[Discussion] Governmental Reform

[Quebecshire]

There's a few things here I can see happening, and a few things here I'm just going to say are probably a hard no.

We aren't Europeia, the South Pacific, or The North Pacific. No offense to those regions, but we aren't a political/legislative focused region.

The Constitution is deliberately vague in a lot of ways - it's meant to be a guide, not a detailed map of every potential scenario.

Consulate orders exist already. They're functionally proclamations. I also don't see any reason to infringe on Consulate veto power - it's never been abused in any citable example, and has only ever been exercised to limit frivilous nominations of people who are simply way too inactive to be on the Council.

The Speaker being a functional prime minister makes little sense to me - we appoint people to roles based on contribution and merit, and the Consulate being three people to weigh candidates and options (frequently doing brief interviews) is vastly preferable to post-electoral political appointments. It also needlessly bureacratizes things.

I actually like your idea for reforming the process by which people serve on the Council, and I've mulled over if it's worth pursuing before. This is doable, I think. 

I also think the Council clerk idea isn't awful, and that this might be a better role for the Speaker than attempting to make them a Prime Minister.

On the other bullets,

• I am not opposed to defining the DSB legally but only if this is done so with great care.
  
• I am entirely opposed to connecting Consulship to WAD roles. The current Consul lineup is convenient for that, but there's no reason to force locking people or transitions when Consul turnover inevitably happens.
  
• Not convinced on a criminal code. People who rules lawyer are not going to have the regions' best interest in mind and I don't think it's productive. Status quo works here.
  
• The Consulate doesn't need judicial responsibility taken away. It rarely comes up. Besides, the Consulate was originally more judicial than anything when conceived, it's hardly a burden.
  
• I don't mind the idea of perpetual convention for the Council.
  
• Under no circumstances will we ever implement a recall mechanism or approval vote for the Consulate. While I don't think this is your intent, the majority of people who have ever proposed this (Agereus, Nexus) have always been driven by spite. There's also no way to enforce it meaningfully versus game mechanics so it seems silly to me. I also don't like the idea of this for executive office in general. Peoples' positions will be determined by their conduct and performance, not by vost casting.