"Medical business? Ah, right. We have a planet to mend. Let me find my concept..."
The device on Elizabeth's desk sprung up from power saving mode as she went through documents and files. She only took one sip of the scotch -- it was somewhat of an annoyance to her that everyone was always offering her a drink on diplomatic meetings, as if the aim was to speak merrily and naively, under the influence, and not clearly and precisely. It was more likely just alcoholism and no purposeful intention, but Elizabeth's proneness to overthinking did turn it into one -- if she got Holliday drunk, he would be more likely to accept less happy proposals.
While she was skim-reading through her notes, the time was filled with silence and sunlight. It reminded Holliday of the time he used to consider the planet a refuge from the wicked world, but now, ironically, it was a reminder to the world's wickedness. The scotch was doing well to brighten him up and forget about this, though. It was good scotch. It belonged to an admiral, it had to be.
"Here it is. In short, there would be a census to determine who identifies as a Zoner, and who doesn't. After that, a piece of land proportional to the Zoner population will be divided from the rest of the surface, Anyone will be able to move in, but the elections for its government will be conducted only among the Zoner population. Likewise, the Zoner population will not be eligible to vote in the elections to determine the government that will administer the rest of the planet. However, the Zoner, er... let's call it the Zoner state, it will be a dominion of the Bretonian Crown. Its citizens will pay taxes to the Royal Exchequer same as everyone else, they will be eligible for military service, etc... However, they will also be able to plead for a budget should their state suffer a natural disaster, or, well, be bombarded by Corsairs, or should they merely intend to work on a large project. In essence, still part of the Realm, but with its own culture, education, local institutions, which includes the ministry of internal affairs -- part of the Realm, but with internal autonomy. I've foreseen a flaw to this concept, and that is the possibility that someone promises everyone who identifies as a Zoner some benefit, which will lead to many identifying as such on paper, but not in reality. It would, of course, be shortsighted to do this, as I believe a kingdom of over 16 billion citizens can easily outspend any Zoner. As well, it is not guaranteed that the people who have identified as Zoners officially, but are not so, will vote for the representatives whoever paid them to do so wants them to. The chosen nationalities will be public, but the voting for representatives will be protected.
Any issues with this? Would you like me to repeat anything?"
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