Proposal: Imperatives

Add a new rule entitled Imperatives, which reads as follows:

Twice per week, the Emperor may deliver an Imperative by posting an entry with a subject of “Imperative: [Title]”, where [Title] is the name of that Imperative. Imperatives do not count as Proposals and do not apply to the Emperor. Imperatives shall have only one requirement for Families to meet, and that requirement must be something Families are able to do. Imperatives are considered in effect 24 hours after they were posted.

Families may Petition the Emperor to note their compliance with an Imperative that is in effect and ask that they be granted an imperial favor. Families may only file one Petition per each Imperative. The text of the Petition should indicate why the Petitioner’s compliance is worthy of reward. If the Emperor votes FOR the Petition, the Emperor’s pronouncement must include one of the following favors:

-- A gift of 5 to 20 Thalers.
-- An Imperial dowry. The next time the Petitioner makes a proposal of marriage that is accepted, the accepting family will receive the dowry amount of Thalers, but the Petitioner will not lose a similar amount of Thalers. The Emperor does not lose any Thalers as a result of granting this favor.

The Emperor may revoke a previous Decree at any time by posting an entry stating that intention; this action does not count as a Proposal or an Imperative.

Families may Petition the Emperor to revoke an Imperative currently in effect. If the Emperor grants this Petition, the Imperative in question is revoked, and the Petitioner does not receive an imperial favor.

I'm hoping that other rewards could be added later. If it passes, I have some ideas about how to address Imperatives that families can't physically comply with, or that contradict each other, but it seemed like a Call for Judgement would work for now. I also didn't want to make this too complicated all at once...

3-11. Self Fail. Failed by Smith, 4th of Dec. -3 to Heiwa.