Easier inactivations
Accounts can now be inactivated when...
8.1.1 All of the following 3 conditions apply: they have not logged into their account for at least 3 days (72 hours), they have missed at least one bill vote with an 8 IG (in-game) month voting period and another player from the same nation has requested their early inactivation. The player requesting the inactivation should cite this rule when doing so.
Empowering the Global Role-Play Team
RP Team members may now run second accounts in order to promote RP across the game:
19.2 At Moderation's discretion and with the agreement of the Team as a whole, Team members are permitted to run an authorised second active in-game account in a separate nation, in order to advance the objectives of the Team set out in section 19.1, most particularly with regards to the encouragement of role-play. Where they do this, they should use their party description field in both accounts to explain the situation and provide a link to the other account involved.
Strengthening the Role-Play Accord
The terms for withdrawing from the Role-Play Accord have been changed from...
A nation can withdraw from the Role-Play Accord by passing an appropriate motion with a simple majority of players with seats (ie. more players with seats vote for it than against it). A notification should then be made on the Role-Play Accord thread, so Moderation can update the Role-Play Accord Index.
Moderation reserves the discretion to dissolve a nation's membership of the Role-Play Accord in exceptional cases where co-operation between the Team and the nation's players has irretrievably broken down.
To...
A nation can withdraw from the Role-Play Accord by passing an appropriate motion with a simple majority of players with seats (ie. more players with seats vote for it than against it). Also, at least one of the players supporting the withdrawal must have been currently continuously active in the nation (ie. no inactivations) for at least 1 month. A notification should then be made on the Role-Play Accord thread, so Moderation can update the Role-Play Accord Index.
Nation Descriptions for Culturally Open nations
Culturally Open nations may now adopt Nation Descriptions which will be recorded in the Cultural Protocols Index. These are not enforceable, and to emphasise this they are not formally mentioned in the Game Rules, but for more information on the process of adopting a Nation Description, please see the OP to the Nation descriptions in the Cultural Protocols Index thread.