Forward Together

[Old Man Boiendl 1454]

 

FORWARD,

TOGETHER

 

Our Vision for a

Stronger Oren

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CONTENTS

 

FOREWORD 

 

1. AN ECONOMIC REFORM

A Small business economy

The Transport economy

Protecting our Marketplace 

2. TACKLING INJUSTICE

An Impartial judiciary

Our Transparent nation

Housing

3. FUNDING OUR NATION

National education service

Strengthening the military

4. A STRONGER EMPIRE 

Keeping Oren safe

The Canonist Pillar 

 

5. CONCLUSION

 

 

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FOREWORD

by Amadeus d’Aryn 

 

This election is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape the nation for the better. It is our only opportunity in the next four years to transform the Empire so that it works for the many, not the interests of the few. 

 

We are the moderate, traditionalist and the people-focused faction this first national elected. 

 

We recognise that this is the election of corruption and big business, the election of liberty, the education election, the rights election, the openness election, the election of reform. The Everardines will legislate in the interests of all people, and these issues remain as relevant to our cause as ever.

 

The people of this nation are held back from their full potential and representation by large corporate interests, which grab the wealth of Oren and refuse to distribute it amongst its constituents. 

 

This election is the election of justice, and the election in which we seek to guarantee that the common man and woman of Oren will always have a voice and political representation that is fair and transparent - not held back by vested interests.

 

The Everardines will create a fair and transparent administration and ensure that future generations will know of the efficiency of our bureaucracy, and the providence which guides our human destiny.

 

It is key that we invest in our communities with the full financial power of the executive. Displaying the brilliance of the imperial project at its very best is what Everardines wish to accomplish.

An Everardine controlled House of Commons will legislate in your interests, and will guarantee that monopolising business will not intrude in your livelihoods.

 

Under the stewardship of the Everardines, we guarantee to you that Oren will emerge from this period of great national change more prosperous than before, as an even greater force for change in the continent.

 

There is no quick fix, and there are no easy answers in this period of change to our forward direction. But we guarantee to you that the Everardines will look out for your interests, and work hard to develop and evolve our nation in a progressive way.

 

The Everardines are the faction of moderate, reasonable traditionalism: small business and people focused. Our pledge is that we will never abandon these values. 

 

“We will help build, alongside other actors, a more confident Oren. A fairer and more transparent Oren, which works for everyone.”

Amadeus d’Aryn

 

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AN ECONOMIC REFORMATION

 

A SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMY

by Amadeus d’Aryn 

 

Small business is at the very heart of our prosperity. It has been for centuries. Small business with government checks and balances ensures that we are all playing by the same rules. 

 

The mass employment of large portions of the population by a singular private entity creates an unfair and lopsided market. In which small businesses are forced to abide by entirely separate rules and regulations. This can not continue. 

 

The uncontrolled conflict of interest in the relationship between corporations and the government binds our hands and stunts our future economic growth. Not only do monopolising businesses stop innovative ideas from the bottom, they also lead to abuses and corruption within the political system.

 

The Everardines will do its utmost to promote small business interests throughout Oren. We will promote as best we can a level playing field for small businesses. We will do this by legislating for stricter controls on business interests that public servants and elected officials can have. 

 

We will promote innovative advancements. A revolution in industry will provide jobs as well as pride to our communities. In this, we wish to work explicitly with you in promoting a fairer economy for everyone.

 

The Everardines guarantees to you that we will introduce systems to increase worker representation at a meaningful level. In order to ensure it’s development and continuation a Committee on Labor Affairs will be called once the Everardines are in office. 

 

THE TRANSPORT ECONOMY

by Amadeus d’Aryn 

 

The Everardines recognise that we must improve our economy and our national infrastructure if we are to create true prosperity and community around the Empire. Years of underinvestment in our wider country, with a specific purview on the prosperity of Helena, have undermined too many of us and have left them feeling powerless.

 

The Everardines will bring about radical regional funds that will be used exclusively for levelling up our nation.

 

We will create the Regional Transformation Fund, which will be used to fund infrastructure projects around Oren, decided at a local level by key local stakeholders. We will legislate for the Treasury to create this fund.

 

Under the Everardine plans, our Regional Funds will establish and expand upon the railway system whilst supporting the efforts of the Society of Barraman in their maintenance of the rails. The Everardines ensure that the railways will remain free to all. 

 

Further small business will be called upon to help in the development and leveling-up of our national railway system, incentivised by market-based policy instruments.

 

PROTECTING OUR MARKETPLACE 

by Edmund H. Myre 

 

In the competitive real estate market of the Imperial Capital, foreign powers have excluded Orenian Citizens from successfully buying shops and stalls. 

 

In our struggle to ensure that Orenians have a place to do business, we believe that foreign nationals and entities must be restricted from purchasing business real estate. 

 

We shall ensure that our neighbors sign trade deals. Deals that level the playing field for Orenians. Once signing these deals, selected foreign nationals and entities may enter the market. 

 

 

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TACKLING INJUSTICE

 

AN IMPARTIAL JUDICIARY

by Edmund H. Myre 

 

The Everardines will uphold the apolitical nature of the judiciary through legislating that Justices can not endorse, favor and or publically campaign for a faction. 

 

Should a Justice become embroiled in political plots or schemes, should a single Justice rule in favor of their preferred faction despite the evidence, we lose the legitimacy of our beloved Institutions. 

 

The Everardines wish to prevent a Justice declaring an act constitutional or otherwise solely for the purpose of political clout. 

 

It is the Justices who determine the legitimacy of our legislation should it be in doubt. We will prevent a Justice bending the rule of law to fit the needs of his preferred faction.

 

“It is the POLITICAL JUDGE who shall be our undoing.” 

Edmund H. Myre 

 

 

OUR TRANSPARENT NATION

by Edmund H. Myre 

 

Our Bureaucracy has grown in both size and scope at an unprecedented rate. In its rapid growth it has taken on increased duties and responsibility to ensure the well-being of our Empire. 

 

Despite its growth, there has been little done to ensure the accountability of the administration to the people. The bureaucracy exists behind smoke and mirrors of political deflection. 

 

We will legislate that the Imperial Ministries that make up our bureaucracy write and publish for the public financial statements and quarterly reports on Ministries various duties in the Empire. 

 

These reports will be available to the public at any time in the Imperial Library. 

 

HOUSING

 

We will legislate for further development in our towns and cities, recognising the huge influx of people into our empire. The housing crisis in Helena specifically has shot prices up and put the working people on the defensive. To remedy this the Everardines will create an independent Permanent Council on Housing to regulate and review the amount of properties that any one individual or organisation can own. The overriding principle of the Permanent Council will be to ensure that every imperial city will have the ability to house the citizens of our empire.

 

We will construct a new housing district, with homes classed for Middle-Income families. Taxes will be flexible to fit the needs of the people most affected by the unjust treatment and temporary homelessness as a result of an overcrowded city with empty homes owned by larger corporations and private investors.

 

 

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FUNDING OUR NATION

 

A NATIONAL EDUCATION SERVICE

by Amadeus d’Aryn 

 

Education makes our country and our economy stronger, it increases the cultural bonds which hold us together. Finding the right people for the job is tedious, but a national education service can develop and grant the skills necessary for work. The Everardines believe that every one of us stands to benefit from a well educated society.

 

We will subsidise existing educational institutions and incorporate them into a wider national education service to serve as a place to gain accreditation and to produce a more productive workforce.

 

We will ensure that there is oversight and coordination of continuous improvement, increasing the standard constantly to adapt to the fast changing paces of society. 

 

We will legislate to invest in education for children, to give all the best start in life. Indeed, we will provide further backing to the Fabric of State lectures and the vital work that it does.

 

The Everardines will work with experts in the field in order to create a productive and effective national curriculum. We will invest in education for those of majority age and  legislate to introduce standardised accreditation. Likewise, we will mandate that public sector, government jobs will require a candidate for employment to present the appropriate qualifications. We will establish an independent committee to look further into this matter. 

 

STRENGTHENING THE MILITARY

by Edmund H. Myre 

 

It is first and foremost our responsibility as a nation to properly fund and upkeep our military for the defense of our nation, a safe and civil society and the promotion of our interests. 

 

We will ensure a continued and flexible budget to the ISA. The ability to pay soldiers, purchase equipment and raw materials, and advance our soldiers training is paramount. 

 

We will ensure the expansion of farmland granted to veterans. Since the end of the conflict with the A.I.S the Empire has accrued new lands. The lands that now sit barren and 

unused must be distributed to the brave and fine soldiers of the Empire

 

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A STRONGER EMPIRE

 

KEEPING OREN SAFE

by Edmund H. Myre 

 

Following the War of Two Emperors the continent was marred with instability and bloodshed. Nations who sought the continued instability of the human realm aligned with bandits, pagans and radicals to pit Man against Man. 

 

The Everardines will never allow an external nation and or group to have wanton influence on our people again.  We believe that in keeping Oren safe we must make our neighbors stable. 

 

We must not allow nations to descend into the chaos, violence and extremism of the brigand state. Should a nation succumb to the afflictions and status of a brigand state, our peace, our way of life and our future is immediately put at risk. 

 

Frequently nations that surround our nation lay dormant, biding their time for the opportunity to strike out at the unity of the Empire. When they strike they seek to destabilize and brutalize us. 

 

We must maintain an ever watchful gaze on our neighbors. We must ensure that they align themselves in our good graces. We must ensure that alliances and pacts are upheld in good faith from both our own government and our neighbors. 

 

THE CANONIST PILLAR 

by Winston L. Rothesay

 

The Everardine party holds a strong adherence to the belief that our venerable Imperium is upheld by two great pillars; those respectively being the Imperial Crown and the Church of the Canon. The relationship between Crown and Laurel form one essential backbone of our society and tradition which keep it held aloft and safeguard the very fabric of our culture and state.

 

In this recent age however, we have come across a most shocking truth; despite the renaissance and revelatory bloom that the Holy Church as an institution finds itself embracing in these present times, it finds itself severely underfunded as an organisation. Our party endeavours to prioritise the financial interests of our clergymen by pledging to contribute fiscally in donation funds and proceedings for whatever cause the Church deems suitable.

 

It is in this lofty endeavour, we hope and pray that advancements of the Church accelerate beyond the pace under which they already operate, so that the word and law of God may remain protected and widespread and the Canonist Pillar remains as strong as ever.

 

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CONCLUSION

 

This is our plan for a stronger Oren and a more prosperous future for everyone. Our vision is of the Empire united, safe, prosperous, with a large community of individuals exchanging labour and goods between themselves. 

 

This election will determine the course of the next four years of all our lives, and will be the defining election of a generation. In this moment of key national change, it is the Everardines who will provide stability and security for the people of this nation.

 

We will guarantee you an apolitical judiciary, to keep you safe within the law for the rest of your life. We will guarantee you a national infrastructure reformation, so that all communities of our nation can be connected. We will guarantee you an economy that is strong and backed by small businesses.We guarantee you employment for you. We guarantee a new focus on the education of our people. 

 

Above all, we guarantee to you a nation that is open and transparent; a meritocratic nation which works for you and your interests against big businesses and vested interests.

 

Our reforms will keep you and your family safe in the knowledge that your government is working for you, and no other vested interest. 

 

But we cannot do this without you.

 

Together, we can make Oren a nation that works in the interest of the many, not the few. 

 

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[Proddy 2415]

”For God and Empire!” Winston Rothesay declares from his study as he reviews the manifesto, raising a cup of whiskey in homage to his Everardine colleagues.

[argonian 14254]

”For God and Empire!” Conrad Barclay declares from Winston’s study as he reviews the manifesto, raising a cup of whiskey in homage to his Everardine colleagues.

[DISCOLIQUID 2701]

Grouch reads the paper after a very long time, not being a quick reader, and nods. “You know, these Everadines have their heads on right for some things. Even if they don’t win this election, I’d like the railway to be free! And I might be past the learning age, but you Orenians ought to have an education system.”

[Hanrahan 2983]

“What a well constructed series of stances and arguments!” The Honourable Josephite opposition member Edward Napier comments.

[Thatpyrodude 2008]

Farooq rubs the back of his head before cheering “For God and Empire!”

[CrownedLime747 162]

“For GOD and Empire!” Lajos says as he smokes some Rochefort cigarettes.