Government of Gobcord

**Gobcord's system of governance** refers to the system by which the Gobcord Discord server is moderated and administrated. As of 25 November 2022, Gobcord is ran by the Sam Dynasty -- the server's administration -- and a council of Gobernors.

## Sam Dynasty

The server is currently headed by the Second Sam Dynasty (since 25 November 2022) which replaced the Council President as administration and is a revival of the First Sam Dynasty (8 March - 27 October 2022). It is headed by one matriarch, Greem Jestay, and one patriarch, Samuel Fromagule Thesaurus Pool.

## Council of Gobernors

The Council of Gobernors (Spanish: *El Consejo de los Güebernadores*) (Portuguese: *O Conselho dos Gobernadores*) is the general moderating body of Gobcord: the entire server staff team. It was founded on 3 July 2022 as an aesthetic replacement for the Congress of Gobcord by popular referendum. The moderating Gobernors are tasked primarily with the enforcement of existing rules, proposal of new rules, and corroboration of making rules; keeping of the peace; and the management of emotes. The Council President -- the server administration and owner -- handles all the tasks of a lower-house Gobernor in addition to the management of server bots, the new members, and executive authority on all decisions made by the Council. Gobernors are appointed by the President, almost always with consent from a popular referendum or election, and are removed by unicameral consensus of all other Gobernors.

### List of Council members

Sam Kimberly Greem Jestay
Gobernor: 4 May - 25 November 2022
Owner (second term):
Since 25 November 2022

Pilk P. "Pink" Pinkerton
Cat (since 2022)

Samuel Fromagule Thesaurus Pool
Rat (Jul - Nov 2022)
Monkey (since Nov. 2022)
Sam is a Gobcord server historian, running Goblipedia since 7 September 2021. He served as King of the Monkeys and head of the Monkey Party of Dad's House from 3 November 2020 to 20 October 2021 after abdicating the titles to King Whampinator. He remains a member of the Monkey Party to this day, although briefly switching alignment to the Rat Party in protest of a popular wing of the Monkey Party's cryptofascistic politics. He is the first and only white European and first cisgender person to ever rule Gobcord.
Head Admin:
8 March - 27 October 2021
Moderator (second term):
18 January - 4 May 2022
Owner:
4 May - 19 November 2022
Co-dynast:
Since 25 November 2022

Samuel Sketchington Stuff

## History

Gobcord's government began with the server's founding on 13 January 2021 with the Kris administration. The server was ruled by Kris, Gobcord's tyrannical premier, along with an entourage of cronies which acted as the server's moderators. Most of Kris's goombahs acted as an exalted upper class who exercised their privileges unto the common masses for amusement -- this aspect of Gobcord's moderation has not been eliminated but has gotten a lot better; when it came to legislative power, however, they practically had no voice, as most of Kris's actions forwent any dissenting conscience from the mods or the server as a whole.

### Establishment of Congress

The Congress of Gobcord was established on 8 March 2021 following the Goup d'Etat which overthrew the Kris administration. The particular terminology of a "congressional" legislative body originated from Sam as inspired from the United States Congress, though congresses exist in many other nations and works as a general term. Moderators were renamed "congresspeople," and the server was ruled by the (First) Sam Dynasty, which was established in tandem with Congress and headed by Greem Jestay and Sam.

Moderators (congresspeople) were given much less power than their Kris-era predecessors, with more of this power being consolidated to the newly formed Sam Dynasty. As to prevent dictatorial malevolence, it was established that most major decisions ought to be ran by or voted on by Congress or by the people. The opinions of Congress members and server members in general were also to be considered in making decisions in contrast to Kris's administration, though this was only upheld by precedent. These reforms were an improvement to the abuse and misallocation of power in Gobcord, though among the members of Congress were still unelected officials who were either vainly appointed by Kris or were willed into power by themselves. Additionally, members of Congress accounted for 1/5th of the server's population during this time.

### June Congressional Elections

In a measure to limit the scope of Congress and better representation of the community's desires, a total recall of Congress was announced on 5 June 2021 in which all ten-or-so members of Congress would be removed and replaced with four new or incumbent, popularly elected members. From 5 June to 6 June, an application form for potential candidates was released for around a day and then reviewed by the Sam Dynasty for eight "electable" options, the roster of which included Bulrush, Whampinator, Summer, Rainyy, Penturos, Pink, Matt, and Sketchy. Of these eight options, voters could only cast a ballot for four.

On 7 June the election with the eight candidates was held, with Bulrush being voted for by 73.9% of voters, Summer by 60.9%, and Pink 56.5%. Three candidates all received exactly 47.8% of the vote separately, these three being Rainyy, Penturos, and Sketchy. By process of vote transfer and concession, Sketchy came out victorious as the fourth elected congressman.

Those who were recalled and not re-elected were given the title of "Honorable," in which they kept many of the privileges they enjoyed as congress members minus administrative abilities. This was done as to make the transfer of power more peaceful, which it was almost entirely.

### The Pawn

From 30 May to 8 October 2021, an "emergency Congress member" was appointed to serve in the event that a member of Congress was temporarily unable to serve. Initially, this position was rather flavorlessly called the Emergency Congress Member, but was soon changed to the *Penis Pro Tempore* (a reference to the United States' *President pro tempore*), followed by simply the Pawn, a decision made by the Pawn themselves, Matt.

The Pawn served in the absence of Bulrush from 30 July to 1 September, after which the Pawn was granted the permanent ability to mute people. A month later, the 2021 *Matheus Ultimatus* was held to decide whether to elect Matt as a permanent member of Congress; to Congress, he had proven himself fit to serve in a higher position while filling in for Bulrush and with his additional powers; to the rest of the community, he had essentially already been dolled up as a moderator all but in name, and that the distinction between congressperson and pawn was thusly rendered extraneous. Nevertheless, he was elected into Congress on 9 October 2021 with 81% of the vote.

### Dissolution of The First Sam Dynasty

On 27 October 2021, the First Sam Dynasty was dissolved after the prince Samuel fell ill with swag. In its place, the Jestanate was established, with Greem still being the supreme head of state and government but with the monarchical affinity and dual rule discontinued. The Jestanate would rule the server until 4 May 2022, when Sam acceded to the Gobcord royal throne and Greem retired to become a less active moderator of the server.

### Founding the Council of Gobernors

Suggesting the "Congress" moniker had grown stale, the Gobcord staff team released a form through which members could suggest a new name for moderators. After selecting a handful of worthy candidates, a referendum was held on 2 July 2022, and on 3 July 2022 the Congress of Gobcord was dissolved in favor of the Council of Gobernors, the modern government of Gobcord.

#### Larva Council

On 14 August 2022, a subordinate judicial body comprised of Gobcord's most active/prominent members -- named "larvae" -- was established as the Larva Council. The Larva Council is tasked with feedback to proposals and decisions by the Council of Gobernors that, for any reason, cannot be trusted in the hands of the wider, less-involved public.

### Return of Second Sam Dynasty

Following a brief six-day period of exile, the Second Sam Dynasty was founded to administrate the server alongside the Council of Gobernors, with Greem as the royal head and matriarch of the dynasty and previous owner Sam as the second-in-command patriarch.