The statistics of a changing Yurtyzstan

Under the Onward Yurtyzstan Plan, which was approved by the Yurtyzstani Republic Provisional Government this past September, the economy remains under tight government control until Independence Day 2013 to ensure stability. Printing and circulation of Yurtyzstani currency -- when it commences -- will be strictly limited, wage and price controls are in place and heavily enforced, and all businesses are currently nationalised. On 22 September 2013, all of this will go away in an instant and theYurtyzstani economic landscape will shift dramatically. This is what the change will look like on paper.

Referendum and election results

The polls have closed across Yurtyzstan on the government structure referendum and the Constitutional Committee election.

Voters chose to reinstate the Supreme People's Assembly government by a wide margin, with 40% of the vote. Even the Revolutionary Presidium proposal, whose supporters were expected to make up a heavy portion of voters, lagged 13 points behind it. Few Yurtyzstanis voted for a Supreme Potentacy or a military junta, which received 20% and 11% respectively. However, this hardly entails a return to political status quo; there has been a dramatic shift towards liberalism recently, the Workers' Party has significantly declined in influence and membership, and most (if not all) of Yurtyzstan's old bureaucracy will likely be waylaid by informality advocates.

Trees: the spiritual ancestors of Yurtyzstan

I was inspired to write this article after reading an excellent cultural commentary by M. Lucas Campos published on the Sacerdotium blog. I wondered, "Why does Yurtyzstan not have mythology? Should I begin creating one?" After some thought, I realised that Yurtyzstan has provided an answer -- trees.

Yurtyzstan, unlike many culturally-focused micronations, lacks a constructed mythology. Languages, with their almost mathematical structure, are one thing; myths are another. Meaning no disrespect to nations with mythological constructs, I feel that constructed mythology to be akin to synthesising history and so have never found it appealing. Rather, Yurtyzstan places all of its ancestral focus and significance on the tree.

Update on national voting

The Provisional Government has released information today on the current results of the referendum and Constitutional Committee election.

Voting opened yesterday at 12 am Eastern Standard Time; since then, nearly half of 28 registered Yurtyzstani citizens have voted. Current projections, calculated by BallotBin, show the an overwhelming 42 percent (14 points over the next most popular option) voting for the Supreme People's Assembly option, which would reinstate Yurtyzstan's previous parliamentary government with four more seats and a more informal and transparent approach to legislation. Projections for the Committee election show Yurt Kyong-yon as the leading candidate. South Yurtyzstani entrepreneur and rightist figure Po Er Kwa Deul, East Yurtyzstani politician Yurt Myaung-hye, and revolutionary Yurt Cheung-ho are also predicted to gain seats on the Committee, with a runoff election between former Workers' Party legislator Yurt Ma Shin and former Vice-Chairman of the SPA Oon Em Pyo Iid (tied at 10%).

The vote closes at midnight on January 5.

Referendum on government structure begins

Today in Yurtyzstan, voting began on a referendum to determine the political structure of Yurtyzstan and on an election for a five-seat Constitutional Committee.

The referendum ballot lists four options for government type, selected by the Provisional Government based on several informal surveys. The Revolutionary Presidium government, proposed by Po Er Kwa Deul, would entail a council of influential Yurtyzstanis -- intellectuals, entrepreneurs, revolutionary figures, etc. -- chosen by write-in elections or by the other members of the Council. The Supreme People's Assembly government,