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A malcontent whig chokes on a biscuit-crumb as he sees legal conclusions used in a statement of facts in the filing of a subpoena by the state itself. Queerer itself that the only witnesses summoned are state employees, civil servants and wood-elvenesse state army auxiliaries. Giving the nib of his quill the most lazy of moistens, he considers advising the churchman to practice his pre-hanging neck-stretching as all conclusion had foregone. Closing the lid of his biscuit-tin he notices a most darling pastoral painting of cockle-pickers working the Leuvaarden coast and soon forgets about the folly entirely.

“Much raine wears marble ter dust but barely changes the texture o mud.” commented a passing beggar-man before coughing expectantly with an open palm.

not this system, but there are systems in place.

Issuance of Imperial Reserve Papers 6th of Tobias’ Bounty, 1759. It is a fortuitous situation that allows the imperial date to align so well with the launch of a financial venture, the exploits of St Tobias being something extolled to children at bedtimes and studied in depth by scholars. By virtue of some divine altruism I can only hope that the issuing of this commodity-backed paper, especially in payment to most government professions, can help the Orenian people thrive. The mind boggles to think why senators haven’t been paid yet, anyway. Regardless, it’s something of a red letter day, as the remit of “miniscule few thousand minas” that the reserve commenced with has snowballed as intended, with a quarter-million minae backing these notes. Warden of the Imperial Reserve, Sir Veikko Harjalainen, KM The Imperial Model For the exercise of certain rights it is necessary to have possession of a paper. Already exist are commercial papers of a "personal" nature - corporate paper; embody a right of membership in an association of capital, such as shares in corporate stock, tickets to access the imperial mine, etc. Therefore a “public” commercial paper embodying a right of promise of payment for minae futures, embodying a right of membership in an association of state-person capital, can exist. I propose that the imperial reserve issue an unsubordinated promissory paper. The paper serves as the writing of the paper, signed by the maker, unconditional in promise to pay. The amount would be fixed to 100 minae and payable on demand to the bearer of the note. Through the issuing of these notes and the usage of them as currency for payment of housing taxes, the government can stimulate its own economy through internally paying with these notes. Public works, government employees, soldiery et al. being paid in these promissory “tax slip” notes stimulate the internal economy without any risk of interference from any external party (beyond forgery or duplication of the notes). Once this sub-market is partially established it would be prudent to increase the pricing of housing etc. to force people to buy into the system with their personal minae in conjunction with their state “pay”, with little-to-no increase of actual mina expenditure from government employees. The failings of other models The Norlandic model of “reichsmarks” (sic) issued by the state and used as a mandatory scrip for all trade reduced trade entirely due to the impossibility of traders and vendors etc. to liquidate these reichsmarks to do external trade. By limiting it to nonpersonal models that already use the paper system, such as house rental, there is little loss to traders and merchants. People will refuse to use a financial ecosystem that they cannot leave. Trying to achieve some autarkic microeconomy that is impossible to escape from and required consistent and constant personal interaction for all trade leaves people frustrated and unwilling to engage with the model. Inception The reserve will replace the majority of tax slips with these promissory notes, continuing to follow the current tax-based housing payment system but with the previous slips replaced with the new reserve notes. Notes are issued with 1|100 equivalence to the mina. Following recent events there will be no loans offered by the reserve bank to citizenry.

Subpoena for; SARKOZIC VS VIDENZ-NOVELLEN 12th Godfrey’s Triumph, 1759. THE PLAINTIFF, Peter de Sarkozy, REPRESENTED BY Sir Veikko Harjalainen, Esq. DESIRES TO SUMMON THE FOLLOWING PARTY TO COURT; Joseph Clement Videnz-Novellen ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLE(S), DOCTRINE(S), EDICT(S) OR ARTICLES OF LAW; Lex Harracene Table IV §1 “On Defining Obligation,” Art. 2. Lex Harracene Table V §1 “On Consent,” Arts. 2, 5. Lex Harracene Table V §3 “On Interpretation,” Arts. 1. Lex Harracene Table V §4 “On Rescission and Nullity,” Arts. 1, 3, 8. The plaintiff requests a peremptory disqualification of John d’Arkent as potential presiding judge due to having financial interests in the outcome of the case as party to a subsidiary contract of the one contested. FACTS By way of a loan contract, 14 000 minae was transferred to the imperial treasury in name of Joseph Clement Videnz-Novellen. This was a verbal contract with financial statements within the treasury ledger showing this payment as “-14,000 for Helena Extravagance [CONFIRMED]”. The loan has not been paid in three years since reaching maturity. The plaintiffs request settlement of the debt. COMPLAINTS Through the lack of payment of the debt on the loan reaching maturity, this is a breach of contract under imperial law. RELIEF REQUESTED ON CAUSES OF ACTION ALLEGED AGAINST DEFENDANTS WHEREFORE plaintiff respectfully requests repayment of the debt in excess of 14 000 minae and further attorney fees, costs, and interest of 5% of the original loan amount and for such other and further relief that the Court deems just and proper.

id rather donate money to be stabbed in the stomach love you

I’m not going to drop a “feedback noted” or something on this, but I just want you to know that there’re people in the GM team that agree with the fact that the same issues that you raise exist and that there are some overtures in getting them resolved. Bashing rewriting the rules when they’re a vestigial limb from the P*nisher excel spreadsheet box ticking era that bogs down the staff by being purposefully constructed to have no room for malleability or digression while encouraging the staff to fix how these punishments are handed out is just encouraging the team to put the cart before the horse.

There is something toxically fallacious in using both of these outdated talking points as cudgels to beat the GM team with, especially when they conflict eachother so explicitly. Basing your criticisms on a misplaced assumption that the GM team is 100% happy with all facets of the rules and infraction system while also maligning them for trying to fix the system you acknowledge as an “abyssmal failure” does nothing to generate any argument or discourse and simply doesn’t make sense. If you’re going to post blogpost screeds at least pick up one consistent argument and run with it, it’s a lot easier and far more conducive to a positive server if you say what you want without complaining that you’re getting it.

Veikko Harjalainen recoils in his armchair as he reads John Arkent try to lecture a priest on morality, his youthful Adunian eyes fixed to his hearth in some apoplexy as he recalls the many things and many people John soiled his desk with during the Harrenite’s tenure as his secretary.

“Lo, lawyers and senators are truly the confessors of this enlightened imperial age.” Lamented a foppish Harrenite with a monocled eye, the half-orc shoeshine buffing his slippers to a shine giving a few due nods before expectantly shaking a wooden bowl in the direction of the Harrenite, tusked mouth letting out a cough to hint at a gratuity of a few minae for his agreement to the notion. Veikko H- meets this with a point to the tip of his boots and a dual thumbs up.

I think all new creatures should be frogs and other inoffensive beatrix potter **** actually

*** HARJALAINEN ET AL. VS THE CROWN 10th Amber Cold, 1756. *** THE PLAINTIFFS, pigs et al., hereafter referred to as “farm animals”, Represented pro bono by Sir Veikko Harjalainen, Esq. DESIRES TO SUMMON THE FOLLOWING PARTY TO COURT; The Imperial Cabinet ON THE BASIS OF THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLE(S), DOCTRINE(S), EDICT(S) OR ARTICLES OF LAW; 1. The plaintiff, farm animals, are Orenian nationals, who were born between 1753-1756 and lived in Helena. They are represented before the Court by Sir Veikko Harjalainen, a lawyer practising in Helena. 2. Pursuant to sec. 3 of “The Opinion of the Court Regarding the Status of Wonks”, the supreme court of the empire has engendered all sentient animals with legal personhood, mutatis mutandis engendering the aggrieved parties with this personhood. 3. The empire operates state farms for the production of food for the benefit of its citizens. 3. The plaintiff, now legally people by virtue of judgement of judge John d’Arkent, are therefore held against their will in these farms. 4. The empire is subsequently engaging in slavery, and subsequently manslaughter when culling this “livestock”. COMPLAINTS Citing Arts. 1 and 2, 6 § 2, and 7 of Table I of the Lex Criminalis and Arts. 2 and 7 of Table I of the Lex Haraccene, the plaintiff complains about the implication of the State authority in the slavery and death of its citizens.

Hearing the news, Veikko H- gives his pet horse a fond farewell. Filling its saddle-bags with apples and sugarlumps for the roads and giving its downy coat a mournful palm-brushing, he follows the judge’s order and lets the beast roam free, unburdened by the manacles of bonded servitude. Perhaps it too will go on to serve the bar.

I don’t understand why somebody with an administration ban is making a sympathy-baiting “i might be quitting” thread. Will look forward to the acu and ghazrial “I’m considering leaving ?” threads.

AS he hears of the news from the yells of churlish newspaper-boys outside of an imperial sauna, the Harrenite whig and financier Sir Veikko H— breaks into rapturous applause and cheers for the empire, much to the disdain of the other patrons of the steamroom.

ANOTHER MIſSIVE FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN HELENA AND BEYOND OR AN EſSAYE ON THE NECEſSITY OF ſCHOOLING; FOR WOMEN, POOR-CHILDREN AND ALL OTHER BEAſTS, AND WHY THE EMPEROR MUST FUND IT BY INKED QUILL OF Dr. JOHN W. ORßELBAR. MDCCLV I perceive with no ſmall delight that Ms Octavia Amelie Pruvia of Oſtwick haſ indiſputably proved, that women and poor-folk are in every reſpect naturally equal to noble men, not only in mental abilities, but likewiſe in bodily ſtrength, boldneſs and the like. But all this, however, is only an approximation to the great truth that there is no ſuch thing as ſuperiority of nature; and that any thing, when minutely and accurately examined, will be found to be of indifferable value and intrinſically equal. Animals have long been known to have reaſon and to communicate with one another. If men diligently ſtudied the language of little known ſimple-peoples, ſuch as the Raevir or Illatian, they would find them very intelligible; ſimilarly the languages of animals could be learned if men did bother. There are among common men a wealth of anecdotes of loving and intelligent animals: oxen who could count to one hundred, the number of buckets of water each carried daily to the Emperor’s gardens in the forefront of Novellen; elephants who were clever and affectionate, eſpecially to ladies to receive dinner-treats of delicious peanuts; magpies who were natural musicians, and dogs who were natural actors and dramatiſts. An orchestra of magpies and an acting troupe of dogs could provide much public entertainment if placed ſtrategically in the ſquare of the city, and their wages, because animals care not for money, could be used to increaſe the imperial coffers. And thus has been proved, as theſe animals and beaſts are equal to men in many capacities, it only now remains to demonſtrate the same great truth of equality of men and women to be shared with men and beaſts. The diſtinction between claſses of intelligent creature muſt be entirely subverted, subordination aboliſhed, and all matter of education be common to all. To allow oxen and other beasts of the field right of education will turn these beaſts into productive members of ſociety, and laſtly, it is everyone's GOD given right to attend school and have baſic knowledge of the world and religion. Funding is important for any government eſtablishment, I propoſe that the government should fund these ſchools in Helena, for it would be cruel and unfair for a beaſt that cares not for the weight of coin to shoulder a financial burden that is not of its realm of sophiſtic interest - natural-philoſopher I am, I have yet to see a horſe pay tax and doubt they would be willing to diſcuſs the proſpect.

my man ?

Veikko H—, profound legalist and man-of-letters, is tucked in bed with the warmest of goose-down blanketry his pocket could afford. A reading-glass in the grips of his porcine fingers (growing fat from the power of the legal profession, not the gout, he hopes), he begins to scan his eyes over the document. His face souring and moustache curling in kind, he mumbles aloud to himself; “A poor thing to see, punishments still wholly pecuniary in times as these. To make the job of the magistrate to punish these sinful instead of the observation of the laws is a perverse hubris. It should be a duty to honour God instead of revenging him, lest you’re conflating the judge with God himself. A piastic hamlet judge is not one of the Exalted.” Patting the pockets of his sleep-suit he finds his bedtime writing quill, metal nib luckily not painting the breast of his pyjama with damp ink. He begins to write a piecemeal replication of his thoughts to his dear uncle.

thank you