The Pope - Head of the Church
Pope Diakun I the Pure
The Dean of the College of Spamdinals - Deals with conclave/ensuring spamdinals are Godly before they are appointed
Digby Chicken-Caesar the Fair
Inquisitor Exempt - The only person above all accusation, also the only one that can bring the pope/dean/spamdinals to justice
Inquisitor Alice the Righteous
Inquisitors - Brings people to justice for heresy etc. Pope, Dean & Spamdinals are above accusation
Inquisitor Arthur Wellesley, assigned to Brodie Bay
Spamdinals - Electors of new popes, oversee a parish
Priests - Holy men, oversee a parish
Pope & Conclave
The pope is selected during conclave by the Spamdinals, who cast weighted votes according to their parish. A new pope requires a supermajority, and the votes will be recast until a supermajority is attained.
Conclave will be held in a super-secret chamber (IRC channel) and hosted by the Dean of the College of Spamdinals, who will recieve all the votes by query and announce results to the Spamidinals and run the whole thing, etc. until a new pope is chosen. When the new pope is chosen, the Dean will announce him in Bob Boblo's House, and the new pope becomes official on the moment he accepts the result of the election in that announcement.
The Sacred College of Spamdinals
Priests can be promoted to Spamdinals by the Dean of the College or the Pope, when they believe they are faithful enough, or have performed enough.. acts of faith. They can also be demoted if their [s:1ck5drpb]fellatio[/s:1ck5drpb] faith is lacking.
The Parishes
Territory under the juristiction of a certain Spamdinal/priest, who ensures that it is clean of heresy and properly respecting the true Papacy. Each parish has a weight for the election of new popes, representing how glorious it is.
Population can be increased and decreased by having players migrate, purity improves as you find and execute heretics in your parish or by having the faithful migrate into (or the heretics emigrate from) your lands. The strength of a parishes conclave votes is adjusted by the Dean according to its population and purity.
Spamican City (fallen to heretics)
Population: Massive
Purity: Heretical
Conclave votes: None
Spamignon
Population: High
Purity: Faithful
Conclave votes:8
Rastari Mountains
Population: Low
Purity: Wanting
Conclave votes: 2
Pen Island
Population: Medium
Purity: Virgin
Conclave votes: 6
Spamalot (fallen to heretics)
Population: Medium
Purity: Heretical
Conclave votes: None
Wonderland
Population: Low
Purity: Devout
Conclave votes: 4
Brodie Bay
Population: Medium
Purity: Unclean
Conclave votes: 3
Heresy Hearings
The Pope will head all trials and courts and proceedings, acting as judge in all blasphemy hearings which the Inquisition bring to him, as well as any other cases. The Inquisitor Exempt is the only member of the Inquisition that may bring another Inquisitor, a Spamdinal, Dean or even the Pope to court for heresy. If the papacy is compromised, the Inquisitor Exempt will act as judge. The jury will be all Spamdinals and the Dean (excluding any who are under investigation for heresy)
The Death of a Pope
When the pope dies, an interregnum begins until another is elected in conclave. Popes can die of old age (lack of activity), by execution for heresy (after a fair trial), crushed by the masses (public poll with at least 2x as many votes as parishes and 80%+ in one option for killing the pope.. a negative option is required and the poll must be open for 24hrs), or can be forced to resign (supermajority in papal conclave).