Three Branches — President, Legislature, Judiciary

Server civics simulation only. Not real government or legal advice.

Brainstorm: President & Legislature in _AI + Minecraft

Goals

Design principles

1. Closed ballot — Congress never invents free-form /op laws; only action_ids in government.yml.
2. Separation of powers — Legislature enrolls; Executive signs/vetoes; Judiciary may hold.
3. Dry-run default — no economy/land mutation until apply or execute-winner.
4. Humans fill offices; AI fills empty seats — same as MCGov roster.
5. Pipeline is inspectable — phase + winners always in observations and /ai gov status.

Product modes

• Full multi-agent session — run MC-Federal-Government-Agents.lua (or US-Federal-Government-Agents.lua on desktop).
• Server-only pipeline — /ai gov pipeline action:… when _AI is offline (synthetic chamber votes).
• Live legislature — players in Senate/House cast gov vote; President player gov sign|veto.
• Tribunal — judicial court open for grief/dispute RP (see courtroom brainstorm).

Implemented pipeline

docket → committee → senate → house → conference → president → judicial → enacted

Offices (government.yml → branch-offices)

President, VP, cabinet, Senate/House leaders, Chief Justice + associates.

Appoint: /ai gov appoint player:Steve office:president apply

Commands

In-game

/ai gov status
/ai gov branches
/ai gov ballot
/ai gov charter
/ai gov bill Cap market fees at 1%
/ai gov session force
/ai gov vote chamber:senate action:publish_budget
/ai gov vote chamber:house action:publish_budget
/ai gov conference
/ai gov sign apply
/ai gov veto
/ai gov judicial_review action:set_sales_tax
/ai gov court status
/ai gov court open bill:Grief dispute apply
/ai gov pipeline action:publish_branch_status sign apply
/ai gov enact publish_budget apply
/ai gov appoint player:Alex office:chief_justice apply

_AI bridge

minecraft gov status
minecraft gov branches
minecraft gov vote chamber:senate action:no_action player:Bot
minecraft gov conference
minecraft gov sign apply
minecraft gov pipeline action:charter_review

Multi-agent deliberation

set MCGOV_DRY_RUN=1
set MCGOV_BILL=Publish branch status and keep markets open
simple script execute lua_scripts/MC-Federal-Government-Agents.lua
# or
agent start mc_federal

Bridge JSON

{"type":"gov","op":"branches"}
{"type":"gov","op":"vote","chamber":"senate","action":"publish_budget","player":"Steve"}
{"type":"gov","op":"conference"}
{"type":"gov","op":"sign","apply":true}
{"type":"gov","op":"veto"}
{"type":"gov","op":"judicial_review","action":"stimulus_payout"}
{"type":"gov","op":"court","sub":"open","bill":"Claim dispute","apply":true}
{"type":"gov","op":"pipeline","action":"publish_branch_status","sign":true,"apply":false}

Observation fields

gov_phase, gov_senate_winner, gov_house_winner, gov_conference_winner,
gov_presidential_action, gov_branch, gov_office, gov_court_cases, …

Files

Safety

• Default dry-run; high-risk ballot items still charter-checked.
• No auto-ban from judicial or executive path.
• Veto clears enrollment; hold blocks enact.
• Simulation labels required in broadcasts.

Suggested next steps

1. Capitol build + scoreboard teams per branch.
2. Wire Citizens NPCs for empty offices.
3. Courtroom-Strategy.lua brief on court open.
4. LuckPerms gov.president / gov.senator gates.
5. Dynmap “Capitol” marker from phase changes.