Congress

Yes, the Congress. Each country's Congress is represented by the assigned members, from each party, in the previous election.

It will depend from the results itself, but keep in mind that each Political Party leader can assign the order of members that go to Congress.

Moving on: As soon as you're a member of your country's Congress, you'll be one of the few people that can make a huge impact among your compatriots. **Each Congress will be ocupied by a maximum of twenty millitants.**

You'll be able to make political proposals: regarding military, political or economic aspects and you'll have the duty to VOTE in each proposal.

## Creating a Congress Proposal

As soon as you become a Congress member, a new button will show up in the menu **Community** > **Country**. A blue button named as **Government**.

By clicking on that, you'll be able to see each proposal voted so far and its result.

By taking a look at this, you can see the description of the previous proposals, the end date and the status of the proposal. Another great feature added in Eclesiar, the "*Eye*" button. By clicking on that button, you'll be able to see who voted in favor and who voted against.

To create a new proposal, click the **New Proposal** button and then, another menu will pop up:

So, in here you can choose, from the first input, the type of proposal you want to vote. We'll list them all below, do not worry.

In this example, this possible proposal would be to change the Import Tax to a new value, as defined in the input below, for a value of 25%.

You'll also see that this proposal will cost 10 gold, from the country's public coffers.

Yes, all Congress proposals will cost gold from your country, so try to play it as smart as you can.

## Congress Proposal Types

Here are the list of Proposal votings you'll be able to do, as a member of your country's Congress:

* **Set new Import Tax:** *Sets a new Import Tax;*
* **Set new Vat Tax:** *Sets a new Import Tax;*
* **Set new Minimum Wage:** *Sets a new Import Tax;*
* **Set new Work Tax:** *Sets a new Import Tax;*
* **Print Money to Public Coffers:** *Prints Money to Public Coffers (Gold cost for this proposal can be modified, according the ammount money to print)*
* **Start War:** *Start a War against another existing Country*
* **Cease War:** *Cease War against a Country already in War Status (This proposal voting phase will include the Congress of the country you're at war with)*
* **Transfer Money:** *Transfers Money from the Public Coffers to a specific citizen*
* **Start Trade Embargo:** *Starts a Trade Embargo with an existing Country;*
* **Stop Trade Embargo:** *Stops an already existing Trade Embargo with an existing Country;*
* **Form an Alliance:** *Form an Alliance with an existing Country (This proposal voting phase will include the Congress of the country you're trying to ally)*
* **Disband Alliance:** *Disband an Alliance with an existing Country (This proposal voting phase will include the Congress of the country you're trying to disband the alliance)*
* **Presidential Impeachment:** *Removes the current President from his position (In case this happens, all of the Country's decisions can be made by its Minister of Labor and Minister of Defense. THIS WILL NOT CAUSE NEW PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS).*

## Congress Voting Phase

After a Voting proposal is made, you can access the proposal by checking the first menu, mentioned above. When you're under voting, you'll get a notification, as well, and the voting status will be "On going".

As soon as you click the "Eye" button, this will show:

So, on the top of this image, it's shown on the screen the Law proposal. It has a 24:00h timer, so everyone from the Congress can have a vote.

As soon as someone votes, the boards showing "Against" and "In favor" will be automatically updated.

How do you vote? Simple! Just look at the bottom of your screen, like in the image and you can select between the green arrow and the red cross. You can also see if the other members have already voted and what their vote was. If a congressman didn't vote yet, it will show a blue interrogation mark, as shown in the picture.