Debt Tears Apart Country of Trophis

The Government of Trophis, a Civics 10 Open class at Rick Hansen Secondary School in Mississauga (Ontario), is in some serious financial trouble. With only $26 remaining in the government’s bank account, citizens and parliament members are feeling the pressure and are in need of significant economic reform.

The solution? Nikhila, an Member of Parliament suggests a new bill that gives the government control over all the important hexes : E/I hex, Health hex, Education hex and Farm hex. However, the citizens of Trophis have mixed feelings with this idea.

Some agree:

Nadia: “Yeah, i think our government should own the important hexes because they probably know how to manage them better than the citizens of Trophis.”

Whereas others find fundamental faults with the bill:

Kyle, a MP of the Opposition states: “how can the government obtain them if they only have $26? The only way they can get them is by “stealing” them from citizens which would be illegal”

Candice: “It’s not really fair that the government can just take the important hexes, the citizens paid money for them!”

As the discussion heats up it is revealed that the lack of money was largely the fault of Simo, leader of the Opposition who spent all the government money during the hex auctions. Nadia, a citizen of Trophis claims Simo bought:

“…useless things that (we) do not need. You did it so when the Phoenix party came to take their position back , they had control over nothing.”

The Government of Trophis remains poor and split by accusations of corruption and financial mismanagement. Will the country be able to unite and escape its debt ? Will Simo be accused of crimes against the people? Will they be able to achieve law, order, and good government?