Introduction

Hello and welcome to the kingdom of Sankten. We're a political simulation, interested? Here are some basic info about it.

If you're familiar with the political simulation concept, scroll down to "how to join", or visit the main Sankten Wiki page - Sankten Wiki, if you have any doubts or questions, DM me.

## The concept

A political simulation is based on a nonexisting country. All info about that country (map, population, economical data etc.) are displayed on the instagram page of the simulation (for example @parliament\_of\_sankten).

### How does it work?

The most important thing in simulations are politics, members form political parties, then there are elections for the parliament. There, members can pass bills, debate and talk with other members from different parties from all arround the world. In some simulations there are more interesting things, for example in some you can create companies, make a newspaper or run a football league.

#### Admin role

The admin of a political simulation has to be 100% neutral, otherwise the simulation can't work. The admin role is essential. He's in all group chats (parliament, party group chats etc.). The admin invents events (terrorist attacks, which can be started by members too), rebelions etc.). He also creats the statistics (GDP, unemployment rate etc.), so he mus have knowledge regarding those areas. Another very important issue is the sim support. The admin says which party has howmany support from imaginary people living in the sim, based on party campaign (posters, rallies, stories) and their actions (parliamentary bills, speeches or actions as governors of provinces)

#### Elections

There are elections for the parliament and for governnors of provinces (check the main Sankten Wiki --> administrative division for provinces). Depending on simulations, there are different types of voting:

##### Only Real Votes:

The link to the voting ballot is in the link in the admin's bio. The voting is usualy in Google forms

##### Sim voting

The other type is dual. Beside of the real voting, there's the sim voting, based on the sim support (view above in the admin role section). The final result is an average of these 2. (this voting type is implemented in Sankten)

##### Elections in Sankten

Elections in Sankten explained: Parliament of Sankten

## Can a political simulation have other things than politics?

### Yes, absolutely.

A political simulation will only work better as a world simulation, because politics is influenced by many factors.

#### Military

A military can act as a driving force in a nation's politics, even going as far as military juntas. Besides, it is always the military force of the simulation that makes the sim able to react against threats like terrorists and invaders.

#### Social Simulation

Society and politics is closely simulated. Therefore, a political simulation often means a social simulation.

#### Business

An expert in commerce but also interested in politics? Welcome! Business is also closely related to politics. Governments and businessmen can have fun with each other!

## How to join?

When joining, you can:

* join an existing party (party list in Sankten)
* form your own party
* run as independent

### Requirments of creating a party (in Sankten)

To form a party, you need:

1. the official Instagram page of the party, where you'll display your campaign etc
2. a political compass position of your party (politial compass test)
3. a logo
4. if you have more members - a group chat

In Sankten, parliamentary elections are held every 24 days. 19 MPs are elected in FPTP constituencies and 12 in the national proportional system. Governors are also elected every 24 days but have separate elections.

## Political sims

Some of political simulations you can join:

1. Sankten (the biggest one, administrated by @poland\_maps )
2. Weyhendom, runned by an experienced admin - @geo.politics.maps)