==== Overview ====
Civil Rights: Excellent (70)
Economy: Weak (20) [-2]
Political Freedoms: Very Good (68)

The Free Land of Gogan is a huge, environmentally stunning nation, remarkable for its keen interest in outer space. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 251 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, with areas such as Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 39%, but much higher for the wealthy. A small but healthy private sector is dominated by the Pizza Delivery industry.

Radio shows frequently feature people denouncing religion, marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, guns are banned, and organised sports are frowned upon as frivolous. Crime is totally unknown. Gogan's national animal is the Goglodyte, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Gog.

Gogan is ranked 1,813th in The North Pacific and 44,872nd in the world for Most Eco-Friendly Governments, scoring 18 on the Dolphin Recycling Awareness Index.

==== Issues ====
23 hours ago: Following new legislation in Gogan, organised sports are frowned upon as frivolous.
The overview has been updated following the last decisions made.

Get Teens out of MyFace? (issue 78) (#323)
After the kidnapping, rape, and murder of a young blond girl made national headlines in Gogan, the concerned parenting organization Mothers Against Youth Doing Stupid Stuff (MAYDSS) has raised concerns over the use of social networking sites by the nation's teens.

1: "Teens should not be allowed to use social networking!" cries the girl's mother, Prudence Barry. "Some creep added my little darling as a 'friend' on that awful website, and he used it to get all of her personal information and track her down! Obviously, the only sane course of action is to ban all legal minors from using social networking sites! And don't just stop at social networks: block everything else that MAYDSS doesn't approve of!"

2: "Why that's utterly preposterous!" shouts Luke Zuckermann, founder of MyFace, a popular social networking site. "You can't restrict people like that! Oh, sure, today it's keeping teens from lining my wa- I mean - accessing my website, but tomorrow it's keeping everyone from anywhere the government doesn't like! I say free up the web, and get rid of restrictions!"

3: "You know, there's always a compromise," says local pervert Mohammed Eliot while watching you from a nearby tree. "As I see it, the best way to keep both sides of the argument happy is to remove all restrictions on what adults can view and increase restrictions on minors. But at the same time, lower the age of majority by a lot. What could possibly go wrong?"

4: "What could possibly go wrong, you ask?" panics your paranoid cousin, Lars Dimitrov. "On the internet, nobody knows your actual age. It's a haven for malicious anonymity! Besides, children aren't the only people at risk on the internet. It's full of stalker-rapists and bomb-makers and viruses and sick, depraved porn. We're better off without it."

==== Public announcement ====

While I personally see nothing of value in social network sites, and believe that they do (intentionally or not by the developers) encourage people to share a little too much about themselves, I am conflicted for I don't really want to tell people what they may or may not do to themselves.

I would prefer that social-network-users get a lesson in "don't tell everyone everything about you unless you're certain you want them to know everything about you, with all possible consequences that may bring, and don't be naïve to believe that they are always benevolent", but that would just increase taxes, and the option isn't there anyway.

78: Dismiss.

78: dismiss. All the solutions presented are worse than doing nothing.

I hate to say this, but I think I have to agree with Jesse Eisenberg here.

78: Dismiss.

We will let teens keep on shitting around in YourFace.

At 78: Dismiss.

None of the choices presented are good. If one of those options is implemented there will be more problems in the future.

==== Overview ====
Civil Rights: Excellent (70)
Economy: Weak (20)
Political Freedoms: Very Good (68)

The Free Land of Gogan is a huge, socially progressive nation, notable for its ban on automobiles. Its compassionate, intelligent population of 256 million are fiercely patriotic and enjoy great social equality; they tend to view other, more capitalist countries as somewhat immoral and corrupt.

The enormous, socially-minded government is effectively ruled by the Department of Education, with areas such as Law & Order and Religion & Spirituality receiving almost no funds by comparison. The average income tax rate is 38%, but much higher for the wealthy. A substantial private sector is dominated by the Pizza Delivery industry.

Marketing departments of corporate giants compete to sponsor little league teams, guns are banned, organised sports are frowned upon as frivolous, and scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway. Crime is totally unknown. Gogan's national animal is the Goglodyte, which frolics freely in the nation's many lush forests, and its currency is the Gog.

Gogan is ranked 2,063rd in The North Pacific and 57,991st in the world for Most Influential, scoring 10 on the Soft Power Disbursement Rating.

==== Issues ====
16 hours ago: Following new legislation in Gogan, scenic mountain valleys are flooded with water as damming projects get underway.
The overview has been updated following the last decisions made.

A Capital City For Gogan? (issue 79)
As Gogan continues to grow, so too does its government. The number of politicians needed to administrate and legislate the country is rapidly surpassing the Houses of Parliament's capacity with ministers often requiring periscopes to see the House Speaker. Some are suggesting a new building be built in another city - a city which would then be designated as the capital city of Gogan.

1: "I would like to make a humble recommendation for my own proud jurisdiction," says Miranda Wong, mayor of one of Gogan's major cities. "It would be an honour for our city to be host to the seat of power! If it will seal the deal, you can change the name if you like..."

2: "Hah! Capital city indeed!" shouts Jean-Paul Chen, a fervent anarchist, spilling leaflets all over the floor. "What's wrong with being free as the wind? Do you really think one city could possibly represent a whole country? Its people? I've had enough of the man trying to screw us down all the time! Say NO to a national capital!"

3: "I can accept and even approve of having a capital city," says Margaret Smith, a military strategist. "But we'd be putting all our eggs in one basket if we choose somewhere too vulnerable! Believe me, capitals always get the brunt of the enemy attack because of their political and economic importance. We should put aside a few billion Gogs and build our capital city underground. They'll never bomb us there!"

4: "I've got an idea," says theme park tycoon, Lindsay Tew. "My company will happily sponsor the new establishment and cover all costs - as long as it's made to our specifications. We've already got plans drawn up to put a roller coaster straight through the House of Commons! A cafe, some kiosks for ice cream... maybe even a water slide or two in the lobby! It'll be one part legislative seat of government, one part family-fun theme park! Tourists will flock from around the globe!"

5: "What's wrong with the old building?" asks Tim Christmas, a noted disestablishmentarian. "We don't need some kind of fancy capital city just to make the bigwig ministers feel important! If there's no room, then fire politicians until there IS room. Have you never heard of doing more with less?"

==== Public announcement ====
Please come with suggestions and discussion for the name of the capital (if, indeed, we do decide to have one).

Suggestions so far include:
* Gogan City (default and current)
* TETsburg (honoring TheEnigmaticT)
* Kerioth (in honor of JudasIscariot)
* Nodrm (Nordom the Modron cube would probably like it)
* Goganville
* Gog DC
* Ludocity
* Gogonapolis

79: 5, and we will reduce some public expenditure at the same time. win-win situation for all (well... except for the ministers there are no room for...)

Please make sure you read the post again, I messed up the numbers and may have changed them while you were typing your post. Your reasoning sounds like you're voting for the next option.

Indeed I did. Cheers.

79.5
We need to save money.

79: 1 is the most sensible one. But 4 sounds like fun. Can I vote for both? I'll just throw my vote in with whichever of these two options gathers the most other votes.

As for the name, I vote vor Nodrm. I like the name (otherwise I wouldn't have suggested it ;-) )


Edit: to the 5-voters. Consider that we won't get to name the capital of Gogan if we decide not to have one. And I kind of like to have a capital with a unique name.

We don't know that, but it does sounds likely. The only thing I know is that we won't get to name it if deciding to not have a capital (that's what I did to my own nation).

79: 5.
I hate modern architecture with passion.