Green Depra

[pipishere 3]

Congratulations on your trixie & wonderfull party images. Cool newspaper too...A republic now! yay!

[SYM Productions 7]

Sometime this morning Max?  I see that you're online...

- CDI_spy

 

EDIT: Hey, welcome to page 19 everyone!

[The_Family_Guy 2]

I would like to place an ad that says:

The Family Guy's Coke Can Recycling Business. Just PM me all your empty Coke cans, and redeem one thanks for each can!

 

Much appreciated. Oh, and I like your city. Very green. Yep.

 

  

[Goldfish4209 9]

hey, you can put ads in your paper? I need one for my fish store. Thanks. I'll pay for the space later.

[the_new_simman 5]

Chocolate, maybe an advertisement for the podcast would be cool. Up to you though!

[1dera3 28]

Wall, Max lives in Austrailia so maybe yetserday he meant tomorrow...

Yay!

[lakeyboy 12]

Just so everyone knows, SimTropolis runs on Central American Time. In Melbourne, Australia (Where Chocolatemax and I live) it is 17 hours in front of SimTrop time from the last weekend of october to the last weekend of march. 16 hours from the last weekend of march to the last weekend of october.

If you rather it in GMT form:

Central America (SimTropolis) Time: -6
Melbourne, Australia Standard Time: +10
Melbourne, Australia Daylight Savings Time: +11

[SYM Productions 7]

Actually, I think Simtrop is based Eastern Time... because it's 21:29 (9:29 pm) here... and according to Simtrop, my post was made 10:29 pm...

- CDI_spy

[Sim1013 1]

I'm sorry about this being such a simple question, I don't stop by here much yet, but I was wondering, how did you make Green Depra's region so well? Did you go in and out of each city carefully? Or is there a tool to download for something like this?

[choco1 4]

 Wow, I am humbled by so many comments!  Thanks so much guys, but I won't stuff around but go straight into the update you've all been waiting for!

 

This update is dedicated to jarnomiedema , thanks so much for your inspiration my friend.

The national flag of Green Depra, was voted by the people out of a choice of 26 flag designs.

 

The Parties have established, the votes are in, the government buildings have been built, and the elected lord of Green Depra has been put in power.

 

 Now, there are four main parties in Green Depra, all new, and all though they were main contenders, we will look at the results later, but first lets have a look at the parties of Green Depra:

 

The Depra Greens:

 The Depra Greens Party was established by Don Banks and several of his companions.

 

Objective: The Greens objective is to keep Green Depra green, and to create a beautiful environmental world which lives in harmony with the world of humans, as their motto says they are Keeping the Balance.

 

 

The Free Liberals:

 The Free Liberals was created when two men came together, a Green Depra Resident John Truman, and a Red Depra man named Petrov Glastov.

 

Objective: The Free Liberals strongly believe in upholding peoples civil rights and personal freedoms.  They are very strong supporters of workers and unions, while making sure the economy stays stable.

 

 

 The Depra Conservative Party:

 The Depra Conservative Party is a conversion of the Gold Depra Conservatives which hold a majority in the Gold Depra Parliament.  This branch was set up when a Gold Depra Front Bencher moved to Green Depra and set up this party.

 

Objective: They believe in the basic conservative ideals.  They are a christian based party which feels stongly towards moral issues.  They hold managing the economy, the military, law and order and big business over social issues, political freedoms, civil rights and the environment.

 

 

The Green Socialists:

The Green Socialists were established by Gerald Scarlet, who was part of a socialist party in Gold Depra, but the party was pushed to collapse, after massive campaigns by the Conservative Party promoting them as a facist party.  Gerald Scarlet came to Green Depra in the first group of immagrants promising to build a Utopia for all and is one of the reasons Green Depra has been very environmentally conscious.

 

Objective: The Green Socialists are a prime Socialist party who also care for the environment.  They believe in equality for all people, and that everyone should receave free high quality healthcare, education, social welfare, and that everyone should have a proper level of civil rights.  They also are democratic, so they put a large empheses on Political Freedoms.  The areas they don't consider as important are defence, the economy and large business.  As socialists, they belive everthing belongs to everyone, so all companies should be controlled.

 

 

 

An area of Green River has been entirely devoted to Government Buildings.  Its been called Darmok Hill, after a citizen of Green Depra who has had a huge influence on the city planning of the city.  The hill has just finished contruction, and it consists of many government buildings.

 

On the left of Darmok Hill is the Green Depra Parliament building, which is the hub of government decisions, and has just seen about to see its first session of Parliament.

 But before the parliament can be used, the government must be sworn in.  The results from the all Green Depra election have just come in.

 

Election Results:

 

This is a diagram of the Lords Senate (Parliament) showing the seats that were won by which party.

1. The Speakers Seat (The speaker keeps order in Parliament)

2. Where the Elected Lord (leader of the country) and his two top ministers sit.

3. Where the Vice-Lord sits (usually from another party), with two of his ministers.

4. Seats for the councilers, who take records of the procedings.

5 & 6. Special seats for guests, which can often be from independant orginisations or foreign nations.

7. The seats of elected representative of the comunities, or senators.  Behind them are rows of seats for the public to watch parliament.

 

So the results are in, and in a surprise for the nation of Gold Depra, but not so much to the locals, the Green Socialists got the most votes with 42% of the vote.  However that is not a majority, and so they do not have complete control over the Country.  The second highest scorer was the Depra Green who receaved 36% of the votes.  The Free Liberals got a small result of 19%, while the over-confident Conservative Party was a complete falure with just 3% of the vote.  It seems that the people of Green Depra have taken a very Left-Wing approach when voting, which many believe to be a result of the way the Conservative Party destroyed the country of Gold Depra into the polluted corrupt country it is today.

The Elected Lord of Green Depra:

 

The Elected Lord of Green Depra is the equivilent of a President.

This is the official emblem of the Lord, it usually appears on official documents.

After the seats of Parliament had been taken up the parliament votes on who becomes the new Elected Mayor.  No one party has a majority, so to reach an agreement, the Lord had to be liked by members of another party.

 

There were many candidates but in the end Gerald Scarlet was elected Lord of Green Depra. 

He had complete backing of his party, and backing from some of the Greens party for his Environmental views and by several members of the Free Liberals Party because of his Political Freedoms stance.  He receaved 62% of the Parliaments backing.  The other competitor was Don Banks, of the Greens Party, who receaved 31% and the Free Liberals put forward John Truman as their man.  The Conervative Party didn't put forward anyone.

 

In Gerald Scarlet's first speach to the people as Elected Lord, he famously said Green Depra will become the Utopia, we all know it can be.  But some believe that it won't be smooth sailing for Scarlet, as an aparent outcry by Gold Depra Conservative Congressman have labeled his election as the bigest mistake in the history of Depra.  Pressure continues to mount from foriegn countries over his ability to govern.  But on the home front, the people of Green Depra have welcomed his election, turning out in their thousands to listen to him speak.

 

As elected Lord, he is given the privilage to live in the House of the Lord.  Also know as the Green House.  The Green House is located on the very top of Darmok Hill, on its own little plateu, reffered to as The Lords Hill.

In the first few months of being a repulic, people have become very excited and are hanging Green Depra Flags all over town.

The Government:

The government is divided into two houses, the White Senate and and the Lords Senate.  The Lords Senate proposes and passes bills and is the main parliament for decision making (the floor plan above belongs to the Lords Senate) while the White Senate acts as a safe guard to the Lords Senate.  For a bill to become law it must first be passed by majority through the Lords Senate then through the White House.

 

The White House has a whole new set of Senators, and unlike the Lords Senate, they are directly voted in.  The results for this senate was 39% Green Socialists, 34% Greens Party, 21% Free Liberals, 4% Conservatives and 2% Independants.

 

The Lord is the leader of the Parliament and of the nation, they also have a Vice-Lord, who is second in comand.  In this case the Vice-Lord is a Greens Party Member.  The ministers are chosen by the lord, but the Vice-Lord is elected by the Lords Senate.  All of the ministers are Green Socialists, besides two, which are the Environment Minister and the Electricity Minister, both are Greens Senators.  The Lord chose them to ensure that he would have support from the Greens Party.

 

Election System: 

 

Voting is complosary in the nation of GD, every person over the age of 18 must vote, and only once.  Polling booths are set up at schools and government facililties across the nation.  The population of Green Depra is 150,000 people, and there are 100 seats in parliament.  So the population is divided into groups of 1,500 people, who each vote a representative.  Open community discussions are set up with the 1,500 people and the candidates for their representation.  This creates the perfect democracy, because everyone can have their say, and the representatives are exactly what the people want.  All people of all gender and race must vote, including those in jail.

 

 Darmok Hill:

 

 Now lets look at Darmok Hill, which is the place of all the governments and the lords buildings.  These buildings have just completed construction, and are finally ready for use.

 

One of the puposes of Darmok Hill, besides providing space for Government buildings, is to comemorate and celebrate the heros of Green Depra, and throughout the history of all Depra Nations.  It is thus a strangely formal place for Green Depra, and a favorite for many to visit for a calm stroll.

In this mosaic we see statues to four of the founders of Green Depra, and towards the bottom we see the GD Community Hall, which holds meetings and special events, including balls and celebrations.

 Here we see the House of Records.  This building keeps the history of all Green Depra events, it is not a museum but an important building which holds copies of every book, newpaper, radio show or TV show ever shown in Green Depra.   It is a calm place and also has entire halls devoted to relaxation and calming.

Out the front of this building is a Statue of the Late Napoleon, it is a tribute to the Empire of Chaumont and their great loss of their leader.  The new nation of Green Depra holds close diplomatic ties with Chaumont, and is considering building an embassy.  The country of Gold Depra is not too happy with this however, they have never had close ties with Chaumont due to past hostilities.  Is Green Depra pushing itself further away from its founder Gold Depra by creating diplomatic ties with Chaumont?

 Green Depra does not have an embassies for other countries at the moment, it does however have several hotels which Senators, and diplomats can stay at when they are visiting.  They are beautiful, luxurious hotels which perfectly represent Green Depras style.  So diplomats can stay in style.

 

 

 And finally for today:

 

The Lords Hill also has another building on it besides the Green House, the Lords Temple is just below it, and is a building devoted not to any religion but to peoples spirituality.  The Lord is an Athiest, yet he still often visits the temple, because it is a place to relax and find balance.  Its interior is covered with confortable chairs and books, and tables, and it is a hall which is an excape from the world and a place to find ones inner calm.  It is open to the public, anyone can enter.

Green Depra now has government and a Lord, but its not all smooth sailing from here.  Tensions are rising with the country of Gold Depra.  What will happen next?

 

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 Well, thanks everyone for your support and that is all for today.  There was a suprisingly large amount of effort put into this update so please coment!  I hope you all enjoyed it!  Thanks to the many BATers who provided many of the beautiful BAts you see in this update.

 

I'm so sorry this took so long, it has been a while since my last massive update.  I just wanted to get this right.  I hope you all enjoy.  If there are any errors (and I'm sure there are) please point them out so I can quickly fix them!  Thanks everyone!

 

And thanks for all your ad suggestions!  Keep them coming!  Although, there will be a limit I can show in the next issue, they all will get shown!

 

There is another eddition of the Green Depra Times to come soon, so look out for it!

 

THANKS EVERYONE FOR YOUR COMMENTS!

 

Cheers, choco.

[sloppet 3]

Nice work! I would vote for The Free Liberals, but they didn't win...

[jacqulina 162]

very nice work look forward to more

[magpieshooter 1]

as usual absolutly brilliant!

looks like all the political partys are trying to Keep it Green

 

and its awesome how the flags are poping up everywhere too!

[pipishere 3]

One of your best updates! Absolutely fabulous.....i really enjoyed reading this update.

[Dr. Frickenstein 0]

Just two words: Amazing, Chocolatemax285!

I would vote for The Green Socialists.

Absolutely fantastic update!

[SYM Productions 7]

 WOW this IS your best update! 

SO detailed, SO precise, SO realistic...

 

Like I said... detailed: the beautiful party symbols; precise: you show us exactly how the government runs; realistic: the governement would actually work!

 

And Darmok Hill!  Amazing use of BATs to simulate Government buildings too!  It was also really neat to see the GD flag on them...

 

Can't wait to see the Times... i'd like to see what the political analyists have to say! 

 

- CDI_spy

[sim1234 62]

Amazing update choco, one of your best! I like the way the flags are placed outside some buildings! I would have voted for The Depra Greens! Keep up the brilliant work!

[Darmok 34]

Choco, this was one of your best update!
Massive amount of work here!
I'm honored that you named a hill after me, thank you for that mate!
The parliament building is superb, and the seating arrangment picture is a very nice touch!

The historic background is not only a great addition, it's also very thorough!
The pictures and mosaics as always are great looking.

This shows why you earned your trixie my friend, lots of effort and talent!

Take care!

[baller23 2]

Very very nice update!

I liked how you put the Green Depra flag in many buildings. Very nice!

[hyped_up_boy 15]

awesome work!  the government buildings and system are very realistic.  keep up the good work

[Nardo69 51]

Great update. I can't believe how much work and heart you put in there.
I love those mosaics finding all those small details!

Keep on like this!

Bernhard

[cityhawk 12]

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You must really love social studies because you made a complex, but very realistic, government system for Green Depra that I don't think I could ever come up with.

I really like all of your pics and the storyline about Green Depra's relations to Gold Depra and the Empire of Chaumont.

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[SC4 meister 7]

All I can say is...TOTALY AWESOME DUDE!  Loving it, nice government stuff, awesome news paper, perfect updates!  Keep at it man!

[thatmonkeysim 8]

Wow! I just clicked here for what i think is my first time... i think... but either way im here im very very very impressed!

The way you present everything is very clear and quite easy to understand. I for one would have agreed with everyone in Green Depra and I would have voted for the Green Socialists... they seem to be the most level headed and balanced parties that they have. Also I love the fact that EVERYONE has to vote even you are in jail... and how there are so many representative district to where you pretty much know everyone in there so you can vote for the best person out of you district and can get help and funds directly to your community...

This is pretty much the perfect update...

-Pretty Buildings
-Personalized Buildings
-A Moasic
-A Nice Story

You usually dont see all these things in One Cj let alone at one time! This is Quintessentially one of the Best Updates EVER on ST! There are so many other things that I can and would comment on but I think your getting bored by reading my comment so I'll go read the rest of this CJ

[knarfmo 0]

I like your flag and the use of it in your city as a banner.

[Simworld 056132 1]

Woah! What a nice city, I like the B-A-Ts you used and all the detail is awsome. I can't wait for more!

PS, nice banners

[Shadow Assassin 336]

Awesome. Darmok's name seems to fit the hill perfectly. I like how the government district's all set out. Keep it up, choco!

[ElmarO 0]

Great update. It was interesting to read about the political parties and your political system . So keep up the good work

[bat 6]

I like your Cj very much

bat

[jarnomiedema 52]

Well done, Choco! Thanks for dedicating the update to me.. I'm baffled and honored! The flag of Green Depra is, not surprisingly, a very beautiful color of green.. Great job! Also, the posters for the political parties are very well done.. I especially like the graphic for the Depra Conservative Party.. By no means do I agree with them, but it just looks fabulous!

 

Also, thanks for using my statues! Napoleon, Lee and Caesar Augustus.. They all passed by.. It seems they have found a very beautiful home here in Green Depra!

 

I just cannot get over the fact how beautiful your buildings look and how lush and foresty everything looks.. I think Green Depra would be an ideal place to live..

 

In any case, the Empire of Chaumont wholeheartedly supports Green Depra and would like to extend it's congratulations to Lord Gerald Scarlet, the Parliament of Green Depra and the nation of Green Depra for staging succesful elections. Furthermore, Chaumont is looking forward to further diplomatic contact and development. Should Green Depra and Gold Depra break apart even more due to this contact, the Empire is willing to provide all the assistance Green Depra might need..

 

And to close off, I'll just say it again: Well done, Choco! An absolutely amazing update!