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People of nolan

Obets wrote:Actually another change in plans ill be creating a totally different thing which i wont reveal yet

Look, you can't possibly create three political party ideas at once!
THINK Obets THINK!

Me, and [nation][/nation]
We Will Founded Corporatist Party,
Support Us!

Studeli wrote:Me, and [nation][/nation]
We Will Founded Corporatist Party,
Support Us!

facepalm
THATS NOT HOW IT WORKS
YOU HAVE TO MAKE A DISPATCH
AND THEN SHOW IT TO WHOEVER
AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE A PARTY

Studeli wrote:Me, and [nation][/nation]
We Will Founded Corporatist Party,
Support Us!

Actually, call it Syndicalist Party, because We are Socialists

People of nolan wrote:Q: Lots. But most recently, getting run over by cars(and just dying in general).

WYR: None.
British Parliament is dumb people yelling.
US Congress is dumb, and smart people arguing quietly.

Korean National Assembly is idiots battering each other with crowbars.
Im not even joking. A congressman actually brought a frickin crowbar into the Assembly building and threatened othet people, waving it around.

People of nolan

AAAAAAA
I JUST BANNED SLAVERY
bursts into crying

Newberus wrote:Actually, call it Syndicalist Party, because We are Socialists

So yes, we will call it Alliance for Socialism

Taqan wrote:So yes, we will call it Alliance for Socialism

Newberus wrote:Actually, call it Syndicalist Party, because We are Socialists

You guys arent citizens, you cant create one

Obets wrote:You guys arent citizens, you cant create one

It is Possible, Even if we lose our Citizenship, The Political party works well, the WhoTuber Explained It!

Actually, We can Founded Outside of Grounds.

Taqan

Newberus wrote:Actually, We can Founded Outside of Grounds.

because Government will Persecute us for No Citizenship

Taqan

Newberus wrote:It is Possible, Even if we lose our Citizenship, The Political party works well, the WhoTuber Explained It!

you have no citizenship in the first place, you cant create a party

Obets wrote:you have no citizenship in the first place, you cant create a party

Only the Government Say That.

Taqan

Studeli wrote:Only the Government Say That.

you cant legally create a poltiical party, if you do you will be rejected

god I hate it when 5 year olds flood the region

Obets wrote:you cant legally create a poltiical party, if you do you will be rejected

god I hate it when 5 year olds flood the region

i just joined the UN World Assembly.

Taqan wrote:i just joined the UN World Assembly.

you now need to endorse narvatus. then you, but only you, can be a member and/or create a political party, as the others arent citizens

Obets wrote:you now need to endorse narvatus. then you, but only you, can be a member and/or create a political party, as the others arent citizens

Go here Narvatus
Scroll to the bottom
Click on the button that says 'Endorse Narvatus'

SMH y’all still arguing over parties? I thought we’ve already established that the Free Nations Region Organization of the Immortal Science Which Seeks the Development of a Libertarian Socialist, Syndicalist, Council Communist, Democratic Socialist, Social Democratic (Classical Definition), and Perhaps Anarchist or Otherwise Minded Society, Whose Members Consist of Individuals Determined to Abolish All Forms of Unjust Forms of Hegemony, and Also Really Dislike Raw Tomatoes (Seriously, That Stuff Belongs in a Sauce on Pasta or Pizza, Not on a Burger, Don’t @ Me) Party (Centrist Marxist Tendency)(Pro-SR)(Pro-FT)(Lorum Ipsum)… Party!

(Or FNROISWSDLSSCCDSSD(CD)PAOMSWMCIDAAFUFHARDRT(STSBSPPNBD@M)P(CMT)(P-SR)(P-FT)(LI)…P! For short.)

Is the best party of all!

Sulivannia, Acceel, and Kissassia

YOU FOOL, THE FNR LIBERTARIAN PARTY SHALL RISE THE RANKS AND BECAME THE BEST PARTY OUT OF ALL OF THEM

People of nolan

Duckbill wrote:YOU FOOL, THE FNR LIBERTARIAN PARTY SHALL RISE THE RANKS AND BECAME THE BEST PARTY OUT OF ALL OF THEM

Yea.

People of nolan

Also, I swear if people actually create these much parties, where going to have to create a Parliament.

18th June 1812 (209 years ago): War of 1812 begins

18 June 1812: The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President James Madison signs the declaration into law—and the War of 1812 begins. The American war declaration, opposed by a sizable minority in Congress, had been called in response to the British economic blockade of France, the induction of American seaman into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier. A faction of Congress known as the “War Hawks” had been advocating war with Britain for several years and had not hidden their hopes that a U.S. invasion of Canada might result in significant territorial land gains for the United States.

In the months after President Madison proclaimed the state of war to be in effect, American forces launched a three-point invasion of Canada, all of which were decisively unsuccessful. In 1814, with Napoleon Bonaparte’s French Empire collapsing, the British were able to allocate more military resources to the American war, and Washington, D.C., fell to the British in August. In Washington, British troops burned the White House, the Capitol, and other buildings in retaliation for the earlier burning of government buildings in Canada by U.S. soldiers.

In September, the tide of the war turned when Thomas Macdonough’s American naval force won a decisive victory at the Battle of Plattsburg Bay on Lake Champlain. The invading British army was forced to retreat back into Canada. The American victory on Lake Champlain led to the conclusion of U.S.-British peace negotiations in Belgium, and on December 24, 1814, the Treaty of Ghent was signed, formally ending the War of 1812. By the terms of the agreement, all conquered territory was to be returned, and a commission would be established to settle the boundary of the United States and Canada.

British forces assailing the Gulf Coast were not informed of the treaty in time, and on 8 January 1815, the U.S. forces under Andrew Jackson achieved the greatest American victory of the war at the Battle of New Orleans. The American public heard of Jackson’s victory and the Treaty of Ghent at approximately the same time, fostering a greater sentiment of self-confidence and shared identity throughout the young republic.

Given the widespread British invasions, burning of American cities, including the capitol building, the blockade, and the continued confiscation of American ships and cargo, Americans believe they had defeated a British attack on their sovereignty, Canadians that they repulsed 'the massed might of the United States', while the British consider the war as a minor theatre in the larger worldwide Napoleonic Wars.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/War_of_1812_Montage.jpg

Clockwise from top:
Damage to the United States Capitol after the burning of Washington; Mortally wounded Isaac Brock spurs on the York Volunteers at the battle of Queenston Heights; USS Constitution vs HMS Guerriere; The death of Tecumseh in 1813; Andrew Jackson defeats the British assault on New Orleans in 1815.

__________

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Anglo_American_War_1812_Locations_map-en.svg/2560px-Anglo_American_War_1812_Locations_map-en.svg.png

Map showing the northern theatre of the War of 1812.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/war-of-1812-begins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_of_1812

South Asians, My Nation, Doctors Orvos, Sulivannia, and 6 othersGufand, People of nolan, Gullyslanarmaing, Acceel, The egalitarian dominion of yutes, and Kissassia

OH NO I ADDED ONLY NATIVE-BORN REPRESENTATION MY COUNTRY IS RUIIIIIIINED

Sulivannia, Acceel, and Kissassia

People of nolan wrote:Also, I swear if people actually create these much parties, where going to have to create a Parliament.

Yeah man. Right now the parties dont really have that much purpose.

Thaelle has presented a bill before the legislature for debate. You can submit your comments to the current speaker, who'll post them in the appropiate channel of the server, or you can join the server, using the link below.
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Founded January 15, 2016 - United December 25, 2016




Name: Legislative Modernization Act
Serial Number: RL-053


Date of Passage: YYYY/MM/DD
Brief Purpose: To modernize our legal system before it becomes even larger of an issue than it already is.

Preamble

CONCERNED by the bloat of our current legislative system,

BELIEVING that reforming the system now will set better foundations moving forward,

Hereby enacts the following:

Legislative Modernization Act


Section I: Legislation

  1. RL-003, RL-007, RL-012, RL-013, RL-014, RL-015, RL-016, RL-017, RL-018, RL-019, RL-020, RL-022, RL-023, RL-024, RL-025, RL-027, RL-028, RL-029, RL-030, RL-031, RL-032, RL-033, RL-034, RL-035, RL-036, RL-037, RL-038, RL-039, RL-040, RL-041, RL-042, RL-043, RL-044, RL-046, RL-047, RL-049, RL-050, RL-051, and RL-052 shall be repealed.

  2. The Legislative Structure Act, as contained in Annex I to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Legislative Structure Act shall be given the serial number RL-003.

  3. The Criminal Code Act, as contained in Annex II to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Criminal Code Act shall be given the serial number RL-004.

  4. The Judicial Procedures Act, as contained in Annex III to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Judicial Procedures Act shall be given the serial number RL-005.

  5. The Attorney Act, as contained in Annex IV to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Attorney Act shall be given the serial number RL-006.

  6. The World Assembly Act, as contained in Annex V to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The World Assembly Act shall be given the serial number RL-007.

  7. The Government Employment Act, as contained in Annex VI to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Government Employment Act shall be given the serial number RL-008.

  8. The Roleplay Act, as contained in Annex VII to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Roleplay Act shall be given the serial number RL-009.

  9. The Executive Succession Act, as contained in Annex VIII to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Executive Succession Act shall be given the serial number RL-010.

  10. The Information Act, as contained in Annex IX to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Information Act shall be given the serial number RL-011.

  11. The Standardization Act, as contained in Annex X to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Standardization Act shall be given the serial number RL-012.

  12. The Foreign Policy Act, as contained in Annex XI to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Foreign Policy Act shall be given the serial number RL-013.

  13. The Military Powers Act, as contained in Annex XII to this act, is enacted into law.

    1. The Military Powers Act shall be given the serial number RL-014.

Section II: Treaties

  1. The Ratification of the Treaty of Veria, Pax Patronus, Treaty of Santiago de Chile, Guarantee of Independence of Warzone Asia, and The Partnership for Sovereignty shall be affirmed.

  2. The FNR-Force Treaty and the Convention of Lausanne shall be repealed.

Section III: Self-Repeal

  1. The Legislative Modernization Act shall be repealed by the passage of the Legislative Modernization Act.

Proposed & Signed,
Thaelle
Minister of Internal Affairs

Annex I

The Legislative Structure Act

Section I: Legislative Devices

  1. Proposals brought before the Citizens’ Assembly shall be considered either motions or acts.

  2. Proposals will be assigned serial numbers chronologically beginning at CR-001.

  3. Motions may amend, repeal, or replace current regional law; pass, amend, or repeal treaties; establish internal Assembly procedure; or establish Assembly committees. This list is not exhaustive and may be expanded upon by future legislation.

    1. Motions will not be considered regional law.

    2. Motions cannot be directly repealed.

  4. Passed acts will be considered regional law and assigned serial numbers chronologically beginning at RL-001.

    1. Should a clause in an act pertain to any subject designated as a motion, the clause will be excluded from the regional law.

    2. The Constitution and Bill of Rights will both be considered regional law.

Section II: Documentation

  1. The Speaker will maintain an archived list of all Assembly proposals. The list will contain each proposal’s name, serial number, author, status, date of vote completion, and link.

    1. Proposal dispatches will be titled with the name of the proposal with the status preceded by square brackets.

  2. The Speaker will maintain an archived list of regional law. The list will contain each law’s name, serial number, and link.

    1. Regional law dispatches are separate from the corresponding proposal dispatch and will exclude any form of preamble or signature included in the corresponding proposal.

    2. Should a regional law be amended, the corresponding dispatch will be updated to include all amendments.

    3. Regional law dispatches will be titled with the name of the law.

    4. Repealed regional laws will be removed from the list.

  3. The Speaker will maintain an archived list of active treaties. The list will contain each treaty’s name, involved region, and link.

    1. Should a treaty be amended, the corresponding dispatch will be updated to include all amendments.

    2. Treaty dispatches will be titled with the name of the treaty.

    3. Repealed treaties will be removed from the list.

Annex II

The Criminal Code Act

Section I: High Crimes

  1. The following acts shall be considered high crimes and shall come with the maximum punishment of an indefinite ban.

  2. Any citizen who levies, attempts to levy, incites others to levy, or attempts to incite others to levy war against The Free Nations Region; seizes, attempts to seize, incites others to seize, or attempts to incite others to seize a position unlawfully; or uses, attempts to use, incites others to use, or attempts to incite others to use the powers of any position gained unlawfully is guilty of the offense of Treason.

  3. Any citizen who aids, attempts to aid, incites others to aid, or attempts to incite others to aid enemies of The Free Nations Region in a time of war or rebels, incites, or attempts to incite rebellion against the government or the chain of command of the Free Nations Defense Association (FNDA) from within the region or outside of it is guilty of the offense of Sedition.

  4. Any citizen who, with the intent to damage or destroy the relevant communication platform, undertakes any action which could cause a communication platform to go out of service or lose information; undertakes, or attempts to undertake, any action in a region in which they are not a resident to waste space on forums or to cause forums to crash, including any attempts to force a denial of service error on any communication platform; undertakes, or attempts to undertake, any attempt to flood the RMB of a region which is not their normal abode; gains, or attempts to gain, controls or obtains passwords to communication platforms by deception, is guilty of the offense of Off-Site Terrorism.

  5. Any citizen who shares classified information with those that don't have the clearance to view such information is guilty of the offense of Espionage.

Section II: Felonies

  1. The following acts shall be considered felonies and shall come with the maximum punishment of an eight-month ban.

  2. Any citizen who conceals previous regional affiliations on their citizenship application, conceals previous aliases used in other regions or in FNR when applying for citizenship, or provides misleading or deceitful information in an attempt to obtain citizenship or more than one account with citizenship is guilty of the offense of Lying on a Citizenship Application.

  3. Any citizen who attempts to force someone to provide favors of material or substantive value or undertake actions with a threat to release incriminating, compromising, or injurious information which is not widely known in The Free Nations Region is guilty of the offense of Blackmail.

  4. Any citizen who attempts to force someone to provide favors of material or substantive value or undertake actions with a threat to release untrue information is guilty of the offense of Extortion.

  5. Any citizen who represents, attempts to represent, or purports to represent the region in an official capacity in a domestic or foreign environment without proper legal authorization is guilty of the offense of Unlawful Representation.

  6. Any Moderator or Administrator who deletes or edits any message without authorization from the Court or just cause; deletes or edits a user account or the information contained within without authorization from the Court or just cause; alters or attempts to alter moderation logs; uses or attempts to use administrator or moderator powers to assist a criminal act; or commits other actions unbecoming of an administrator or moderator is guilty of the offense of Abuse of Administrative Powers.

  7. Any citizen who alters or deletes government dispatches or historical documents in a manner not allowed for in regional law is guilty of the offense of Damage to Government Property.

  8. Any citizen who accesses another account without the express permission of the account owner is guilty of Profile Trespassing.

  9. Any citizen holding the gameside delegate position who exercises functions obtained due to their position in contradiction to regional law is guilty of the offense of Unauthorized Use of Gameside Delegate Functions.

  10. Any citizen who impersonates or attempts to impersonate another individual or falsely represents or attempts to represent an organization or entity is guilty of the offense of Identity Fraud.

  11. Any citizen who sends unauthorized recruitment or welcoming telegrams, sends authorized telegrams with unauthorized edits, recruits from a region other than a Game-Created Region without authorization, recruits from any region contrary to treaty law, falsely reports, or causes software tools to falsely report, a telegram count to be included in official government records or processes or otherwise interferes with recruiting or welcoming efforts is guilty of the offense of Unlawful Interference with Recruitment or Welcoming.

  12. Any citizen who communicates an untrue and potentially injurious statement about another person or entity with the intent to injure that person or entity to a third party shall be guilty of the offense of Defamation.

  13. Any citizen who shows repeated disregard for the proper procedures of the Court; purposefully disrupts, derails, or otherwise disturbs the order within the Court; fails to follow the orders of the Presiding Judge within the Court; provides false information to the Court; or fails to follow a court order or sentence is guilty of the offense of Contempt of Court.

  14. Any citizen who commits multiple or frequent misdemeanors is guilty of the offense of Repeated Misdemeanors and may have their offenses upgraded to a Felony by the presiding Justice.

  15. Any citizen who provides or offers anything of monetary value to an individual or group in an attempt to influence an election or appointment is guilty of the offense of Bribery.

  16. Any citizen who posts, sends, or uses pictures or text that a reasonable person would consider vulgar, profane, lewd, or unacceptably graphic in nature on any regional property, or directs such content towards another FNR member without express consent, is guilty of the offense of Breach of Community Standards.

  17. Except as otherwise provided by law, any citizen who attempts to deceive the government by making a materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement, or by omitting, concealing, or hiding a material fact in an interaction with the government, including in official election filings or confirmation hearings, is guilty of the offense of Making False Statements.

Section III: Misdemeanors

  1. Any citizen who commits multiple or frequent infractions is guilty of the offense of Repeated Infractions under this law and is liable to having their offenses upgraded to a Misdemeanor by the Attorney General or Justice presiding over such a case and liable to a punishment up to a maximum sentence of a one-month ban.

  2. Any citizen who publicly advertises membership, directly or through prolonged conversation, of a foreign region or areas not operated by the administration or government, unless in furtherance of a legitimate governmental interest, is guilty of the offense of External Recruitment and liable to a punishment up to a maximum sentence of a seven-day ban.

Section IV: Infractions

  1. Any citizen who, in any area not designated to allow spamming, undertakes any action that wastes space, including through repetitive posting or messaging, in a manner that a reasonable person would conclude does not add even a minimum of value to the discussion or makes repeated posts or messages in a thread, channel, or equivalent area with a publicly posted and explicit purpose in a manner disruptive to normal administrative or governmental function is guilty of the offense of Unlawful Spamming.

  2. Any citizen who engages in frequent, prolonged, or ongoing behavior that a reasonable person would consider unacceptable to the community including offensive language, insinuations of threat, or directing unnecessarily hostile language at an individual is guilty of the offense of Fostering a Hostile Environment under this law.

Section V: Statute of Limitations

  1. There shall be no Statute of Limitations for High Crimes.

  2. If a Felony charge is not submitted to the Court within 180 days of the date that the alleged crime occurred, the charge may not be pursued.

  3. If a Misdemeanor charge is not submitted to the Court within thirty days of the date that the alleged crime occurred, the charge may not be pursued.

  4. The Statute of Limitations for Aiding and Abetting a Crime shall correspond with the class of crime that was aided and/or abetted.

  5. The Statute of Limitations may be waived by the Court if it believes that the case could not have been brought earlier.

Section VI: Court Jurisdiction and Further Proceedings

  1. The Court will have jurisdiction over all actions on all platforms maintained or provided by the government, as well as any actions of an individual outside of these venues if those actions harm a citizen or the government of The Free Nations Region.

  2. A citizen shall be considered guilty if they have fulfilled the objective element of a crime. A defendant may exculpate themselves by proving they did not intend to commit the prohibited act.

  3. Any citizen who willfully aids, counsels, commands, induces or procures the commission of a crime is guilty of Aiding and Abetting a Crime and is liable to a punishment at judicial discretion not exceeding the maximum punishment for that crime.

  4. Any conviction of a high crime, felony, or misdemeanor may result in the removal of the convicted defendant's Citizenship at the Court's discretion via a unanimous decision.
    The court shall apply a criminal law that it finds unclear or unambiguous in the manner most favorable to the defendant.

Section VII: Persona Non Grata

  1. Any non-citizen may be declared Persona Non Grata with the consent of the President, the Vice President, and the Cabinet and shall be immediately banned from all regional properties. Persona Non Grata status may be removed with the consent of the same group.

  2. Declarations of Persona Non Grata status will be publicly announced and all supporting evidence must be simultaneously made public. Removal of Persona Non Grata status will be publicly announced.

  3. Persona Non Grata may be declared for planning or executing an attempt to infiltrate and influence any regional vote, planning or executing a raid against The Free Nations Region, planning or executing a coup d'état against the government, or inciting or attempting to incite rebellion against the government.

  4. Any Citizen may file a case in the Supreme Court asking for the removal of Persona Non Grata status from an individual. The Supreme Court may remove Persona Non Grata status if the evidence against that person is proven to be unsubstantial.

Annex III

The Judicial Procedures Act

Section I: Formatting and Etiquette

  1. Criminal Cases the Attorney General or an authorized deputy shall be titled The Free Nations Region v. Defendant.

  2. All those involved in a case are expected to inform the court if there is anything that may impact their participation in the case.

  3. The Defendant is considered innocent until proven guilty beyond all reasonable doubt. The court will be an adversarial system.

  4. The Court may hold non-binding mock trials purely for educational value.

  5. Past cases shall be archived in a public location and detail both the indictment and verdict.

Section II: Court Process

  1. During Pre-Trial, evidence is submitted and the Defendant can convey intention to plead.

    1. The Attorney General is responsible for calling a session of the court and filing an indictment. All involved parties must be informed to ensure equal preparation time. The involved parties will then set a date for the trial.

    2. A minimum of two justices must be present.

  2. During the Plea Hearing, the defendant will issue their formal plea.

    1. A guilty plea will proceed to sentencing, while a not guilty plea will proceed to a trial hearing.

    2. The prosecution and Defense shall inform the court of any witnesses, issues in the case, evidence exhibits, admissions, and any point of law that might arise regarding the admissibility of evidence. All involved parties will receive copies of evidence.

    3. The court will then set an agreed date for the trial hearing and notify all involved parties. The court must be informed of any conflicts with the date.

    4. A minimum of one justice must be present.

  3. The Attorney General shall open the Trial Hearing with a summary of the evidence and the indictment.

    1. The Defense also may also make an opening statement.

    2. The Attorney General may bring forth witnesses and evidence, after which the Defense shall open their case with a counterargument and may provide witnesses and evidence. Each side shall then summarize their argument.

    3. Sitting justices will listen to the evidence and may ask questions at any time.

    4. Justices shall retire and return with a verdict. If found guilty, the Justices shall deliver a sentence at this time as well.

      1. When sentencing the court may take previous conduct, trial conduct, and any aggravating or mitigating circumstances into consideration.

      2. If a defendant has received multiple guilty verdicts, the Court may determine if the sentences are to be served concurrently or consecutively.

Section III: Justices

  1. During hearings, the Justices shall be responsible for keeping order in the court, guiding the involved parties in accordance with procedure, reassuring and informing witnesses, ensuring the hearings proceed at a reasonable pace, and giving rulings.

  2. During a hearing, Justices may ask questions of either party for clarification and procedural purposes, may adjourn a case to a later date, may dismiss a case if no progress is made within a reasonable time frame, and may charge counsel or a witness with contempt of court.

  3. Justices may not discuss the details of the case with any uninvolved parties.

  4. Justices must recuse themself from a case if there is any reason that inhibits them from fairly presiding over the case.

Section IV: Objections

  1. Involved parties are permitted to make objections to the judges hearing the case, the process taken, or the conduct of the opposing counsel. They may also submit an application for the case to be dismissed. The court shall then determine whether to sustain or overrule the matter.

  2. The Defense may, before opening its case, make an application of no case to answer. This application must show that the Attorney General has failed to meet the basic requirements to suggest a reasonable degree of guilt on the part of the defendant. The court shall then determine whether to accept the application, in which case the case will be dismissed.

Annex IV

The Attorney Act

Section I: The Attorney General

  1. The Attorney General shall be the primary legal adviser to the President and the default chief prosecutor for criminal cases. The Attorney General may appoint an alternate prosecutor for a case provided the appointed prosecutor does not have a conflict of interest.

  2. The President must nominate an Attorney General at the commencement of each Presidential term or make appointments on a case-by-case basis as legal violations or legal questions arise.

    1. The President, Founder, and Justices may not serve as Attorney General.

  3. The Attorney General may, with due discretion, appoint any person or persons to be their deputy or deputies, and in that capacity to exercise during their pleasure such powers, authorities and functions as they deem it necessary or expedient to delegate to them, subject to any limitations expressed by law; but the appointment of such a deputy or deputies shall not affect the exercise by the principal holder of any power, function or authority.

  4. In the event that the Attorney General is the subject of a criminal case, a conflict of interest exists, or the office of the Attorney General is vacant, the court shall appoint an alternate prosecutor.

  5. The defendant in a criminal case may petition the court to determine whether a conflict of interest exists.

Section II: The Association of Attorneys

  1. The Association of Attorneys (AoA) shall be composed of a maximum of four attorneys who must be citizens.

  2. Attorneys will be determined via an application process consisting of a timed online form lasting no longer than ten minutes.

    1. The qualifying passing score shall be seventy percent and may only be retaken with a different set of questions.

    2. The Supreme Court shall create and format the questions.

  3. Attorneys serve a term of one year and may reapply within the final month of their term. There are no term limits.

  4. Attorneys may be removed by unanimous agreement of the Supreme Court.

  5. Attorneys shall be given access to court channels and relevant channels for any proceeding they are assigned to.

Section III: Defense Counsel

  1. A Defense Counsel shall be established for each court case and will consist of an attorney and any defendants.

    1. Citizens are guaranteed the right to choose their own attorney or to instead represent themselves.

  2. The attorney shall act in support of the defendant(s).

  3. An attorney shall not act in any court case/trial if it is deemed they cannot maintain objectivity or a conflict of interest exists.

  4. A citizen is guaranteed the right to an attorney when under investigation or in a trial.

Section IV: Confidentiality

  1. Information that is shared by a client only to their attorney, is related to a criminal or civil case that was active at the time it was shared, and is shared via a private medium where, to both party's knowledge, no one other than the client, attorney, and any administrator can access it shall be considered privileged information.

  2. Restrictions shall be applied to privileged information.

    1. No one may be compelled to reveal privileged information in any manner.

    2. No one, other than the client, may reveal privileged information without the consent of the client.

    3. An attorney may not be compelled to testify against their client.

    4. A criminal defendant may not be compelled to testify against themself.

  3. Should the client commit perjury by giving testimony that conflicts with privileged information or the client knowingly and willingly shares the information with another party, the affected information will no longer be considered privileged.

Annex V

The World Assembly Act

Nomenclature

  1. For the purpose of this law, “simple majority” shall be defined as 50%+1 of all non-abstaining voting nations.

Section I: Duties of the World Assembly Delegate

  1. The World Assembly Delegate shall be a member of the Cabinet and serve as the primary World Assembly adviser to the government.

  2. The World Assembly Delegate may appoint a Vice Delegate with approval by a simple majority of the Citizens’ Assembly.

    1. The Vice Delegate shall have the second-highest number of endorsements in the region and may hold a vacant World Assembly Delegate position.

  3. The World Assembly Delegate shall create and maintain a World Assembly engagement or enrichment program and may create and maintain additional programs to encourage World Assembly authorship.

    1. The program shall publish a monthly Dispatch report and may create awards for qualified World Assembly nations to encourage participation.

    2. The program shall endeavor to publish vote recommendations for World Assembly Resolutions that have reached quorum.

Section II: Endorsement Regulations

  1. No World Assembly nation within The Free Nations Region may exceed an endorsement count greater than eighty percent of the endorsement count of the World Assembly Delegate.

    1. The Vice Delegate may not exceed an endorsement count greater than ninety percent of the endorsement count of the World Assembly Delegate.

  2. A World Assembly nation within The Free Nations Region may endorse any other World Assembly nation within the region as long as the endorsement does not cause the recipient to exceed the endorsement limit.

  3. No other World Assembly nation inside The Free Nations Region can legally become the official World Assembly Delegate except by the process articulated within the Constitution and statutes.

    1. Should a nation attempt to seize the Delegacy or Vice Delegacy illegally, they will be banned from the region immediately.

  4. Failure to comply with endorsement regulations will lead to the issuance of a maximum of three warnings. Failure to respond to the final warning within a period of 72 hours or refusal to comply will result in the ejection of the nation involved.

  5. Endorsement regulations will be suspended during the time period between the election or appointment of the new Delegate and them officially becoming Delegate of the region.

  6. The President, in consultation with and the approval of the World Assembly Delegate, may establish special exemptions for nations that exceed endorsement requirements.

Annex VI

The Government Employment Act

Section I: Employment

  1. The President reserves the right to hire or remove non-ministerial staff at their own discretion.

  2. Each established ministry during a presidential term hereby reserves the right to hire staff members at their own discretion in accordance with Section II and remove staff members with the agreement of the President.

  3. Each ministry is encouraged to design an awards system for their respective staff.

  4. The Supreme Court reserves the right to hire or remove court staff at its own discretion.

    1. Court staff may not take on the duties of a Justice during a court case or trial.

Section II: Apprenticeship

  1. The Free Nations Region Apprenticeship Program, hereafter known as the Apprenticeship Program, shall be divided into departments by Ministry, with each department corresponding with a specific Ministry.

  2. The corresponding Minister shall supervise the department and teach participants the inner workings of the Ministry.

  3. The Cabinet may establish procedures that allow citizens to join the Apprenticeship Program. Citizens will be considered an apprentice of the respective ministry upon completing these procedures.

  4. Citizens may hold apprenticeship in a maximum of two Ministries at any given time.

  5. Ministers may determine when and whether to graduate apprentices and promote them to Ministry staff.

Section III: Presidential Awards

  1. The President or Vice President may bestow awards upon citizens.

  2. On the final day of a Presidential term, the President may hand out the “Presidential Cross of Outstanding Excellence & Dedication” for exceptional service beyond the call of duty.

    1. The President may give the award to an unlimited number of citizens.

  3. The President and Vice President may not bestow any award upon themselves.

Annex VII

The Roleplay Act

  1. The Free Nations Realm shall be designated as the official roleplay region of the Free Nations Region.

  2. The roleplay will be led by roleplay moderators, who may implement their own unique rules for roleplay techniques.

  3. The roleplay moderators shall retain and hold complete autonomy over Polls, Appearance, Border Control, and Communications powers in The Free Nations Realm.

  4. The government may regulate the use of World Assembly and Embassy functions.

  5. The Free Nations Realm shall have a permanent on-site embassy with The Free Nations Region with embassy RMB posting permitted.

  6. The government shall retain complete control of the Founder nation in The Free Nations Realm.

  7. The government, in consultation with the roleplay moderators, shall conduct outreach to nations within The Free Nations Region to help strengthen roleplay participation and activity.

Annex VIII

The Executive Succession Act

Nomenclature

  1. For the purpose of this act, “seniority” shall be defined as the length of time a nation has held citizenship within the Free Nations Region.

  2. For the purpose of this act, “simple majority” shall be defined as 50%+1 of all non-abstaining voting nations.

  3. For the purpose of this act, “supermajority” shall be defined as two-thirds of all non-abstaining voting nations.

Section I: Presidential Succession

  1. A presidential succession will occur when the President’s nation ceases to exist or the office of the President is vacated by any means.

  2. The Vice President shall be first in the Presidential line of succession.

  3. Should the Vice President be unable or unwilling to fill the office of the President, the line of succession shall continue as follows until a successor is determined.

    1. Ministers, by order of seniority

    2. The World Assembly Delegate

    3. The Speaker of the Citizens’ Assembly

    4. The Chief Justice

    5. Citizens, by order of seniority

  4. The designated successor will become the new President and shall hold all legal privileges afforded to the office until either a special election is held or the end of the term.

  5. The new President may appoint a Vice President with approval by a simple majority of the Citizens’ Assembly.

Section II: The Cromwell Protocol

  1. The Cromwell Protocol is a mechanism that may be activated in the occurrence of a vacancy in the Executive Branch.

  2. Upon activation, the Cromwell Protocol shall initiate a Special Election which will function in the same method as a normal Election Season.

    1. If the Special Election would begin less than thirty days before the Election Season, the normal Election Season for that position shall be called off.

  3. The Cromwell Protocol may be activated by a simple majority vote of the Citizens’ Assembly and must be sponsored by a minimum of five citizens before going to vote.

Section III: The Vanguard Protocol

Sub-Section I: The Vanguard Council

  1. The Vanguard Council shall act as the staff in the Office of the Founder and the premier advisory body of The Free Nations Region, responsible for protecting the region during emergency situations in cooperation with the Founder, President and other offices as designated by law and helping the Founder in their daily tasks that includes assisting the government with the permission of the President.

  2. The Vanguard Council shall be composed of the Founder and a maximum of five Vanguards.

  3. Vanguards must be citizens of the Free Nations Region, with no criminal offences within FNR within four years or valid out-of-character issues, and must have subjectively shown positive merit through their actions towards FNR.

  4. The Founder may appoint a Vanguard with approval by a supermajority of the Citizens’ Assembly.

  5. A Vanguard may be removed from the Vanguard Council via unanimous agreement of the Vanguard Council (excluding the Vanguard in question), a simple majority Vote of No Confidence of the Citizens’ Assembly, or following a period of inactivity exceeding fourteen days without a prior public notice of inactivity.

Sub-Section II: The Vanguard Protocol

  1. The Vanguard Protocol is a mechanism that, if activated, gives the Vanguard Council authority to collectively hold vacant position(s) in the Executive Branch of the government.

  2. The Vanguard Protocol can be activated by the legislature in the occurrence of a vacancy in the Executive Branch when there are no eligible replacements or it must be filled immediately.

  3. The Vanguard Protocol may be activated by a supermajority vote of the Citizens’ Assembly and must be sponsored by a minimum of five citizens before going to vote.

    1. If the vote fails, another activation vote cannot occur for a period of thirty days following the vote.

  4. Following activation, the Vanguard Protocol will remain in place for a period of thirty days, after which the vacancy may be filled by a replacement or the Vanguard Protocol may be reactivated by a supermajority vote of the Citizens’ Assembly.

  5. The Vanguard Council shall be under the jurisdiction of the President while holding ministerial position(s).

  6. The Vanguard Protocol may be deactivated by a simple majority vote by the Vanguard Council.

Sub-Section III: Limitations

  1. The Supreme Court may reverse actions taken by the Vanguard Council outside of those vested to them within the law.

Annex IX

The Information Act

Section I: Government Transparency

  1. Any citizen may request the release of classified, sensitive, or private information from any branch of the government provided such a request does not lead to the release of confidential or real-life information or pertain to military operations, sensitive Cabinet discussions, or any situation deemed to impact the security of The Free Nations Region.

  2. The branches of the government may independently establish their own rules for transparency as long as such rules do not conflict with regional law.

  3. Failure to adhere to this act will result in reasonable judiciary action to ensure full-scale implementation. An official written warning will be the first action taken by the judiciary.

Sub-Section I: Executive Transparency

  1. The President must publish a presidential transparency report dispatch at a minimum frequency of every thirty days, detailing progress on the administration’s progress and goals.

    1. The Presidential Transparency Report must be sent out via a Region-Wide Telegram following publication.

  2. The President must release directives for all ministries within the first seven days following the end of a Minister election detailing the goals and tasks of each respective ministry.

  3. The Cabinet must maintain a public calendar containing regional plans and events.

  4. The Cabinet shall ensure that all official government dispatches remain up-to-date.

  5. The government will publish a foreign affairs update at the beginning of each month and deliver it to the NationStates forum and all embassies.

  6. The Cabinet may maintain and regulate a Civil Service Performance Evaluation of all Cabinet officials, including the scoring of the evaluation in consultation with the President. This may be done no more than three times per term and results must be made public.

Sub-Section II: Judicial Transparency

  1. The Supreme Court may request an in camera review of information if a defendant can reasonably prove that there is private information being withheld by the FNR government that may be used as exculpatory evidence in a legal matter,

    1. Only Court justices may review the evidence held by the government in private and if such information is deemed to be of evidentiary value then the Court may order the limited release of such evidence to the defendant and their legal counsel.

Section II: Confidentiality

  1. Confidential information will be classified as either restricted, top secret, or state security.

    1. Restricted status will be designated with the color blue and applied to information that could reasonably be expected to threaten regional security. Government officials will have access to restricted information.

    2. Top Secret status will be designated with the color red and applied to information which could reasonably be expected to cause serious damage to regional security. The President, Vice President, Chief Justice, and relevant Cabinet members will have access to top secret information.

    3. State Security status will be designated with the color black and applied to information that could reasonably be expected to cause extreme damage to regional security. The President and members given clearance by the President will have access to state security information.

  2. The President may lower the classification of or declassify confidential information and must announce any changes in classification to the Cabinet.

  3. Individuals with security clearance may invoke Executive Privilege if asked to testify on a subject that pertains to classified information.

Annex X

The Standardization Act

Nomenclature

  1. For the purpose of this act, “YYYY” shall represent the year, “MM” shall represent the month, and “DD” shall represent the day.

Section I:

  1. The nation ‘FNR’ shall be designated as the official government nation.

    1. The nation shall contain all important government dispatches and archives.

    2. All government dispatch titles will be preceded by "FNR | ".

    3. Additional nations may be created to represent the region in an official capacity or to conduct other specific administrative duties.

  2. The default date format shall be “YYYY/MM/DD”.

    1. Dates may also use an alternative representation format in "DD Month YYYY".

  3. The default time format shall be Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) in 24-hour notation. All times will be assumed to follow this format unless otherwise noted.

Annex XI

The Foreign Policy Act

Nomenclature

  1. For the purpose of this act, “supermajority” shall be defined as two-thirds of all non-abstaining voting nations.

Section I:

  1. The President, or a Minister designated by the President, may negotiate treaties on behalf of the region.

    1. Treaties may be ratified with approval by a supermajority of the Citizens’ Assembly.

  2. The President, or a Minister designated by the President, may set regional embassy guidelines.

  3. The Goodwill Corps will serve as a body for aiding interregional rehabilitation and shall be led by the President or designated Minister.

    1. An application process will be created to vet regions seeking assistance.

    2. The information and resources shared between the Goodwill Corps and participating regions shall not break any confidentiality agreements within the government.

    3. The Goodwill Corps and participating nations will be prohibited from influencing participating regions’ democratic processes and promoting colonization or annexation by The Free Nations Region.

Annex XII

The Military Powers Act

Nomenclature

  1. For the purpose of this act, “simple majority” shall be defined as 50%+1 of all non-abstaining voting nations.

  2. For the purpose of this act, “supermajority” shall be defined as two-thirds of all non-abstaining voting nations.

Section I: The Free Nations Defense Association

  1. The Director, selected by the Founder, shall lead the Free Nations Defense Association (FNDA) and may determine internal command structure and policy.

    1. The Director will serve until they resign or are removed by the Founder.

  2. The Earth Kingdom shall be the official military base of the FNDA.

Section II: War Powers

  1. A war resolution may be proposed by the President and passed with approval by a supermajority of the Citizens’ Assembly.

  2. Upon passage, the region shall be in a state of war and the President may form a temporary War Cabinet.

  3. A war resolution may be repealed by the President or by a simple majority vote of the Citizens’ Assembly.

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