Hello, after discussion in eDominations Discord, me and LiveD666 want to present you proposal about creation of national newspaper that is maintained by the Minister of Education. 

Why we need that?

There is no proper way for the government to inform people about major political decisions and discuss it with citizens. Now this happens at Discord where not all citizens are particpating. First, why to kick people away from the game to some other platform, when they can spend more time at the game.

Second you will ask why not use the standart newspaper? Because all the articles posted there are publicaly visible to everyone in the game. The national newspaper should be able to publish articles that are visible only to the citizens of the country (and all of them to get a notification when one is published). It should be able to post normal ones as well.

This option will allow discussion of NAPs, alliance issues, posting orders and many more. We will inform all the players and most importantly, it will allow more casual and 2-click players to participate in country affairs. Many of the people in these two groups dont use Discord, Skype or anything like that, they log in just in the game. 

Why we cant use country shouts and mass mu messages if we are afraid of spies?

The shout system is good for casual talk and small orders, but it lacks the ability to post more lengthy posts. The messages can easily dissapear if many people write and also the discussion cant be focused on one topic, because everyone can write anything. 

Mass Mu message is good for one way order, but not for discussion about important stuff. First, because communication is just with the captain/commander that sent the message, not with everyone. Second, its not necceserily that government will have position in some MU, let alone in all MUs to be able to use that function. Also there are many one player MUs, because of org Just this option is not viable as well.

How to implement it?

Like I said, the newspaper should be managed by the MoE. So first option is when a player is apointed on this position, a second newspaper to come in his profile, which will be the national paper. The other option is the MoE to use his newspaper, but to have additional option. That option is to add a category for articles named local. That way when someone makes article and puts it in this category, it will show only in the country. This option can work for the first variant for implementation as well or either there will be a tick box for Show only to citizens of the country..

Minister of Education is the one responsible for following the rules of the game when using this newspaper. In case of infrigement, he will the punished person. Administration can also stop the publishing rights of the newspaper for some days on breaking of the rules.  

To avoid country spamming articles, there can a cost attached to publishing an article in this newspaper - 5-10-15-20g that are pulled out of treasury.