Common Development Plan

The Common Development Plan is an ongoing national directive of the Co-operative Government of Easway, implemented by the United Common Assembly on 10th January 2023. It follows on from the previous year's Administrative and Resource Maximisation Plan and aims for the "Co-operative Government to work towards creating and reforming institutions and legislation, which fits with the common needs and values of the cultures and communities that have been grown within our homeland since independence."

## Background

From the 31st December 2020, Easway was known as the Realm of Easway and aimed on path to find itself politically. The country had recently switched from a non-partisan to a multi-partisan democracy and encouraged further partisan political involvement, in order to find the right ideas for the unique conditions of the micronation. The Social Democrat Party of Easway became the first political party on 1st January 2021 and set about many reforms, including changing the National Directorate from a municipal to a regional structure. This encouraged more scope in positions and effectiveness in Directorate positions and soon the political scene was joined by the HPE and the ressurected Mutualist Ouroboros Party, who became the main rival parties. Solidarity became the noticeable opposition and campaigned on a socialist platform which and aimed to reduce the governmental reliance on the Chief Councillor Emizerri, a democrat, but a strongman, who the people had came to call 'Emperor'. The independent class, coupled with loyalist members of the political incumbency ensured Solidarity disbanding, which occurred in August 2021. Though it was during this time that the world was beginning to move on from the COVID-19 pandemic, economic fallout was beginning and Emizerri decided to enter into discourse with the former Solidarity chair Gaia Grìbhinneach.

Gaia convinced the Emizerri towards the positive and neccessary effects of socialism within the workforce and it was included into the Seven Masts Philosophy as a defining feature of co-operatism, one of several constitutional amendments which sought to bring more rules of conduct to the often chaotic political system. The Seven Masts was popular, but the shift towards further public ownership was controversial and the constitution still allowed veto and executive constitutional amendment by confirmation of the Chief Councillor and Marquis of the Pomors. This led Gaia to create the Republican People's Party of Easway in order to end the co-official title of Emperor and end what was known as 'imperium over the constitution.' The HPE disbanded in early 2022 and the M.O.P. became the dominant party of Easway.

On the 24th February 2022, Russia, led by Vladimir Putin, invaded Ukraine. This led to an outcry by the people and Co-operative Government of Easway against the invasion, and economic sanctions. Further economic downturn led Easwegians to re-evaluate the operations of the government and the roles of its organs, and a general hard-line opposition against the idea of strongmans and how people may get to that position.

The leader of the MOP made an unofficial alliance with the RPPE, called the 'Transitional Movement' and a referendum to change the titles of Chief Councillor and Emperor to Chancellor in all documents was initiated. Unexpectedly, Emizerri endorsed this referendum. The referendum ended in a shocking 50% result. Its failure was attributed to the dislike of the title of Chancellor and so, using his imperium over the constitution and with permission of Marquis of the Pomors Eichorn, after a positively polled title of Grand Councillor, the constitution was changed to remove Emperor and Chief Councillor, as well as Imperium over the constitution, on the 14th July 2022.

With these socio-political structural issues resolved, the Co-operative Government set about to fix problems caused by economic downturns and instituted in August the Administrative and Resource Maximisation Plan. It's success led to the 2023 Common Development Plan, which the legislature voted to institute unanimously.

## Implemented Policies

* 31st January: Grand Councillor Emizerri achieves his campaign pledge with the successful Forty Eighth Amendment on a Common(s) Union referendum.
* 1st February: The national legislature passes an act for a Joint-Research Commission on Child Safety and Gender Equality
* 9th February: Pomors(/)Russian is voted by the Pomors diet to become the fourth official language of the Easwegians.
* 20th February: Approved by the Imperative Council, the Pomors diet votes to change the name of the Pomors Isles, Easway's national park, to the Common Sailors Park to indicate its status as belonging to all of Easway. The Pomor names of its islands remain to reflect and respect the heritage.
* 22nd February: The acronym of the Easwegian National Guard's ground forces, EMD, originally standing for Emando, is changed to Easwegian National Guard, by Grand Marshal Oleskiy and Grand Councillor Emizerri, to reflect the multi-lingual population it serves.
* 28th February: A federal Common Union Treasury is created and the Ministry of Economics is changed to the Ministry of Finance & Economics.
* 3rd March: The national legislature votes to set its official name as the United Common Assembly.
* 8th April: The Fiftieth Amendment on Reforms to Governing Structure referendum passes. This act unifies the National Directorate and transfers full legislative powers to the United Common Assembly, which votes in a parliamentary capacity. President Metalli, who supported the act, described the amendment, saying 'Easway will cut off its fat.'