Elvenesse Papers

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The Elvenesse (also known as The Elvenesse Papers) is a a collection of, as of currently, 5 articles and essays written by the young elven upstart Kardryn Oranor. The papers were written to give criticism on the laws (mainly the constitution) and policies of the government of the Dominion of Elvenesse. The articles and essays were sold at a small store called Oronar Goods & Industries which was owned by Oranor's uncle, Gilondir Oronar, as well as on the streets of Caras Eldar, the capital of the Dominion, by Oranor himself. Older issues of the papers would also be free for any to read at Oronar's store.

Inspiration

The name 'The Elvenesse' was chosen as the name for the article project by Oranor to simply be a shorter, and in his more catchy version of the full title: The Elvenesse Papers. Oranor was in his early twenties when starting the writing project, a mere child in elven culture. He had however a strong wish to change the world for the better in his life, a process he couldn't start soon enough in his eyes, for despite being an elf, he was running out of the amount of time he was given in his life. In his early youth Oranor developed a passion for writing and other fine arts, this combined with his aspiration to study law at Roswell college, the academy of Holm led to Oranor wanting to write about politics as he saw politics as a way to change the world, with writing being the key to it. This inspired the young mali to thus write The Elvenesse Papers.

List of Papers

What follows is a list of all of the The Elvenesse issues, quoted from how they were originally written by Oranor himself.

1: On our government's economical transparency.

The First Seed, 1664, the High Prince issued his new Common Defence law. The law entails that citizens of our Dominion home must take up arms to help defend our nation in times of need, such as during a raid. If us citizens refuse to take up arms in occasions like these, we must pay taxes to the crown, with the exception of pregnant women, children and the severely disabled. Where do these taxes that he forces us to pay go though? In fact, not only these taxes, what are all the payments to the state used for? The minas we pay to the Treasury when buying a home or shop, the fines we must pay for our crimes? Where does the money go? What does our crown use it for? We need our government to be more transparent. How else can we know that the money of our taxes, treasury payments and fines is being used wisely and for governing purposes, rather than being used for the High Prince to go on a spending spree? There's a very simple solution to this problem that is the fog around our nation's economy, created by the government. The Treasury needs to keep a record of all the state transactions, all the income and expenses. These records need to be available for the public to view! We have a right to see where our money goes to and be asured that it's not used improperly. And for those who find this far fetched; look at the Silma seed themselves! They're living the fancy life in their big manor, their family being one of the biggest merchant families of Atlas, but does that wealth all come from trade? Or also from our tax money? Now I am in no way hostile to the Silma's, nor do I except them to be guilty of such activities, but there is no way to be sure of it unless our High Prince decides to create more transparency in his government. A lack of transparency eventually results in distrust and a deep sense of insecurity. Transparency will lead to reduced corruption within the government of our nation. I write this short essay to ask for attention on the matter and to use this attention to set our government to work on changing it's policies for the better. We need to trust our High Prince, but trust rests on a strong foundation. One he needs to build. With great consideration, your obedient servant, K. Oranor

2: On the connection of powers.

3: On the unequal distribution of votes.

4: On the contradictions of our constitution.

5: On the protection of our economy.

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