alternate history Rockin in the U.S.S.A. (1920-March 1921)

[Imperator Taco Cat]

@WVProgressive (I Forgot to give a warning so I will be granting an extension,) 24 hours left.

[WVProgressive]

The German Provisional Government Puts Forward A Constitution for Ratification (7 APs)

The Proposed Constitution Has The Following Provisions:

The President of Germany shall be elected by a majority of the voting population every four years. Elections shall be held on the first Tuesday of September, and take office on the first day of the year after the election. If no candidate is able to win a majority of the votes in the September election, a second election between the top two finishers of that election will be held on the first Tuesday in November. The President may not serve more than three terms, and shall have the power to: Sign and veto laws passed by the Parliament; Dissolve the Parliament with the approval of the Prime Minister, a majority of the cabinet, or a plurality of the Parliament; Propose Legislation for Parliamentary Deliberation; Command the Armed Services; Name the Prime Minister; Veto Cabinet Nominees; Name Justices to the Supreme Court; and Receive Foreign Dignitaries.

The Parliament shall be elected every five years, unless an election is called early, on the first Tuesday in September. Members of Parliament, and their Parties must swear an oath of loyalty to Germany, and to the Constitution or else be barred from holding public office. Parties, and other organizations found to be in opposition to the constitution shall be abolished. Parliament shall be in charge of investigating, writing, deliberating, and passing national legislation. All citizens aged 20, or older, who have lived in Germany for a decade, who have never been convicted of a crime, and who are German citizens are eligible to be elected to Parliament. All citizens over the age of 18 have the right to vote in Presidential, and Parliamentary elections. Elections shall be done using a Mixed-Member-Proportional system.

The Democratic Republic of Germany is a Socialist state. Industries of Public Need (such as healthcare, energy, infrastructure, etc.) shall be publicly owned. Industries not deemed to be Public Necessities shall be free to operate in a regulated free market environment, however wealth hoarding, wage theft, environmental destruction, and other forms of capitalist exploitation are explicitly banned.

People of Germany have the following rights, and freedoms:

Right to Liberty

Right to Equality before the law

Right to Life and Security

Right to a Fair Trial

Freedom of Movement

Right to Marry

Right to an Adequate Living Standard

Right to Employment, and Leisure

[Imperator Taco Cat]

(This probably will be the end of this rp) 

18/10 for ratification, 100!/40 for implementation.

The constitution passed with a surprising amount of difficulty. It failed to get significant support from anyone, however most feared that any other proposal would be worse, allowing it to pass narrowly.

Thankfully the new constitution has proven quite a success. The protections for the poor are implemented brilliantly, pretty much eliminating poverty in record time. The protections for dissidents leave the opposition satisfied. And the protections for homosexuals (first of such laws in modern times) leave Germany as a safe haven for them and solidify Germany as a bastion for progressivism. Last (but certainly not least) the legal reforms allow an immediate crackdown on corruption, leaving crime at historic lows.

Russian civil war: (high is socialist gains, low is monarchist, in between is American/Japanese) rolled a 44

Quarterly(?) economic roll: 91

In spite of major economists warning of an impending doom for the German economy it has boomed, the massive reductions in poverty came at little expense to the middle class, and the penalties for “wealth hoarding” drive wealthmen to spend their surplus, driving the economy.

 

American president William Bryan demands an end to our “illegal” presence in Alsace–Lorraine and the surrounding area.

Stats:

7 Aps, +5 every 3 months, 10!/10 stab, 3rd international member, 6/10 mil, the left wing of the “Pragmatists” dominate the government, 2/10 relations with the USA.

Edited May 1, 2023 by Imperator Taco Cat
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