Appendix I: Scan and review of the current game rules

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This is a scan and review of the game's current rules, here, in order to create a proposed update, here.

Please see the proposal's discussion thread first, here.

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Section 1 - Player Conduct and Out-of-Game Interactions
1. All players, moderators and players alike, should be treated with respect at all times and likewise should reciprocate that respect;

Move to the introduction as a general sentiment, as this is not enforceable.

2. Players should be aware of IC (In-Character) and OOC (Out of character) distinctions and are advised to use such such tags when interacting if there are issues of communication;

Game Rules - Don't post IC (in character) messages outside of the game or the forum section, here. All other messages are considered defacto OOC (out of character). Use the OOC (out of character) distinction in IC parts when needed.

3. The discussion of sanctions, warnings or other actions taken by a Moderation towards a player are forbidden throughout Particracy. All requests or questions regarding such actions are to be made in private to Moderation or Wouter, if absolutely necessary;

Code of Conduct - Don't discuss warnings and bans on players as it unnecessarily puts a target on them.

4. "Doxxing" or other breaches of user privacy are strictly forbidden, users caught breaking this rule or knowingly circulating information regarding another player will be permanently banned;

Code of Conduct - Don't search for, circulate, publicly identify, publish or otherwise share personal information on players (doxxing).

5. Users caught impersonating moderators, implying they are moderation or other Particracy staff or team members will have action taken against their account;

Code of Conduct - Don't impersonate anyone.

6. The sharing of in-game messages, forum personal messages, Discord messages related to Particracy and other discussions that are considered to have a reasonably expectation of privacy are prohibited from being shared;

Code of Conduct - Don't share private messages without permission.

7. Moderation generally uses the warn, final warn, inactivation and then banning as the hierarchy of sanctions on users; however they are not bound by chronological order of sanctions;

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8. Moderation (and ultimately Wouter) reserves the right to determine sanctions, warnings or other actions necessary for rule or guideline violations.

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Section 3 - Language and Communication
1. English is the official language of Particracy, as a result, all users should be able to communication to a reasonable standard in English. The Particracy community made up of dozens of different languages and we welcome the diversity;
-- 1a. All public communications such as bill descriptions, party descriptions, politicians must be written in English;

Game Rules - Don't communicate publicly in a language that's not English.

-- 1b. Party names, constitutional titles and other variables (excluding bill descriptions, party descriptions and politicians) may be in a non-English language appropriate to the nations culture however if the nations culture has a different alphabet that might be difficult to understand, the Latin-script transliteration is required (example languages: Russian, Arabic, Persian, etc.);

Game Rules - Don't use non-English names ICly without their Latin-script transliterations (i.e. party name in Malay).

-- 1c. Users should not be discriminated against for poor English, in the event of a breakdown in communications Moderation should be notified to perhaps assist in communications;

Code of Conduct - Don't discriminate against anyone on their use of English, understanding of other languages and use of Latin-script transliterations.

2. Swearing and "bad language" is not necessarily forbidden in-character; players are advised to be very aware of the usage of swearing, discriminatory and otherwise negative language when operating in character. For out of character swearing, racial insults and other personal attacks will not be tolerated. Any discrimination and attacks on the basis of religion, political affiliation, sexual orientation, creed, color or nationality is prohibited and will be dealt with with the utmost importance;

Code of Conduct - Don't harass anyone (harassing means swearing, insulting, attacking and discriminating against others on any basis, including but not limited to religion, political affiliation, sexual orientation, creed, colour and nationality).

Game Rules - Don't use swearing, slurring, discriminatory or otherwise negative language ICly excessively.

Game Rules - Don't use real-life events that have caused great pain and anxiety.

3. Any form of spamming (sending the same message via in-game mail, discord (public or private), messaging board in game, creating multiple bills with similar names/variables repeatedly, etc.) is forbidden in-game, on the forums and the official Particracy Discord server;

Code of Conduct - Don't spam (spamming means sending unsolicited messages to a large number of recipients, posting in a large number of places and posting in a high level of frequency).

4. Moderation runs the official Particracy Community Discord server. The rules and procedures following the Discord server are as follows:
-- 4a. Becoming a member of the official Discord is not compulsory, players are free to come and go as they please. There is no requirement to be a member of the Discord community;
-- 4b. All rules of Section 1 and other game rules apply within the discord and will be followed;
-- 4c. Political and religious discourse is welcome, however all members of the Discord will be treated with respect and any breach of these rules will result in sanctions. The point of the Particracy Community Discord is for the discussion of Particracy as a whole, if political, religious, social, etc. discourse becomes disruptive or predatory in nature, Moderation and the Discord staff will act accordingly;

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5. The referencing of real-life characters, figures, nations, places, religions, organizations, nationalities (examples: Hitler, Jesus, NATO, Somali, Islam, Christianity, etc.) is strictly forbidden unless mentioned in an Out-of-Character (OOC) nature to convey understanding or provide background. This applies to real-life fictional references as well (examples: Finland, Cindarella, World of Warcraft, etc). Players are encouraged to come up with in-game equivalents.

Game Rules - Don't use real-life entities ICly, as this is a game of fiction.

6. Role-play content must be original work and plagiarism of any kind is strictly banned. Players may quote or reference real-world material provided that this is limited and that they link to the original source in the text.

Game Rules - Don't copy real-life work and post it as original (plagiarism).

7. The utilization of AI (artificial intelligence) or ML (machine learning) tools to generate role-play content is strictly prohibited. The usage of AI/ML to generate images (that are safe for work and in accordance with other rules) is permitted for use.

Game Rules - Don't use AI (artificial intelligence) and ML (machine learning) tools and services to generate roleplay (excl. images).

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Section 4 - Game Mechanics Procedures and Administration (Bills, treaties, party organizations, etc.)
1. Bills (with variables and changes) can only be proposed by active parties within the nation. Players who operate inactive accounts may receive permission from active players in the nation to participate in RP with an inactive party. Players who receive this permission must clear it with Moderation and are only permitted to create non-variable (aka text only) bills;

Game Rules - Don't create bills as an inactive party in a nation without the permission of active parties.

2. Users active within a nation can request bills be archived (pushed to vote) or deleted (permanently deleted) from their nations "Bills under debate" section by posting links to the bills they wish to be archived/deleted on the Bill Clear Out Requests located at the previously mentioned link.
-- 2a. Users should do their best to avoid cluttering the "Bills under debate" section to avoid large clear out requests;
-- 2b. Bills are eligible for removal if they are over 10 in-game years old or the party which proposed them is currently inactive;
-- 2c. Active RP laws, cultural protocols and other important bills will not be cleared out. Moderation reserves the right to query, deny or approve all bill clear out requests;

Requests - You can request the archive or deletion of a bill, here. Requests will be denied if the bills are important (i.e. RP Laws, Cultural Protocols).

3. If a constitutional bill changing the flag is passed it is forbidden to try to modify the image stored at the linked URL address;

Game Rules - Don't directly change the image source of a flag, instead of passing a bill to update the flag.

4. Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. These can be reported to Moderation at the following thread: Treaty Clear Out Requests;

Requests - You can request the deletion of a treaty, here. Requests will be denied if they are newer than 50 in-game years or have active ratifiers.

5. "Treaty Locking" or ratifying treaties that completely or near completely forbid any proposals to be changed are forbidden and can result in action being taken against the treaty locking players account;

Game Rules - Don't lock the legislation of nations with treaties.

6. Party organizations are eligible for deletion if they are over 50 in-game years old, do not have at least 1 active member or are historically significant and possess historically significant information;

Requests - You can request the deletion of a party organisation, here. Requests will be denied if they are newer than 50 in-game years or have at least 1 active member of are historically significant based on previous gameplay/roleplay.

7. It is forbidden to repeatedly call ("spam") early elections. If a user calls more than 5 elections in 5 in-game years, they will be sanctioned;

Game Rules - Don't call for early elections more than 5 times in 5 in-game years.

8. It is forbidden to attempt to impose a "cabinet lock" which involves transferring the power to propose a cabinet to a hereditary head of state;

Game Rules - Don't lock a cabinet by assigning the power to propose one to a hereditary Head of State.

9. "Nation raiding" or a malevolent coordinated effort by a single user or group of users to interrupt the gameplay, significantly alter the culture or direction of a nation is strictly prohibited. Players interacting in nation raiding will be sanctioned.

Game Rules - Don't raid nations (raiding means activating parties in a single nation to disrupt the gameplay/roleplay of other players, alter its culture, change its direction or otherwise leverage multiple parties to purposefully achieve a goal.

10. It is forbidden to include law variables (proposals which impact a party's political positions) in cabinet votes, taxation, and budget proposals. The only exception is taxation and budget proposals which may include law variables that do not impact a party's political positions and are related to taxation and budget. These are: corporate tax increase/decrease, luxury tax increase/decrease, sales tax increase/decrease.

Game Rules - Don't mix different types of proposals in one bill (i.e. cabinet proposal with taxation, budget and laws).

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Section 5 - Moderation Procedures and Administration
1. Users will have their party routinely in-activated if they have not logged in for 4 days;

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2. Moderation reserves the right to inactivate players for breaches of the Particracy Game Rules or behavior that runs contrary to warnings or other sanctions that Moderation has provided (this includes issues related to the forums or the official Discord);

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3. Users can request on-time or early inactivations of other parties HERE for the following reasons:
-- 3a. They have not logged in for 2 days (48 hours) and have not updated their party description or their party name or their party color or have not voted on any bills currently active for voting;
-- 3b. They are "Party Sitting" which means that they log on, do not vote on bills in order to avoid being activated by automatic sweeps or by reporting, inactivation will only happen when this behavior has been on-going for 4 or more days;
-- 3c. Similar to "Party Sitting" a player will be inactivated when logging in every 4 days and voting this is known as "Dodging inactivation";

Requests - You can request the inactivation of an account/party, here. Requests will be approved if the account/party has not logged in for 2 days and has not updated its description or name or colour and have not voted on any bills or they are either party sitting (they just log in without voting on bills for more than 4 days) or are dodging inactivation (they just log in every 4 days).

-- 3d. Moderation reserves the right to inactivate players who are breaking the rules, contribute negatively to the gameplay of others, present a block to RP without reasonable objection or for any other reasonable cause.

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4. Users can request re-activation of their party located HERE but might not be re-activated for the following reasons:
-- 4a. They have the "log in bug" which does not record log-in times;
-- 4b. Breached the rules in some manner and are subject to sanctions;
-- 4c. They have been inactivated 3 or more times for proxy, multing or party sitting violations. This rule is subject to Moderation discretion.
-- 4d. Elections are going to be held within the current or next game-tick and reactivation might provide the reactivating user with an unfair advantage due to the reactivation boost users get.

Requests - You can request the reactivation of your account/party, here. Requests will be denied if the account has the login bug (unrecorded activity) or the account is subject to a player under a 30-day or permanent ban or elections are going to be held within the next 2 in-game months.

5. Players are permitted to change the name of their nation, cities and regions. In order to do this, they must pass a bill with a two-thirds majority and then post a request HERE. Renaming requests must be in a language appropriate to the nation, as determined by the Nation Renaming Guide. The short or common name of the country will be included in brackets after the formal name, e.g. "Cakaniye Cumhuriyeti (Jakania)";

Requests - You can request the renaming of nations, regions and cities by submitting a 2/3 majority passed bill, here. Requests will be denied if the proposal does not conform with either the renaming guide, here, or the country's Cultural Protocol, here.

6. Users can request leadership of a party organization if they are the only active member (in rare/exceptional circumstances a candidate can be made a leader). Requests are to be made HERE. Moderation reserves the right to query, deny or approve requests for leadership;
-- 6a. Party organizations will be eligible for deletion if it more than 30 in-game years old and does not have 1 minimum active member (meaning a member who has an active account, with either leadership or full member status).
-- 6b. The use of an inactive account with a leadership role in a party organization that is used to promote/demote others within the organization can request Moderation to determine the legitimacy of the changes.

Requests - You can request leadership of a party organisation, here. Requests will be denied if there are other active parties in leadership.

7. Users can request early election requests HERE if there are no active parties in the nation that have seats;

Requests - You can request early elections, here. Requests will be denied if there are active parties with seats.

8. Other requests can be posted HERE that do not have a specific forum request thread;

Requests - You can make general requests and inquiries, here.

9. Moderation reserve the right to query, deny or approve any requests and are permitted to make exceptions to the rules.

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Section 6 - Role-Play Procedures, Guidelines and Administration
1. Role-play is a significant part of Particracy, it comes in many forms and ways but at its core, Particracy is a political simulator with certain mechanics. Generally, "game mechanics" come first though there are exceptions;

Game Rules - Don't override gameplay (i.e. bills and seats in-game) with roleplay (i.e. posts on a national news thread).

2. Large scale RP planning (such as wars, regional/continental conflicts, economic collapse, etc.) should be planned (as best as it can be) and should have consent of a majority of players involved. It is possible to RP smaller events without the consent of all players or others;
-- 2a. Players are required to pass a bill authorizing the RP which must be passed by a majority of players with seats within the nation (for major, large-scale roleplays such as civil wars, wars, significant economic or RP-related political reforms, etc.) Players are required to create an OOC RP planning bill or forum post discussing the general outline and discussion for planned RP; it needs to include a link to the passed RP authorization bill (for all players);

Game Rules - Don't roleplay with other players without their consent.

-- 2b. Players who engage with RP via newspaper posts, in-game messages or other forms of in-character communications are generally accepted to be consenting to the RP. In the event that consent or authorization comes into question, players who have engaged will be counted as voting for or authorizing the RP.

Game Rules - Don't engage with roleplay you don't consent to, otherwise you are automatically consenting to it.

3. Players are reminded that Particracy is loosely based on the real world, RP must be kept with that in mind. RP must be realistic, grounded in real life and not in fantasy or "futuristic" technologies and other items;

Game Rules - Don't engage in roleplay/gameplay with science fiction or fantasy, as this is a politics simulation game loosely based in real life.

4. Players are reminded that going back on established RP ("retcon", "retconning") is generally unaccepted and Moderation will be involved in the event of significant retcons/retconning, especially when there are OOC issues surrounding RP. Moderation reserve the right to approve or deny retcons/retconning as they see reasonable and realistic;

Game Rules - Don't go back (retcon) on roleplay/gameplay without the consent of impacted players, unless instructed to by the Moderation Team.

5. Role-play Laws "RP Laws" are permitted to be created as secondary laws to in-game law variables. RP Laws that require a party to vote or act in a specific way (exemptions are bills that set procedures for speaking within the legislature such as "Mr./Mrs. Speaker", etc) are prohibited and will not be enforced by Moderation;
-- 5a. RP laws follow the same passing rules as in-game variable laws. Laws that are not of a constitutional nature require a simple majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats. Laws that are of a constitutional nature require a 2/3 majority "Yes" vote from active parties currently holding seats;
-- 5b. RP laws passed must be listed within the "Bills Under Debate" section under a bill entitled: "RP Laws of COUNTRYNAME" and must include a brief synopsis of the RP law and a link to its original passage;
-- 5c. RP laws are generally prohibited from banning specific political parties and ideological groups; however with appropriate background RP and justification, a country may ban specific political parties and ideological groups. Nations that do this must follow the procedure for normally passing a constitutional law and then will have to have the RP law approved by posting it HERE alongside appropriate posts, justification and facts to support the banning. RP laws that create a one-party state follow similar rules to the ones stated above;
-- 5d. RP laws that grant extraordinary powers, ban specific parties or ideologies, create one-party states, grant or allow powers that might not be granted by normal game mechanics or otherwise authorize dictatorial or executive authority must be posted HERE for review by Moderation; these laws must include that they can be repealed by a simple majority vote within the bill. Please note that RP law approvals may take sometime and Moderation will respond as promptly as possible;
-- 5e. RP laws may be abolished a simple majority vote this applies to ANY RP law. Moderation reserves the right to declare RP laws invalid with reasonable and justifiable cause.

Game Rules - Don't pass RP Laws that grant extraordinary powers to specific account/parties, enforce one-party states, call for the inactivation of account/parties instead of a spirit of roleplay cooperation, are not based on extensive roleplay made by multiple players, or otherwise grant powers that override gameplay.

Game Rules - Don't disregard RP Laws that are available in the debate section of a nation and have been passed by a 2/3 majority and created by an account/party that is active or have not been repealed by a 1/2 majority.

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6. Characters are always owned by the player who originally used/created them. Users can transfer control of character via character transfers located HERE. Characters, noble houses/dynasties or bloodlines who have been inactive for 250 in-game years can be applied for using the aforementioned character transfer thread. Please note that any request for an "inactive" users characters, noble houses/dynasties or bloodlines must be accompanied by a brief synopsis on the requester plans for the character.
-- 6a. As an alternative, players are authorized to create cadet branches of the primary noble houses/dynasties or bloodlines. For example, the the House of Smith has not been used but we want a Smith monarch, so I create the House of Smith-Johnson, which is related to the main "House of Smith" but is a cadet branch and thus able to be used and possessed by me in place of a character transfer or waiting another 250 years to use the character.

Requests - You can request the transfer of characters and entities (i.e. a noble house or corporation), here. Requests will be denied if no consent was given by impacted players who are active or no comprehensive synopsis was provided if it impacts inactive players.

Game Rules - Don't roleplay with other characters and entities without the consent of players who own them.

7. Nations that are inactive (empty of players with seats) cannot be interacted with, via RP, in any significant or major way. Players can petition Moderation for interaction with an inactive nation in certain circumstances and the GRC will decide on the merits of the RP;

Game Rules - Don't roleplay with empty nations in a significant way.

Game Rules - Don't roleplay with an inactive account/party without permission from players with active accounts/parties in that nation.

Revised 06/30/2020

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Section 7 - Cultural Protocols
Cultural Protocols provide a set cultural background for a respective nation within the game. There are two statuses that a nation may have: Culturally Protected (meaning a Cultural Protocol was approved by Moderation and the players within the respective nation) and Culturally Open (meaning that the nation has no defined culture). Cultural Protocols are enforced by Moderation and players are obligated to respect them when playing in Culturally Protected nations. These Cultural Protocols define in detail the ethnic, religious and linguistic makeup of the respective nation.

Cultural Protocol(s) define the ethnic, religious and linguistic makeup of a nation. Nations are either Culturally Protected - meaning a CP created by players is enforced by the Moderation Team as part of the Game Rules - or Culturally Open.

Game Rules - Don't disregard the CP of your nation as defined, here.

1. Cultural Protocols can be implemented or updated by passing a bill entitled "CP: Cultural Protocols of NATION - DATE" with the support of a two-thirds majority of players with seats, and then posting a link to the passed Cultural Protocol in the appropriate thread located HERE;

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2. Cultural Protocols implemented or updated will be reviewed by Moderation and left open for 48 hours for any community member to raise objections to the proposed Cultural Protocol. Moderation will also review the proposed Cultural Protocol for accuracy and continuity;

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3. Proposals for new Cultural Protocols in Culturally Open nations must have the support (voting "yes") of one party that has been continuously active (i.e. no inactivations) within the respective nation for 7 days;

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4. Moderators will review the Cultural Protocol and provide answers to reasonable questions provided, Moderation will inform the players once approved. Once approved players are required to leave a copy of the Cultural Protocols in the "Bill under debate" section of their nation which includes a link to the Moderation approval and a link to the copy of the passed cultural protocol;

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5. Cultural Protocols should generally be reflective of RP conducted within the nation and should not significantly alter or modify the ethnic, religious or linguistic composition without considerable and reasonable role-play or other justification;

6. Cultural Protocols cannot directly contravene long-standing or historically significant role-play or cultural groups within a nation. Cultural Protocols are meant to enhance the cultural and role-play experience within a nation;

Game Rules - Don't pass and propose CPs that don't generally reflect the established roleplay or attempt to significantly alter the makeup of a nation without substantial roleplay that justifies radical changes or directly contradict long-standing and historic norms, as they are meant to enhance the cultural background of a nation.

7. Cultural Protocol bills must provide a real-life equivalent or short description for the ethnic groups, languages and religions contained in them, such that it would be easy for an unfamiliar player to understand (e.g. "Dundorfian = German");

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8. Moderation reserves the right and discretion to approve or deny any submissions for Cultural Protocol approvals;

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Section 7a - Culturally Open Status
1. Players within any nation can request that an existing cultural protocol be overridden and the nation set to "Culturally Open" status. The thread for these requests is located HERE;

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2. When players request for culturally open status they must provide a brief synopsis on what their plans are and provide the new proposed cultural protocols for the nation;

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3. Requests for "Culturally Open" status must be passed by a 2/3 (two-thirds) majority of active players in the nation. Players requesting Culturally Open status must have been present in the nation for 7 days continuously active (no inactivations, etc.);

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4. Culturally Open status requests must be reasonable and take in account any significant changes that would interrupt continuity of other nations connected or around the new potentially culturally open nation;

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5. All culturally open requests are subject to Moderation approval. Moderation reserves the right to approve, deny or edit the proposed cultural protocols as necessary.

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Section 7b - Cultural Protocol Violations
1. Players who violate cultural protocols are subject to a three-tier warning and punishment system to be carried out and enforced by Moderation;

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2. Players can report cultural protocol violations HERE;

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3. Players who violate cultural protocols for the first time within a respective nation are to be notified via in-game communication explaining the violation and linking the respective nations cultural protocols;

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4. Players who violate cultural protocols for the second time within a respective nation are to be notified again via in-game communication explaining the violation, linking the respective nations cultural protocols and are issued a final warning that continued violations will result in account/party inactivation;

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5. Players who violate cultural protocols for the third time within a respective nation are to be notified for a final time via in-game communication explaining the violation, linking the respective nations cultural protocols and will have their account/party inactivated;

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6. Players who wish to reactivate may do so via the Reactivation Request thread; further violations of cultural protocols within the same nation may result in a permanent or temporary nation ban or continued action may result in a permanent ban from the game;

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7. Players who repeatedly violate cultural protocols across numerous nations are subject to a final warning and inactivation, skipping the first warning at Moderation discretion;

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8. Players who appear to defy Moderations warnings regarding Cultural Protocols are subject to inactivation or banning

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9. Moderation will take every effort to warn and assist in rectifying Cultural Protocol violations as soon as possible, however Moderation will work following attempts to assist and rectify to inactivate as soon as reasonably possible, Moderation will allow reasonable time for the player to respond and correct their violation.

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Section 8 - Role-Play Coordinators

Moderation will endeavour to appoint players to coordinate role-play in two key areas of the game: the forum-based countries and the World Congress. The primary responsibility of these players is to oversee and advise about role-play in these areas of the game and to coordinate role-play between players.

Section 8a - Forum-Based Countries Coordinator

1. The primary role of the Forum-Based Countries Coordinator is to coordinate and promote role-play in the forum-based countries. As part of this role they are expected to provide players with advice and facilitate relationships between players to aid in the development of role-play.

2. While the ultimate decision to approve or deny control requests lies with Moderation, the Forum-Based Countries Coordinator should be consulted when considering applications and provide advice to Moderation about a request. In offering this advice they should consider the appropriateness of a player request as well as whether it conforms to the historically role-played background of the country.

3. The Forum-Based Countries Coordinator has the opportunity to produce role-play in uncontrolled forum-based countries. Where this power is exercised it should be done in a manner that is sensitive to the impacts of the role-play on neighbouring countries as well as the relationship to previous role-play in the country. If the Forum-Based Countries Coordinator wishes to engage in significant role-play in a country then they should still seek control in the ordinary manner.

4. Over time the Forum-Based Countries Coordinator should, using feedback from other players and their own judgement, offer advice and suggestions to Moderation about how the role-play experience in the forum-based countries can be improved.

Section 8b - World Congress Coordinator

1. The responsibility of the World Congress Coordinator is to promote and coordinate role-play related to the game's intergovernmental organisation: the World Congress. As part of this role they are expected to take the lead in World Congress discussions as well as provide players with advice and support for engaging with the organisation.

2. The World Congress Coordinator shall have control over the role-play characters associated with the World Congress bureaucracy, in particular the General-Secretary. Through these characters they are responsible for moderating debate and driving discussion in the World Congress chambers.

3. Although the task of overseeing and calculating Security Council election results shall lie with Moderation, the World Congress Coordinator is expected to make efforts to engage players with the process of election and encourage role-play related to the Security Council.

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Section 9 - Forum-Based Countries

1. Players interested in assuming control over a forum-based country must have a forum account over 30 days old and be in good standing with the Particracy Game Rules;

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2. Players who meet the above mentioned criteria should request control in the Forum-Based Countries Control Requests thread located HERE;
-- 2a. Players who request control must contain the name of the nation they are seeking to control;
-- 2b. Players are generally asked to disclose their plans for the nation, if they do not Moderation can require that they do so;

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3. Players may request control for a nation that is currently occupied, Moderation (or the Forum-Based Countries Coordinator) will make a decision based on the factors present at the time of request;

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4. Moderation retains authority on permitting, removing or otherwise overseeing operations of the forum-based countries alongside the Forum-Based Countries Coordinator (if present) and may change, alter, "ret-con" as a matter of basis;

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5. Players in control of forum-based countries are permitted governance over all domestic and foreign affairs, cultural affairs are restricted to the national descriptions provided by the Forum-Based Countries Information thread located HERE. Forum-based countries are also included in the Particracy Military and Economic Rankings located HERE;

Game Rules - Don't disregard the culture and context provided, here.

6. Forum-based countries are members of the World Congress and thus are permitted to contribute to its discussions;

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7. Forum-based countries cannot be controlled, re-colonized or other source of direct assumption of power by an in-game nation. These nations are intended for role-play opportunities that may not be possible;

Game Rules - Don't engage in roleplay of re-colonisation or other means of direct assumption of power by in-game nations.

Game Rules - Don't engage in roleplay of re-colonisation or other means of direct assumption of power of Forum Based Countries (FBCs).

8. Players are expected to respect the established role-play history of a forum-based country if assuming control from another player or other circumstances;

Game Rules - Don't disregard the established roleplay of previous players.

Revised 01/27/2020

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Section 2 - Account Management
1. It is forbidden to operate more than one active game account at a single time, this is commonly referred to as "multiing". Any player found to have more than one active accounts will have both inactivated, further "multiing" offenses may result in further sanctions against the overall player;
-- 1a. Due to complications with proxy and VPN networks, it is forbidden to log in using these type of networks and programs;
-- 1b. Any issues involving multiple persons per household (including college/university, other multi-person residences) playing the game, it is required that persons who have roommates, relatives or others playing within the same household (including college/university, other multi-person residences) contact Moderation and notify them of such a situation;

Game Rules - Don't maintain more than 1 active account/party without permission (you can directly reach out to an Operator if you have a conflict due to a shared network, i.e. same household, university campus).

Game Rules - Don't use proxies or VPN services.

2. Users should never share passwords or other pertinent account information with other users (including Moderation) and should never allow someone else to access their account.
-- 2a. Moderation or other members assigned to positions WILL NEVER ASK FOR YOUR PASSWORD;
-- 2b. Account trading or handing over your account is forbidden. Accounts should only be used by the players who created them;

Game Rules - Don't share passwords or transfer accounts/parties.

3. Registration for a Particracy in-game account requires a legitimate, working email address, if a player is found with an illegitimate (dummy, fake, etc.) email address they may be inactivated. This email account will not be shared but will be used for Particracy related emails and updates.

Removed as unnecessary.

Section 10 - Second Active Accounts

1. Players can request authorization for a second active account in the "Second Account Authorization Request" thread located HERE;
-- 1a. Moderation reserves the right to approve or deny any requests at their discretion;
-- 1b. Players must have at least a 30 day old forum account in order to qualify (among other qualifications determined by Moderation);
-- 1c. Players are required to use the same email on both accounts;

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2. Users that are authorized to have a second active account will be registered in the "Second Accounts Register" located HERE. Moderation will make all efforts to ensure that this list is kept up to date;

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3. Users that are not located on the aforementioned register are in violation of Section 2.1 and will have their accounts deactivated unless 10.7 applies to the circumstance;

Removed as it is covered by the game rules.

4. Users that are authorized to have a second account are not permitted to play within the same nation and are generally requested to avoid being on the same continent as their primary account;

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5. Users that are authorized to have a second account are not permitted to engage in any serious or potentially conflicting RP with their primary account nation without authorized consent of Moderation;

Game Rules - Don't engage in roleplay/gameplay between your accounts/parties and nations (incl. FBCs).

6. Moderation will work to ensure a fair system of secondary active accounts in relation to the Game Rules and the RP rules;

Removed as unnecessary

7. Users must create their second account prior to submission, please note that the party must be inactivated immediately following creation pending approval by Moderation. If a user fails to inactivate their party following creation a warning will be given, the proposed secondary account inactivated and Moderation will determine the best course of action to handle the infraction;

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8. When applying for a second account users must submit using the following template:

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[b]Current in-game account:[/b] USERNAME - COUNTRY (link to party)
[b]Proposed second in-game account:[/b] PROPOSED USERNAME - PROPOSED COUNTRY (link to proposed party)

-- 8a. Users may be asked to provide a brief descriptor on their intentions for the country if required by Moderation.

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Revised 06/18/2020