Party subsidies

Parties earn world drachma for the seats they win in test elections, so a movement with real support can fund itself instead of depending on donors.

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How it works

Each test election has a reward pool of WDD — the pools are listed below. The pool is divided into equal shares, one for each of the election’s 2,025 seats, and a party receives one share for every seat it wins. How seats are won — the counting method, the threshold of one seat, and why there are 2,025 — is set out under test elections.

Party subsidy = seats won × (reward pool ÷ 2,025)

With a pool of 202,500 WDD, one seat is worth 100 WDD. A party with 20% of the vote wins 405 seats — 40,500 WDD.

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Reward pools

Elections before seats were introduced were paid in proportion to votes, with no threshold: every party with a vote took pool × its votes ÷ all votes cast. Those elections also paid an extra 10% of each subsidy, on top of it, to the citizen who had invited the party’s leader. That was the Ambassador Program, and it ends with them: from Test election 33, the subsidy is all an election pays.

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The barrier to entry

Starting a party costs nothing. The one requirement is that the account registering it is verified — the same short camera check that voting requires.

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How the money arrives

1. It is not instant. Each election is distributed once, after it has closed — not the moment the last vote lands.
2. The award vests over a year. Nothing arrives as a lump sum. The subsidy is released second by second across 365 days, and the balance in the app ticks up while you watch it.
3. It lands in a personal account. There is no separate party wallet. The subsidy accrues to the World Republic wallet of the citizen who registered the party, where the transaction list shows it as Party subsidy.
4. You withdraw it yourself. Vested WDD can be sent onchain to an address you choose, on either chain the world drachma runs on. A minimum withdrawal amount applies, and the app shows it on the withdrawal screen.

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A new subsidy restarts the clock

A second subsidy does not start a second stream beside the first. Whatever has already vested stays available in your balance; whatever has not is added to the new award, and the combined amount is spread over a fresh 365 days. A party that keeps earning keeps a rolling twelve-month horizon rather than finishing one award before the next begins.

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Why this matters

• Financial independence: parties are funded by their share of the vote, not by donors.
• Level playing field: a new party draws on the same pool as an established one.
• Direct impact: every seat is an equal share of the pool, and seats follow the vote.

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