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Particracy
Developer(s)	Wouter Lievens
Publisher(s)	Wouter Lievens
Release date(s)	2004
Genre(s)	Strategy
System(s)	Web-based
Website	http://80.237.164.51/particracy/main/index.php

Particracy is the name of a web-based political strategy game. In Particracy, each player controls a political party in a ficticious nation. Elections are simulated based on the virtual population's ideological stances. The party politics that players engage in explain the title.

Contents 1 Table of Contents 2 The world 3 Starting guide 3.1 Recommended first moves 3.2 Getting to know your country 3.3 Taking a closer look at your party 3.4 Casting your first vote 4 External links

[edit] Table of Contents

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[edit] The world

Each nation in the Particracy world can contain but eight parties. Likewise, each nation is featured on the world map, currently each is comprised of five regions, however in future, nations will be able to take control of other regions, and so acquire or lose regions

The nations are alphabetically as follows:

• Republic of Aldegar
• Republic of Aloria
• Republic of Baltusia
• Beluzian Republic
• Republic of Darnussia
• Independent Davostan Republic
• Free Republic of Dorvik
• Dundorf Federation
• Republic of Egelion
• Socialist Commonwealth of Endralon
• Free State of Gaduridos
• Republic of Hobrazia
• Hutori Federation
• Democratic Republic of Ikradon
• Federal Republic of Kalistan
• Kirlawa Confederacy
• Kundrati Union
• Republic of Likaton
• Independent Republic of Lodamun
• Commonwealth of Luthori
• United Federation of Malivia
• Mordusian Federation
• Federated States of Rutania
• Free Republic of Saridan
• Telamon Commonwealth
• United Tribes of Tukarali
• Valruzian Federation

[edit] Starting guide

[edit] Recommended first moves

• When you first create your account, you are asked to input your desired user name and password, and presented with a selection of countries. Your party name starts out as your user name, with the word 'party' tacked on to the end. It is recommended that you change it.
• When you log in, you are brought to your user page, and presented with two choices: Your country's page, or your party's page. You will want to proceed to your party's page first.
• Scrolling to the bottom of your party's page will present you with a nice little form for you to fill out:
  • Party Name - Pretty simple: Your party's name. Change as desired.
  • Change Color - This field requires an HTML color code that will be used to represent your party in all elections and bill votes.
  • Candidate name - In each election, your party may run a candidate for the highest office of government. If you wish to run one, insert a name here. If not, leave it blank.
  • Party Description - Simple: Any visitors to your party page will see this message below your name. Use this space to say a little something about your party.

Note: You will need to click the submit button after changing each field. You can't do them all at the same time.

[edit] Getting to know your country

• Scroll to the top of the page, and in the very first line, you will see a row of links. Find the one with your country name, and click it.
• This brings you to the Nation page. It is important to get to know your country before you try to do anything more. Remember, you're working with 7 other people here, so they could be a little less forgiving than the computer players in another political simulation game.
  • Nation Name - A bit self explanatory.
  • National Motto - The national motto can be proposed, and requires a 2/3 majority to change.
  • National Flag - As with the national motto, the flag is proposed as a link to an external .gif image, and must be passed by 2/3 majority of legislature.
  • Politics - The word 'politics' is displayed in pretty big font on this line.
  • Constitution - Here is a link to any constitutional bills passed. It's worth reading, to see how things are done in your nation.
  • Head of State - Remember that "Candidate Name" field you filled out earlier? The party that won the election for President/Prime Minister/Supreme Mugwump/Whatever gets that name printed here, along with a link to the party's page. Might be worth getting used to the more popular parties, so I suggest following the link and reading the Party Description.
  • Congress - Displays how many seats are in the legislature, and how many there will be next election (this can be changed by a 2/3 majority)
  • Last Election Results - Self explanatory. I recommend you peruse through it, to get an idea of who has the most popular support and all that fun stuff. Good to know, that is.
  • Next Election - Simple: when the next election is. The term length is changeable through a 2/3 majority.
  • Parties - A list of the parties of your new country. I recommend taking a look at the Party Descriptions of all your opponents, just to get an idea of who you're going to be working with. As you are a new party, you get no seats in the legislature until the next election.
  • Demographics - How many people are in your nation? Find out here!
  • Culture - Fun stuff here. Not really all too important as far as policies go, but it's nice to have.
  • Regions - Each country is made up of five regions, each with their own political spectrum. The term 'region' can be changed (to state, commune, province, ect.) by a 2/3 majority vote.
  • Legislation - Every single law that is currently being enforced. A bit of a long read, but it gives you an idea of what the political atmosphere of your new home is.
  • Bills Under Debate - Here are the bills that have not yet gone to a vote, and are still being discussed and modified.
  • Bills Being Voted Upon - The bills for which debate has ceased, and the votes are being tallied.
  • Opinions - Quite a fun section. Your nation's political idealogies are rated along 11 bars.
    • Civil Rights - The Civil Rights axis reflects how the people feel about the rights of the individual citizen in ethical matters.
    • Ecology - This reflects your citizens views on the environment. Sceptical citizens believe the environment will eventually restore itself, and they think environmental regulation isn't desirable. Environmentalists favour eco-friendly bills and will be inclined to vote for parties supporting it.
    • Education - The Education axis reflects wheter people want their government to provide education, or wheter they feel it's up to themselves to do so.
    • Foreign Relations - This reflects your citizens views on how the government should handle international relations. Isolationists prefer governments who avoid dealing with ither nations whereas Internationalists prefer governments that interact with other nations.
    • Government Responsibilities - The Government Responsibilities axis reflects what people expect of the government, and how much regulation and influence they desire or tolerate.
    • Market -
    • Military - This reflects your citizens' views on how much military spending they want your nation to have.
    • Morality -
    • Penal System - This reflects your citizens' views on how prisoners should be treated. Rehabilatitation supportingcitizens support measures to give better treatment to inmates to make sure they are able to reintegrate into society when they are free again. Repressive citizens favour politicians who try to limit prisoner rights.
    • Religion - The Religion axis shows wheter people want their government to decide its actions on a religious basis, or wheter they want complete separation of church and state.
    • Representation - The Representation axis tells something about how much of say people want in their government.
  • International Messages - Whether it be a simple 'hello' or a declaration of war, all messages sent to your nation appear here.

[edit] Taking a closer look at your party

• Let's head pack to the Party Page.
• Starting from the top this time, here it is Step by Step:
  • User Name - The name you log in as.
  • Nation - What nation you are a party of.
  • Seats in congress/parliament/whatever - How many seats you hold in your nation's Legislature.
  • Color - The color your nation is represented by.
  • Description - The block of text you input earlier.
• Now we get to the fun part: the real meat of the game, and it brings us to our next section: Casting Your First Vote

[edit] Casting your first vote

• Start out by scrolling down a bit until you see a large chart.
• This chart is where the majority of your time will be spent, and here's what it shows:
  • Bill Name - The name of the bill. This (usually) has something to do with the subject of the proposed legislation.
  • Voting Started - What month voting started (if at all yet)
  • Vote - How you cast your vote for this bill. If you have not yet, it will say 'abstain'.
  • Bill Status - Starts as 'debate' then becomes 'voting' then either changes to 'passed' or 'defeated'
  • Result - Did it pass the way you wanted it to? This will say so.
• Now, look around for a bill the is in vote, that you have not yet voted for, and click on the title of the Bill. This will bring you to the Bill page.
• The Bill page shows you some information about the Bill being proposed.
  • Submitted By: - Who submitted the bill.
  • Status - Same as it is in the chart.
  • Votes - What kind of bill it is determines how many votes it needs. Constitutional changes need a 2/3 majority, whereas regular bills require a 1/2 majority.
  • Voting Deadline - When voting ends and the bill is either passed as law, or defeated.
  • Description - A little bit about the proposal, usually an opening argument for the debate.
  • Proposals - What laws the bill intends to change. the articles of the bill show what the current law is, and what they intend to change it to.
  • Debate - Read the comments posted by your fellow parties, and add your own if you would like.
  • Voting - Vote here. Click 'yes' 'no' or 'abstain' to cast your vote. There is a vote count chart that tallies votes as they come in, so you can see how the bill is going. This includes a pretty spiffy graph.
• Congratulations! You just voted for your first bill!
• The population of the nation forms an opinion of you based on how you vote. If they like the way you vote, they will vote for you. The people tend to vote more for the more active parties, so it is always best to choose either 'yes' or 'no' Try not to abstain.

[edit] External links

• Particracy Home Page
• Particracy Forums
• Particracy Wiki