SEILO

SO I HAVE DECIDED ON A MOST HORRIBLE THING TO DO

• When given this assignment I first thought about how good I could make things,
• How I could fix the problems I saw in the world and put forth my best foot,
• Then I thought about how bad things could get if those I feared were given power in a system designed from the ground up to prevent change.

Welcome to Seilo!

Where our capital city is an extremely vulnerable port on an archipelago-

and technically a ‘newly liberated’ portion of Spain…

NOW WHY SPAIN?

• Well originally I justified as simply wanting a real life map rather than tediously drawing out a random piece of landmass.
• Then I started spitballing lore and bits and pieces of spoof, and all at once an epiphany of absurdity.

MEET THE FRISIANS!

ENGLISH HAS A SISTER LANGUAGE(S)!

• Frisian, or the the Frisian languages, are the closest thing we have as a sister language. Technically a cousin, but it sits with us as an Anglo-Saxon language(s).
• Unfortunately, these languages are of a dying breed. Mostly elders in a few (3 or 4) villages on the coast of The Netherlands, inland Germany, and like barely Denmark speak it,
• So as to save it, we need an welcoming home.

WE’LL SEND THEM TO SPAIN.

THE AMENDMENTS AND RIGHTS OF CITIZENS OF SEILO(ARCS OF OURS)

1ST-MILITARY

• Basically, if you vote to go to war with another country, you’ll be joining the forces.
• If you able, 20-70 that is.
• Seriously, if you want war, you’ll fight, no one’s going to go for you >:(.

2- THE FREEDOMS

• The freedoms of speech, gathering, press, religious practice, and autonomy will be protected under law without exception.
• (That applies to government too! I hate the whole terrorist watchlist in America, its like 40,000 people long and 30ish% have no affiliation or relation to any suspicious parties!!!)

3- EQUALITY

• Discrimination based on race, gender, religion, political beliefs, age or economic status in government or government funded departments and institutions is not acceptable. The infringing of voting rights is also crime. For good measure.

THIS’LL TAKE A BIT.

4- SLAVERY

• Slavery of any form shall not exist in Seilo.
• Yes, even in the prison system.

5. CITIZENSHIP

• All Persons born in Seilo, or naturalized within Seilo, are citizens of Seilo.
• Its also not hard to become a citizen.
• Like, come join the fun.
• It’s like a micro nation in here.

6- SEARCH

• All persons have the right to be secure in their persons, property, papers and effects against unreasonable search or seizure. No warrant shall be issued without probable cause.

7. JURY

• Peoples in Seilo have the right to a trial by jury, with the exception of special court cases.

8-PRISON

• The prison system is owned by the government and not privately.

9- PUNISHMENT

• The execution of cruel and unusual punishment by courts, government officials and officers is not acceptable by law.

10-TAXES

• Parliament has the right to collecting taxes with reason and pre telling.
• (Hey, need that money bro)

11- THE PRIME MINISTER

• The PM can serve 3 5-year terms, but not 3 in a row. The third term can only be allowed if the P is elected consecutively, because that meant the president was really cool and gets to rerun after a new PM.
• The PM can be impeached in trial, and if they are, they can no longer run for any government office.

OKIE DOKIE TIME FOR SOME GRAPHS!

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EDUCATION

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• Okay so there’s one school system. Take a look at Finland. Yeah they’re doing great things over there.
• Here we’ll be copying them!

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• No standardized testing with the exception of getting into highs school or college. Kids just cram for stuff instead of actually learning.
• No private schools, everyone has to go to government public schools, and that means rich families have to check to see if their kids are going to good schools and in turn puts more wealthy advocacy for bettering schools.
• Kids start school at 8 so they have time to just be a kid.
• Free school meals

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• Time dedicated to decompressing( and I don’t mean just 25 minutes of lunch and back to work).
• Switch cycles where students have certain classes instead of cramming everything into one day.
• Free school meals

EDUCATION TO 16 IS COMPULSORY

• Listen, college education isn’t a necessity in Seilo, never will be. Kids go to school 9-3, we won’t be like France and do separate school systems. There’s an whole lotta taxes dedicated to education and it’s all government funded. No grade policy, a numbers not gonna tell you you have bad grammar, talking to your teacher will.
• School starts in October and goes till April.

WHAT’S OUR GOVERNMENT LIKE?

WELL I WANT TO INCORPORATE SPANISH AND GERMANIC IDEALS

• But then I remember the Netherlands and Denmark were there too.
• So there’s a prime minister! An electoral college, a parliament and a representative body!

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• The prime minister can do somethings, like declare war, but only if he can find 5 representatives going about their day and get them to sign a petition. They cannot use a car, but they are allowed a bicycle. Those representatives have got to get votes from their respective areas. Then there’s a national call, if the rest of the country is on board, we’ll go to war.

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• Our parliament is pretty funky, they come up with bills and have a firm hand of the judiciary system. Thing is, the representative body revises and makes the the bills law.
• Also there’s a good rivalry between the two parts of government.
• Whenever all the members of one group have changed out, they come up with a new mascot.
• It’s not allow to be a marmot.

AND SPEAKING OF JUDICIARY SYSTEMS!

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• Remember back in the ARCS of Ours where I mentioned special courts? We’ll go over that now!

SPECIAL COURTS

• Have you just invented a crime? Come on down to the Special courts to see the verdict! Murder, manslaughter and homocide by acid attacks are completely separate crimes from regular Murder, manslaughter and homocide.
• (Seriously though acid attacks are absolutely horrible)

LOCAL COURTS

• Hey, so long as you’ve filled in your time at a law school you can file to be a judge in your community! Just wait in line I guess since there’s a limit to 20-25 per county.

NATIONAL COURTS

• The parliament gets to pick these bad bois out. They’re like the American Supreme Court and do their darndest to follow the law.

BUT IT’S NOT THAT EASY..

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• So there’s a special seat in this parliament reserved for who roots out who’ll be the national judges, they have a whole room dedicated to them.

A national vote picks the best 70 out of 100. Then parliament picks the best of 50. Then the last 50 are strapped down and wheeled into the room.

He makes the big decisions

This marmot has two buttons. It’ll vibe check the 50 until 33 remain. Those who have the best vibes will be the national judges for the next 20 years.