Can someone have more than 1 registered User Account on the TNP Forum (Multying)?
It would seem so, according to the
General Rules.
Multying - (having more than one registered name on the forum) is frowned upon and is an underhanded thing to do - Trust is an important commodity in the forum, multing will damage your credibility. Having non-UN "puppets" is perfectly acceptable.
This does not explicitly state that it is illegal.
The understanding is that different TNP Nations would be used for each User Accont.
Is having a User Account the same as being a Registered Citizen?
To become a TNP RA Member, it is very clear that the associated TNP Nation does not have to be a WA Member, according to the
Membership Application Rules.
Additionally, these rules seem to imply that someone could register each of their TNP Nations into the RA as long as they are not ''intentionally deceiving''.
Chapter 1: Criminal Code
__Section 1.4: Fraud
____10. ''Fraud'' is defined as an intentional deception, by falsehood or omission, made for some benefit or to damage another individual.
__Section 1.6: Proxying
____17. "Proxying" is defined as use of a proxy server to render a forum user anonymous or any practice which allows a member multiple accounts.
Although proxying in order to deceptively have multiple accounts is illegal, it does not seem to be illegal to have multiple accounts without ''proxying''.
Thus, theoretically, someone could create 100 TNP Nations, Register them all as citizens under different TNP Forum User Accounts, Register them all as RA members, and vote using each said Nation.
Although my interpretation may be incorrect, I recommend to change the General Rules to explicitly state that "Multying" is illegal.