. Seats held by a party will also passively grant support.
2.1 Policies
The following policies are considered Economic policies.Economic policies range from 5 at the left to 1 on the right.
Employment: meaning the tendency to providing full employment policies
Welfare: meaning the tendency to providing public welfare and social securtiy.
Economic System: meaning the degree of public/workers control in the economy.
Social Policies consist of the following, ranging from 4 on the left to 1 on the right.
Conservatism: representing the degree of social conservative legislation and environmental policies.
2.2 First Past the Post
First Past the post elections are calculated by taking exponential support from all parties and then determining seats won based on the percentage of that. Parties that fail to win a seat will cause vote splitting, resulting in opposite policy parties gaining percentages of seats.
2.3 Banning
Parties may be banned by whatever mechanism allows the constitution to be amended. A banned party may not stand in elections, loses its seats, and has a 20% penalty applied to public support.
3. Non-Governmental Organizations
3.1 Unions
Unions consist of organized labor, the percent as determined by the economic system. More left-wing parties more easily control a union. A union leader gets support according to the percentage of the public in unions/2.
3.2 Opposition
Opposition represents the demand for a revolutionary change in government. A party must be opposed to the government to participate. Right-wing populists are always considered to be opposed to any government which isn't conservative, conservatives and liberals to any government which is not liberal or conservative, Greens to any country without a social policy of 4, Stalinists to any non-liberal government, and socialists to any non-socialist government. A party accrues support for opposition according to it's degree of influence in the opposition against the degree of public happiness.
If the percentage of opposition parties is greater then 50%, a revolution occurs. In a revolution, all factions try to work out a new government, with votes weighted towards revolutionary factions.
3.3 The Military
The Military represents the support of the military. It is heavily weighted towards the government. If they are unhappy, they may be persuaded to support a coup d'etat.
4. Timescale
Each turn represents one year.
5. Foreign policy
Handled entirely by RP.
6. Turns
In addition to forming alliances and diplomacy between factions, factions may direct an order to direct their influence towards supporting their influence in the unions, in the opposition, or towards building party organization.
Each player plays as the leader of a faction. A faction represents a particular ideological viewpoint.
1.1 Ideologies
Each faction falls into one of four ideological families thanks to them sharing generally similar viewpoints. These are, from Left to Right, Socialists, Liberals, Conservatives, and Right-Wing Populists.
Socialists consist of:
Left Communists
Extreme socialists who wish to abolish the state immediately and who generally reject elections. This includes but is not limited to anarchists. Economic Position: 5 / Social Position: 4
Marxists
Regular revolutionary socialists, including Trotskyists, Leninists, and other revolutionary socialists who accept parliamentary elections but still want workers' control. Economic Position: 5 / Social Position: 3
Anti-Revionists
The revolutionary wing of Stalinism, similar in some ways to Left Communism but still supporting bureaucratic control of the economy rather then direct workers' control. Includes Maoists and Hoxhaists. Economic Position: 4 / Social Position: 4
Stalinists
Orthodox pro-soviet socialists. Support bureaucratic economic planning and tends towards reformism. Economic Position: 4 / Social Position: 3
Liberals consist of:
Green Politics
Environmentalists with most of the same concerns as social democrats but more extreme social viewpoints. Economic Position: 3 / Social Position: 4
Social Democracts
Supports heavily regulated capitalism and reforms through elections. Economic Position: 3 / Social Position: 3
Social Liberals
A more moderate version of social democracy, supporting a regulated capitalism but with less state control. Economic Position: 2 / Social Position: 3
Neoliberals
Free Market economics but progressive social policies. Economic Position: 1 / Social Position: 3
Conservatives consist of:
National Conservatives
Supports a regulated market in the interests of the national community. Economic Position: 2 / Social Position: 2
Neoconservatives
A right-wing version of neoliberalism. Economic Position: 1 / Social Position: 2
Reactionaries
Anti-public control and right-wing social policies. Includes Monarchists and other radical traditionalists. Economic Position: 1 / Social Position: 1
Right-Wing Populists consist of:
Fascists
Moderate levels of state control combined with extreme social policies. Economic Position: 2 / Social Position: 1
Solidarist Populists
Highly controlled or regulated capitalism with extreme nationalism. Includes Baathists, Peronists, and other Third-Positionists. Economic Position: 3 / Social Position: 1
1.2 Parties
Each faction has a number representing its degree of popular support, which in turn affects the ability of that faction to win elections, overthrow the government, control unions, etc. That number is a percentage going to 1/1000 of popular support. That number is recalculate every turn.
Factions which stand alone are considered to be Parties. A party may also consist of a number of factions under a single organization. Control within the party is decided according to internal elections according to the level of support per faction (ie, someone controlling my support has a vote that is worth more). The leader of the party can decide to let new factions join that party or expel existing factions.
Factions within parties accrue benefits in proportion to their influence within the party. They also stand for a common ballot in elections.
2. Government
The government represents the means of determining national policy. Its composition is determined according to the constitution of that particular country. In most cases this is by elections. This may take the form of a legislature. In the case of a legislature, new policies may be passed according to a majority vote by legislators via their controlling parties. If that legislation is supported by a majority of the public, then those factions which supported it will increase in popularity according to their influence in passing that legislation. Seats held by a party will also passively grant support.
2.1 Policies
The following policies are considered Economic policies.Economic policies range from 5 at the left to 1 on the right.
Employment: meaning the tendency to providing full employment policies
Welfare: meaning the tendency to providing public welfare and social securtiy.
Economic System: meaning the degree of public/workers control in the economy.
Social Policies consist of the following, ranging from 4 on the left to 1 on the right.
Conservatism: representing the degree of social conservative legislation and environmental policies.
2.2 First Past the Post
First Past the post elections are calculated by taking exponential support from all parties and then determining seats won based on the percentage of that. Parties that fail to win a seat will cause vote splitting, resulting in opposite policy parties gaining percentages of seats.
2.3 Banning
Parties may be banned by whatever mechanism allows the constitution to be amended. A banned party may not stand in elections, loses its seats, and has a 20% penalty applied to public support.
3. Non-Governmental Organizations
3.1 Unions
Unions consist of organized labor, the percent as determined by the economic system. More left-wing parties more easily control a union. A union leader gets support according to the percentage of the public in unions/2.
3.2 Opposition
Opposition represents the demand for a revolutionary change in government. A party must be opposed to the government to participate. Right-wing populists are always considered to be opposed to any government which isn't conservative, conservatives and liberals to any government which is not liberal or conservative, Greens to any country without a social policy of 4, Stalinists to any non-liberal government, and socialists to any non-socialist government. A party accrues support for opposition according to it's degree of influence in the opposition against the degree of public happiness.
If the percentage of opposition parties is greater then 50%, a revolution occurs. In a revolution, all factions try to work out a new government, with votes weighted towards revolutionary factions.
3.3 The Military
The Military represents the support of the military. It is heavily weighted towards the government. If they are unhappy, they may be persuaded to support a coup d'etat.
4. Timescale
Each turn represents one year.
5. Foreign policy
Handled entirely by RP.
6. Turns
In addition to forming alliances and diplomacy between factions, factions may direct an order to direct their influence towards supporting their influence in the unions, in the opposition, or towards building party organization.
Also, no insults, slurs, or real political fights please. Also please realize that some artistic license is taken in the interests of simplification.
Sign-Ups are open.
I do require that NeoLiberals and NeoConservatives be claimed first, as they are the largest factions.
After that, any faction may be claimed.
To signup, just claim a faction from the last below by posting in the thread. You are expected to act and RP like your faction leader.
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