Government
From my perspective the structure of the current government is inefficient, uneffective and essentially renders the government borderline useless where in a roleplay, serious or not, server the government has a large part to play within the servers economical structure and roleplay standards in general.
Considering the RP standards of the server fluctuates more than Carrie Fisher's mood, I think it's more practical to stay on a safe side and use a very simple, watered down version of a real structure which will reap the benefits of it's working effectiveness and efficiency whilst also discarding complexity and an intelligence barrier.
This server has a large and growing playerbase which allows for so much flexibility regardless of how many government officials there are, which allows for a variety of employment opportunities to actually attract more people to subtle, civilian RP.
The structure would look something similar to this;
Elected Officials:
Mayor
City Council
District Attorney (more on this soon)
Charter Offices/Commissions:
City Treasurer
City Clerk
City Operations Officer
Police Commission
Medical Commission
Charter departments:
Department of Finance (Licenses, Permits, Fee's, Taxes ect)
Department of Public Social Support (Housing Programs, Employment Programs, Immigration Integration (New Players))
Department of Cultural Affairs (Community arts, Non-Enforcement anti crime movements ect.)
This leaves room for plenty of employment whilst not flooding the system with empty roles. It would allow for new introductions that will change the way we play as civilians purely integrated through role play and character decisions, an example of this would be; The City Treasurer and Council decide to bring forth and idea of small business grants, government grants given to small business owners to kick-start their careers, however there would be ample research done into applicants, with interviews and business briefs to ensure that the money is used wisley.
The importance of Elected Officials.
Having elected officials are a perfect way for you the people to have a say in the community without having to go OOC with it. You could speak to a council member about an idea whether it be a law or a community project, the council member will write a bill and it will be voted on.
It also allows things like petitions, fairness and a fluctuation in character development. It also allows for corruption, an indepth way of roleplaying criminal - this might sound bad however under the correct guidance could be something beautiful
Under all of the new government stuff, there definitely needs to be a DOJ which can be discussed further and has been by others. I'll be writing a new suggestion soon about it.
