Now Hiring: Member of Congress (5th Seat)

Location: Reykjavík-sur-Ubangi, Central Afro-Icelandic Republic

Type: Full-time, term unspecified

Central Africa is growing, and we're looking for a driven, entrepreneurial self-starter to join our Congress as we scale our tax policy, our partnerships, and our sense of what a quorum even is.

This is a rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a young institution before its norms harden into anything resembling accountability. If you've ever looked at a functioning democracy and thought "I could really streamline this," we want to talk to you.

About Us

We're a fast-moving, mission-driven legislative body serving the farmers, herders, and seasonal workers of the Congo basin. As a founding member of the Afrikaanse Potjiekos Unie, we're proud contributors to the expansion of our common agricultural base, a program under which Central Africa farms regional land on behalf of the Union and shares out the resulting agricultural tax income among fellow member states.

The Role

You'll join our four existing congress members in a hands-on, high-visibility position shaping the fiscal and diplomatic direction of the Republic. Day to day, you can expect to:

• Vote on adjusting and fine-tuning the agrarian income tax rate. Rounding is a feature, not a bug.

• Approve and expand the common agricultural base of Central Africa.

• Pass legislation efficiently, meaning promptly, meaning before reading it.

• Abstain strategically. Training provided on how to look occupied while you wait for instructions.

• Build close, trusted relationships with every side of every conflict, and both sides of the spread. We find sincerity is valuable, more valuable still once you learn to bill for it twice.

What We're Looking For

• A demonstrated core competency in constructing alternative facts, or what we call, narrative infrastructure.

• Demonstrated comfort with plausible deniability as a secondary competency.

• Comfortable receiving a call mid-session and voting accordingly.

• Prior legislative, mercenary, or import/export experience considered equally.

• Must be reachable by at least two capitals at once. No man can serve two masters, they say, but we manage three or four just fine.

• A refined sense of principles, which we expect you to contribute in duplicate. Practical, just in case, and uncommitted to a pattern. Call it nuance.

• No fixed nationality requirement. We assume you're already carrying someone else's interests.

Compensation & Benefits

• Congress does not carry a government salary, which is exactly why the good ones treat the seat as a probationary period for a Ministerial appointment. We call this a career path. Others might call it laundering your resume through the legislature.

• Unlimited Piedbœuf and Cara.

• Flexible ethics policy.

How to Apply

Send a letter of interest, a list of references who will vouch for your discretion rather than your character, and, ideally, nothing in writing that could later be characterized as "in writing."

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do discriminate against candidates who insist on reading legislation before or after passing said legislation.