Legislation

Ok, so you hold some power in a nation, Excellent. Now it's time to actually play politics. The biggest portion of the political aspect of Geo Online is creating bills and voting on policies. This section aims to explain the process for creating bills, implementing policies and making laws.

PROPOSING LEGISLATION
The process of proposing legislation to be debated and voted on is pretty simple. It's laid out below.
 * 1) On your nations Politics page, click the "propose legislation" link. This will take you to a form to actually create your bill.
 * 2) In the appropriate boxes, you will enter your political party. You cannot submit legislation for any other party but your own, Any party caught doing this will be blocked from proposing any new legislation for 1 year in game. Parties also cannot jointly submit a bill. Each proposal is only allowed one party to be attached to it.
 * 3) In the "Title Of Legislation" box, enter a name for your proposal. Something brief and clear as to what the proposal pertains to. i.e. Assault Weapons Ban - January Year 1. 
 * 4) In the "Description" box, just enter a brief description of what the bill is about. Sticking with the above Assault Weapons Ban example. The description should say something like "A proposal to ban any weapon considered an assault weapon from....
 * 5) Now it's time to actually write your proposal. This is done in the "Details of Proposal" section. This is where the details of what you want this proposal to accomplish. This should not be too wordy. Keep it clear and easy to understand. This is done by entering a series of "Articles" with each one laying out a specific part of the proposal. Bills can have as many articles as needed but don't over complicate things as other parties will hopefully read them and you want them to be clear on what they are voting for. Every article in a proposal should deal with the original subject of the proposal. If you are proposing an assault weapons ban and one of the articles asks for funding for schools, the article will be removed immediately.
 * 6) Once you have reviewed the proposal and like what you see, hit submit. The proposal will then be open for debate for a set length of time determined by a nations constitution.
 * 7) Once the debate time has passed, the bill is moved to the floor of the countries governing bodies for voting. If the bill is approved, it will go into effect immediately. Your vote on a bill means that all the seats you own will vote the same. Parties will always vote the same across all houses of government.
 * 8) If a bill is defeated, the submitting party may choose to tweak the bill to try and address the concerns of the other parties in the country. They may then re-submit the bill again and repeat the process.