UPDATED: Your chance to influence national policy!

[Adam Griffin]

I want to do an experiment. We all have our own opinions, and we try to demonstrate our reasons via this forum. However, there is only so much that we can explain. I think it would be interesting if we played a game with our views. I've devised the beginnings of a political game in which an individual takes control of a region of the United States and manages it to his or her desire. You can make alliances, war, buildings, build your economy and ultimately influence other players. Below is some more general information in the game.

Prologue:

The year is 2036. Political turmoil has ripped the nation apart. For nearly the past four decades, the country has been divided politically in half. The branches were constantly stalled due to extreme partisan politics. Upset, millions of Americans, both liberal and conservative, joined the Libertarian movement. In an unexpected and unprecedented move, several million of these angry citizens swamped Washington D.C., invaded federal buildings, and in essence overthrew the useless government at its source. The Libertarian Party set up a new, provisional government to supervise the nation. However, this new government was too weak to hold the nation together. In a final attempt to "stabilize" the nation, the government split up the nation into 137 seperate districts.

District Map:
http://img300.echo.cx/img300/9881/disbored2yg.gif

Current Territories:
http://img300.echo.cx/img300/5576/disbored34um.gif

District Populations:
District 1: 5,200,991 - TAKEN
District 2: 1,059,405
District 3: 3,040,522
District 4: 4,257,236
District 5: 3,460,914
District 6: 501,242 - TAKEN
District 7: 648,818 - TAKEN
District 8: 1,257,608 - TAKEN
District 9: 917,621 - TAKEN
District 10: 9,680,212
District 11: 11,065,770 - TAKEN
District 12: 2,778,660
District 13: 760,720
District 14: 6,966,302
District 15: 3,393,512
District 16: 751,468
District 17: 289,186 - TAKEN
District 18: 1,077,146
District 19: 150,702
District 20: 1,576,541
District 21: 513,911
District 22: 655,728
District 23: 398,610
District 24: 1,137,213
District 25: 3,389,260
District 26: 817,491
District 27: 1,076,164
District 28: 1,554,546
District 29: 1,928,826
District 30: 3,070,139 - TAKEN
District 31: 3,363,283
District 32: 268,872
District 33: 350,235
District 34: 383,335
District 35: 904,352
District 36: 1,305,728
District 37: 611,129
District 38: 1,630,056
District 39: 110,282
District 40: 1,263,980
District 41: 464,571
District 42: 337,494
District 43: 1,493,551 - TAKEN
District 44: 530,608
District 45: 541,548
District 46: 925,214
District 47: 2,854,252
District 48: 1,279,823 - TAKEN
District 49: 340,038
District 50: 316,628
District 51: 188,223
District 52: 1,029,725 - TAKEN
District 53: 297,772
District 54: 765,375
District 55: 338,385
District 56: 83,868
District 57: 425,839
District 58: 2,639,449
District 59: 7,523,154
District 60: 2,153,003
District 61: 792,323
District 62: 1,777,179
District 63: 548,367
District 64: 2,432,110
District 65: 3,303,782
District 66: 3,588,591
District 67: 13,136,185 - TAKEN
District 68: 397,720
District 69: 1,047,816
District 70: 4,608,394
District 71: 5,745,374
District 72: 2,893,022
District 73: 5,341,789 - TAKEN
District 74: 2,013,907
District 75: 5,009,759
District 76: 5,508,909 - TAKEN
District 77: 957,774
District 78: 781,517
District 79: 764,309
District 80: 633,837
District 81: 787,405
District 82: 1,936,102
District 83: 3,511,532 - TAKEN
District 84: 1,091,504
District 85: 819,243
District 86: 507,331
District 87: 2,082,674
District 88: 873,995 - TAKEN
District 89: 3,411,074
District 90: 500,516
District 91: 3,899,130 - TAKEN
District 92: 1,514,060
District 93: 1,857,154
District 94: 1,125,120
District 95: 2,725,714
District 96: 350,988
District 97: 2,519,283 - TAKEN
District 98: 2,189,104
District 99: 6,269,372 - TAKEN
District 100: 3,494,715
District 101: 315,898
District 102: 2,762,606
District 103: 2,709,693
District 104: 524,084 - TAKEN
District 105: 1,286,270
District 106: 1,183,916
District 107: 1,119,807
District 108: 1,843,429
District 109: 1,191,857
District 110: 927,033
District 111: 2,055,697
District 112: 1,667,161
District 113: 1,248,914
District 114: 1,015,087
District 115: 3,385,544
District 116: 1,820,549 - TAKEN
District 117: 3,965,704
District 118: 766,103
District 119: 2,177,959
District 120: 1,057,339
District 121: 216,026
District 122: 1,607,916
District 123: 2,098,131
District 124: 3,024,616
District 125: 3,284,501
District 126: 2,011,905
District 127: 3,779,330
District 128: 1,285,482
District 129: 1,229,242
District 130: 1,603,103
District 131: 3,021,522
District 132: 3,174,121 - TAKEN
District 133: 9,123,899
District 134: 1,015,367
District 135: 2,520,278
District 136: 2,419,953
District 137: 3,284,531

Current Rules (more will be added)

*3 pieces of legislation may be passed daily.
*Default tax rate is 4%.
*Militia units may move a maximum of 500 miles daily.
*The name of your region must be 16 characters or less, not contain your name, and be of some geographical function, whether real or fictional.
*Military and all-purpose alliances may be formed when 3 or more territories agree to an alliance.
*Trade alliances may be formed when 5 or more territories agree to an alliance and any 2 territories are within 300 miles within each other (Territory A has to be within 300 miles of Territory B, Territory B has to be within 300 miles of Territory C, but Territory C does not have to be within 300 miles to Territory A.)
*Territory's unemployment rate can be changed by 0.1% for each $100,000,000 surplus at the end of each month.
*Districts 126, 128, 105, 113, 75, 76, 26, 72, 73, 71, and 74 pay an additional 10% tax to the federal Libertarian government.

1) Weekly Budget: Population (x) Inverse Rank of Employment by State
2) Territory Militiamen: Population (x) 3.4

If you would like to sign up, post here or send an email to
americanatlas05@yahoo.com.

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I claim 67 and call it THE CAPITAL OF THE UNIVERSE.

Haha, I don't know.

[2952-0-0]

I want District 1 and call it Alaska. Damn I'm bored

[bullmoose88]

I call District 73.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I'll take 104

[minionofmidas]

I'll take district 8.
It's called "Hawai'i - Keep Out Ami". That's 16 letters.

[Adam Griffin]

Great. I've added all of you to the map. By the way, I claim District 88. I've also went ahead and calculated the daily income for early region.

District 67:   $288,996,070
District 1:     $223,642,613
District 73:   $133,544,725
District 104: $16,246,604
District 8:     $62,880,400
District 88:   $17,479,900
District 11:   $210,249,630
District 48:   $14,078,053
District 99:   $12,538,744

[Gabu]

I'll take District 11.

[Adam Griffin]

Updated. Everyone so far is on the map.

[Alcon]

District 48, por favor.

[MaC]

I already emailed you, but could I have 99 please?

[Adam Griffin]

Alrighty, everyone who posted before this post is on the map and I have calculated your daily income totals:

District 67:   $288,996,070
District 1:     $223,642,613
District 73:   $133,544,725
District 104: $16,246,604
District 8:     $62,880,400
District 88:   $17,479,900
District 11:   $210,249,630
District 48:   $14,078,053
District 99:   $12,538,744

[Adam Griffin]

BTW, I would highly encourage to ponder claiming a territory near people of your own ideology, as when the game gets going you may regret being a Republican territory completely surrounded by Democratic territories.

[minionofmidas]

BTW, I would highly encourage to ponder claiming a territory near people of your own ideology, as when the game gets going you may regret being a Republican territory completely surrounded by Democratic territories.

Not something I have to fear.

[Adam Griffin]

LOL true that is, my friend.

[DanielX]

District 6 - Wyoming.

EDIT: My new nation shall be called : The Amalgamated Republic of Wyoming. OR just Wyoming.

[Platypus]

#43, named Sequoia.

BTW, I'll basically be ignoring the military stuff, so please don't invade me....

[Bono]

I take 7 and name it Seward's Folly.

[John Dibble]

I'll take district 91. Was a tough choice between that and district 5 - I want sufficient land mass but I wasn't sure if I wanted to be landlocked or not. Guess I'll just invade district 90 down the road.

Name for District - New Georgia

BTW - damn you for saying the LP created a weak government, ya bum.

[Akno21]

Whatever district Baltimore, MD is in, I can't really see the number on the map.

[Inverted Things]

I'll take 97.

I shall call it... Tim

[Blerpiez]

I take district 30
I call it New Worcestershire

EDIT: For the purposes of this game, please ally me with the Democrats

[John Dibble]

By the way, when will the game start?

And, we may want our own forum for it - provided by Dave would be nice, but if we have to get our own we could have it stickied here if possible.

[ilikeverin]

132!

(I'm assuming this contains Fort Wayne.  If not, gimme the one that does (and if you don't know where Fort Wayne is, it's in Allen County ) )

I'll call it the Socialist Republic of Roosevelt, abbreviated to Roosevelt (or SR Roosevelt).

[ilikeverin]

Additionally, I made a map showing areas taken & areas under federal tax control:

http://img137.echo.cx/img137/2483/newbiemap9bp.png

I think this'll make it easier to determine which district you want to take.