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From Nomicapolis

This is a proposal to enact a rule. Please contribute to the debate or cast your ballot on the discussion page.

Proposed by Applejuicefool 10:07, 9 January 2007 (EST)

1. This rule shall take effect at 12:01 am (EST), February 1, 2007.

2. Upon passage of this rule, each Citizen of Nomicapolis shall gain an attribute called "Age." Initially, the existing Citizens of Nomicapolis shall be divided evenly among the seven possible Age values, listed below.

3. The possible values for the Age attribute shall be:

a. Infant

b. Young

c. Young Adult

d. Adult

e. Middle-aged

f. Elderly

g. Ancient

These values represent a sequence wherein “Young” follows “Infant”, “Young Adult” follows "Young," etc.

4. On the first day of each month, all citizens who had been designated "Ancient", and half the citizens who had been designated "Elderly", shall die and be removed from the Population. Following this event, each remaining citizen’s Age shall progress to the next value in the sequence.

5. On the first day of the month, following the events in clause #4, one new "Infant" citizen shall be born and added to the population for each citizen designated as "Adult"; in addition, one new "Infant" citizen shall be born and added to the population for every two (2) citizens designated either as "Young Adult" or as "Middle-aged".

6. Population of each age category and changes to these populations shall be applied as evenly as possible to each geographic region of Nomicapolis.

6. In addition to his duty of maintaining the total population of Nomicapolis on the Main Page, the Judge of Nomicapolis shall maintain a separate page entitled Population of Nomicapolis wherein he lists the total population and the number of citizens of each Age.