"If the action is to be performed With N Objections, With N
Agoran Consent, or With Notice, if the intent was announced
at least 4 days earlier."
ais ratified that the With became a Without quite a while ago
On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:20 PM, VJ Rada <vijar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> "When a person is issued a Green Card, they
> are ENCOURAGED to travel to the United States."
>
> This too.
>
> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:20 PM, VJ Rada <vijar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "* Publishing a duty-fulfilling report: 5 shinies."
>>
>> COE minor fixes amended this.
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 11, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Gaelan Steele <gael...@icloud.com> wrote:
>>> THE SHORT LOGICAL RULESET
>>>
>>> Most Recent Ruleset Change Recorded:
>>> Adoption of Proposal 7875, 7 Sep 2017
>>>
>>> Online documents:
>>> https://agoranomic.github.io/ruleset/slr.txt (SLR)
>>> https://agoranomic.github.io/ruleset/flr.txt (FLR)
>>> https://agoranomic.github.io/ruleset/ (HLR, not legally part of my
>>> report but always in sync with the other two)
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Agora
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 101/17 (Power=3)
>>> The Game of Agora
>>>
>>> Agora is a game of Nomic, wherein Persons, acting in accordance
>>> with the Rules, communicate their game Actions and/or results of
>>> these actions via Fora in order to play the game. The game may
>>> be won, but the game never ends.
>>>
>>> Please treat Agora Right Good Forever.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1698/4 (Power=3)
>>> Agora Is A Nomic
>>>
>>> Agora is ossified if it is IMPOSSIBLE for any reasonable combination of
>>> actions by players to cause arbitrary rule changes to be made and/or
>>> arbitrary proposals to be adopted within a four-week period.
>>>
>>> If, but for this rule, the net effect of a proposal would cause Agora
>>> to
>>> become ossified, or would cause Agora to cease to exist, it cannot take
>>> effect, rules to the contrary notwithstanding.If any other single
>>> change
>>> to the gamestate would cause Agora to become ossified, or would cause
>>> Agora to cease to exist, it is cancelled and does not occur, rules to
>>> the
>>> contrary notwithstanding.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 478/34 (Power=3)
>>> Fora
>>>
>>> Freedom of speech being essential for the healthy functioning of
>>> any non-Imperial nomic, it is hereby resolved that no Player
>>> shall be prohibited from participating in the Fora, nor shall
>>> any person create physical or technological obstacles that
>>> unduly favor some players' fora access over others.
>>>
>>> Publicity is a forum switch with values Public, Discussion, and
>>> Foreign (default), tracked by the Registrar. Changes to
>>> publicity are secured.
>>>
>>> The Registrar may change the publicity of a forum without
>>> objection as long as:
>>>
>>> 1. e sends eir announcement of intent to that forum; and
>>>
>>> 2. if the forum is to be made public, the announcement by which
>>> the Registrar makes that forum public is sent to all
>>> existing public fora.
>>>
>>> Each player should ensure e can receive messages via each public
>>> forum.
>>>
>>> A public message is a message sent via a public forum, or sent
>>> to all players and containing a clear designation of intent to
>>> be public. A rule can also designate that a part of one public
>>> message is considered a public message in its own right. A
>>> person "publishes" or "announces" something by sending a public
>>> message.
>>>
>>> Where the rules define an action that CAN be performed "by
>>> announcement", a person performs that action by unambiguously
>>> and clearly specifying the action and announcing that e performs
>>> it. Any action performed by sending a message is performed at
>>> the time date-stamped on that message. Actions in messages
>>> (including sub-messages) are performed in the order they appear
>>> in the message, unless otherwise specified.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Players
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 869/39 (Power=3)
>>> How to Join and Leave Agora
>>>
>>> Any organism that is generally capable of freely originating and
>>> communicating independent thoughts and ideas is a person. Rules
>>> to the contrary notwithstanding, no other entities are persons.
>>>
>>> Citizenship is a person switch with values Unregistered
>>> (default) and Registered, tracked by the Registrar. Changes to
>>> citizenship are secured. A registered person is a Player.
>>>
>>> A person CAN (unless explicitly forbidden or prevented by the
>>> rules) register by publishing a message that indicates
>>> reasonably clearly and reasonably unambiguously that e intends
>>> to become a player at that time. A person, by registering,
>>> agrees to abide by the Rules. The Rules CANNOT otherwise bind a
>>> person to abide by any agreement without that person's willful
>>> consent.
>>>
>>> A player CAN deregister (cease being a player) by announcement.
>>> If e does so, e CANNOT register by announcement for 30 days.
>>>
>>> If a player has not sent a message to a public forum in the last
>>> month, then any player CAN deregister em without objection.
>>>
>>> The Rules CANNOT compel non-players to act, nor compel players
>>> to unduly harass non-players. A non-person CANNOT be a player,
>>> rules to the contrary notwithstanding.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2139/9 (Power=2)
>>> The Registrar
>>>
>>> The Registrar is an office; its holder is responsible for
>>> keeping track of players.
>>>
>>> The Registrar's weekly report includes:
>>>
>>> 1. A list of all players, including information sufficient to
>>> identify and contact each player.
>>>
>>> 2. The date on which each player most recently became a player.
>>>
>>> 3. For each forum with non-Foreign publicity, sufficient
>>> instructions for players to receive messages there.
>>>
>>> The Registrar's monthly report includes:
>>>
>>> 1. For each former player for which the information is
>>> reasonably available, the dates on which e registered and
>>> deregistered.
>>>
>>> In the first week of every month the Registrar SHALL attempt to
>>> deregister every player that has not sent a message to a public
>>> forum in the preceding month.
>>>
>>> The Registrar's duties and abilities also include:
>>>
>>> * Changing the publicity of a forum, as described in Rule 478.
>>>
>>> * Publishing Cantus Cygnei and Writs of FAGE as described in
>>> Rule 1789.
>>>
>>> The Registrar is also responsible for tracking any switches that
>>> would otherwise lack an officer to track them, unless the switch
>>> is defined as untracked.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1789/9 (Power=2)
>>> Cantus Cygneus
>>>
>>> Whenever a Player feels that e has been treated so egregiously
>>> by the Agoran community that e can no longer abide to be a part
>>> of it, e may submit a document to the Registrar, clearly labeled
>>> a Cantus Cygneus, detailing eir grievances and expressing eir
>>> reproach for those who e feels have treated em so badly.
>>>
>>> In a timely fashion after receiving a Cantus Cygneus, the
>>> Registrar shall publish this document along with a Writ of
>>> Fugiendae Agorae Grandissima Exprobratione, commanding the
>>> Player to be deregistered. The Registrar shall note the method
>>> of deregistration for that Player in subsequent Registrar
>>> Reports.
>>>
>>> The Player is deregistered as of the posting of the Writ, and
>>> the notation in the Registrar's Report will ensure that,
>>> henceforth, all may know said Player deregistered in a Writ of
>>> FAGE.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Rules & Power
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2141/9 (Power=3)
>>> Role and Attributes of Rules
>>>
>>> A rule is a type of instrument with the capacity to govern the
>>> game generally, and is always taking effect. A rule's content
>>> takes the form of a text, and is unlimited in scope.
>>>
>>> Every rule has power between 0.1 and 4.0 inclusive. It is
>>> not possible for a rule to have a power outside this range.
>>>
>>> Rules have ID numbers, to be assigned by the Rulekeepor.
>>>
>>> Every rule shall have a title to aid in identification. If a
>>> rule ever does not have a title, the Rulekeepor SHALL assign a
>>> title to it by announcement in a timely fashion.
>>>
>>> For the purposes of rules governing modification of instruments,
>>> the text, power, ID number, and title of a rule are all
>>> substantive aspects of the rule. However, rules to the contrary
>>> notwithstanding, the Rulekeepor CAN set rule aspects as
>>> described elsewhere in this rule.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1688/8 (Power=3)
>>> Power
>>>
>>> The Power of an entity is a non-negative rational number. An
>>> Instrument is an entity with positive Power.
>>>
>>> The Power of an entity cannot be set or modified except as
>>> stipulated by the Rules. All entities have Power zero except
>>> where specifically allowed by the rules.
>>>
>>> Power less than one is called Ephemeral power, and an instrument
>>> with a power less than one is an Ephemeral instrument.
>>>
>>> A Rule that makes a change, action, or value secured (hereafter
>>> the securing Rule) thereby makes it IMPOSSIBLE to perform that
>>> change or action, or to set or modify that value, except as
>>> allowed by an Instrument with Power greater than or equal to the
>>> change's Power Threshold. This Threshold defaults to the
>>> securing Rule's Power, but CAN be lowered as allowed by that
>>> Rule (including by the Rule itself).
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2140/2 (Power=3)
>>> Power Controls Mutability
>>>
>>> No entity with power below the power of this rule can
>>>
>>> 1. cause an entity to have power greater than its own.
>>>
>>> 2. adjust the power of an instrument with power greater than
>>> its own.
>>>
>>> 3. set or modify any other substantive aspect of an instrument
>>> with power greater than its own. A "substantive" aspect of
>>> an instrument is any aspect that affects the instrument's
>>> operation.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 217/11 (Power=3)
>>> Interpreting the Rules
>>>
>>> When interpreting and applying the rules, the text of the rules
>>> takes precedence. Where the text is silent, inconsistent, or
>>> unclear, it is to be augmented by game custom, common sense,
>>> past judgements, and consideration of the best interests of the
>>> game.
>>>
>>> Definitions and prescriptions in the rules are only to be
>>> applied using direct, forward reasoning; in particular, an
>>> absurdity that can be concluded from the assumption that a
>>> statement about rule-defined concepts is false does not
>>> constitute proof that it is true. Definitions in lower-powered
>>> Rules do not overrule common-sense interpretations or common
>>> definitions of terms in higher-powered rules.
>>>
>>> Rules to the contrary notwithstanding, any rule change that
>>> would (1) prevent a person from initiating a formal process to
>>> resolve matters of controversy, in the reasonable expectation
>>> that the controversy will thereby be resolved; or (2) prevent a
>>> person from causing formal reconsideration of any judicial
>>> determination that e should be punished, is wholly void and
>>> without effect.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1030/11 (Power=3.2)
>>> Precedence between Rules
>>>
>>> In a conflict between Rules, the conflict shall be resolved by
>>> performing the following comparisons in the sequence written in
>>> this rule, until the conflict is resolved.
>>>
>>> - In a conflict between Rules with different Power, the Rule
>>> with the higher Power takes precedence over the Rule with the
>>> lower Power; otherwise,
>>>
>>> - If all of the Rules in conflict explicitly say that their
>>> precedence relations are determined by some other Rule for
>>> determining precedence relations, then the determinations of
>>> the precedence-determining Rule shall be used to resolve the
>>> conflicts; otherwise,
>>>
>>> - If at least one of the Rules in conflict explicitly says of
>>> itself that it defers to another Rule (or type of Rule) or
>>> takes precedence over another Rule (or type of Rule), then
>>> such provisions shall be used to resolve the conflict, unless
>>> they lead to contradictions between each other; otherwise,
>>>
>>> - If any of the rules in conflict have ID numbers, then the Rule
>>> with the lowest ID number takes precedence; otherwise,
>>>
>>> - The Rule enacted earliest takes precedence.
>>>
>>> Clauses in any other rule that broadly claim precedence (e.g.
>>> over "all rules" of a certain class) shall be, prima facie,
>>> considered to be limited claims of precedence or deference that
>>> are applicable only when such claims are evaluated as described
>>> within the above sequence.
>>>
>>> No change to the Ruleset can occur that would cause a Rule to
>>> directly claim precedence over this Rule as a means of
>>> determining precedence. This applies to changes by the
>>> enactment or amendment of a Rule, or of any other form. This
>>> Rule takes precedence over any Rule that would permit such a
>>> change to the Ruleset.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2240/1 (Power=3)
>>> No Cretans Need Apply
>>>
>>> In a conflict between clauses of the same Rule, if exactly one
>>> claims precedence over the other, then it takes precedence;
>>> otherwise, the later clause takes precedence.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 105/13 (Power=3)
>>> Rule Changes
>>>
>>> Where permitted by other rules, an instrument generally can,
>>> as part of its effect,
>>>
>>> 1. enact a rule. The new rule has power equal to the minimum
>>> of the power specified by the enacting instrument,
>>> defaulting to one if the enacting instrument does not
>>> specify or if it specifies a power less than 0.1, and the
>>> maximum power permitted by other rules. The enacting
>>> instrument may specify a title for the new rule, which if
>>> present shall prevail. The ID number of the new rule cannot
>>> be specified by the enacting instrument; any attempt to so
>>> specify is null and void.
>>>
>>> 2. repeal a rule. When a rule is repealed, it ceases to be a
>>> rule, and the Rulekeepor need no longer maintain a record
>>> of it.
>>>
>>> 3. reenact a rule. A repealed rule identified by its most
>>> recent rule number may be reenacted with the same ID number
>>> and the next change identifier. If no text is specified,
>>> the rule is reenacted with the same text it had when it was
>>> most recently repealed. If the reenacting proposal provides
>>> new text for the rule, the rule must have materially the
>>> same purpose as did the repealed version; otherwise, the
>>> attempt to reenact the rule is null and void.
>>>
>>> 4. amend the text of a rule.
>>>
>>> 5. retitle a rule.
>>>
>>> 6. change the power of a rule.
>>>
>>> A rule change is any effect that falls into the above classes.
>>> Rule changes always occur sequentially, never simultaneously.
>>>
>>> Any ambiguity in the specification of a rule change causes that
>>> change to be void and without effect. An inconsequential
>>> variation in the quotation of an existing rule does not
>>> constitute ambiguity for the purposes of this rule, but any
>>> other variation does.
>>>
>>> A rule change is wholly prevented from taking effect unless its
>>> full text was published, along with an unambiguous and clear
>>> specification of the method to be used for changing the rule, at
>>> least 4 days and no more than 60 days before it would otherwise
>>> take effect.
>>>
>>> This rule provides the only mechanism by which rules can be
>>> created, modified, or destroyed, or by which an entity can
>>> become a rule or cease to be a rule.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Reusable Definitions
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2152/7 (Power=3)
>>> Mother, May I?
>>>
>>> The following terms are defined. These definitions are used
>>> when a rule includes a term in all caps, and provide guidance in
>>> determining the ordinary-language meaning of a term when a rule
>>> includes a term otherwise. Earlier definitions take precedence
>>> over later ones. If a rule specifies one or more persons in
>>> connection with a term, then the term applies only to the
>>> specified person(s).
>>>
>>> 1. CANNOT, IMPOSSIBLE, INEFFECTIVE, INVALID: Attempts to
>>> perform the described action are unsuccessful.
>>>
>>> 2. MUST NOT, MAY NOT, SHALL NOT, ILLEGAL, PROHIBITED: Performing
>>> the described action violates the rule in question.
>>>
>>> 3. NEED NOT, OPTIONAL: Failing to perform the described action
>>> does not violate the rules.
>>>
>>> 4. SHOULD NOT, DISCOURAGED, DEPRECATED: Before performing the
>>> described action, the full implications of performing it
>>> should be understood and carefully weighed.
>>>
>>> 5. CAN: Attempts to perform the described action are successful.
>>>
>>> 6. MAY: Performing the described action does not violate the
>>> rules.
>>>
>>> 7. MUST, SHALL, REQUIRED, MANDATORY: Failing to perform the
>>> described action violates the rule in question.
>>>
>>> 8. SHOULD, ENCOURAGED, RECOMMENDED: Before failing to perform
>>> the described action, the full implications of failing to
>>> perform it should (in the ordinary-language sense) be
>>> understood and carefully weighed.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2162/8 (Power=2)
>>> Switches
>>>
>>> A type of switch is a property that the rules define as a
>>> switch, and specify the following:
>>>
>>> 1. The type(s) of entity possessing an instance of that switch.
>>> No other entity possesses an instance of that switch.
>>>
>>> 2. One or more possible values for instances of that switch,
>>> exactly one of which is designated as the default. No other
>>> values are possible for instances of that switch.
>>>
>>> 3. Optionally, exactly one office whose holder tracks instances
>>> of that switch. That officer's (weekly, if not specified
>>> otherwise) report includes the value of each instance of that
>>> switch whose value is not its default value; a public
>>> document purporting to be this portion of that officer's
>>> report is self-ratifying, and implies that other instances
>>> are at their default value.
>>>
>>> At any given time, each instance of a switch has exactly one
>>> possible value for that type of switch. If an instance of a
>>> switch comes to have a value, it ceases to have any other value.
>>> If an instance of a switch would otherwise fail to have a
>>> possible value, it comes to have its default value.
>>>
>>> "To flip an instance of a switch" is to make it come to have a
>>> given value. "To become X" (where X is a possible value of
>>> exactly one of the subject's switches) is to flip that switch to
>>> X.
>>>
>>> If an action or set of actions would cause the value of an
>>> instance of a switch to become indeterminate, the instance
>>> instead takes on its last determinate and possible value, if
>>> any, otherwise it takes on its default value.
>>>
>>> A natural switch is a switch with a default value of 0, unless
>>> the rules explicitly specify a different default value. If the
>>> rules define an upper limit for the switch, then the possible
>>> values are non-negative integers not greater than that limit,
>>> otherwise the values are the non-negative integers.
>>>
>>> A singleton switch is a switch for which Agora Nomic is the only
>>> entity possessing an instance of that switch.
>>>
>>> A boolean switch is a switch with values True and False. A
>>> positive boolean switch has a default of True; a negative
>>> boolean switch has a default of False.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2125/9 (Power=3)
>>> Regulated Actions
>>>
>>> An action is restricted if: (1) the Rules limit, allow, enable,
>>> or permit its performance; (2) describe the circumstances under
>>> which the action would succeed or fail; or (3) the action would,
>>> as part of its effect, modify information for which some player
>>> is required to be a recordkeepor.
>>>
>>> Restricted Actions CAN only be performed as described by the
>>> Rules. The Rules SHALL NOT be interpreted so as to proscribe
>>> unrestricted actions.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1023/36 (Power=2)
>>> Common Definitions
>>>
>>> The following terms are defined:
>>>
>>> 1. The phrase "in a timely fashion" means "within 7 days".
>>> This time period is set when the requirement is created
>>> (i.e. X days before the limit ends). A requirement to
>>> perform an action at an exact instant (e.g. "when X, Y
>>> SHALL Z"), but not "in the same message", is instead
>>> interpreted as a requirement to perform that action in a
>>> timely fashion after that instant.
>>>
>>> 2. Agoran epochs:
>>>
>>> 1. Agoran days begin at midnight UTC.
>>>
>>> 2. Agoran weeks begin at midnight UTC on Monday.
>>>
>>> 3. Agoran months begin at midnight UTC on the first day of
>>> each Gregorian month.
>>>
>>> 4. Agoran quarters begin when the Agoran months of January,
>>> April, July, and October begin.
>>>
>>> 5. Agoran years begin when the Agoran month of January
>>> begins.
>>>
>>> 6. A pivot is either the instant at which Agora Nomic began
>>> (June 30, 1993, 00:04:30 GMT +1200) or an instant at
>>> which at least one person won the game. When used as a
>>> period of time, a "Round" (historical syn: "game") is
>>> the period of time between a pivot and the next pivot.
>>>
>>> These definitions do not apply to relative durations (e.g.
>>> "within <number> days after <event>").
>>>
>>> 3. If a restricted value, or the value of a conditional, or a
>>> value otherwise required to determine the outcome of a
>>> restricted action, CANNOT be reasonably determined (without
>>> circularity or paradox) from information reasonably
>>> available, or if it alternates instantaneously and
>>> indefinitely between values, then the value is considered to
>>> be Indeterminate, otherwise it is Determinate.
>>>
>>> 4. Two points in time are within a month of each other if:
>>>
>>> 1. they occur in the same Agoran month;
>>>
>>> 2. they occur in two consecutive Agoran months, and the
>>> later of the two occurs in an earlier day in the month
>>> than the earlier one;
>>>
>>> 3. they occur in two consecutive Agoran months on the same
>>> day of the month, and the later of the two occurs at the
>>> same or earlier time of day.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1728/36 (Power=3)
>>> Dependent Actions
>>>
>>> A rule which purports to allow a person (the performer) to
>>> perform an action by a set of one or more of the following
>>> methods (N is 1 unless otherwise specified):
>>>
>>> 1. Without N Objections, where N is a positive integer no
>>> greater than 8. ("Without Objection" is shorthand for this
>>> method with N = 1.)
>>> 2. With N Supporters, where N is a positive integer. ("With
>>> Support" is shorthand for this method with N = 1.)
>>> 3. With N Agoran Consent, where N is an integer multiple of 0.1
>>> with a minimum of 1.
>>> 4. With Notice.
>>> 5. With T Notice, where T is a time period.
>>>
>>> thereby allows em to perform the action by announcement if all
>>> of the following are true:
>>>
>>> 1. A person (the initiator) announced intent to perform the
>>> action, unambiguously and clearly specifying the action and
>>> method(s) (including the value of N and/or T for each
>>> method), at most fourteen days earlier.
>>>
>>> 2. If the action is to be performed With N Objections, With N
>>> Agoran Consent, or With Notice, if the intent was announced
>>> at least 4 days earlier.
>>>
>>> 3. If the action is to be performed With T Notice, if the
>>> intent was announced at least T earlier.
>>>
>>> 4. At least one of the following is true:
>>>
>>> 1. The performer is the initiator.
>>>
>>> 2. The initiator was authorized to perform the action due
>>> to holding a rule-defined position now held by the
>>> performer.
>>>
>>> 3. The initiator is authorized to perform the action, the
>>> action depends on support, the performer has supported
>>> the intent, and the rule authorizing the performance
>>> does not explicitly prohibit supporters from performing
>>> it.
>>>
>>> 5. Agora is Satisfied with the announced intent, as defined by
>>> other rules.
>>>
>>> 6. If a set of conditions for the performance of the action was
>>> given in the announcement of intent to perform the action,
>>> all those conditions are met.
>>>
>>> The actor SHOULD publish a list of supporters if the action
>>> depends on support, and a list of objectors if it depends on
>>> objections.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2486/0 (Power=3.14)
>>> The Royal Parade
>>>
>>> _
>>> _\ /_
>>>> _X_<
>>> .---._ /_\ _.---.
>>> /`.---._`{/ \}`_.---.`\
>>> | / ___`{\_/}`___ \ |
>>> \ \."`* `"{_}"` *`"./ /
>>> \ \ )\ _\ /_ /( / /
>>> \ *<()( >_X_< )()>* /
>>> |._)/._./_\._.\(_.|
>>> jgs |() () () () () ()|
>>> <<o>><<o>><o>><<o>>
>>> `"""""""""""""""""""`
>>> IN CELEBRATION of Alexis being crowned Princess of Agora,
>>> without prejudice to Any before or since
>>> who may come to hold a Title
>>> whether Patent or otherwise;
>>> IT IS HEREBY PROCLAIMED that a Royal Parade be established,
>>> imbued in this very Rule,
>>> which shall travel around Agora to Rules of import;
>>> AND THEREFORE, the Rulekeepor SHOULD place this Rule
>>> near recently-amended rules of high Power;
>>> AND FURTHERMORE, additions to this Parade are most welcome
>>> when Events suiting the honour should occur.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2124/20 (Power=2)
>>> Agoran Satisfaction
>>>
>>>
>>> A Supporter of a dependent action is an eligible entity who has
>>> publicly
>>> posted (and not withdrawn) support (syn. "consent") for an
>>> announcement of
>>> intent to perform the action.An Objector to a dependent action is an
>>> eligible entity who has publicly posted (and not withdrawn) an
>>> objection
>>> to the announcement of intent to perform the action.
>>>
>>> The entities eligible to support or object to a dependent action are,
>>> by
>>> default, all players, subject to modification by the document
>>> authorizing
>>> the dependent action.However, the previous sentence notwithstanding,
>>> the
>>> Executor of the announcement of intent is not eligible to support it.
>>>
>>> Agora is Satisfied with an intent to perform a specific action if and
>>> only
>>> if:
>>>
>>> 1. if the action is to be performed Without N Objections, then it has
>>> fewer than N objectors;
>>>
>>> 2. if the action is to be performed With N supporters, then it has N or
>>> more supporters; and
>>>
>>> 3. if the action is to be performed with N Agoran Consent, then the
>>> ratio
>>> of supporters to objectors is greater than N, or the action has at
>>> least one supporter and no objectors.
>>>
>>> 4. if the action is to be performed With Notice or With T Notice.
>>>
>>> The above notwithstanding, if the action depends on objections, and an
>>> objection to it has been withdrawn within the past 24 hours, then
>>> Agora is
>>> not Satisfied with the intent.
>>>
>>> The above notwithstanding, Agora is not satisfied with the intent if
>>> the
>>> Speaker has objected to it in the last 48 hours.
>>>
>>> A person CANNOT support or object to an announcement of intent before
>>> the
>>> intent is announced, or after e has withdrawn the same type of
>>> response.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2466/0 (Power=3)
>>> Acting on Behalf
>>>
>>> When a rule allows one person (the agent) to act on behalf of another
>>> (the
>>> principal) to perform an action, that agent CAN perform the action if
>>> it
>>> is POSSIBLE for the principal to do so, taking into account any
>>> prerequisites for the action. If the enabling rule does not specify the
>>> mechanism by which the agent may do so, then the agent CAN perform the
>>> action in the same manner in which the principal CAN do so, with the
>>> additional requirement that the agent must, in the message in which the
>>> action is performed, uniquely identify the principal and that the
>>> action
>>> is being taken on behalf of that person.
>>>
>>> When an action is performed on behalf of a principal, then the action
>>> is
>>> considered for all game purposes to have been performed by the
>>> principal.
>>>
>>> This rule takes precedence over any rule which would prohibit a person
>>> from taking an action, except that it defers to any rule that imposes
>>> limitations specifically on actions taken on behalf of another person.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2166/22 (Power=3)
>>> Assets
>>>
>>> An asset is an entity defined as such by the ruleset (hereafter its
>>> backing
>>> document), and existing solely because its backing document defines its
>>> existence.
>>>
>>> Each asset has exactly one owner.If an asset would otherwise lack an
>>> owner, it is owned by Agora.If an asset's backing document restricts
>>> its ownership to a class of entities, then that asset CANNOT be
>>> gained by or transferred to an entity outside that class, and is
>>> destroyed if it is owned by an entity outside that class (except for
>>> Agora, in which case any player CAN transfer or destroy it without
>>> objection). The restrictions in the previous sentence are subject to
>>> modification by its backing document.
>>>
>>> Unless modified by an asset's backing document, ownership of an asset
>>> is
>>> restricted to Agora, persons, and organizations.
>>>
>>> An organization's charter CAN specify whether or not that organization
>>> is
>>> willing receive assets or a class of assets. Generally, an
>>> organization CANNOT
>>> be given assets its charter states that it is unwilling to receive. The
>>> previous provisions of this paragraph do not apply to an asset if the
>>> organization is required to provide that asset in order to continue
>>> existing.
>>>
>>> The recordkeepor of a class of assets is the entity (if any)
>>> defined as such by, and bound by, its backing document. That
>>> entity's report includes a list of all instances of that class
>>> and their owners. This portion of that entity's report is
>>> self-ratifying.
>>>
>>> An asset generally CAN be destroyed by its owner by
>>> announcement, subject to modification by its backing document. An
>>> indestructible asset is one defined as such by it backing document,
>>> and CANNOT
>>> be destroyed except by a rule specifically addressing the destruction
>>> of
>>> indestructible assets or that asset in particular; any other asset is
>>> destructible. In circumstances where another asset would be
>>> destroyed, an indestructible asset is generally transferred to Agora,
>>> subject
>>> to modification by its backing document and the intervention of other
>>> rules.
>>>
>>> To "lose" an asset is to have it destroyed from one's
>>> possession; to "revoke" an asset from an entity is to destroy it
>>> from that entity's possession.
>>>
>>> An asset generally CAN be transferred (syn. payed, given) by its owner
>>> to
>>> another entity by announcement, subject to modification by its backing
>>> document. A fixed asset is one defined as such by its backing
>>> document, and CANNOT be transferred; any other asset is liquid.
>>>
>>> When a rule indicates transfering an amount that is not a natural
>>> number,
>>> the specified amount is rounded up to the nearest natural number.
>>>
>>> A currency is a class of asset defined as such by its backing document.
>>> Instances of a currency with the same owner are fungible.
>>>
>>> The "x balance of an entity", where x is a currency, is the number of
>>> x that
>>> entity possesses. If a rule, proposal, or other competent authority
>>> attempts
>>> to increase or decrease the balance of an entity without specifying a
>>> source
>>> or destination, then the currency is created or destroyed.
>>>
>>> When a player causes one or more balances to change, e is ENCOURAGED
>>> to specify the resulting balance(s). Players SHOULD NOT specify
>>> inaccurate balances.
>>>
>>> Where it resolves ambiguity, the asset or currency being referred to
>>> is the
>>> currency designated as "Agora's official currency", if there is one.
>>>
>>> Amendments to a backing document shall not be construed to alter,
>>> transfer,
>>> destroy, or otherwise effect any assets defined by that document,
>>> unless
>>> that is their clear intent.
>>>
>>> Assets are always public. [To provide for private contract based
>>> assets later]
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2493/0 (Power=3.1)
>>> Regulations
>>>
>>> A Regulation is an instrument defined as such by this rule. A
>>> regulation
>>> allows an officer (known as the Promulgator) to exercise rule defined
>>> powers.
>>> A regulation is in effect continuously from the time of its creation
>>> to the
>>> time of either its revocation or the repeal of the rule that allowed
>>> for its
>>> creation. When recommending a regulation, its Promulgator must specify
>>> by
>>> number the rule(s) upon which it is based (the parent rules), the list
>>> of
>>> which becomes an integral part of the regulation. The list of rules can
>>> generally be modified by the Promulgator according to the procedure
>>> for text
>>> changes.
>>>
>>> A regulation must be authorized by at least one rule in order for it
>>> to exist.
>>> A regulation has effect on the game (only) insofar as the rule or
>>> rules that
>>> authorized it permit it to have effect, and a regulation generally
>>> inherits
>>> the power of its least powerful parent rule, unless its Promulgator
>>> defines
>>> a lower power. If reasonably possible, a regulation should be
>>> interpreted so as to defer to other rules. The procedure for resolving
>>> conflict between regulations is the same as it is for rules.
>>>
>>> Regulations are generally issued according to the following procedures,
>>> and they can be repealed by the announcement of their Promulgator.
>>> Alternate
>>> procedures may be used if provided for by all of the regulations's
>>> parent
>>> rules. If one parent rule specifies procedures that are more stringent
>>> than
>>> those that the other(s) specifies, those apply. Creating, modifying,
>>> revoking,
>>> or allowing for a regulation is secured at power 1.
>>>
>>> A regulation (or set of regulations), authorized by another rule, may
>>> generally be enacted or modified by its promulgator without 2
>>> objections,
>>> or with Agoran consent. A notice pursuant to the previous sentence is
>>> known as a "recommendation", and the regulation(s) are said to be
>>> "recommended" to Agora.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2494/0 (Power=1)
>>> The Regkeepor
>>>
>>> The Regkeepor is an office, responsible for the maintenance of the
>>> Regulations. The Regulations are contained in the Regkeepor's weekly
>>> report,
>>> know as the Agora Nomic Code of Regulations (ACORN). E MAY publish
>>> multiple
>>> versions or editions of the ACORN.
>>>
>>> The ACORN is divided into titles, assigned by the Regkeepor, which are
>>> each given an integer. Generally, each office with the power to create
>>> regulations SHOULD be assigned the next successive natural number.
>>> Title 0 of
>>> the ACORN is reserved for use by the Regkeepor, and nothing in that
>>> title
>>> need be a regulation. Non-regulations printed in the ACORN
>>> have no binding effect, and SHALL clearly be marked by the Regkeepor.
>>>
>>> Each regulation SHALL be assigned an ID number by the Regkeepor,
>>> consisting
>>> of a string of the characters [0-9] and separator characters. The
>>> Regkeepor
>>> SHOULD establish some way of keeping track of the version of a
>>> regulations.
>>> The Regkeepor MAY also, at eir discretion, create ways of marking
>>> special
>>> types of Regulation (even in violation of the previous restrictions of
>>> this
>>> paragraph), mark sections or titles as reserved for future use, and
>>> make such other discussions of arrangement, annotation, and marking as
>>> are
>>> necessary and proper in the execution of eir duties.
>>>
>>> The Regkeepor SHOULD remember that the purpose of the ACORN is to make
>>> the
>>> regulations easily readable, and e SHALL not act in a manner intended
>>> to
>>> deceive others in eir official capacity.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2500/0 (Power=1)
>>> Action Points
>>>
>>> At the beginning of every Agoran Week, every player has 2 Action
>>> Points.
>>> When a player 'spends' an Action Point, e has one less Action Point.
>>> If a
>>> player has 0 Action Points, e may not spend any more Action Points,
>>> rules
>>> to the contrary notwithstanding.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Proposals
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2350/9 (Power=3)
>>> Proposals
>>>
>>> A proposal is a type of entity consisting of a body of text and
>>> other attributes. A player CAN create a proposal by
>>> announcement, specifying its text and optionally specifying any
>>> of the following attributes:
>>>
>>> * An associated title.
>>> * A list of co-authors (which must be persons other than the
>>> author).
>>> * An adoption index.
>>>
>>> Creating a proposal adds it to the Proposal Pool. Once a
>>> proposal is created, nether its text nor any of the
>>> aforementioned attributes can be changed. The author (syn.
>>> proposer) of a proposal is the person who submitted it.
>>>
>>> If a decision of whether to adopt a proposal was resolved as
>>> FAILED QUORUM in the last seven days, the Promotor CAN once add
>>> the proposal back to the Proposal Pool by announcement.
>>>
>>> The author of a proposal in the Proposal Pool CAN remove (syn.
>>> retract, withdraw) it from the Pool by announcement.
>>>
>>> The Promotor CAN remove a proposal from the Proposal Pool by
>>> announcement if it is not pending and has been added to the Pool
>>> more than 14 days ago.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2445/8 (Power=1)
>>> How to Pend a Proposal
>>>
>>> Imminence is a switch, tracked by the Promotor, possessed by
>>> proposals in the Proposal Pool, whose value is either "pending" or
>>> "not pending" (default).
>>>
>>> Any player CAN flip a specified proposal's imminence to "pending" by
>>> announcement by:
>>>
>>> a) spending 1 Action Point, OR
>>>
>>> b) spending 1/20th the Floating Value in shinies.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1607/43 (Power=3)
>>> Distribution
>>>
>>> The Promotor is an office; its holder is responsible for
>>> receiving and distributing proposals.
>>>
>>> Determining whether to adopt a proposal is an Agoran decision.
>>> For this decision, the vote collector is the Assessor, the
>>> adoption index is initially the adoption index of the proposal,
>>> or 1.0 if the proposal does not have one, and the text, author,
>>> and coauthors of the proposal are essential parameters.
>>> Initiating such a decision is known as distribution, and removes
>>> the proposal from the Proposal Pool.
>>>
>>> The Promotor CAN distribute a proposal which is in the Proposal
>>> Pool at any time. The Promotor SHALL NOT distribute proposals
>>> which are not pending.
>>>
>>> In a given Agoran week, the Promotor SHALL, as part of eir
>>> weekly duties, distribute all pending proposals.
>>>
>>> Distributed proposals have ID numbers, to be assigned by the
>>> Promotor.
>>>
>>> If there is a Proposal in the Pool that it would otherwise be
>>> IMPOSSIBLE for any player to distribute, then any player CAN
>>> distribute that Proposal Without 3 Objections.
>>>
>>> The Promotor's report includes a list of all proposals in the
>>> Proposal Pool, along with their text and attributes. This
>>> portion of a public document purporting to be a Promotor's
>>> report is self-ratifying.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2137/2 (Power=1)
>>> The Assessor
>>>
>>> The Assessor is an office; its holder is responsible for
>>> collecting votes and keeping track of related properties.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 106/36 (Power=3)
>>> Adopting Proposals
>>>
>>> When a decision about whether to adopt a proposal is resolved, if the
>>> outcome is ADOPTED, then the proposal in question is adopted, and
>>> unless
>>> other rules prevent it from taking effect, its power is set to the
>>> minimum
>>> of four and its adoption index, and then it takes effect.Except as
>>> prohibited by other rules, a proposal that takes effect CAN and does,
>>> as
>>> part of its effect, apply the changes that it specifies.If the proposal
>>> cannot make some such changes, this does not preclude the other changes
>>> from taking place.
>>>
>>> If there is no Agoran Decision to adopt a particular proposal that has
>>> an
>>> outcome of ADOPTED, that proposal CANNOT take effect, rules to the
>>> contrary notwithstanding.
>>>
>>> Preventing a proposal from taking effect is a secured change; this does
>>> not apply to generally preventing changes to specified areas of the
>>> gamestate, nor to a proposal preventing itself from taking effect (its
>>> no-
>>> effect clause is generally interpreted as applying only to the rest of
>>> the
>>> proposal).
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2443/1 (Power=3)
>>> Expediting Proposals
>>>
>>> A player CAN expedite a proposal whose adoption index is at most
>>> 1.5, in a message containing the character string "[Expedition]"
>>> in the subject line,
>>>
>>> 1. by specially deputising for the Promotor to distribute the
>>> proposal, if it has not been distributed; or
>>> 2. by announcement, otherwise.
>>>
>>> If, in an Agoran Decision to adopt a proposal, the strength of
>>> AGAINST is zero, and the proposal was expedited at least 7 days
>>> earlier, then any player CAN specially deputise for the Assessor
>>> to resolve the decision.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2431/1 (Power=1)
>>> Proposal Competitions
>>>
>>> Any player CAN, with Agoran Consent, initiate a Proposal
>>> Competition with a specified Objective. Only one Competition may
>>> be in progress at a time. The Objective should be a
>>> specification of effects of a proposal, and SHOULD NOT depend on
>>> factors that could not be determined from the text of a
>>> proposal.
>>>
>>> During the Agoran Week following the initiation of a Proposal
>>> Competition, any player CAN specify that a Proposal e submits is
>>> a Competition Proposal for that Competition. Players are
>>> ENCOURAGED to describe how their Competition Proposals fulfill
>>> the Objective.
>>>
>>> The Promotor SHALL distribute all Competition Proposals for a
>>> given Competition in the same message. The Assessor SHALL
>>> resolve all the Agoran Decisions to adopt the Competition
>>> Proposals for a given Competition in the same message.
>>>
>>> Once all Agoran decisions to adopt Competition Proposals for a
>>> given Competition have been resolved, the Competition ends.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Voting & Elections
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 693/16 (Power=3)
>>> Agoran Decisions
>>>
>>> When the rules calls for an Agoran decision to be made, the decision-
>>> making process takes place in the following three stages, each
>>> described
>>> elsewhere:
>>>
>>> 1. Initiation of the decision.
>>> 2. Voting of the people.
>>> 3. Resolution of the decision.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 107/19 (Power=3)
>>> Initiating Agoran Decisions
>>>
>>> An Agoran decision is initiated when a person authorized to
>>> initiate it publishes a valid notice which sets forth the intent
>>> to initiate the decision. This notice is invalid if it lacks
>>> any of the following information, and the lack is correctly
>>> identified within one week after the notice is published:
>>>
>>> 1. The matter to be decided (for example, "the adoption of
>>> proposal 4781").
>>>
>>> 2. A clear indication of the set of valid votes.
>>>
>>> 3. The identity of the vote collector.
>>>
>>> 4. Any additional information defined by the rules as essential
>>> parameters.
>>>
>>> The publication of such a valid notice initiates the voting
>>> period for the decision. The voting period lasts for 7 days.
>>> The minimum voting period for a decision with at least two
>>> options is five days. The vote collector for a decision with
>>> less than two options CAN and SHALL end the voting period by
>>> announcement, if it has not ended already, and provided that e
>>> resolves the decision in the same message.
>>>
>>> The voting period for a decision cannot be set or changed to a
>>> duration longer than fourteen days.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 683/25 (Power=3)
>>> Voting on Agoran Decisions
>>>
>>> An entity submits a ballot on an Agoran decision by publishing a
>>> notice satisfying the following conditions:
>>>
>>> 1. The ballot is submitted during the voting period for the
>>> decision.
>>>
>>> 2. The entity casting the ballot (the voter) was, at the
>>> initiation of the decision, a player.
>>>
>>> 3. The ballot clearly identifies the matter to be decided.
>>>
>>> 4. The ballot clearly identifies a valid vote, as determined by
>>> the voting method.
>>>
>>> 5. The ballot clearly sets forth the voter's intent to place
>>> the identified vote.
>>>
>>> 6. The voter has no other valid ballots on the same decision.
>>>
>>> A valid ballot is a ballot, correctly submitted, that has not
>>> been withdrawn. During the voting period of an Agoran decision,
>>> a player CAN by announcement withdraw (syn. retract) a ballot
>>> that e submitted on that decision. To "change" one's vote is to
>>> retract eir previous ballot (if any), then submit a new one.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 208/12 (Power=3)
>>> Resolving Agoran Decisions
>>>
>>> The vote collector for an unresolved Agoran decision CAN resolve
>>> it by announcement, indicating the outcome. If it was required
>>> to be initiated, then e SHALL resolve it in a timely fashion
>>> after the end of the voting period. To be valid, this
>>> announcement must satisfy the following conditions:
>>>
>>> 1. It is published after the voting period has ended.
>>>
>>> 2. It clearly identifies the matter to be resolved.
>>>
>>> 3. It specifies the outcome, as described elsewhere, and, if
>>> there was more than one valid option, provides a tally of
>>> the voters' valid ballots.
>>>
>>> Each Agoran decision has exactly one vote collector, defaulting
>>> to the initiator of the decision. If the vote collector is
>>> defined by reference to a position (or, in the default case, if
>>> the initiator was so defined), then the vote collector is the
>>> current holder of that position.
>>>
>>> This rule takes precedence over any rule that would provide
>>> another mechanism by which an Agoran decision may be resolved.
>>>
>>> In general, changes to the gamestate due to the outcome of an
>>> Agoran decision take effect when the decision is resolved.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 955/22 (Power=3)
>>> Determining the Will of Agora
>>>
>>> Each Agoran decision has a voting method, which determines how
>>> voters may vote on it and how to calculate the outcome. The
>>> strength of a ballot is the voting strength of the voter who
>>> cast it on that Agoran decision.
>>>
>>> The following voting methods are defined:
>>>
>>> 1. AI-majority: the valid votes are FOR and AGAINST. Let F be
>>> the total strength of all valid ballots cast FOR a decision,
>>> A be the same for AGAINST, and AI be the adoption index of
>>> the decision. The outcome is ADOPTED if F/A >= AI and F/A >
>>> 1 (or F>0 and A=0), otherwise REJECTED.
>>>
>>> 2. Instant runoff: the valid votes are ordered lists of
>>> options, and the outcome is whichever option wins according
>>> to the standard definition of instant runoff. For this
>>> purpose, a ballot of strength N is treated as if it were N
>>> distinct ballots expressing the same preferences. In case
>>> multiple valid options tie for the lowest number of votes at
>>> any stage, the vote collector CAN and must, in the
>>> announcement of the decision's resolution, select one such
>>> option to eliminate; if, for M > 1, all eir possible choices
>>> in the next M stages would result in the same set of options
>>> being eliminated, e need not specify the order of
>>> elimination.
>>>
>>> 3. First-past-the-post (default): the valid votes are the
>>> options, and the outcome is whichever option received the
>>> highest total strength of valid ballots. In case of a tie,
>>> the vote collector CAN and must, in the announcement of the
>>> decision's resolution, select one of the leaders as the
>>> outcome.
>>>
>>> The previous notwithstanding:
>>>
>>> - If there is more than one option, and the number of valid
>>> ballots is less than the quorum of that decision, the outcome
>>> is instead FAILED QUORUM.
>>> - PRESENT is always a valid vote, with no effect on the outcome
>>> except counting towards quorum.
>>> - If there are no valid options, the outcome is null.
>>>
>>> The outcome of a decision is determined when it is resolved, and
>>> cannot change thereafter.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 879/33 (Power=2)
>>> Quorum
>>>
>>> Each Agoran Decision has a quorum. This is a number set when the
>>> decision is created, and thereafter cannot be changed. When a
>>> person initiates an Agoran Decision, that person SHALL state the
>>> quorum of that decision. However, incorrectly stating the quorum
>>> of a decision does not invalidate the initiation, nor does it
>>> actually change the quorum of the decision.
>>>
>>> The quorum that an Agoran Decision gains as it is created can be
>>> defined by other rules of power 2 or greater. If no other rule
>>> defines the quorum of an Agoran Decision, the quorum for that
>>> decision is equal to the number of players who voted on the
>>> Agoran Decision to adopt a proposal that had been most recently
>>> resolved at the time of that decision's initiation, minus 2.
>>>
>>> As an exception to the previous paragraph, the quorum of an
>>> Agoran Decision can never be less than 2. If the rules would
>>> attempt to set the quorum of an Agoran Decision to less than 2,
>>> it is set to 2 instead.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2422/2 (Power=3)
>>> Voting Strength
>>>
>>> The voting strength of an entity on an Agoran decision is an
>>> integer between 0 and 5 inclusive, defined by rules of power 2
>>> or greater. If not otherwise specified, the voting strength of
>>> an entity on an Agoran decision is 1.
>>>
>>> When multiple rules set or modify an entity's voting strength on
>>> an Agoran decision, it shall be determined by first applying the
>>> rule(s) which set it to a specific value, using the ordinary
>>> precedence of rules, and then applying the rules, other than
>>> this one, which modify it, in numerical order by ID. Finally, if
>>> theresult of the calculation is not an integer, it is rounded
>>> up, and then if it is outside the allowable range of values for
>>> voting strength, it is set to the the minimum value if it was
>>> less and the maximum value if it was more.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2127/9 (Power=3)
>>> Conditional Votes
>>>
>>> If a vote on an Agoran decision is submitted conditionally (e.g.
>>> "FOR if <X> is true, otherwise AGAINST"), then the selected
>>> option is evaluated based on the value of the condition(s) at
>>> the end of the voting period, and, rules to the contrary
>>> notwithstanding, is clearly specified if and only if the value
>>> of the condition(s) is/are determinate at the end of the voting
>>> period. If the option cannot be clearly identified, a vote of
>>> PRESENT is cast.
>>>
>>> Casting a vote endorsing another voter is equivalent to
>>> conditionally casting a vote whose value is the same as the most
>>> common value (if any) among that voter's valid votes on that
>>> decision.
>>>
>>> Casting a vote denouncing another voter is equivalent to
>>> conditionally casting a vote whose value is opposite to the most
>>> common value (if any) among that voter's valid votes on that
>>> decision. FOR and AGAINST are opposites.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2168/7 (Power=1)
>>> Extending the voting period
>>>
>>> Whenever the voting period of an Agoran decision would end, and
>>> the result would be FAILED QUORUM, the length of the voting
>>> period for that decision is instead increased to 14 days, except
>>> if it is already that length, provided this has not already
>>> happened for the decision in question.
>>>
>>> Upon such an occurrence, the vote collector for the decision
>>> SHALL issue a humiliating public reminder to the slackers who
>>> have not yet cast any votes on it despite being eligible, and
>>> CAN end its voting period by announcement (resolving it
>>> constitutes an implicit announcement that its voting period is
>>> first ended) if the result would no longer be FAILED QUORUM, or
>>> if the decision is whether to adopt a proposal and no voter
>>> (other than possibly the proposal's author) has voted FOR.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1950/32 (Power=3)
>>> Decisions with Adoption Indices
>>>
>>> Adoption index is an untracked switch possessed by Agoran
>>> decisions and proposals, whose value is either "none" (default)
>>> or an integral multiple of 0.1 from 1.0 to 9.9.
>>>
>>> Adoption index is secured with a power threshold of 2.
>>>
>>> Adoption index is an essential parameter of an Agoran decision
>>> if that decision has an adoption index.
>>>
>>> For any Agoran decision with an adoption index, the voting
>>> method is AI-majority.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2034/9 (Power=3)
>>> Vote Protection and Cutoff for Challenges
>>>
>>> A public message purporting to resolve an Agoran decision
>>> constitutes self-ratifying claims that
>>>
>>> 1. such a decision existed,
>>> 2. it was resolved as indicated, and
>>> 3. (if the indicated outcome was to adopt a proposal) such a
>>> proposal existed, was adopted, and took effect.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2154/50 (Power=2)
>>> Election Procedure
>>>
>>> A player CAN initiate an election for a specified elected office
>>> for which no election is already in progress
>>>
>>> 1. by announcement, if e is the ADoP, if the office has been
>>> deputised for within the past two weeks, or if no election
>>> has been initiated for the office either since the last time
>>> a player won the game or within the past 90 days;
>>>
>>> 2. with 4 Supporters, otherwise.
>>>
>>> After the election is initiated, any player CAN once initiate an
>>> Agoran decision to determine the new officeholder, and the ADoP
>>> SHALL do so in a timely fashion if no one else does first. For
>>> this decision, the valid options are the players, the vote
>>> collector is the ADoP, and the voting method is instant runoff.
>>> Upon the resolution of this decision, its outcome, if a player,
>>> is installed into office, and the election ends.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Offices & Reporting
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1006/38 (Power=2)
>>> Offices
>>>
>>> Officeholder is an office switch tracked by the ADoP, with
>>> possible values of any person or "vacant". An officer is the
>>> holder of an office, who may be referred to by the name of that
>>> office. If the holder of an office is ever not a player, it
>>> becomes vacant.
>>>
>>> An imposed office is an office described as such by the rule
>>> defining it. All others are elected. A person CANNOT be made
>>> the holder of an elected office without eir explicit or
>>> reasonably implied consent.
>>>
>>> The holder of an elected office CAN resign it by announcement,
>>> causing it to become vacant. Any player CAN cause an office to
>>> become vacant without 2 objections.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2143/26 (Power=1)
>>> Official Reports and Duties
>>>
>>> For each person:
>>>
>>> 1. If any task is defined by the rules as part of that person's
>>> weekly duties, then e SHALL perform it at least once each
>>> week. If any information is defined by the rules as part of
>>> that person's weekly report, then e SHALL maintain all such
>>> information, and the publication of all such information is
>>> part of eir weekly duties.
>>>
>>> 2. If any task is defined by the rules as part of that person's
>>> monthly duties, then e SHALL perform it at least once each
>>> month. If any information is defined by the rules as part of
>>> that person's monthly report, then e SHALL maintain all such
>>> information, and the publication of all such information is
>>> part of eir monthly duties.
>>>
>>> Any information defined by the rules as part of a person's
>>> report, without specifying which one, is part of eir weekly
>>> report. Failure of a person to perform any duty required of em
>>> within the allotted time is the Class-2 crime of Tardiness.
>>>
>>> An official duty for an office is any duty that the Rules
>>> specifically assign to that office's holder in particular
>>> (regardless of eir identity).
>>>
>>> A person SHALL NOT publish information that is inaccurate or
>>> misleading while performing an official duty, or within a
>>> document purporting to be part of any person or office's weekly
>>> or monthly report.
>>>
>>> Reports SHALL be published in plain text. Tabular data must
>>> line up properly when viewed in a monospaced font. Publishing a
>>> report that deviates from these restrictions is the Class 2 Crime
>>> of Making My Eyes Bleed.
>>>
>>> Officers SHOULD maintain a publicly visible copy of their
>>> reports on the World Wide Web, and they SHOULD publish the
>>> address of this copy along with their published reports.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2138/23 (Power=1)
>>> The Associate Director of Personnel
>>>
>>> The Associate Director of Personnel (ADoP) is an office; its
>>> holder is responsible for keeping track of officers.
>>>
>>> The ADoP's report includes the following:
>>>
>>> 1. The date of the last change (if any) to each office's
>>> Officeholder.
>>> 2. The date on which the most recent election for each office
>>> was initiated.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1551/18 (Power=3.1)
>>> Ratification
>>>
>>> A public document is part (possibly all) of a public message.
>>>
>>> When a public document is ratified, rules to the contrary
>>> notwithstanding, the gamestate is modified to what it would be
>>> if, at the time the ratified document was published, the
>>> gamestate had been minimally modified to make the ratified
>>> document as true and accurate as possible. Such a modification
>>> cannot add inconsistencies between the gamestate and the rules,
>>> and it cannot include rule changes unless the ratified document
>>> explicitly and unambiguously recites either the changes or the
>>> resulting properties of the rule(s). If no such modification is
>>> possible, or multiple substantially distinct possible
>>> modifications would be equally appropriate, the ratification
>>> fails.
>>>
>>> An internally inconsistent document generally cannot be
>>> ratified; however, if such a document can be divided into a
>>> summary section and a main section, where the only purpose of
>>> the summary section is to summarize information in the main
>>> section, and the main section is internally consistent,
>>> ratification of the document proceeds as if it contained only
>>> the main section.
>>>
>>> Text purportedly about previous instances of ratification (e.g.
>>> a report's date of last ratification) is excluded from
>>> ratification. The rules may define additional information that
>>> is considered to be part of the document for the purposes of
>>> ratification; such definitions are secured at a Power
>>> Threshold of 3.
>>>
>>> Ratifying a public document is secured with power threshold 3.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2202/6 (Power=3)
>>> Ratification Without Objection
>>>
>>> Any player CAN, without objection, ratify a public document,
>>> specifying its scope.
>>>
>>> Ratification Without Objection CANNOT cause the repeal,
>>> amendment, enactment, or mutation of any Rule, rules to the
>>> contrary notwithstanding.
>>>
>>> A player SHALL NOT knowingly use or announce intent to use
>>> Ratification Without Objection to ratify a (prior to
>>> ratification) document containing incorrect or Indeterminate
>>> information when a corrected document could be produced with
>>> reasonable effort, unless the general nature of the document's
>>> error and reason for ratifying it is clearly and plainly
>>> described in the announcement of intent. Such ratification
>>> or announcement of intent to ratify is the Class-8 Crime of
>>> Endorsing Forgery.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2201/7 (Power=3)
>>> Self-Ratification
>>>
>>> A public document defined by the rules as self-ratifying is
>>> ratified when it is continuously undoubted for one week.
>>>
>>> A doubt is an explicit public challenge via one of the following
>>> methods, identifying a document and explaining the scope and
>>> nature of a perceived error in it:
>>>
>>> 1. An inquiry case, appropriate for questions of legal
>>> interpretation.
>>>
>>> 2. A claim of error, appropriate for matters of fact. The
>>> publisher of the original document SHALL (if e was required
>>> to publish that document) or SHOULD (otherwise) do one of
>>> the following in a timely fashion:
>>>
>>> 1. Deny the claim (causing it to cease to be a doubt).
>>> 2. Publish a revision.
>>> 3. Initiate an inquiry case regarding the truth of the
>>> claim (if the subject is actually a matter of law),
>>> or cite a relevant existing inquiry case.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2160/15 (Power=3)
>>> Deputisation
>>>
>>> A rule which purports to allow a person (a deputy) to perform an
>>> action via normal deputisation or special deputisation for an
>>> office thereby allows them to perform the action as if e held
>>> the office, as long as
>>>
>>> 1. it would be POSSIBLE for the deputy to perform the action,
>>> other than by deputisation, if e held the office, and
>>>
>>> 2. the deputy, when performing the action, announces that e
>>> is doing so by the appropriate form of deputisation.
>>>
>>> Only this rule may allow normal deputisation. Any rule may allow
>>> special deputisation.
>>>
>>> A player CAN perform an action as if e held a particular office,
>>> via normal deputisation, if all of the following are true:
>>>
>>> 1. The rules require the holder of that office, by virtue of
>>> holding that office, to perform the action. This
>>> requirement is fulfilled by the deputy performing the
>>> action.
>>>
>>> 2. A time limit by which the rules require the action to be
>>> performed has expired.
>>>
>>> 3. Either (i) the office is vacant; or (ii) the
>>> aforementioned time limit expired more than fourteen days
>>> ago; or (iii) the deputy announced between two and
>>> fourteen days earlier that e intended to deputise for that
>>> office for the purposes of the particular action.
>>>
>>> When a player deputises via normal deputisation for an elected
>>> office, e becomes the holder of that office.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2472/1 (Power=2)
>>> Office Incompatibilities
>>>
>>> Some pairs of office are incompatible:
>>>
>>> 1. Prime Minister and Speaker
>>> 2. Promotor and Assessor
>>> 3. Promotor and ADoP
>>> 4. Referee and Arbitor
>>>
>>> A player is Overpowered if e holds two offices which are
>>> incompatible with each other. Rules to the contrary
>>> notwithstanding, a player CANNOT be installed into an office if
>>> doing so would make em Overpowered.
>>>
>>> If a player is Overpowered, any player CAN Demand Resignation
>>> from em by announcement, provided e has announced intent do to
>>> so between four and fourteen days earlier. The Overpowered
>>> player is then removed from all offices.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2379/0 (Power=1)
>>> No News Is Some News
>>>
>>> If the rules define a report as including a list, then while
>>> that list is empty, that report includes the fact that it is
>>> empty.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Rulekeeping
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1051/18 (Power=1)
>>> The Rulekeepor
>>>
>>> The Rulekeepor is an office; its holder is responsible for
>>> maintaining the text of the rules of Agora.
>>>
>>> The Rulekeepor's Weekly report includes the Short Logical
>>> Ruleset. The Rulekeepor's Monthly report includes the Full
>>> Logical Ruleset.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1681/21 (Power=1)
>>> The Logical Rulesets
>>>
>>> The Short Logical Ruleset (SLR) is a format of the ruleset. In
>>> this format, each rule is assigned to a category, and the rules
>>> are grouped according to their category.
>>>
>>> Rules are assigned to, ordered within, or moved between
>>> categories, and categories are added, changed, or empty
>>> categories removed, as the Rulekeepor sees fit.
>>>
>>> The listing of each rule in the SLR must include the rule's ID
>>> number, revision number, power, title, and text.
>>>
>>> The Rulekeepor is strongly DISCOURAGED from including any
>>> additional information in the SLR, except that which increases
>>> the readability of the SLR.
>>>
>>> The Full Logical Ruleset (FLR) is a format of the ruleset. In
>>> this format, rules are assigned to the same category and
>>> presented in the same order as in the SLR. The FLR must contain
>>> all the information required to be in the SLR, and any
>>> historical annotations which the Rulekeepor is required to
>>> record.
>>>
>>> The Rulekeepor SHOULD also include any other information which e
>>> feels may be helpful in the use of the ruleset in the FLR.
>>>
>>> Whenever a rule is changed in any way, the Rulekeepor SHALL
>>> record a historical annotation to the rule indicating:
>>>
>>> 1. The type of change.
>>>
>>> 2. The date on which the change took effect.
>>>
>>> 3. The mechanism that specified the change.
>>>
>>> 4. If the rule was changed due to a proposal, then that
>>> proposal's ID number, author, and co-author(s) (if any).
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2430/2 (Power=3)
>>> Cleanup Time
>>>
>>> The Rulekeepor CAN, without objection, cause this rule to amend
>>> any specified rule by:
>>>
>>> 1. Changing the capitalization of a word, except to or from
>>> all caps.
>>> 2. Changing visual formatting (such as the layout and
>>> bulleting of a list).
>>> 3. Correcting formatting inconsistencies (such as doubled or
>>> skipped items in a list).
>>>
>>> Such a change SHALL NOT be made if it would plausibly affect the
>>> interpretation of a rule.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2429/1 (Power=1)
>>> Bleach
>>>
>>> Replacing a non-zero amount of whitespace with a different
>>> non-zero amount of whitespace is generally insignificant, except
>>> for paragraph breaks.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Calls for Judgement
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 991/17 (Power=2)
>>> Calls for Judgement
>>>
>>> Any person (the initiator) can initiate a Call for Judgement (CFJ,
>>> syn. Judicial Case), specifying a statement to be inquired into:
>>>
>>> a) by announcement, and spending 1 Action Point, OR
>>>
>>> b) by announcement, and spending 1/20th the Floating Value in
>>> shinies, OR
>>>
>>> c) by announcement if e is not a player.
>>>
>>> When a person initiates a Call for Judgment, e may optionally bar one
>>> person from the case.
>>>
>>> At any time, each CFJ is either open (default), suspended, or
>>> assigned exactly one judgement.
>>>
>>> The Arbitor is an office, responsible for the administration of
>>> justice in a manner that is fair for emself, if not for the rest
>>> of Agora.
>>>
>>> When a CFJ has no judge assigned, the Arbitor CAN assign any
>>> player to be its judge by announcement, and SHALL do so within a
>>> week. The players eligible to be assigned as judge are all
>>> players except the initiator and the person barred (if any).
>>> The Arbitor SHALL assign judges over time such that all
>>> interested players have reasonably equal opportunities to judge.
>>> If a CFJ has no judge assigned, then any player eligible to
>>> judge that CFJ CAN assign it to emself Without 3 Objections.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 591/43 (Power=1.7)
>>> Delivering Judgements
>>>
>>> When a CFJ is open and assigned to a judge, that judge CAN
>>> assign a valid judgement to it by announcement, and SHALL do so
>>> in a timely fashion after this becomes possible. If e does not,
>>> the Arbitor CAN remove em from being the judge of that case by
>>> announcement.
>>>
>>> The valid judgements for an inquiry case are as follows, based
>>> on the truth or falsity of the statement at the time the inquiry
>>> case was initiated (if its truth value changed at that time,
>>> then its initial truth value is used):
>>>
>>> * FALSE, appropriate if the statement was factually and
>>> logically false
>>>
>>> * TRUE, appropriate if the statement was factually and logically
>>> true
>>>
>>> * IRRELEVANT, appropriate if the veracity of the statement is
>>> not relevant to the game or is an overly hypothetical
>>> extrapolation of the game or its rules to conditions that
>>> don't actually exist, or if it can be trivially determined
>>> from the outcome of another (possibly still undecided)
>>> judicial case that was not itself judged IRRELEVANT
>>>
>>> * INSUFFICIENT, appropriate if the statement does not come with
>>> supporting arguments or evidence, and the judge feels as if an
>>> undue burden is being placed on em by the lack of arguments and
>>> evidence. A CFJ judged as INSUFFICIENT CAN and SHOULD be
>>> submitted again with sufficient arguments/evidence.
>>>
>>> * DISMISS, appropriate if the statement is malformed, undecidable,
>>> if insufficient information exists to make a judgement with
>>> reasonable effort, or the statement is otherwise not able to be
>>> answered with another valid judgement.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 911/51 (Power=1.7)
>>> Motions and Moots
>>>
>>> If a CFJ (1) has a judgement that has been in effect for less
>>> than seven days and not been appealed, and (2) has not had a
>>> Motion to Reconsider filed for it at any time while it has been
>>> assigned to its current judge, then any Player CAN file a Motion
>>> to Reconsider the case with 2 Support, or by announcement if e
>>> is that case's judge. When a Motion to Reconsider is so filed,
>>> the case is rendered open again.
>>>
>>> If a CFJ has a judgement assigned, a player CAN enter that
>>> judgement into Moot with two support. When this occurs, the CFJ
>>> is suspended, and the Arbitor is once authorized to initiate the
>>> Agoran decision to determine public confidence in the judgement,
>>> which e SHALL do in a timely fashion.
>>>
>>> For this decision, the vote collector is the Arbitor and the
>>> valid options are AFFIRM, REMAND, and REMIT. When the decision
>>> is resolved, the effect depends on the outcome:
>>>
>>> - AFFIRM, FAILED QUORUM: The judgement is reassigned to the case,
>>> and cannot be entered into Moot again.
>>>
>>> - REMAND: The case becomes open again.
>>>
>>> - REMIT: The case becomes open again, and the current judge is
>>> recused. The Arbitor SHALL NOT assign em to the case again
>>> unless no other eligible judges have displayed interest in
>>> judging.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2175/9 (Power=1)
>>> Judicial Retraction and Excess
>>>
>>> A new case is a judicial case that has not had any judge
>>> assigned to it. The initiator of a new case CAN retract it by
>>> announcement, thus causing it to cease to be a judicial case.
>>>
>>> An excess case is a new case whose initiator previously
>>> initiated five or more cases during the same week as that case.
>>> A person SHALL NOT initiate an excess case. The Arbitor CAN
>>> refuse an excess case by announcement, thus causing it to cease
>>> to be a judicial case. When e does so, e fulfills any
>>> obligations with regards to that case.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2492/0 (Power=1)
>>> Recusal
>>>
>>> A judge may recuse emself from a CFJ they are assigned to.
>>>
>>> When a judge recuses emself from a CFJ the following happens:
>>> 1 - The CFJ becomes unassigned
>>> 2 - The recused judge becomes ineligible to be assigned as a judge
>>> for a week.
>>> 3 - The recused judge SHOULD suggest another judge for the CFJ to
>>> make the Arbitor's job easier.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Punishment
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2426/5 (Power=2)
>>> Cards
>>>
>>> A Card is a recognition of a specific violation of the rules or
>>> other manner of infraction that is awarded to the violator in
>>> order to draw attention to eir disregard for the rule of law
>>> and, depending on the type of Card, to impose a penalty.
>>>
>>> Cards CANNOT be issued except by players by announcement. Any
>>> attempt to issue a Card, or any intent for a dependent action to
>>> issue a Card, is INEFFECTIVE if it does not include the
>>> following information:
>>>
>>> - The type of Card being issued,
>>> - The person to whom the Card is being issued (the bad sport),
>>> and
>>> - The specific action, inaction of the bad sport giving rise to
>>> the Card (the reason).
>>>
>>> Issuing Cards is secured with power threshold 1.7.
>>>
>>> The types of Card are defined by the rules. A type of Card may
>>> have a defined set of circumstances for which it is appropriate,
>>> as well as a penalty which takes effect when a Card of that type
>>> is issued. Unless otherwise specified by the rule defining a
>>> type of Card, that Card type's penalty and circumstances for
>>> which it is appropriate are secured at the power threshold of
>>> that rule.
>>>
>>> A person SHALL NOT issue a Card unless:
>>>
>>> - the reason is appropriate for the type of Card being issued;
>>> - there has not already been a Card issued for that reason; and
>>> - the reason occurred within the 14 days preceding the issuance
>>> of the Card or, when the Card arises out of any manner of
>>> official proceeding, the initiation of that proceeding.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2477/1 (Power=1)
>>> The Referee
>>>
>>> The Referee is an office; its holder is responsible for keeping
>>> track of and adjudicating wrongdoing. The Referee's weekly
>>> report includes a list of all Cards issued within the past 90
>>> days and the reasons therefor, as well as a list of all
>>> penalties due to Cards that are still in effect.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2478/1 (Power=1.7)
>>> Vigilante Justice
>>>
>>> A player CAN by announcement, but subject to the provisions of
>>> this rule, Point eir Finger at a player, citing an alleged
>>> violation of the rules by that player.
>>>
>>> When a player Points a Finger, the investigator SHALL
>>> investigate the allegation and, in a timely fashion, SHALL
>>> conclude the investigation by:
>>>
>>> - issuing a Card to the pointed-at player by announcement whose
>>> reason is rooted in the allegation;
>>>
>>> - if e believes that no rules violation occurred or that it
>>> would be ILLEGAL to issue a Card for it, announcing the
>>> Finger Pointing to be Shenanigans.
>>>
>>> The Referee is by default the investigator for all Finger
>>> Pointing. When a Finger, other than the Arbitor's, is Pointed
>>> over an allegation related to the official duties or powers of
>>> the Referee, then the Arbitor CAN, by announcement, take over
>>> the investigation and thereby become the investigator.
>>>
>>> A player CANNOT point a finger more than twice per Agoran week,
>>> or more than once per Agoran week at the same player.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2479/0 (Power=1.7)
>>> Official Justice
>>>
>>> The Referee CAN, subject to the provisions of this rule, impose
>>> Summary Judgment on a player by issuing a card to em by
>>> announcement.
>>>
>>> The Referee CANNOT Point eir Finger or impose Summary Judgment
>>> more than five total times per week, or more than twice per week
>>> at or on the same player.
>>>
>>> As part of the Referee's weekly duties, e SHALL either impose
>>> Summary Judgment on a player or truthfully announce that e
>>> believes that there are no rules violations in the preceding
>>> Agoran week for which a Card has not already been issued.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2474/0 (Power=0.5)
>>> Green Cards
>>>
>>> A Green Card is a type of Card that is appropriate for minor,
>>> accidental, and/or inconsequential infraction. A Green Card is
>>> also appropriate for any infraction for which no other type of
>>> Card is appropriate. When a person is issued a Green Card, they
>>> are ENCOURAGED to travel to the United States.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2427/2 (Power=2)
>>> Yellow Cards
>>>
>>> A Yellow Card is a type of Card that is appropriate either for
>>> infractions
>>> that have a significant, though small, impact on gameplay or for
>>> infractions for which a Green Card has already been issued.
>>>
>>> When a Yellow Card is issued, the bad sport SHOULD publish a formal
>>> apology of at least 200 words explaining eir error, shame, remorse, and
>>> ardent desire for self-improvement. A player issuing a Yellow Card MAY,
>>> when doing so, additionally specify up to 10 words to be included in
>>> the
>>> apology. Until e publishes such an apology, as a penalty, the bad
>>> sport's
>>> voting strength on all Agoran decisions initiated within 30 days of the
>>> Card's issuance is set to 0 after modifiers.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2475/0 (Power=2)
>>> Red Cards
>>>
>>> A Red Card is a type of Card that is appropriate for serious and
>>> deliberate violations of the rules. A Red Card is also
>>> appropriate for a person who appears to be part of an attempt in
>>> bad faith to swarm Agora and outpower the regular players in
>>> voting strength.
>>>
>>> When a Red Card is issued, as a penalty, within the next 7 days,
>>> any player CAN once, with 2 Support, Throw the Book at the bad
>>> sport. When the Book is Thrown at the bad sport, eir voting
>>> strength on all Agoran decisions initiated during the first
>>> Agoran week which begins at least four days after the issuance
>>> of the Card is reduced by 2.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2476/0 (Power=1)
>>> Pink Slips
>>>
>>> A Pink Slip is a type of Card that is appropriate for abuses of
>>> official power for personal gain. A Pink Slip CANNOT be issued
>>> unless the reason indicates the specific office or offices whose
>>> power was abused.
>>>
>>> When a Pink Slip is issued, as a penalty, within the next 7
>>> days, any player CAN, with 2 Support, become the holder of one
>>> or more of those offices still held by the bad sport.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Winning
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2449/2 (Power=3)
>>> Winning the Game
>>>
>>> When the Rules state that a person or persons win the game,
>>> those persons win the game; specifically they win the Round
>>> that ends with the indicated win. Agora itself does not end and
>>> the ruleset remains unchanged. The Herald is then authorized to
>>> award those persons the Patent Title of Champion.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2448/3 (Power=1)
>>> Eras
>>>
>>> An Era is a period of time that has a defined start, either
>>> has a defined end or is still ongoing, and has been initiated
>>> as specified by this rule.
>>>
>>> Upon the initiation of an Era, each existing Ephemeral Rule
>>> (in the order they were created) is repealed, unless the
>>> initiation specifies otherwise.
>>>
>>> A player CAN initiate a new Era with Agoran Consent.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 103/23 (Power=2)
>>> The Speaker
>>>
>>> The Speaker is an imposed office and the figurehead leader of
>>> Agora.
>>>
>>> The player or players who have most recently won the game are
>>> called Laureled. If at any time the office of Speaker is vacant,
>>> or when one or more players win Agora, then the Prime Minister
>>> CAN and SHALL, once and in a timely fashion, appoint a Laureled
>>> player to the office of Speaker.
>>>
>>> If the office of Speaker has been held continuously by the same
>>> person for 90+ days, then any player CAN appoint another player
>>> to the office with Support.
>>>
>>> For an election of the Prime Minister, the Speaker has voting
>>> strength one greater than e would have if e did not hold the
>>> office.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2452/2 (Power=0.5)
>>> Trust Tokens
>>>
>>> Any player can issue a Trust Token to another person by
>>> announcement.
>>>
>>> When the Assessor resolves a Decision to adopt a proposal, then
>>> any player who cast a valid vote on the Decision and was
>>> endorsed by another player's valid vote on the Decision is
>>> issued a Trust Token by the endorsing player.
>>>
>>> A person can win the game by announcement if e has been issued a
>>> Trust Token by each player except emself; if no person has won
>>> via this mechanism in the past; and if in the same message, e
>>> quotes, for each of those players, a public message in which
>>> that player issued em a Trust Token.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2465/0 (Power=0.3)
>>> Victory by Apathy
>>>
>>> A player CAN Declare Apathy without objection, specifying a set
>>> of players. Upon doing so, the specified players win the game.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2482/0 (Power=0.5)
>>> Victory Elections
>>>
>>> If nobody has done so in the previous 180 days, the Herald CAN
>>> initiate a Victory Election, a type of Agoran decision. On such
>>> a decision, all players are valid options; non-player persons
>>> can also become valid options during the voting period by
>>> announcement. The vote collector is the Herald, and the voting
>>> method is instant runoff.
>>>
>>> Upon the resolution of the decision, if the outcome is a person,
>>> then that person wins the game.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Awards
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2438/5 (Power=3)
>>> Ribbons
>>>
>>> The Tailor is an office, and the recordkeepor of Ribbons.
>>>
>>> Ribbon Ownership is a person switch, tracked by the Tailor in
>>> his monthly report, whose values are the subsets of the set of
>>> types of Ribbon, defaulting to the empty set.
>>>
>>> To "award a person a <Ribbon type>" is to add that type of
>>> Ribbon to that person's Ribbon Ownership. A person "owns a
>>> <Ribbon type>" if that type of Ribbon is an element of eir
>>> Ribbon Ownership.
>>>
>>> While a person qualifies for a type of Ribbon, any player can
>>> generally award em that type of Ribbon. A person qualifies for a
>>> type of Ribbon if e has earned that type of Ribbon within the
>>> preceding 7 days (including earlier in the same message) and has
>>> not owned that type of Ribbon within the preceding 7 days.
>>>
>>> While a person owns all types of Ribbon, that person can Raise a
>>> Banner by announcement. This causes that person to win the game.
>>> That person's Ribbon Ownership becomes the empty set.
>>>
>>> The types of Ribbon, and the methods of obtaining them, are as
>>> follows:
>>>
>>> Red (R): When a proposal is adopted and changes at least one
>>> rule with Power >= 3, its proposer earns a Red Ribbon.
>>>
>>> Orange (O): When a proposal is adopted via an Agoran Decision on
>>> which no valid votes were AGAINST, its proposer earns an Orange
>>> Ribbon.
>>>
>>> Green (G): While a person has held an elected office
>>> continuously for 30 days, and has not failed to perform any
>>> duties of that office within the appropriate time limits during
>>> those 30 days, that person qualifies for a Green Ribbon.
>>>
>>> Cyan (C): When a person deputises for an office, that person
>>> earns a Cyan Ribbon.
>>>
>>> Blue (B): When a person assigns a judgement to a CFJ, and has
>>> never violated a time limit to assign a judgement to that CFJ,
>>> that person earns a Blue Ribbon.
>>>
>>> Magenta (M): During Agora's Birthday, each person who has
>>> publicly acknowledged the fact qualifies for a Magenta Ribbon.
>>>
>>> Ultraviolet (U): When a person is awarded the Patent Title
>>> Champion, that person earns an Ultraviolet Ribbon.
>>>
>>> Violet (V): When a person is awarded a Patent Title other than
>>> Champion or a degree, that person earns a Violet Ribbon.
>>>
>>> Indigo (I): When a person is awarded a degree, that person earns
>>> an Indigo Ribbon.
>>>
>>> Platinum (P): The Speaker qualifies for a Platinum Ribbon.
>>>
>>> Lime (L): A person qualifies for a Lime Ribbon if three or more
>>> proposals adopted in the preceding 7 days had that person as a
>>> coauthor.
>>>
>>> White (W): A player qualifies for a White Ribbon if e has never
>>> previously owned a White Ribbon (including under previous
>>> rulesets). A player who has been registered for at least 30 days
>>> and has never caused another person to gain a White Ribbon
>>> (including under a previous ruleset) CAN award a White Ribbon to
>>> another person by announcement.
>>>
>>> Black (K): This rule does not specify any methods of obtaining
>>> Black Ribbons.
>>>
>>> Gray (A): The Tailor CAN award a Gray Ribbon by announcement,
>>> unless e has done so earlier in the month. E is ENCOURAGED to
>>> award such a Ribbon in the same message in which e publishes eir
>>> monthly report.
>>>
>>> Transparent (T): A person qualifies for a Transparent Ribbon
>>> while the number of other types of Ribbon that that person
>>> qualifies for and/or has earned within the previous 7 days is at
>>> least 5.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 649/37 (Power=1.5)
>>> Patent Titles
>>>
>>> A Patent Title is a legal title given to a person in recognition
>>> of the person's distinction. The Herald is an office; its
>>> holder is responsible for tracking Patent Titles in eir monthly
>>> report.
>>>
>>> Awarding or revoking a Patent Title is secured. A person
>>> permitted and enabled to award (revoke) a Patent Title SHALL do
>>> so in a timely fashion after the conditions authorizing em to do
>>> so are announced, unless there is an open judicial case
>>> contesting the validity of those conditions.
>>>
>>> The Herald CAN award a specified Patent Title to a specified
>>> player With 2 Agoran Consent.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2444/2 (Power=1)
>>> Silver Quill
>>>
>>> The Silver Quill is an annual award designed to honor the
>>> authors of proposals of outstanding merit and influence on the
>>> game.
>>>
>>> In a timely fashion after the end of each Agoran Year, the
>>> Herald SHALL initiate and Agoran Decision to determine which
>>> Proposal has most greatly influenced that (ending) year of play.
>>>
>>> For this decision, the valid options are all proposals adopted
>>> between November 1 of the year prior to the ending year, and
>>> October 31 of the ending year. The vote collector is the
>>> Herald, and the voting method is instant runoff.
>>>
>>> Players are ENCOURAGED to discuss which eligible proposals best
>>> satisfy the aforementioned criteria. Proposals submitted by new
>>> players SHOULD be given somewhat higher weight, but the primary
>>> reference should be the proposals themselves and their effect on
>>> the game since adoption.
>>>
>>> Upon the resolution of the decision, if the outcome is not
>>> FAILED QUORUM and there were at least three votes containing it
>>> in any preference slot, that proposal wins the Ceremony, and the
>>> Herald is authorized to award its author the Patent Title of
>>> "Silver Quill YYYY, substituting the ending year; otherwise,
>>> there is no winner.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2415/0 (Power=1.5)
>>> Badges
>>>
>>> A Badge is any patent title with the word 'badge' as part of
>>> its name. A badge SHOULD be used to award multiple persons for
>>> participating in specific event of note within Agora. Any
>>> player CAN award a badge that does not yet exist to three or
>>> more persons simultaneously, with Agoran Consent. The Herald
>>> CAN award an existing badge to persons Without Objection.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1367/19 (Power=3)
>>> Degrees
>>>
>>> Certain patent titles are known as degrees. The degrees are
>>>
>>> - Associate of Nomic (A.N.)
>>> - Bachelor of Nomic (B.N.)
>>> - Master of Nomic (M.N.)
>>> - Doctor of Nomic History (D.N.Hist.)
>>> - Doctor of Nomic Science (D.N.Sci.)
>>> - Doctor of Nomic Philosophy (D.N.Phil.)
>>>
>>> Degrees are ranked in the order they appear in this rule, with
>>> degrees listed later being ranked higher. A specific degree
>>> CANNOT be awarded to any person more than once.
>>>
>>> A specified degree CAN be awarded with 2 Agoran Consent, and
>>> SHOULD only be awarded for the publication of an original
>>> thesis of scholarly worth (including responses to peer-review),
>>> published with explicit intent to qualify for a degree. The
>>> Herald SHOULD coordinate the peer-review process and the
>>> awarding of degrees.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2231/5 (Power=3)
>>> Order of the Hero of Agora Nomic
>>>
>>> Heroic titles are Agora's premier patent titles of distinction,
>>> and CAN be awarded to persons for meritorious service only by a
>>> proposal of power 3 or greater, which SHOULD explain why those
>>> persons are qualified. Bearers of heroic titles (Heroes)
>>> constitute the Order of the Hero of Agora Nomic.
>>>
>>> The Heroic titles in decreasing precedence are:
>>>
>>> Grand Hero of Agora Nomic (GHAN) -- This title may be awarded to
>>> any person obviously and directly responsible for the existence
>>> of Agora and/or Nomic in general. As this title is the highest
>>> honour that Agora may bestow, a Bearer of this title OUGHT to be
>>> treated right good forever.
>>>
>>> Hero of Agora Nomic (HAN) -- This title may be awarded to any
>>> person for outstanding meritorious service to Agora above and
>>> beyond the call of duty.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> The Prime Minister
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2423/3 (Power=2)
>>> First Among Equals
>>>
>>> The Prime Minister is an office. The Prime Minister is elected
>>> by the players of Agora primarily on account of not being the
>>> other guy. The Prime Minister SHOULD ensure that Agoran affairs
>>> proceed smoothly.
>>>
>>> The holder of the office of Prime Minister's voting strength is
>>> increased by 1 on all Agoran decisions other than a elections of
>>> the Prime Minister.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2463/0 (Power=1)
>>> Motion of No Confidence
>>>
>>> Any player can cause the office of Prime Minister to become
>>> vacant with 2 Agoran Consent by publishing a message with the
>>> character string "MOTION OF NO CONFIDENCE" in the subject line.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2451/3 (Power=1.7)
>>> Executive Orders
>>>
>>> Once per week and except as otherwise forbidden by this
>>> rule, the current Prime Minister CAN issue a Cabinet Order
>>> and perform the action(s) authorized by that Order.
>>>
>>> Each Cabinet Order is associated with an office. The current
>>> Prime Minister CANNOT issue more than one Cabinet Order
>>> associated with the same office more than once in the same
>>> month, nor can e issue a Cabinet Order associated with a
>>> vacant office.
>>>
>>> The available Cabinet Orders are:
>>>
>>> - Certiorari (Arbitor): The Prime Minister assigns emself as
>>> judge of a specified open case.
>>>
>>> - Dive (Referee): The Prime Minister issues a specified Card to
>>> a specified player. The reason for the card MAY be any
>>> grievance held by the Prime Minister, not necessarily a
>>> violation of the rules, against the person to whom the Card is
>>> issued.
>>>
>>> - Manifesto (Promotor): The Prime Minister distributes a
>>> specified proposal in the Proposal Pool.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Obligations
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2450/2 (Power=1.7)
>>> Pledges
>>>
>>> A player SHALL NOT break eir own publicly-made pledges.
>>>
>>> A pledge may be considered broken if the pledger does not complete it
>>> in a timely manner after it becomes possible to do so. A pledge may be
>>> considered broken at the moment the pledger engages in conduct
>>> proscribed by that pledge.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2467/4 (Power=1)
>>> Agencies
>>>
>>> An Agency is a document empowering persons to act on behalf of another
>>> player. A player MAY establish an Agency With 24 hours Notice, and
>>> thereby
>>> become its Director, by specifying the properties of the new Agency,
>>> provided e has not established any other Agency that day:
>>>
>>> 1. A title, which must be exactly three words, not counting
>>> conjunctions, articles or prepositions.
>>> 2. A non-empty list of persons other than the Director (the Agents).
>>> 3. A description of a set of actions (the Powers).
>>>
>>> An Agency's Director may amend its properties or revoke it with 24
>>> hours
>>> Notice. For greater certainty, an announced intent to create an Agency
>>> or
>>> amend an Agency's powers is INEFFECTIVE unless it explicitly specifies
>>> the
>>> new values of the properties being created or amended.
>>>
>>> The Powers of an Agency must be stated as actions, although they may
>>> may
>>> be conditional on date, time, game state, or other preconditions. If
>>> condition(s) are specified as necessary for a power to be used, it is
>>> limited; otherwise, it is unlimited. If it attempts to specify a power
>>> in
>>> a manner that is unclear, ambiguous, circular, inconsistent,
>>> paradoxical,
>>> or that depends on information that is impossible or unreasonably
>>> difficult to determine, then the specification of that power is
>>> invalid,
>>> and it CANNOT be used.
>>>
>>> An Agency, once created, SHOULD be referred to by the acronym formed
>>> from
>>> its title with conjunctions, articles, and prepositions removed. The
>>> acronym of an agency must be unique and any attempt to create or amend
>>> an
>>> Agency such that two Agencies would have the same acronym is
>>> INEFFECTIVE.
>>>
>>> The Agents of an Agency may perform the Actions described in the
>>> Powers of
>>> the Agency on behalf of the Agency's Director.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2468/2 (Power=1)
>>> Superintendent
>>>
>>> The Superintendent is an office; its holder is responsible for
>>> keeping track of Agencies.
>>>
>>> The Superintendent's weekly report includes:
>>>
>>> - the Director and acronym of all Agencies,
>>> - the full properties of all Agencies created since the
>>> Superintendent's previous report.
>>> - the amended properties of all Agencies whose properties were
>>> amended since the Superintendent's previous report.
>>>
>>> The Superintendent's monthly report includes the Director and
>>> properties of all Agencies.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Holidays, Events & History
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2327/1 (Power=1)
>>> Read the Ruleset Week
>>>
>>> The first Agoran week each year which falls entirely in February
>>> is Read the Ruleset Week. Agorans are encouraged to read the
>>> ruleset during Read the Ruleset Week.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1727/19 (Power=1)
>>> Happy Birthday
>>>
>>> WHEREAS, in June 1993, the world's only MUD-based nomic, Nomic
>>> World, had recently collapsed; yet, many of its players enjoyed
>>> nomic and did not wish to forego such a noble pursuit;
>>>
>>> And WHEREAS, Originator Chuck Carroll therefore composed an
>>> Initial Ruleset for an email nomic, based on the Initial
>>> Rulesets of Peter Suber, inventor of Nomic, and on the Rulesets
>>> of Nomic World and other nomics,
>>>
>>> And WHEREAS, a nomic thus rose like a phoenix from the ashes of
>>> Nomic World, played on the mailing list originally set up for
>>> discussion of Nomic World, and coming into existence at June 30,
>>> 1993, 00:04:30 GMT +1200, with a message sent by FIRST SPEAKER
>>> Michael Norrish, which read, in part,
>>>
>>>> "I see no reason to let this get bogged down; there are no
>>>> precedents or rules that cover this situation, so I think we
>>>> may as well begin directly.... Proposals for new rules are
>>>> invited. In accordance with the rules, these will be
>>>> published, numbered and distributed by me at my earliest
>>>> convenience."
>>>
>>> And WHEREAS, this nomic began as a humble and nameless nomic,
>>> known unofficially as yoyo, after the mailing list it was played
>>> on, until its Players, much later, gave it its OFFICIAL NAME of
>>> Agora,
>>>
>>> And WHEREAS, Agora has now become the wisest, noblest, eldest,
>>> and most interesting of all active email nomics, due to the hard
>>> work and diligence of Agorans as well as the frequent advice of
>>> Agoraphobes,
>>>
>>> And WHEREAS, Agorans desire to joyously commemorate Agora's
>>> founding,
>>>
>>> BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that Agora's Birthday is defined to be
>>> the entire day of June 30, GMT +1200, of each year.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2464/1 (Power=1)
>>> Tournaments
>>>
>>> A Tournament is a sub-game of Agora specifically sanctioned
>>> to be initiated as a tournament by the Rules. If a winner of a
>>> tournament is determined within 4 weeks of its initiation, that
>>> person or persons win the game, otherwise the tournament
>>> concludes with no winner. A Tournament is governed by a special
>>> temporary
>>> title of the ACORN, created in accordance with its parent rule,
>>> which have binding control over those who freely agree to play the
>>> tournament
>>> and over the tournament itself. Once the tournament is concluded, these
>>> regulations cease to have any effect, and may be repealed by any
>>> player by
>>> announcement.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 1769/13 (Power=3)
>>> Holidays
>>>
>>> The period each year from midnight GMT on the morning of 24
>>> December to the beginning of the first Agoran week to begin
>>> after 2 January is a Holiday.
>>>
>>> The week that contains the beginning of Agora's Birthday,
>>> together with the following week, is a Holiday.
>>>
>>> If a person breaks a Rule by missing a deadline that occurs
>>> during a Holiday, punishment is generally not appropriate.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Organizations
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2459/3 (Power=1.2)
>>> Organizations
>>>
>>> An Organization is a type of entity. The following changes are
>>> secured: creating, modifying, or destroying an Organization; and
>>> causing an entity to become an Organization or cease to be an
>>> Organization.
>>>
>>> The Income Cap is 100.
>>>
>>> Budget is a switch belonging to (Organization, player) pairs
>>> (i.e. there is one instance of the switch for each combination
>>> of an Organization and a player), tracked by the Secretary,
>>> whose legal values are integers from 0 to the Income Cap
>>> inclusive, defaulting to 0. An Organization's Income is the
>>> total value of all Budget switches for pairs that include that
>>> Organization. A player's Expenditure is the total value of all
>>> Budget switches for pairs that include that player. Changes to
>>> Budget are secured.
>>>
>>> A "member" of an Organization is a player for which the pair
>>> consisting of that Organization and that player has a nonzero
>>> Budget.
>>>
>>> It is IMPOSSIBLE, by any means, for a player to become a member
>>> of an Organization, or for an organization to be created with a
>>> player as a member, without that player's explicit, willful
>>> consent. This rule takes precedence over any rule that might
>>> make such a change possible.
>>>
>>> A member of an Organization CAN perform any action the rules authorize
>>> that
>>> Organization to perform, if the Organization's charter states that
>>> doing so
>>> is Appropriate.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2461/2 (Power=1.2)
>>> Death and Birth of Organizations
>>>
>>> The Income Floor is 50.
>>>
>>> If an Organization's Income is ever lower than the Income Floor,
>>> then any player CAN destroy it by announcement, and the Secretary
>>> SHALL do so in a timely fashion if the situation persists.
>>>
>>> If a player's Expenditure is at most the Income Cap minus the
>>> Income Floor, and e is not on Lockout, then e CAN create an
>>> Organization by announcement, specifying a name for that
>>> Organization that is unique among Organizations, and a Charter.
>>> When an organization is created this way, its Charter is set to
>>> the value that e specified, and the Budget switch for that
>>> player and Organization is set to the Income Floor.
>>>
>>> Notwithstanding the above, a player CANNOT create more than one
>>> Organization in a day, and CANNOT create Organizations while e
>>> is a member of an Organization with an Income lower than the
>>> Income Floor.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2460/1 (Power=1.2)
>>> Organizational Restructuring
>>>
>>> Charter is an Organization switch, tracked by the Secretary in
>>> eir monthly report, whose legal values are texts, and with
>>> default value "An amendment to this Organization is Appropriate
>>> if intent to perform it was announced between 4 and 14 days ago,
>>> and no members of the Organization have publicly objected to it
>>> since."
>>>
>>> A change to an instance of a Budget or Charter switch is known
>>> as an "amendment" to the Organization to which that instance of
>>> the switch applies. Each amendment to an Organization is
>>> considered to be either Appropriate or Inappropriate. An
>>> Organization's Charter SHOULD contain a method of determining
>>> the appropriateness of amendments to that Organization.
>>>
>>> If a Charter does not specify the appropriateness of an
>>> amendment to its Organization, or if it attempts to specify the
>>> appropriateness of such an amendment but in a way that is
>>> unclear, ambiguous, circular, inconsistent, paradoxical, or that
>>> depends on information that is impossible or unreasonably
>>> difficult to determine, the amendment is Inappropriate;
>>> otherwise, it is Appropriate if and only if the Charter
>>> specifies that it is.
>>>
>>> Organizations can be amended as follows:
>>>
>>> 1. A member of an Organization CAN flip that Organization's
>>> Charter by announcement, if doing so is Appropriate, and that
>>> member is not on Lockout.
>>> 2. Any player CAN flip a Budget Switch by announcement, if doing
>>> so is Appropriate and the player is not on Lockout, except
>>> where other rules prevent this.
>>> 3. A member of an Organization CAN flip that Organization's
>>> Charter without objection, even if doing so is Inappropriate,
>>> as long as that member is not on Lockout. Players SHOULD only
>>> use this mechanism to recover from situations where the
>>> Charter is underspecified or has unintended effects.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2456/2 (Power=1)
>>> The Secretary
>>>
>>> The Secretary is an office. The Secretary's weekly report
>>> includes:
>>>
>>> 1. A list of which persons are on Personal Lockout.
>>> 2. The time at which each person on Personal Lockout comes off
>>> Lockout.
>>> 3. Whether Agora is on Global Lockout, and if so, when it ends.
>>> 4. A list of all Organizations and their Income.
>>> 5. Each player's Expenditure.
>>>
>>> The Secretary's monthly report includes:
>>>
>>> 1. Each Organization's Charter.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2457/0 (Power=1.2)
>>> Lockout
>>>
>>> There is such a thing as a Lockout Event, which can happen
>>> either to a person or to Agora as a whole. Lockout Events only
>>> happen when a Rule with power 1 or greater explicitly states
>>> that they happen.
>>>
>>> A person is on Personal Lockout if a Lockout Event happened to
>>> that person within the past 90 days.
>>>
>>> Agora is on Global Lockout if a Lockout Event happened to Agora
>>> as a whole within the past 7 days.
>>>
>>> A person is on Lockout if that person is on Personal Lockout,
>>> Agora is on Global Lockout, or both. A person is "off Lockout"
>>> if that person is not on Lockout.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2458/0 (Power=1.2)
>>> Invoking Lockout
>>>
>>> A player who is not on Lockout can Invoke Lockout by
>>> announcement.
>>>
>>> When a player Invokes Lockout, a Lockout Event happens to that
>>> player and a Lockout Event happens to Agora as a whole.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2462/5 (Power=1.7)
>>> Bankruptcy
>>>
>>> While a player's Expenditure exceeds the Income Cap, then any
>>> player CAN cause that player to become Bankrupt by announcement,
>>> and the Secretary SHALL do so in a timely fashion if the
>>> situation persists.
>>>
>>> When a player becomes Bankrupt:
>>>
>>> 1. All Budget switches for pairs including that player are
>>> flipped to 0.
>>> 2. The Secretary CAN, and SHALL in a timely manner, award that
>>> player a Yellow Card.
>>> 3. A Lockout Event happens to that player.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Estates
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2489/1 (Power=2)
>>> Estates
>>>
>>> An Estate is a type of indestructable liquid asset, which can be owned
>>> by
>>> players, organizations, and Agora. The following changes are secured:
>>> creating, modifying, or destroying an Estate; and causing an
>>> entity to become an Estate or cease to be an Estate.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2488/1 (Power=1)
>>> The Surveyor
>>>
>>> The Surveyor is an office, and the recordkeepor of estates.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2491/3 (Power=2)
>>> Estate Auctions
>>>
>>> During an auction, any player may bid a number of Shinies on eir own
>>> behalf by announcement, or on behalf of any Organization for which
>>> such a
>>> bid is Appropriate by announcement, provided the bid is higher than any
>>> previously-placed bid in the same auction.
>>>
>>> If, at the end of the auction, there is a single highest bid, then that
>>> player or Organization wins the auction. The player who placed the
>>> winning
>>> bid CAN cause Agora to transfer the auctioned Estate to the winner by
>>> announcement, by paying Agora the amount of the bid, or by causing the
>>> winning Organization to pay Agora the amount of the bid. E SHALL do so
>>> in
>>> a timely fashion.
>>>
>>> If, at the end of the auction, there is a single highest bid, then that
>>> player or Organization wins the auction. The player who placed the
>>> winning
>>> bid CAN cause Agora to transfer the auctioned Estate to the winner by
>>> announcement, by paying Agora the amount of the bid, or by causing the
>>> winning Organization to pay Agora the amount of the bid. E SHALL do so
>>> in
>>> a timely fashion.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2490/0 (Power=3)
>>> Estate Ballots
>>>
>>> During any Agoran Decision, a player who owns one or more
>>> Estates can, by announcement, expend any number of their owned
>>> Estates on the Agoran Decision by transferring that Estate to
>>> Agora. Eir voting strength on that decision is increased by 1
>>> for each Estate expended on it.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Shinies
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2483/3 (Power=2)
>>> Economics
>>>
>>> Shinies (sg. shiny) are an indestructible liquid currency, and the
>>> official
>>> currency of Agora. They may be owned by Agora, any player, or any
>>> organization. The Secretary is the recordkeepor for Shinies.
>>>
>>> The Secretary CAN cause Agora to pay any player or organization by
>>> announcement if doing so is specified by a rule.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2487/1 (Power=2)
>>> Shiny Supply Level
>>>
>>> The Supply Level is 1000.
>>>
>>> When a Shiny Releveling event occurs, Agora's Balance is increased
>>> or decreased such that all Balances add up to the Supply Level.
>>>
>>> When the Supply level Changes, a Shiny Releveling event occurs.
>>>
>>> The Secretary may cause a Shiny Releveling event to occur without 3
>>> Objections.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2485/1 (Power=1)
>>> You can't take it with you
>>>
>>> "Heir" is a person switch, tracked by the Registrar, whose value
>>> is either empty or the name of a player or Organization. Each
>>> person's Heir is empty by default. A player may flip eir Heir by
>>> announcement.
>>>
>>> When a player is deregistered, if eir Heir switch is not empty,
>>> e automatically pays all of eir Balance to the named player or
>>> Organization, and transfers all of eir Estates to the named
>>> player or Organization. Otherwise, if eir Heir switch is empty,
>>> e may specify another player, an Organization, or Agora, and pay
>>> all of eir Balance and transfer all of eir Estates to the
>>> specified player or Organization. If the player does not do so
>>> within 1 day of deregistration, the Registrar CAN and SHALL
>>> cause that player to pay eir Balance to Agora and to transfer
>>> all of eir Estates to Agora, by announcement.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2496/0 (Power=1)
>>> Rewards
>>>
>>> A Reward is a specified amount of shinies associated with a Reward
>>> Condition. For each time a player meets a Reward Condition, e MAY
>>> claim the specified award exactly once within 24 hours of meeting the
>>> Reward Condition.
>>>
>>> When a player 'claims' a Reward, Agora transfers the specified number
>>> of shinies to the player.
>>>
>>> Below is an exhaustive list of Reward Conditions and eir rewards:
>>>
>>> * The following two only apply to proposals that were pended via
>>> spending shinies:
>>>
>>> - Being the author of an adopted proposal: 1/40th the current
>>> Floating Value.
>>>
>>> - Being the pender of an adopted proposal: 1/40th the current
>>> Floating Value.
>>>
>>> * Judging a CFJ, that was created via spending shinies, that e was
>>> assigned to: 1/20th the current Floating Value.
>>>
>>> * Publishing a duty-fulfilling report: 5 shinies.
>>>
>>> * Resolving an Agoran Decision for the first time this week: 5
>>> shinies.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2498/0 (Power=1)
>>> Economic Wins
>>>
>>> Stamps are an asset, identified by eir creator and tracked by the
>>> Secretary.
>>>
>>> The Stamp Value is always 1/5th the current Floating Value.
>>>
>>> Once per month, a player MAY, by announcement, transfer to Agora the
>>> Stamp Value, in shinies, to create a Stamp.
>>>
>>> Players MAY, by announcement, destroy a Stamp and cause Agora to
>>> transfer the Stamp Value, in shinies, to em.
>>>
>>> While a player has Stamps made by at least 10 different players e MAY
>>> destroy 10 stamps made by 10 different players by announcement to win
>>> the game.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2497/0 (Power=1)
>>> Floating Value
>>>
>>> Floating Value is a natural switch. When e publishes eir Weekly
>>> Report, the
>>> Secretary SHALL flip the Floating Value to Agora's shiny balance.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2499/0 (Power=1)
>>> Welcome Packages
>>>
>>> If a player has not received a Welcome Package since e most recently
>>> registered, any player MAY cause em to receive one by announcement.
>>>
>>> When a player receives a Welcome Package, Agora transfers 50 shinies
>>> to em.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Festivals
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2480/0 (Power=2.1)
>>> Festivals
>>>
>>> Festivity is a singleton switch, whose possible values are integers
>>> ranging from 0 inclusive to the number of defined types of Ribbon
>>> exclusive, and defaulting to 0. While Agora's Festivity is 0,
>>> Festivity is tracked in the Tailor's monthly report. Otherwise, it
>>> is tracked in the Tailor's weekly report. Changes to Festivity are
>>> secured.
>>>
>>> If Agora's Festivity has had the same nonzero value for 14 days or
>>> more, any player may flip it to 0 by announcement.
>>>
>>> A player who owns at least N types of Ribbon may Start a Rank N
>>> Festival, where N is an integer greater than Agora's Festivity,
>>> with 4 Support from players who own at least N types of Ribbon.
>>> Upon doing so, Agora's Festivity is flipped to N. Exception: A
>>> player may not do so if Agora's Festivity has had a value greater
>>> than or equal to N within the past 21 days.
>>>
>>> A person who owns a number of types of Ribbon equal to or greater
>>> than Agora's Festivity is known as Festive. Other persons are not
>>> Festive.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2481/1 (Power=2.1)
>>> Festival Restrictions
>>>
>>> While Agora's Festivity is nonzero, the following apply:
>>>
>>> 1. Non-Festive players are never considered Supporters of a
>>> dependent action;
>>>
>>> 2. Non-Festive players cannot flip the Imminence of any
>>> proposal;
>>>
>>> 3. Quorum for Agoran Decisions is equal to half the number of
>>> Festive players, rounded up;
>>>
>>> 4. Each Festive player has the maximum possible voting
>>> strength. All other players have the minimum possible voting
>>> strength.
>>>
>>> While Agora's Festivity is zero, the paragraphs above have no
>>> effect and are ignored.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>> Miscelaneous
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2471/0 (Power=1)
>>> No Faking
>>>
>>> A person SHALL NOT attempt to perform an action which e knows is
>>> IMPOSSIBLE so as to deceive others.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2446/4 (Power=1)
>>> The Agoran Newspaper
>>>
>>> The Reportor is an office.
>>>
>>> The Reportor's weekly report includes:
>>>
>>> 1. A suitable name for a newspaper, at the Reportor's
>>> discretion.
>>>
>>> 2. A description of events that have happened since the last
>>> report that the Reportor believes significant or
>>> interesting.
>>>
>>> 3. Any editorialization or other pieces of Agora-related
>>> information the Reportor pleases, as long as it is neither
>>> i) factually incorrect nor ii) disrespectful to any person
>>> or Agora itself.
>>>
>>> While meeting these requirements, the Reportor may format eir
>>> report however e pleases.
>>>
>>> The Reportor should keep in mind that the goal of eir weekly
>>> report is to create a more informed population.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 104/0 (Power=3)
>>> First Speaker
>>>
>>> The Speaker for the first game shall be Michael Norrish.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2029/0 (Power=4)
>>> Town Fountain
>>>
>>> /\ /\
>>> / \ / \
>>> T
>>> his
>>> Power-4
>>> Rule (the first ever)
>>> was placed to honor
>>> The Agoran Spirit Of The Game
>>> by Goethe, Steve, Murphy, root
>>> and OscarMeyr, Scamsters. Look
>>> on our works, ye Marvy, but do
>>> always Dance a Powerful Dance. Hail Eris!
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> Rule 2495/0 (Power=1)
>>> The Birthday Tournament
>>>
>>> In a timely fashion after the start of June 1 of each year,
>>> the Herald SHALL propose a set of Regulations governing a
>>> Birthday Tournament for that year; the Herald CAN also
>>> delegate the responsibility for creating or running the
>>> tournament to another player, with that player's consent.
>>>
>>> The Birthday Tournament's regulations SHOULD be such that all
>>> persons who choose to participate have a fair chance of winning
>>> the tournament (according to its regulations), and a winner
>>> SHOULD be expected within 2-3 weeks following the tournament's
>>> initiation.
>>>
>>> After adequate time for discussion of the Birthday Tournament's
>>> regulations, the Herald (or delegate) CAN initiate a sanctioned
>>> tournament with a specified, finalized set of regulations,
>>> Without 3 Objections. By doing so e promulgates those regulations as a
>>> special temporary title of the ACORN. This title may thereafter be
>>> amended
>>> only by the Herald or eir designee without objection, to correct minor
>>> typos.
>>> The initiation SHOULD be timed to coincide with Agora's Birthday.
>>>
>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>
>>> ======================================================================
>>>
>>> Highest Rule ID number ever assigned: Rule 2504
>>>
>>> Last Ruleset Ratification:
>>> Short Logical Ruleset of 2014-04-07
>>>
>>> END OF THE SHORT LOGICAL RULESET
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> From V.J Rada
>
>
>
> --
> From V.J Rada
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>From V.J Rada
