Events
The Sovereign State of Plancaidus is createdDuring the first student lead activity, our class
was able to work together in order to reach the
goal of creating an identity for our nation.After voting The Sovereign State of Plancaidus
as the name, we decided on the following
characteristics for our nation.Hot Climate
Flat Landscape
Fish, wheat, livestock, and tropical fruits
Rich minority, poor majority
Values are education, healthcare, equality, justice, and wifiThe values that were represented in the creation
of our national identity clearly reflect Canada's.Canada has a rich minority and poor majority
Canada values education; The Canadian Charter
of Rights and Freedom mentions that everyone
has the right to an education
Canada values equality; this is stated under the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom.Healthcare; in Ontario we have OHIP which is
used to help citizens cover the costs healthcare
Equality rights are clearly stated under the
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom that
every individual is equal before and under the
law (Canadian government, 1982).Voting on the Symbols of National IdentityThe Bear-Fish is the
national animal.
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.The national anthem is createdPlancalidus, o Plancalidus!
Let the sun shine over you!
Plancalidus, o Plancalidus!
Let the waters stream right through!
And with diversity comes equality,
In a city below the blue!
Plancalidus, o Plancalidus!
Let the sun shine over you!Our history of the Planiards
and Calidians is createdThe voting processWe voted in a democratic way. The democratic
way of voting is a process in which everyone
gets an equal vote in order to express each
citizens opinion.Election Attempt #1Election Attempt #2During are first election two parties were
created; the FED's and the CONSERVÀTIVES.
These parties were both fighting for control over
the unitary government(only one district) this
differ's from Canada as they have a Federal
government instead. Also in Canada you vote
for the person, not the party where here you
vote for the party.FED's
(Freedom, Equality, and Democracy)Founder: Azfar
Leader(was voted on by party members): Yaz
The FED's was the party that I was a member of,
They were the second biggest political party.
They felt strongly about everyone being taxed
fairly, health units being distributed in an
equitable way, and everyone having a voice in
important matters. I joined this party because I
found that this party best reflected my secret
agenda beliefs.CONSERVÀTIVESFounder: Souvik
Leader(voted for by party members): Souvik
The CONSERVÀTIVES believed that there should
be no tax for upper and middle class, food,
education, healthcare, and energy should be
privately owned, and provide government aid to
people in emergency's.The vote that took place was unlike Canada's as
it was not a constituency since there are no
voting regions. After a democratic vote the
CONSERVÀTIVES had the most votes, meaning
that they won and that the FED's would become
the official opposition.After coming to the decision that it would not
be in the our best interests to keep the existing
government it was decided that there would be
another vote done in a different fashion that
was more like the election process in Canada.
The new plan was to vote for individual people
not the party which is the process our system
uses. This resulted in many people
running for Prime Minister.The results of this new and improved election
were somewhat similar as Souvik was once
again voted leader, I found this to be a poor
desision since he seemed content of weakening
the already weak. The official
opposition changed to Khrish (a former
member of the CONSERVATIVES) and the
additional Members of Parliament were: Kye,
Azfar, Yaz, Waleed, and Ameer..
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we were asked to make a plan.My initial plan was to purchase apartment D4
using a co-bidding technique with the help of
Yaz, Oren, and Charlotte. Also attempt to
purchase farm C6 with Charlotte and ChristineEvolution of the PlanAfter losing the bidding war for apartment D4
the plan was revised; both Yaz and Oren
decided to help in the effort to purchase
farm C6.
We unfortunetly were unable to win the bidding
war for the farm, this resulted in me not owning
any hexes.My failure to purchase any hexes resulted in me
having the third most money in the nation.
Despite not being ideal I don't think that this
is bad. Not only will I be able to afford the
necessities I will also have money for the units
that can give you well being points. With this
being said I have no job/way of making money..
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legislative process of producing bills.The Government in the auctionThe government seemed to be rather
unprepared as they were constantly arguing
over matters and often disagreeing with the
Prime Minister.
Some of the things that the government bought
include; a house, security, healthcare, and a
share in the farm hex.
They also got in a bidding war for education but lost.How it works
Prime Minister and MP's represent the executive
arm(this is important for implementing,
enforcing, and supporting laws)
The MP's make up the legislative branch(they
are able to discuss and make important laws)
National judge and jury represent the judicial
branch(Important since they provide equal
justice while still following the law)This process reflects the Canadian democratic
system, which in turn helped me to better
understand about the law. I know understand
how bills are made and passed and I finally
understand the difference between the
executive, legislative, and judicial branches.Passed
Proposed Bill 1: Initiated by the Prime Minister,
Souvik
All citizens who own a hex will
be prioritized for any and all amenities, anyone
who disobey's this law will be penalized.
Reasons: Hex owners would basically run the countries
Penalties include: higher taxes and confiscation
of business
Revised: All citizens who own/co-own a hex will
be prioritized for any and all amenities, anyone
who disobey's this law will be penalized.Passed
Proposed Bill 2: Initiated by the Leader of the
Opposition, Khrish
Remove the citizens from the
jury, replace with MP's
Reasons: There may be bias when voting
Revised: Tw citizens and 1 MP will be a part of
the jury, only in the event of a tie will the one MP
vote, citizens will be chosen by drawAt this time I did not have a hex which posed a
problem since I would be unable to get a fair
chance at purchasing any amenities. With the
help of Charlotte I was able to purchase half of
her green hex(F6).This resulted in a co-
ownership. This meant that I was able to have
a better chance during the open market.Passed
Proposed Bill 3: Initiated by the Prime Minister,
Souvik
Units prices will be determined by the owner and can be subject to change
Revised: Unit prices will be mathematically
determined based on account of money.Irrelevant
Proposed Bill: Initiated by the Leader of the
Opposition
Government should have a budget per quarterThis was deemed irrelevant due to us only
playing for one yearPassed
Proposed Bill 5: Initiated by the Prime Minister,
Souvik
No taxes on services , except electricity
Revised: No taxes on services, except on
electricity owners and sellers for %20.All the bills that were passed were written down
both individually by citizens and on the civic
mirror website under legislation. This is a crucial
step for any and all bills being passed. This is
because if some one breaks the law there is
proof of how they are breaking it. Also putting
it in a public place is in important as it allows for
everyone to have access to it and people can't
use ignorance as an excuse in a court case.When starting this simulation everyone had a
fairly level head filled with good intensions. We
were planing on creating a kind, equal, safe, and
friendly environment..
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.This was the part in which all the trading took
placeThis bill ended up being troubling for anyone
attempting to purchase an energy unit (which
was quite a bit of the population) since it made
the transaction take more time and effort.After witnessing the two events unfold I am able
to notice that our government in a individualist
way. I know this since after watching them
discuss different matters it is clear all the MP's
and the Prime Minister are working in an every
man for themselves based way.This is the opposite, of in my opinion, the
preferred way of collectivism. In a collectivism
based government all the MP's and the Prime
Minister work together to make a decision, they
value the group as whole over themselves.During this period I was able to purchase an
apartment, three A&E units, an insurance unit,
a technology, and a food unit. I was able to pay
relatively good prices for all of these amenities
so I believe that I did a good job at managing my
finances.I was able to buy units in technology and A&E
that gave me many wellbeing points.
Also in purchasing an apartment unit and food
unit I was able to ensure that none of my family
members died.
With the above purchases I able to get in the top
five citizens for the most wellbeing points
resulting in me receiving an extra ten status
points.One problem that I did encounter was that I was
unable to purchase any education units, this was
because only willing to trade a unit for a unit. Also
education was a monopoly since one single
person owned all of the education units and
hexes.At one point during are open-market we
experienced the first evidence of corruption in
our government. The Prime Minister transferred
the security hex from the government account
to his personal account, he then proceeded to
give away security units to his friends for free.
This is an example of nepotism; nepotism is
people are given unfair opportunities based on
who you know, not what you know.The Prime Ministers roleThe crisis vote is a vote of non-confidence. In this
case the Leader of the Opposition put forward
the idea to vote for him as dictator on the
account that the current government was
corrupt.
After the vote took place it was revealed that he
had won, our government turned from a
democracy to a dictatorship.
With this many things changed for example
he changed are whole legislation and added and
took away bills at his leisure.I have to admit that after some contemplation I
eventually decided to vote for him since I, like the
other citizens, realized how terrible are current
government was.
With this being said I have to admit that I am
quite ashamed of this. Instead of being able to
work out the problems we openly gave away are
freedom, which is a terrible fate for any country.
On the other hand, I am disappointed to say
that having a dictator as the leader made our
events run much smoother and everyone
seemed a lot more r.
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.The town hall was an event in which citizens were
allowed to voice their opinions and our leader
would attempt to find a solution or answer.The question's asked were somewhat
disappointing as they were very repetitive and it
got to the point that it was different people
asking the same question worded differently.I was prepared with a question that was unlike
the others as I was genuinely curious about the
answer, my question was “If during the
revolution there is an apartment building that
gets destroyed does the government plan on
compensating for the losses?” the reply that I
got was there would be a little bit of
compensation but not a great amount due to
most of the government’s funding being gone.
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.The national court is the day in which we hold any
and all trials. The judicial system has been
changed so that our dictator was both the judge
and jury. This meant that he made all the decisions.Guilty
Case1: Mohammed, Haseeb, Kye, James, Waleed,
Afar, Ahmed, Yaz, Charlotte and I sued Suvik
Reason for suing: Corruption
Pleading: Innocent
Evidence: Audio recording of him stating he
doesn't care about the poor majority
Well being points, only the rich have more than
10 wellbeing pointsGuilty
Case 2: Waleed and Souvik sued Haseeb,
Mohammad, and Ahmed
Reason for suing: Hoarding electricity units
Pleading: Innocent
Evidence: Danish called to stand, he was unable
to find a home due to power not being sold to
him
They have three unused power units in their
possessionDefence: Sold four units to the government,
Danish was called to the stand to verify this fact;
these units were used to power health, security,
and the two farms
They didn't sell units to Waleed because he was
offering below the asking price
Proposed Punishment: One energy hex and
three energy units
Punishment: One energy unit and $375Thrown Out
Case 3: Haseeb, Mohammed, and Ahmed sued
Souvik
This case did not take place as the leader deemed
that neither side was properly preparedThe Country as a wholeHe went against Plancaidus's Charter of Rights
and Freedom
Defense: Believes he was expressing his
personal opinion
All the laws were voted on by the MP's
Poposed Punishment: $10000 taken and
distributed to the poor majority and
confiscation of his mansion hex
Punishment: $3000 taken and
distributed to the poor majority and
confiscation of his mansion and house hexWe started off with strong feelings towards
democracy and equality but, in the end we
created a nation with lawsuits against the
former government for corruption, a dictator
running the country, and many laws that hurt
the poor majority. This was the exact opposite
of what we wanted to happen.We treated are weakest members, the poor
majority, terribly. In fact, next to no people of the
poor majority scored over 10 wellbeing points.
The weakest members, the ones that should
have gotten the most support, were treated like
how Canada treated the Indigenous people.
The Indigenous people got ignored and all their
problems and concern's got swept under a rug.I took place in this law suit. I did not prepare the
material but, I did support the idea.Needless to say this was a terrible thing to do
but I must admit that since I got a fair bit of
money I didn't realize what was going on until
reflecting on it. This is what happened with
Indigenous people, many citizens were
ignorant of the suffering in which they endured.
Canada is slowly building a relationship with the
Indigenous people they have apologized for and
stopped most of the mistreatment that was
inflicted upon them but, there is still a long road
to recovery a head.This situation has taught me how it is in human
nature to accept privilege and how easy it is for
us to forget about others problems.Me, as a citizenAs a citizen I would like to think I did a pretty
good job as for the most part I understood the
situations/events and was able to participate to
the best of my abilities. I, of course, am not
perfect and their were some situations that I did
not do the best at. One problem I had was that I
couldn't bring myself to run for an MP position
since I didn't like the idea of having to sit in front
of the whole class and being pressured to make
important decisions.The ExperianceI think that this was a very educational
experience, I was able to learn many new
government terms along with processes and
systems that the government runs.
The most important lesson I learned was how
important social skills are, you need to be able
to communicate what you want/need in an
effective manner, this is something that I think I
could work on and that will be valuable in
everyday situations.Periods
Creating a National IdentityElectionHex AuctionWinter-House of CommonsSpring-Open MarketSummer-Town HallFall-National CourtReflectingCrisis Alert
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