State of the Commonwealth SOTC Report - NOVEMBER 2024

[Dept. State]

STATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH

The purpose of the State of the Commonwealth Report is to increase Cabinet transparency and provide an insight into the happenings of the Government. This information is provided in good faith and although it may be listed here as a goal, it may not occur. This report simply outlines Government achievements, plans, and goals.

Report Prepared by Auditor(s): Bezzergeezer, SomeHumanOnEarth, lcn, Jakovus, Adam_The_Warrior Secretary of State: TheReal42Person

Date Started: 25 NOVEMBER 2024 Final Report: 07 DECEMBER 2024

STATE OF THE ECONOMY

Economy Total: $115,285,082.82 ($4,096,338.19 Increase/~30 days)
Government Total: $19,616,536.00 ($2,921,866.74 Increase/~30 days)

JOB REPORT

This section will list the numbers of all Regular, Professional, and Government jobs.

Spoiler: Job Report

Trades
Accountant - 324
Brewer - 689
Carpenter - 34
Chef - 1944
Contractor - 488
Designer - 258
Farmer - 2238
Fisherman - 371
Hunter - 2188
Journalist - 623
Lumberjack - 1414
Miner - 2101

Professions
Armourer - 2038
Jeweller - 320
Lawyer (Solicitor, Barrister, Attorney) - 776
Mason - 49
Mechanic - 1260
Pharmacist - 5
Realtor - 521

DOC
Economist - 11
Compliance Officer - 3
Senior Economist - 6

DCT
Constructor - 16
Building Inspector - 9
Building Apprentice - 1

DOE
Archivist - 18
Guide (Trainee Guide, Guide) - 30
Professor - 23
Archive Manager - 2
Tour Manager - 7
Education Manager - 5

DOH
Trainee Doctor - 23
Doctor - 11
Epidemiologist - 8
Medical Specialist - 6

DHS
Detective - 19
Recruit - 2
Police Officer - 7
Sergeant - 4
Lieutenant - 4
Captain - 5

DOI
Ranger - 11
Supply Officer - 6
Senior Ranger - 5
Supply Manager - 4

DOJ
State Prosecutor - 7
Investigator - 6

DPA
Event Designer - 2
Event Coordinator - 18
Media Officer - 6
Event Manager - 5
Media Manager - 2

DOS
Auditor - 8
Electoral Officer - 10
Audit Manager - 2
Election Manager - 4

SIGNED BILLS, NOMINATIONS, AND EXECUTIVE ORDERS

Signed Bills

Appropriations Act - NOV 2024
Act of Congress - Appropriations Act - NOV 2024

Assault-Murder Rebalance Act
Act of Congress - Violent Offences Act

Tax Exemption Fix Act
Act of Congress - Taxation Act

Credit Standards Act
Act of Congress - Credit Standards Act

Salary Modification Act
Act of Congress - Economic Standards Act

Appropriations Process Act of 2024
Act of Congress - Appropriations Process Act of 2024

Licenses Act
Act of Congress - Vehicular Offenses Act

Substantial Holdings Act
Act of Congress - Substantial Holdings Act

Appropriations Act - DEC 2024
Act of Congress - Appropriations Act - DEC 2024

Executive Officer Freedom Act
Act of Congress - Executive Standards Act

Executive Orders

Executive Order 25/24 - The RAISE EO
Executive Order - Executive Order 25/24 - The RAISE EO

Executive Order 26/24 - Sovereign Wealth Fund
Executive Order - Executive Order - 26/24 Sovereign Wealth Fund

Executive Order 27/24 - Business GPS Points
Executive Order - Executive Order - 27/24 Business GPS Points

Executive Order 28/24 - Establishment of the National Endowment for the Arts
Executive Order - Executive Order 28/24 Establishment of the National Endowment for the Arts

Executive Order 29/24 - Agricultural Stockpiles Initiative
Executive Order - Executive Order - 29/24: Agricultural Stockpiles Initiative

Executive Order 30/24 - Redmont Sporting Commission
Executive Order - Executive Order - 30/24 Redmont Sporting Commission

Nominations

UnityMaster nominates TheReal42Person to Secretary of State - PASSED
UnityMaster nominates v__d to the Federal Reserve - PASSED


DEPARTMENT AND CABINET ACTIVITY

Department of State (DOS)

Achievements in November:
- Developed a new SOTC system, being implemented with this SOTC
- Hired new Auditors and a new Election Manager
- Re-started the Audit Archive project
- Increased transparency with an Election Schedule
- Updated information/resource channels in the discord
- Changed political party registration and deregistration requirements
- Planning the National Census

Goals for December:
- Redmont's 5th National Census
- December town elections
- Completion of the Audit Archive project
- December Audits
- November SOTC
- Declassified Documents

Approximate Funds Spent:
$55,000


Department of Construction & Transport (DCT)

Achievements in November:
- Updated eviction information to reflect changes made.
- Some eviction auctions were done.
- Addition of revstalls in NBD area.

Goals for December:
- Increased activity in the Inspection sector.
- Implementing a new eviction auction process.

Approximate Funds Spent:
$29,100


Department of Health (DOH)

Achievements in November:
List of our accomplishments so far-
- Tweaked the new plugin values.
- Replaced all copyrighted cure names with generic cure names.
- Increased commissions for Doctors.
- Unified all treatment costs to be $25.
- Made it so that Medicare is easier to use.
- Replaced Training, that would often take anywhere from 15 minutes to 1 hour, to a self-training system, much like DHS'.
- Created and updated the Self-Training Guide for Trainee Doctors, The MS Guide, The Epidemiology Guides.
- Created a new branch of DoH - Epidemiology.
- Updated DoH policies to reflect changes in the plugin and new self-training system.
- Updated DoH policies on the hospital signs at the Reveille Main Hospital.
- Updated the Trainee Doctor exam to reflect changes from the new health plugin.
- Rebranded the old Paramedics lockers to Fire/Water Therapy Room, so that players have a place to bring their temperature up/down.
- Updated the hospital stock thanks to DoI.Replaced killed hospital animals thanks to DoI.
- Brought back the milk machine and placed a bucket recycling machine next to it.
- Increased pay for Medical Specialists (MS have been historically underpaid, I matched DoE's management training pay with this, even though in DoH you and the Trainee both have to be in-game for the evaluation and it often takes more than half an hour.)

Goals for December:
Upcoming plans-
- Creating and expanding the private healthcare sector, by bringing the Pharmacy&Pharmacist Update to life.
-Encouraging the Epidemiology Team to focus on creating pharmaceutical medicines that will aid to push the Pharmacy Update.
-Create DoH policies for Pharmacies and Pharmacists.
-Create 5 Pharmacies near spawn that players will be able to rent out from DoH, and have their Pharmacy there (Collab with DCT).
-Hiring more MS and Epidemiologists.
-Tweaking some diseases a bit more, once I have enough data.
-Working with Staff to bring quality of life updates, if need be.

Approximate Funds Spent:
$48,000


Department of Commerce (DOC)

Achievements in November:
- Reformed grants to use the new grant pool system
- Reformed the billboard application process, lowered prices
- Released October 2024 CPI
- Advised the President to reform GPS registration through Executive order, which has been enacted

Goals for December:
Focus and reform on compliance side of the department, along with registrations.

Approximate Funds Spent:
$112,500

MERRY TUKMAS!

Department of the Interior (DOI)

Achievements in November:
- Continued tenders
- Zoo updates
- Some administrative changes
- Announced Ranger of the Month

Goals for December:
- Expansions to animal shelter
- Look into reimplementing original tender system

Approximate Funds Spent:
$26,725

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Department of Public Affairs (DPA)

Achievements in November:
- Distinguished and reinforced the grants between news and media
- Began the cycle of consistent events
- Updated event coordinator guide
- Caught up with event payments, applications, and misc.
- Hiring new employees

Goals for December:
- Introduce a plan for National Holidays
- Set up a weekly events schedule
- Return of Politicon
- Introduce a player outreach program in collaboration with the DOE
- Work collaboratively with the DOC and DOE to help connect players and businesses together
- This helps integrate new players into our community

- More Events
- Players’ Choice Awards.
- Ensuring the widely popular event remains present as a community touchpoint.

- More Media Content.
- Media content and postings allow for both the current player base and new player outreach.
- Returning to a normalized schedule for debates every election and ensuring a fair and neutral environment is present during them.International Events.
- Support of ideas like “wars” and the widely popular Olympics to strengthen cross-nation relations and player base growth.

- Town vs. Town Events
- Bringing events to towns, and not just the main city to boost town activity
- Expanding on the idea of sports leagues or national contests.

Approximate Funds Spent:
335k

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Department of Education (DOE)

Achievements in November:
Additions to staffing critical positions, assessment of future projects, started the process of gathering information and working with the DCT on the upcoming campus/museums overhaul, and assessment of productivity across subdivisions.

Goals for December:
The increase in productivity in the guide department, a large number of recipes for the professors, updating outdated guides/exams, and continuing pursuing the campus/museums overhaul.

Approximate Funds Spent:
The Department has spent $20,250 during this month.

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Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Achievements in November:
Not yet so far because of the plugin downtime.

Goals for December:
We are still waiting for the system to come back.

Approximate Funds Spent:
$4,600 (all are animal murder issues)


Department of Justice (DOJ)

Achievements in November:
-Got some cases rolling
-Department became more efficient once again
-More employees recruited
- Ticket response time increased again

Goals for December:
Better efficiency and pizza parties

Approximate Funds Spent:
$86,500


TOWN STATUS

Town of Oakridge

Achievements in October:
[N/A] Mayor did not fill out.

Goals for November:
[N/A] Mayor did not fill out.

Town Balance:
$1,609,104.17

Town of Aventura

Achievements in October:
Exciting updates are on the horizon! A whole new Aventura expansion is in the works and should be rolled out soon. The popular Aventura furniture auctions will continue, and we’re gearing up for events, including one major event currently in the planning stages. Stay tuned for more!

Goals for November:
Next month, you can look forward to the rollout of the new Aventura expansion, bringing fresh opportunities and spaces to explore.

Town Balance:
$2,212,459.62

We’re also working behind the scenes to bring even more improvements and surprises to the community.

NEW PLAYER JOINS

690 new players joined (18 player increase from previous month)

RESIDENCY

Total Respondents: 34
City of Reveille: 55.9% (19)
Town of Oakridge: 29.4% (10)
Town of Aventura: 8.8% (3)
The Wild: 5.9% (2)

APPROVAL RATINGS

Total Respondents: 34

Executive

President UnityMaster: 64.7% Approve / 35.3% Disapprove
Vice President lcn: 82.4% approve / 17.6% Disapprove
Secretary of State TheReal42Person: 82.4% Approve / 17.6% Disapprove
Secretary of Homeland Security HellsideBurnton: 70.6% Approve / 29.4% Disapprove
Secretary of Commerce Technofied: 76.5% Approve / 23.5% Disapprove
Secretary of Public Affairs JediAJMan: 70.6% Approve / 29.4% Disapprove
Secretary of Construction and Transportation The_Superior10: 64.7% Approve / 35.3% Disapprove
Secretary of Health crytiee: 82.4% Approve / 17.6% Disapprove
Secretary of Interior kvogt2340: 61.8% Approve / 38.2% Disapprove
Secretary of Education IisforIzzy: 70.6% Approve / 29.4% Disapprove
Attorney General Freeze_Line: 86.5% Approve / 13.5% Disapprove


House of Representatives

Speaker of the House CaseyLeFaye: 67.6% Approve / 32.4% Disapprove
(frmr.) Deputy Speaker of the House MathTech: 70.6% Approve / 29.4% Disapprove
Representative .McBrittle419: 70.6% Approve / 29.4% Disapprove
Representative AsexualDinosaur: 82.4% Approve / 17.6% Disapprove
Representative Cashtron527: 55.9% Approve / 44.1% Disapprove
Representative ItsKatto: 82.4% Approve / 17.6% Disapprove
Representative Jabolko: 61.8% Approve / 38.2% Disapprove
Representative Jay_The_Gay: 50% Approve / 50% Disapprove
Representative TheMusica: 63.6% Approve / 36.4% Disapprove
Representative xSyncx: 67.6% Approve / 32.4% Disapprove
Representative zLost: 75% Approve / 25% Disapprove


Senate

President of the Senate Yeet_Boy: 87.9% Approve / 12.1% Disapprove
Deputy President of the Senate Casualgreyknight: 85.3% Approve / 14.7% Disapprove
Senator GoldBlooded: 66.7% Approve / 33.3% Disapprove
Senator Nacholebraa: 60.6% Approve / 39.4% Disapprove
Senator DimpledRobin: 50% Approve / 50% Disapprove
Senator CopTop_YT: 70.6% Approve / 29.4% Disapprove

Mayors

Aventura Mayor CopTop_YT: 78.1% Approve / 21.9% Disapprove
Oakridge Mayor Yeet_Boy: 84.8% Approve / 15.2% Disapprove

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