' Wrote:I'm sorry, but isn't the CR the Colonial Republic? Meaning that if a leader's decisions aren't generally liked, wouldn't he would be voted out of office next term? So if all the leadership other than the President have an idea about something then it carries a lot of weight.
Just tossing some RP into the mix here.
Not to bring the topic back to this point because it has gone elsewhere, but I was away so I feel the need to reply to this and the previous post addressed to me.
About the first thing, yes, of course he's the head honcho and his word's law, and everyone will listen because it's the system that works and keeps us up top. Of course it's not an autocracy, because no leader in our history has gone against the wishes of everyone, but in this particular case, although I oppose the decision somewhat, I still am not utterly against it 'cause both possible choices make sense and it really depends on who makes the call.
This leads me to pipboy's post. Yes, it's a republic and, yes, he probably would be. That is, for example, why both my prime minister and Panzer's former president character were removed from office (The whole Outcast neutrality affair from a while ago). And yes, sure, that's why there's a Quorum.
The President's the biggest authority, but not the only authority. In case the Quorum would wish to do so in majority, they can block his decision, but that kind of thing is really reserved for special occasions and it's not exercised too often because it'd hinder the President's ability to achieve long term plans, because sometimes temporary sacrifices are needed to achieve an ultimate goal.
If we'd block each any every decision he makes, it'd lead to an utterly slow mechanism.
Was he, however, I don't know..., deciding to make peace with the Outcasts and issue them reparations in credits, or try and go to war with, say, Liberty, he'd be immediately voted down by the Quorum, if not overthrown by the public.
It's all a matter of trust and the gravity of decisions really.
This was both an in-RP and OORP explanation of some of our workings, in case you were interested.
It's more complicated than this, though, but it'd take a lot of forum space for me to explain everything properly.
With the upper part of the post in mind, this particular decision is not one of such a negative impact on the Republic as to warrant anger from the people or too many negative reactions from the Quorum. Some of them might resent it, seeing as it's losing an ally, but you also have to take the emotional aspect into account. Kusari feels insulted and the Republic feels insulted. From the same reason why the people of Kusari wouldn't oppose the Emperor's decision too much, that is, because of their pride and their trust, the people of the Colonial Republic would, though some disliking, stand behind its leadership.
' Wrote:One little point to nit pick. Seeing above, when you're in Kusari, you are one insignificant little group. The Emperor's word is Law. Refusing to follow it, is the same as flipping the bird at the emperor, there will be lots of consequences.
Yes, I know, but I was not referring to the consequences, but to the Emperor's demeanor. Few nations will tolerate larger nations treating them like something they've scraped off the bottom of their shoe.
And, seeing how the principles and opinions of the Colonial people stand, they're not ones to bow down to a superior force and suffer indignities.
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