BUDYŠIN - As evidenced by the complete lack of activity as of late, it's reasonable to assume that Polabia is dormant. There are a few reasons, mostly key absences. One of those will very soon be my own, as I will be in Zagreb, Croatia for the next month and will not likely have regular enough internet access.
Hopefully, things can be kickstarted again but the future isn't entirely predictable.
posted by Stjepan_Aracic @ 6:42 PM
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BUDYŠIN - Little has happened in Polabia since the draft of the constitution was completed. Unfortunately, there has not yet been any discussion on the new sections at all. Part of the blame seems to fall on the last wave of exams which happened at roughly the same time, but there are also more general problems with people's activity. However, some of this has begun to be addressed and some activity has returned to the state. The next plan is to consolidate the population and determine who is wishes to be active and who doesn't and to build from that point. Uneven activity has been a problem of Polabia's since its foundation.
posted by Stjepan_Aracic @ 9:59 AM
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BUDYŠIN - After two months of extensive work, the draft of the Constitution of the Republic of Polabia is completed and can be viewed at the Ústavní sněm section of the Republic of Polabia forum. The document which is well over twenty pages in length and based primarily off of the the Constitution of the French Fifth Republic establishes a semi-presidential system of government with many features which are completely unique to micronationalism. The most unique feature is the new Parliament elected every three months, called the Narodní Sejm or National Assembly which combines direct democracy with true parliamentaryism by establishing a party-state with a system of proportional representation. While elections where everyone will inevitably take a seat seems extraneous, they're importance comes in establishing proportions in parliament for parties which then negotiate with each other to form majority coalitions. Other features include a flexible number of ministries, which can be changed and reduced according to the preferences of the government of the day and to be negotiated with in creating ruling coalitions. The Presidency, elected by a two round system every three months, and the Parliament also stand apart from most micronational institutions in the detail and extent of their powers.
Though the draft is completed, the document will still undergo further revision as suggested by other citizens of the Republic before being formally accepted by a referendum in what will likely be the near future. The impending acceptance of the Constitution will be followed shortly by the first elections.
posted by Stjepan_Aracic @ 8:55 AM
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BUDYŠIN - Hagen Tronjski and Stjepan Aračić have nearly completed work on the creation of what will likely become Polabia's first political party; the Social Democratic Party of Polabia (Sociálná demokratická strana Polabské) or SDP. The draft of the party's program, written by Tronjski is posted at Vanek Square where it is being discussed. The party's programme closely resembles modern European Social Democratic Parties with emphasis placed on the nationalization of key industries, regulation of the economy, and progressive taxation. In terms of foreign policy, they support a neutral or multi-lateral approach. At least two other political parties are reportedly being organized.
Further progress has also been made on the Constitution, which has now entered it's third month of work and is now breaking the twenty page mark. The new section establishes the Parliament of the Republic, known alternately as the Narodní Sněm or Narodní Sejm until a final decision has been made. Both names translate to National Assembly. The National Assembly is a unicameral legislature which will be elected at least every three months on the basis of proportional representation. It includes the Prime Minister, who leads the majority party or coalition and naturally serves as Head of Government, and a separate Speaker who presides over the Assembly's proceedings who is nominated from and confirmed by the body.
posted by Stjepan_Aracic @ 7:04 PM
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BUDYŠIN - A poll on the name of the future legislative body that will govern Polabia has been posted in Vanek Square. The motivation for the poll was a general feeling of the current proposal's (Sněm - pronounced Snyem) lack of aesthetics and difficulty in spelling.
Stjepan Aračić has suggested a new potential name which would improve on these areas; the Polish word Sejm. The Sejm is the historic name of historical Polish legislatures and since the actual Lower Sorbian language (one of the two languages spoken by the modern descendents of the Polabian slavs - the Sorbs) bears some similarity to Polish. A similar rationale lay behind the use of Czech as a primary language to work with as Upper Sorbian strongly resembles that language.
The adjective before both in the two potential names remains the Czech word Narodní, and both Narodní Sněm and Narodní Sejm translate as National Assembly.
posted by Stjepan_Aracic @ 3:33 PM
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BUDYŠIN - After a long period of relative inactivity brought on by papers and exams, it is all finally coming to a head, at least for myself. With exams ending for me on Friday, I will be returning home and will suddenly find myself with a lot more free time. Of course, you know what that means.
In the meantime, hope I can get this history paper done by tonight and that I don't fail my Logic exam tomorrow.
posted by Stjepan_Aracic @ 2:59 PM
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BUDYŠIN - I apologize for the lack of posting last week as I was cruelly crushed under the jackboot of my term paper, which turned out rather poor anyway. Regardless, since this is the second time I am writing this article since blogger.com gave me an error the first time which caused me to lose everything that I wrote, we may consider ourselves even.
Although the spectre of finals still hangs over the nation, I at least have some free time now that I've finished the term paper and my two essays for Russian language. This means that though nationwide activity will likely remain lower, I at least can make some more progress on the constitution. To that end, proposed changed that have been waiting to be implemented since early April have finally been implemented and I hope to present another section of the Constitution to the Ustavni Snem in the weekend.
In other developments, a diplomatic delegation from San Martin arrived recently interested in establishing relations between our states. Unfortunately, it was a premature visit as we have still yet to implement any government with the authority to deal with foreign states but we do hope to have one soon so a good working relationship can be developed n the shortest time possible.
Also, I will be posting the idea for a potential proposal in the future establishing the currency and State Honors of the Republic of Polabia. The currency shall likely be the Polabska Koruna (Pk) , a reference to the Republic of Istvanistan, my original micronation founded 6 years ago which also used the Koruna as its currency. The State Honors will also reference Istvanistan as they shall use the same graphics and shall be given for the same reasons. Although some of the names will have to be changed since the original names are specific to Istvanistan, the name of the Order of the White Rose will likely be retained.
posted by Stjepan_Aracic @ 10:41 AM
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