BY THE POWER OF THE SOVEREIGN PEOPLE,
the Nation establishes this constitution as the supreme law to serve for the fraternal wellbeing of the Adelphine Commonwealth in justice, action and the will of the peoples contained within.

Article I - The Fraternal Commonwealth
§1. The official name of the country is "The Adelphine Commonwealth" or "Adelphine Commonwealth" when necessary, being able to be shortened to "the Commonwealth", with the official initials being "TAC".
§2. The Adelphine Commonwealth is a federal constitutional and democratic monarchy with power emanating from the Sovereign People.
§3. The Commonwealth places itself firmly with the West and the values of democracy, truth and justice.
§5. The national flag is a rectangle proportioned 3:2 of three equal-width vertical bands, the leftmost being red (hexadecimal CC0000), representing fraternity; the middle being gold (hexadecimal FFD800), representing the wealth of soul; and the rightmost being black (hexadecimal 000000), representing dignity.
§6. The language of the Commonwealth for government communication is English.
§7. The territory of the Commonwealth consist of its NationStates region, its Discord and the territories of its States.
§8. This Constitution and all other laws of Commonwealth are in effect in all of its territory as defined in §7.
§9. The Commonwealth is a secular country, respecting all but not tied to any religion.
§10. The Commonwealth may enter into international treaties with foreign powers.
§11. This constitution is valid in all territories of the Commonwealth and its violation shall be punished accordingly.

Article II - The States
§12. Regions may join the Commonwealth as a State.
§13. Citizens may form a State.
§14. The Commonwealth recognizes two types of States: a) Internal, which are fully resident in the Commonwealth with no external territories, b) External.
§15. For a State to be admitted as such, a representative of it must submit an official request to the Prime Minister, who shall present the request in the Parliament, and the Parliament shall approve it by simple majority vote as defined in §37.
§16. The States have the right to full domestic rule within the reasonable bounds of Commonwealth law.
§17. The States have the right to have conflicts between State and Commonwealth be resolved peacefully between the State in question and the Commonwealth government.
§18. The States have the right to be treated respectfully by all of the Commonwealth and by all foreign entities.
§19. The States have the right to leave the Commonwealth unilaterally.

Article III - Rights of the Sovereign People
§20. All citizens have the right to be treated with proper respect.
§21. No citizen shall be discriminated on any basis.
§22. All citizens have the rights to fair trial, to be presumed innocent until proven guilty, to not be tried ex post facto and to be equal in front of the law.
§23. All citizens with no criminal record for the past three (3) months have the right to join parties, vote and be elected in the elections for the National Assembly.
§24. All citizens have the additional rights to own, hold and pass on property, to employ and be employed, to participate in the Roleplay, the right to the secrecy of correspondence and the right to create families.

Article IV - Status of Residency
§25. Commonwealth Citizenship is granted a) By the Parliament's simple majority upon request of the individual desiring citizenship, b) Automatically to all individual citizens of a State ascending into the Commonwealth, c) In absence of the institution of citizenship in a State ascendant into the Commonwealth, to all those individuals of that State in the moment of admission who take up residence in the Commonwealth, d) Upon the adoption of this constitution, to all individuals resident in the Commonwealth.
§26. Foreign diplomats and important guests who have officially presented themselves to the Parliament shall be respected and protected from harm.
§27. Those who have entered the Commonwealth may ask the Parliament by it's simple majority to grant them asylum, which if granted prohibits their extradition.
§28. All others who reside in the Commonwealth shall be classified as residents with the right to participate in the Roleplay.

Article V - The Parliament
§29. The Parliament is the legislative organ of the Commonwealth.
§30. The Parliament consists of two houses: a) the National Assembly (lower house), b) the Senate (upper house).
§31. The National Assembly represents the people of the Commonwealth.
§32. The Senate represents the states of the Commonwealth.
§33. Both houses have the right to draft, propose and vote on legislature and additional items defined in §37.
§34. For legislature to pass, it must reach a quorum of above 50% voting members, into which votes of "Abstain" are counted, and approved by votes of "Aye" by either threshold delineated in §35 in both houses of the Parliament.
§35. The Parliament recognizes two thresholds of approval: a) Simple majority (above 50% votes for), b) Supermajority (above 75% for).
§36. There are no term limits for the members of the Parliament.
§37. The Parliament decides on accepting treaties, agreements, embassies and other major expressions of foreign policy, such as declaration of war or signing of peace.
§38. No member of the Parliament may hold a seat in the National Assembly and the Senate at the same time.

Article VI - The National Assembly
§39. The National Assembly consists of members of elected parties.
§40. Elections to the assembly are held once every month and have a duration of twenty-four (24) hours.
§41. The number of seats available in the National Assembly is equal to one (1) and then additional one (1) per every ten (10) residents of the Commonwealth at the time of election.
§42. A party must receive at least two votes in general election to meet the threshold of seating eligibility in the National Assembly.
§43. Seats in the National Assembly are assigned to parties who have crossed the eligibility of seating proportionally according to the percentage of votes obtained in descending order from the biggest to the smallest until all seats are filled.
§44. For the National Assembly to be able to convene, a governing majority must be formed within forty-eight (48) hours of the official declaration of results of election by minimum of 50% seats controlled either by a party or a coalition of parties.
§45. The governing majority is obliged to present to the Sovereign People a governing programme within forty-eight (48) hours of the official declaration of results of election.
§46. In the event that the National Assembly is unable to convene, new elections must be held immediately with the duration of twenty-four (24) hours.
§47. In the event that the National Assembly has been unable to convene for fourteen (14) days, all current political parties are to be disbanded, their members at the time of disbandment barred from office for two (2) months and elections for the National Assembly held immediately, lasting for twenty-four (24) hours.
§48. In the event of the National Assembly still being unable to convene after the previous point, the monarch shall take on its responsibilities to represent the Sovereign People until recalled by a supermajority of the Senate, upon which another election for the National Assembly shall be held until a government is able to be formed.

Article VII - The Senate
§49. The Senate consists of representatives of the individual States.
§50. The States themselves decide on the manner of supplying representatives to the Senate.
§51. The number of seats available in the Senate for each State is equal to one (1) and then additional one (1) per every: a) Fifteen (15) residents of said State if Internal b) Twenty (20) residents of said State if External.

Article VIII - The Prime Minister
§52. The Prime Minister is the leader of the governing majority.
§53. The Prime Minister leads the parliament and the government.
§54. The Prime Minister is appointed by the reigning monarch.
§55. The Prime Minister signs treaties, agreements and declarations with foreign powers with his own name.
§56. In the event of a tie in the National Assembly, the Prime Minister may cast a deciding vote.

Article IX - The Court
§57. The court serves to settle any dispute brought before it with fairness, neutrality, professionalism and according to the laws of the Commonwealth where possible.
§58. The court consists of the judge, a prosecutor and an attorney.
§58. The judge is elected or dismissed by supermajority vote of the parliament and subsequent confirmation by the monarch.
§59. A prosecutor may be chosen by the accuser to represent them in court until the settlement of the particular dispute.
§60. An attorney may be chosen by the defendant to represent them in court until the settlement of the particular dispute.
§61. The judge presides over disputes, ensuring both the accusing and defending party are fairly heard and ultimately delivers a verdict.
§62. The judge may also be asked by any member of the parliament or the monarch to examine the constitutionality of a law or action, upon which they examine the situation thoroughly and release an evaluation.
§63. The judge must not be a member of a political party or a member of the Parliament.
§64. There are no term limits any of the court positions.

Article X - The Monarchy
§65. The Commonwealth recognizes a monarch as head of state to serve as the necessary unifying force of the States and the Sovereign People and be their first servant and protector.
§66. In the event of the Commonwealth having no monarch, one must be elected by a) The Parliament by a supermajority vote, b) If the Parliament is unable to convene, a plebiscite.
§67. The title of the monarch shall be either "King of the Adelphines" or "Queen of the Adelphines," representing a connection to the sovereign people and dismissing feudal connections to land as property.
§68. The monarch is the commander-in-chief of the armed forces.
§69. The monarch has the power of legislative initiative in the Parliament.
§70. The monarch has the power to declare plebiscites.
§71. The monarch represents the Commonwealth.
§72. The Parliament may depose the monarch in a supermajority vote.
§73. The monarch bestows awards and decorations.
§74. The monarch officially declares the results of the elections to the National Assembly.
§75. The monarch selects a Regent to act in their full capacity in the event of the monarch's death until the election of a new monarch, or upon the specific request of the reigning monarch for any duration of time.
§A1. The monarch is allowed to abdicate the throne if they feel they cannot uphold their duties stipulated by the constitution.
§A2. In order to abdicate the monarch must submit a message to the prime minister including the following: a brief reasoning why they feel they can no longer conduct the duties of monarch; recommendation to the parliament of a valid successor; the date they shall officially step down, which shall be no sooner than 72 hours from the time of deliverance.
§A3. The parliament must decide on a successor before the abdicating monarch's intended final date of abdication.

Article XI - Plebiscites
§76. Plebiscites are official, legally binding questions or series of questions given to the Sovereign People.
§77. All citizens are allowed to vote in a plebiscite.
§78. Plebiscites are held in the form of a regional poll, lasting for forty-eight (48) hours.
§79. A plebiscite needs more than 50% of the citizens to vote and more than 75% votes in favor in order to pass.
§80. The results of a plebiscite must be put into action by the government of the Commonwealth.

Article XII - Amending the Constitution
§81. The Constitution may be amended by a Parliament supermajority vote, or by a plebiscite.
§82. On the removal of an article, it shall be struck out in such a manner that the numbering of sections remains the same to save future reference to the past.
§83. New articles shall be marked out of the initial order as §A and a number starting with 1 and continuing in order of admission (§A1, §A2, §A3...)