A city-state is ruled, first and foremost, by a ruling council. These council
members can have different names, such as Archon, Vizier, or Keeper. HELP will show you what the ruling council name for that city is.
In order to become a member of the ruling council (which normally have five
members), you must contest an existing member in an election, and triumph in
the election. HELP ELECTIONS will give you detailed information about
elections and referendums.
Out of the ruling council members, one member, who must be approved by every
council member but one, becomes the leader of that city. The leader can have
various names, such as Overseer in Ashtan, or Sultan in Shallam.
The leader of the ruling council then may appoint people to the heads of seven
different ministries, and each of these ministers may appoint aides. These are:
Ministry of the Ambassador (responsible for newbies)
Ministry of War (responsible for all military matters)
Ministry of Security (responsible for internal security)
Ministry of the Treasury (responsible for the working funds of the city)
Ministry of the Steward (responsible for the city coffers)
Ministry of Trade (responsible for trade with villages)
Ministry of the Chancellor (responsible for various internal economics)
Ministry of Cultural Affairs (responsible for events and morale
So, in summary:
The people elect the ruling council. The ruling council selects one of their
number to be the leader. The leader appoints people to the seven ministries.
The ministers appoint aides.
Ruling Council
The ruling council of a city-state is generally composed of five members.
These five members are elected by the populace, via the methods described in
HELP ELECTIONS. HELP will show you who the members of a ruling council
are.
While the perceived responsibilities of a ruling council may vary in the eyes
of each citizen, it can safely be said that the ruling council must take
credit and blame for what happens to their city. While the power to actually
affect most city-related things lies in the hands of the Ministers and their
aides, it is the ruling council who chooses the leader, who appoints the
Ministers. If the Ministers or the leader is doing a poor job, it is up to the
ruling council to fix the situation.
As a member of a ruling council, you may use the following commands:
CITIZEN : Make someone a citizen of your city.
UNCITIZEN : Kick someone out of your city.
BRAND ENEMY : Brand someone an official enemy of your city.
Due to the time it takes to propagate the
order to the guards, this will not take
effect until the beginning of the next
Aetolian month.
BRAND ALLY : Remove someone's enemy status. Works same as
enemy in terms of not taking effect until
the next month.
SUPPORT : Throw your support behind a member of the ruling
council for leadership of the city.
FUNDS : See the funds level for a a selected ministry. Must be
in the Council Room for this. Will not work on the
Stewardship.
READREVLOG/REVLOG : Same as READLOG in HELP CITYCOMMANDS, but shows you
logs for ingoing and outgoing revenue.
READMILLOG/MILLOG : Same as READLOG in HELP CITYCOMMANDS, but shows you
logs for ingoing and outgoing revenue.
READENLISTLOG/ENLISTLOG : Same as READLOG in HELP CITYCOMMANDS, but shows you
logs for enlistment that day.
WARSTATUS : See the military status for your city.
CITYFAVOUR : Grant your city favour to a person.
CITYDISFAVOUR : Grant your city disfavour to a person.
CITY ECONSTATUS : See some basic economic info on your city.
CITY LAWS
City Leaders
City leaders, known variously as Overseer (Ashtan) or Sultan (Shallam) are
both the figurehead and most powerful person in a city in political terms.
Chosen by the ruling council (HELP RULINGCOUNCILS), and by necessity a member
of it, the city leader is responsible for choosing the Ministers of a city.
A city leader has all the commands of a normal member of the ruling council,
with some additions:
The syntax to appoint Ministers is:
APPOINT
The syntax to liberate a location from your city's military influence is:
LIBERATE HERE
The city leader is the only person, aside from those in the Ministry of the
Stewardship, who can see the amount of gold in the city coffers. Simply do:
FUNDS COFFERS
The command to choose the patron of your city is:
CITY PATRON
Valid offices are: Ambassador, War, Security, Treasurer, Steward, Trade,
Chancellor
City-State Ministers
While the ruling council, and particularly city leader hold the reins of
control in a city, it is in the Ministries where the day-to-day control of the
operations of a city lie. There are seven Ministries: Ambassador, War,
Security, Treasurer, Steward, Trade, and Chancellor.
Each Minister may appoint as many aides as he or she likes. The commands
associated with this ability are:
AIDE TO : Add an aide to a Ministry.
UNAIDE FROM : Remove an aide from a Ministry.
AIDES : See the aides for a Ministry.
Basic City Commands
There are a handful of basic commands that most citizens may use. These are:
CITIZENS : Shows will show you a list of your city's active citizens.
CITIZENS DORMANT : Shows you a list of your city's dormant citizens.
CWHO : Shows you a list of of which of your city's members are
online, on the same continent and plane.
CT : Talk on the city channel.
CTOFF : Turn the city channel off.
CTON : Turn the city channel on.
AIDES : See who the aides to a particular ministry are. HELP
will show you the Ministers and the Ruling Council.
ENLIST : You may occasionally encounter shiftless young men roaming
about your city. By ENLISTing them, you will sign them up
for a glorious life of adventure in the military services.
Be all you can be.
CITYENEMIES : Will show you a list of your cities official enemies.
DEPOSIT : Donates to your city. This must be done at
your city's bank.
READLOG : This command will allow you to
read the general log of your
city. If you wish to read from
the beginning of this month's
log, you may omit the last two
fields. If you wish to read from
any point in this month's log,
you may omit the last field.
Months back should be how many
months before the current one
you want to read. So, two months
ago would be 2, last month would
be 1, etc. Logs are kept up to 6
months back. Note that these
months are Aetolian months, which
are approximately 25 real hours
long.
CONTEST: This command allows you to contest a member of the ruling council for
his or her position. HELP ELECTIONS will tell you more about this.
Cityranks
Aside from the formal governmental positions (see HELP CITYSTRUCTURE), a
citizen in a city-state can have one of six general ranks within a city. These
ranks represent your general status within the city, and as you grow in rank,
you will have the ability to call upon minor city-related powers.
When you join a city, you will automatically be of the lowest rank. HELP
CITYRANK will show you a list of the city ranks in your city. In order to move
up in rank, you must be cityfavoured by members of the ruling council of your
city. The favour of the head of the council is more valuable than the other
council members. However, if these same people find that your actions bring
shame to the city, they may disfavour you, which can potentially reduce your
city rank.
The abilities city rank confers are:
Rank # Ability
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4 The ability to PREFIX and SUFFIX lower-ranked citizens.
5 The ability to CITIZEN people.
6 The ability to CITYFAVOUR and CITYDISFAVOUR people.
City-States
