Announcement: House Governments

[Karst]

Hello, members.

House Governments, a contentious issue. For a long time, there has been something of a disconnect between the at least theoretically massive powers to amend the laws and diplomacy of an entire house, which affects many IDs, and the way house governments were run by players. Generally, this was left to the players' discretion, though more than once staff had to step in when things didn't go smoothly. Rules in regards to what is or is not a house government were eventually implemented, but they've proven very difficult to enforce.

We will be polishing those up a bit, and taking a more active role in overlooking what those governments are doing. Found in the Faction Rules, this will be the rule going forward:

The House Governments of Bretonia, Gallia, Kusari, Liberty, and Rheinland, will be made up of the faction leaders of every Official Police, Military, Intelligence, and Corporate faction with an ID classification belonging to that house. All of these leaders will have equal votes in their respective governments, and their proceedings will be supervised by staff in DiscoveryGC Official Discord government channels.

Additionally, players will no longer be able to post directly with official government accounts. Posts made in the official capacity of a house will have to be approved first.
We hope to cut down on a lot of ambiguity and shadowy business this way. The members are very clearly defined, the votes are clearly defined, there will be no more members that should not be in a government taking part in it, or members that should be in a government being excluded.

If you are an Official Faction leader of the aforementioned house factions, expect to be added to these new government chats soon.

Thank you.

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