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Region: The Democratic Republic




ARTICLE

TITLE

DESCRIPTION

Article 1

Foundation of Republic

Motto, anthem, and flag

Article 2

Rights of Citizens, 'Politeia'

Right to speech, right to protest, etc.

Article 3

Office of Consul

Head of State & Commander-In-Chief and their set powers

Article 4

Executive Triarchy

Chief Executive Body and their set powers

Article 5

The Legislature

Formulate legislation as representatives of the People

Article 6

Judicial Branch

Judicial review, rights of incriminated, & trial set-up

Article 7

Impeachment Proceedings

Impeachable offenses & impeachment proceedings

Article 8

Regulations of Foundation

Foundation Articles such as Criminal Codex, RolePlay Codex, Etc.


Constitutional Preamble

The people of this great republic have cumulated in one cause to establish Sovereignty, Liberty and Liberation. We do ordain and establish this Constitution; or 'Politeia', for The Democratic Republic of Valeria. We have resolved to set forth in a coalesced declaration the natural, inalienable, and sacred rights of Citizens.


  • Section I

    1. Establishes the region of The Democratic Republic of Valeria, also referred to as 'The Democratic Republic'.

    2. Establishes “Ex pluribus unum - From many one” as the official motto of The Democratic Republic of Valeria. The Regional Government may establish additional unofficial motto's.

    3. Acknowledges the blue banner, with a white stripe horizontally, crossed by a vertical red stripe and a golden olive crown at the center, as the official flag of The Democratic Republic of Valeria.

    4. Acknowledges the blue flagged ship surrounded by an olive crown as the official seal of The Democratic Republic of Valeria.

    5. Establishes the song, Link"Conquest of Paradise" as the official regional anthem of The Democratic Republic of Valeria.

  • Section II

    1. Acknowledging that The Democratic Republic Regional Government is an In-Character (IC) government roleplay also known as a 'gameplay.' As a result of this acknowledgement, this Constitution is therefore concerned with only In-Character gameplay.

    2. Consequently recognizing, then, that the management and access to the NationStates site and Discord server is not of the Regional Governments prerogative.

  • Section I

    1. Right to speech and expression: The right to say your opinion, your values, and the free practice of the press shall not be suppressed except in the case of egregious hate speech (eg racism), intentionally false speech (ie intentionally lying), or in other cases where the High Tribunal determines that said speech cannot reasonably be protected in a modern democracy.

  • Section II

    1. Right to Protest: The right to tranquilly protest government and regional activities.

  • Section III

    1. Right to a Trial: All Citizens shall have the right to an expeditious and public trial by an impartial Judex although their activities may be reasonably restricted throughout the server and region pending trial if it is demonstrated that they are likely to damage the region or its reputation or that of the prosecutors pending trial.

  • Section IV

    1. Right to vote and run for office: Law-abiding citizens shall have the sole right to vote in regional elections and run for office in The Democratic Republic, for which they must meet regulations imposed by the appropriate regional functionaries. A law-abiding citizen is defined as a citizen who is not currently undergoing punishment relevant to Article 2 Section IV or VII as a result of a Trial Court judgment.

  • Section V

    1. Right to Transparency: Every Citizen has the inalienable right to seek respectful, virtuous and accountable governance and have access without any condition to unclassified information.

  • Section VI

    1. Right to free initiative and association: Every citizen has the inalienable right to contribute to the emancipation of the region. The act of petitioning, forming parties, submitting bills and initiatives for the community must be protected.

  • Section VII

    1. Right to equal opportunities: No law-abiding Citizen may be prevented from fully exercising his or her rights and seeking public office or be ostracized on the basis of a judgment based purely on religious or political beliefs or the former region to which he or she belonged to. Every Citizen has the same rights and no moral or physical entity may violate them under any circumstances.

  • Section VIII

    1. Right to ensure no citizen will be obligated to answer for civil or criminal charges unless convicted within a court of law. Citizens are not obligated to testify against themselves or their actions in a court of law or in a criminal investigation. Citizens are ensured protection against being charged for the same crime twice without significant and new evidence, also known as double jeopardy. This includes cases in which the charges have changed, but it still involve the same individual(s) and the same incident. It does not include charges for purgery during the subsequent trial(s).

  • Section IX

    1. Right to ensure all citizens have to consult with a lawyer or public defender and have legal representation present during questioning, and the right to have a lawyer provided without expense by the state.

  • Section X

    1. The aforementioned rights shall not be infringed upon in any way although the courts may impose reasonable restrictions upon the breadth of these rights.

  • Section I

    1. Establishes the Office of Consul in The Democratic Republic, who serves as Head of State and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.

    2. The Consul is responsible for assisting in the maintenance of regional unity and sovereignty.

    3. A Consul of The Democratic Republic may not serve as a member of the Executive Triarchy, Senate or on the Courts while serving as Consul.

  • Section II

    1. The Consul shall be elected through a public vote of the citizens of The Democratic Republic every month on the fifteenth day, serving a one month term. The term of the incumbent Consul ends with the closing of the Consulship election. All law-abiding citizens have the right to run and vote in the Consulship election.

    2. If the Consul leaves office before their term is over, a special election shall be announced to finish the Consul term.

  • Section III

    1. On legislation that passed the Senate, the Consul shall have the sole power to either sign that legislation into law, or veto that legislation and send it back to the Senate floor. The Speaker must present the Consul with the passed legislation, placing it on their desk. The Consul will then have 24 hours to sign or veto that legislation, in which, if the Consul has not made a decision in that 24 hour period, that legislation will be assented into law and take effect.

    2. The Consul shall have the authority to dissolve the Senate when requested by the Chancellor, with the Senate able to object to this dissolution through a supermajority vote.

    3. The Consul shall have the authority to oversee the commonwealth of The Democratic Republic. The Commonwealth shall be made up of external regions administered by The Democratic Republic, regions also known as Governance's. The regulation on such a commonwealth shall be up to the Senate of The Democratic Republic, with the Consul acting as the guarantor.

  • Section I

    1. Establishes the Executive Triarchy, which serves as the chief executive body of The Democratic Republic, responsible for enforcing the laws written by the legislature.

    2. The Executive Triarchy shall be composed of three executive offices: Chancellor, Governor of Internal Affairs, and Governor of Foreign Affairs. The Chancellor shall chair the Executive Triarchy as head of government, with the two Governors serving as Vice-Chairs.

    3. The Chancellor and Governors of the Executive Triarchy of The Democratic Republic may not serve as Consul, Senator or on the Courts.

  • Section II

    1. The Chancellor of the Executive Triarchy shall be a citizen being nominated by the majority party in the Senate and confirmed by a simplemajority vote of the Senate at the start of each Senatorial term. If there is no majority party in the Senate, the Consul can nominate a citizen to the Chancellory, for Senate confirmation of a simplemajority in favor.

    2. The Governor of Foreign Affairs and Governor of Internal Affairs of the Executive Triarchy shall be elected through a public vote on the first day of every month, serving a one month term. All law-abiding citizens will be able to run and vote.

    3. The Chancellor may be removed anytime during their term by a supermajority vote of the Senate in a process called a vote of no confidence. The Governors may only be removed by the impeachment process. In the event that the Chancellor is removed from office the Senate must vote to appoint a Chancellor in 48 hours or the no confidence vote fails. If a Governor(s) is impeached before the end of its term then a snap election must take place within 72 hours.

  • Section III

    1. The Chancellor with consent of at least one Governor shall have the sole power to grant reprieves, pardons and commutations for offenses against The Democratic Republic on all others than themselves. The reprieves, pardons and commutations shall not affect an impeachment process. The Senate may veto the Executive Triarchy's reprieves, pardons, and commutations through a supermajority vote up until 24 hours following the moment the reprieve, pardon, and commutation was officially announced in the Triarchy's official office.

    2. The Chancellor with consent of both Governors shall have the sole power to issue Executive Orders. Executive Orders shall act as law with the full force of law behind it, equivalent to all other legislation except the Constitution. The orders may not contradict legislation passed by the Senate and may not contradict this Constitution or be used to abolish or amend anything to.

    3. The Chancellor with consent of both Governors shall have the authority to appoint citizens to serve as heads of Executive departments and nominate citizens to serve on the courts.

    4. The Chancellor with consent of at least one Governor shall have the authority to dissolve the Senate, with the Senate able to object to this dissolution through a supermajority vote.

    5. The Chancellor with consent of both Governors shall have the ability to issue a declaration of a State of emergency to be put in effect. In which the Executive Triarchy exercises emergency executive powers. Defines a State of Emergency as a situation of regional danger or disaster in which the Regional government is unable or severely unprepared to fulfill their Constitutional duties. During this time the normal Constitutional procedures, not including procedures to amend the Constitution, are suspended in order to regain control.

      • The Executive Triarchy must make a public announcement declaring the cause of such a declaration, its duration, and what is to be accomplished in that set time, notifying the Consul. The Declaration of a State of Emergency may only last for a period of 21 days, in which such an extension would require a majority vote in a public poll to renew the emergency.

      • During a State of emergency, the branches of government that are functional, may convene and perform their regular Constitutional duties. The State of Emergency does not allow significant changes such as the Amendment of this Constitution and repeal of laws, though the enforcement of laws may be suspended.

  • Section IV

    1. There shall be lower Executive Departments headed by Secretaries. These lower Executive Departments shall be created to serve and avail the Executive Triarchy in carrying out government policy and law by managing over individual departments.

    2. The Executive departments shall be categorized between Chancellor departments, Internal Affairs departments and Foreign Affairs departments. Each Executive department shall report to their immediate Governor or Chancellor.

    3. The Chancellor, as head of government, shall have the overall stewardship of these lower executive departments.

  • Section I

    1. All legislative Powers granted in this Article shall be vested in the Republic Senate of The Democratic Republic, also referred to as 'The Senate'.

    2. A member of the Republic Senate may not serve as Consul, member of the Executive Triarchy or in the Courts of The Democratic Republic while serving as Senator.

    3. The Republic Senate shall be composed of Senators who, being democratically elected on the first day of every month, shall serve a month term.

    4. The composition of seats in the Republic Senate shall be decided by the Republic Senate as a whole, taking effect in the next term.

  • Section II

    1. The Republic Senate shall be presided over by the Speaker of the Senate who is meant to manage the day to day operations of the Republic Senate by conducting the opening and closing of votes and their documentation.

    2. The Speaker is appointed by the Republic Senate with a simplemajority vote. If the Speaker gets re-elected in the Senatorial election then they may continue his role as Speaker into the new term. The Speaker may be contested by a Senator during the term. If the Speaker is contested by another member of the Republic Senate then a vote shall be held in the Republic Senate on the future of the Speakership.

  • Section III

    1. The Republic Senate shall have the responsibility of enacting laws known as acts and substantiation of nominees to the Chancellery and Court. The Senate also has the responsibility of advice and consent.

    2. Laws have the purpose of establishing standards to which the region decides it will not abide by certain behaviors, maintaining order, resolving disputes, and composing regional culture.

    3. Every passed law before taking legal effect shall be presented to the Consul of The Democratic Republic, who shall either sign it into law or veto it.

    4. The Senate reserves the right to create their own rules relating to Senate procedure, called Standing Orders.

    5. This document acknowledges it's within the right of the Senate to dissolve itself and call immediate Senatorial elections, providing a motion to dissolve passes the Senate with a supermajority vote in favor of dissolution. If the Executive Triarchy approves the effort of Senate dissolution, it will only need to pass the Senate through a simplemajority vote.

    6. The Senate shall have the power to raise the military of the Democratic Republic, to provide support to the Commander-in-Chief to maintain it, and to enact the rules of its organization and function

  • Section IV

    1. A Supermajority vote in the Senate shall consist of a seventy percent majority vote of the voting body for, rounding to the nearest tenth. The Senate may override a Veto and Executive Order with a Supermajority vote.

  • Section V

    1. When vacancies occur in the Senate, the Speaker shall issue a special election to fill such vacancy. If the Vacancy occurs five (5) days before the general election then no special election is required.

  • Section VI

    1. The Democratic Republic Constitution may be amended two distinct ways:

      1. The first way the Constitution may be amended is through the process of Amendment Resolution. When the Senate initiates the amendment resolution through a unanimous vote in favor, the amendment resolution shall be sent to a public vote for 24 hours, where it needs to pass by a seventy percent vote before being ratified and added to the Constitution.

      2. The second way the Constitution may be amended is through the process of a Constitutional Public Referendum. A constitutional public referendum may be initiated by a petition which procures five signatories: who are citizens not currently serving in the government, with exception to Office of Founders, the Armed Forces and lower executive offices.

        1. Once the petition is accepted by the High Tribunal of The Democratic Republic, it shall officially take the shape of an official constitutional public referendum, which must be put to a public vote for 24 hours, where it needs to pass by a simplemajority vote.

        2. After public vote, the Senate needs to pass it by a unanimous vote, unless the public vote garnered 70% or higher in favor: in that case the constitutional public referendum only needs to pass the Senate by a supermajority before being ratified and added to the constitution.

  • Section I

    1. Establishes the Judiciary, divided into the High Tribunal, composed of three magistrates, and the Trial Court, composed of two Judices. All members of the Judiciary shall serve life tenures bar their resignation or conviction following an impeachment process.

    2. Leadership of the Judiciary shall be entrusted to the Chief Magistrate, the longest currently and continuously-serving Magistrate. The Chief Magistrate is responsible for overseeing the correct functioning of the Judiciary, and writing or delegating the writing responsibilities of edicts.

    3. Magistrates and Judices shall be prohibited in serving as Consul, Chancellor and Governor, or Senator.

    4. When a vacancy occurs within the Judiciary, the Chancellor, with approval of each Governor shall nominate a citizen of The Democratic Republic, who, with confidence of a supermajority of the Senate, shall assume office.

    5. Judiciary members may voluntarily recuse themselves, or forcefully be recused by a majority vote of the Senate, from individual cases. In the event of a recusal or vacancy within the High Tribunal, the Chief Magistrate may select a Judex to temporarily serve as Magistrate for the duration of the case. In the event of a recusal or vacancy within the Trial Court, the Judex not involved with the case shall step in to assume management of the case for its duration.

    6. Rules of decorum may be set and enforced for all channels within the Judiciary’s category on the TDR Discord Server by the Chief Magistrate or those within the Judiciary who they delegate such power to.

  • Section II

    1. The sole power of the High Tribunal shall be the right to issue common law, precedent-setting edicts, by majority vote. Edicts must include a legally and constitutionally sound reasoning for issuance and shall serve as a means to:

      • Provide legally-binding interpretations of legislation, constitutional sections or other regional processes and procedures, including interpretations that review and reinforce, nullify or adjust former interpretations.

      • Repeal and render null and unenforceable Senatorial decisions or legislation, Executive Orders, decisions of the Executive Triarchy and the lower Executive Departments, or order regional functionaries to execute a particular path of action.

      • Declare invalid and null elections (of which measures for the more proper repeat of such can be dictated), cancel or vacate illegal candidacies, officeholdings, or votes, or their reinstatement in the event of error.

      • Reinforce or nullify the validity, and maintain or reduce the severity of a judgement issued by the Trial Court provided the judgement has been appealed to the High Tribunal.

    2. The sole power of the Trial Court shall be the right to issue judgements. Issued unilaterally by the Judex overseeing a civil or criminal case assigned to them, judgements shall be issued in the form of not guilty verdicts, or guilty verdicts with accompanying punishment appropriate under existing law. Judgements must be issued at the conclusion of a civil or criminal litigation case, and may be appealed to the High Tribunal through the procedure defined in Section III.

  • Section III

    1. TDR Citizens may seek the issuance of edicts by applying cases to the High Tribunal or, in the event of civil litigation, the issuance of judgements by applying cases to the Trial Court. For criminal litigation, only the appropriate government authorities may apply a case before the Trial Court. Those who apply cases to the Trial Court have the right to choose which Judex they wish to hear their case, provided that Judex does not indicate they are occupied or otherwise unavailable. The Chief Magistrate may forcefully assign a Judex to a Trial Court case if they find it to be necessary, bar a recusal by the Senate has taken place for that Judex. Nations that are not citizens of The Democratic Republic cannot take citizens to court, but can themselves be taken to court.

    2. The Judiciary reserves the right to reject case applications to their respective Court on any basis provided no regulations within the law on the matter exist, to which the Judiciary would then be exclusively bound. Case applications regarding the appellate process, however, are exempt from any regulation aside from that which is outlined below in this section.

    3. Trial format for the Judiciary shall be subject to that which is deemed appropriate by the Chief Magistrate, outside of any regulation within the law that exists regarding the matter.

    4. Individuals charged with a civil or criminal transgression shall be afforded the right to defend themselves and hire and utilize counsel, and the prosecution/plaintiff provided ample opportunity to outline their position regardless of trial format.

    5. Judgments issued by Judices of the Trial Court regarding their respective cases may be appealed to the High Tribunal a collective single time by the parties involved in the case. The case application regarding the appeal must be filed within 2 days after the delivery of the relevant judgement, otherwise it faces mandatory rejection. Within this time period, for the appellate case to be accepted, a majority of the High Tribunal must agree to hear it.

  • Section I

    1. Any official of the Government of The Democratic Republic is subject to impeachment if they commit a malefaction. Impeachment shall be defined as a charge of misconduct made against a person in public office.

    2. When a government official is charged with impeachment and removed from office, that official may not hold regional government office for a period of 30 days after their removal from office. A former member of government, impeached from their last office, is given two weeks after their removal from office to appeal their 30 day office ban. The appeal will be handled by the Senate which requires a supermajority to pass.

    The following are grounds for impeachment in the Republic:
    • The breaking of a passed law in The Democratic Republic. The committing of a high crime such as Perjury of oath, bribery (Practice of offering, giving, or receiving something of value for the purpose of influencing the action of an official in discharge of his public or legal duties), dereliction of duty (Failure to fulfill one's legal duty to a reasonable expectation), unbecoming conduct, and refusal to obey a lawful order.

  • Section II

    1. For a member of government, with the exemption of a Magistrate, to be removed from office, a Citizen must bring forth a formal resolution of impeachment, in which they outline the charges against the government official. The charges must amount to an impeachable offense. The High Tribunal must approve the charges as an impeachable offense as outlined in this Constitution. If the charges are approved by the High Tribunal, then the Senate, with the exception of a suspected Senator, shall hold a trial and a vote on abstraction from office with a Supermajority vote.

    2. For a Magistrate of the High Tribunal to be removed from office, the Governor of Internal Affairs or a corresponding Internal Affairs Department must bring impeachment charges to the Senate floor, presenting the evidence. If the evidence is acceded on by the Senate as being acceptable then the Senate will vote on the impeachment with a Supermajority vote to abstract the Justice from the bench.

  • Section I

    1. This Article does seek to set out a number of Acts, enshrined in the Constitution itself, as the fundamental, legitimate and crucial building blocks of the Constitution and the Fourth Republic.

  • Section II

    1. This Article hereby establishes a separate, distinct, and limited process, removed from the normal processes of amending, replacing or repealing Articles and/or Sections mentioned in Article 6, Section 6 above, to allow for the amending of this Article. In order for this Article to be amended, the amendment must receive a 75% majority of the voting members of the Legislative Body of the Republic(by Constitution or law established), it must proceed to and receive assent from the head of the Executive Body of the Republic (by Constitution or law established), finally it must pass a public vote by a majority of no less than 51% of the voting nations in favor.

  • Section III

    1. Though listed separately, with a link leading elsewhere, the Acts of Foundation listed below are considered inherent, legitimate and in whole part, a part of the Constitution. Except where specific exemptions are enumerated, these Foundation Acts may not be changed, repealed or deleted without going through the amending process for this article as described in Section 2 of this article.

  • Section IV

    1. This Constitution is the Supreme Law of the Republic, no law, act, motion, order of any branch nor implement of the State may usurp or supersede it, none of the same may contravene it and be allowed to exist, nor may any of the same seek to alter it without first going through Constitutionally-established requirements.

  • Section V

    1. In order to protect the fundamental integrity of this document as the Supreme Law of the Republic, and thus the fabric of the Republic itself, this Clause creates and demands the enforcement of:

      • No contradiction exists in this Constitution, where an apparent Constitutional contradiction exists, the Court must employ the use of judicial review to interpret a logical, cogent, coherent and responsible clarification.

      • The Judicial Branch shall have the authority of judicial review. Judicial review shall entitle the Judicial branch to instigate an examination, or re-examination, of any action taken by any branch of the Republic to prevent said actions from contravening the Constitution and/or laws established of the Republic. Judicial review may be used unprompted in the case of Orders of the Executive Branch or any action of the Legislative Branch. The Judicial Branch may not employ the use of judicial review to convict without a trial.

      • Constitutional amendments must be instigated on a non regular basis. Should a Constitutional Amendment alter a particular portion of the Constitution be enacted, no further Constitutional Amendment shall be allowed to be considered on the same Constitutional section for a period of at least forty days from its ratification.

      • It shall be prohibited by this Act for a Constitutional Amendment to be enacted which only alters the appearance of a portion of the Constitution, or its name, or any such other trivial facet (to be defined by the Judicial Branch).

  • Section VI

    1. In order to ensure adequate citability, storability, ease of reference, general tidiness, accurate amending and a high quality of legislation and Constitution, this Clause hereby creates and duly demands the enforcement of:

      Article i. with regards to an introductory preamble
      • NOTING the lack of any correct Legislative procedures, and any stylizing norms within the region

      • FINDING that this can lead to serious issues in the correct storage of bills and the quality of legislation

      • AIMS to rectify said gray area post haste.

      Article ii. with regards to stylizing and formatting

      • HEREBY

        ->Requires that all bills must begin with the prefix "AoR: [title]", meaning "Act of the Republic:", further highlighting that the next bill passed after this will be given the prefix "AoR:"

        ->Acts before being signed into law shall be referred to as bills.

        ->Special Constitutional procedures such as nominations, impeachments, Senate motions, and Senatorial Standing Orders have no set constitutional formatting structure, and the Senate may prescribe a set formatting procedure through the Senate Standing Orders.

        ->Outlining that all future constitutional amendments however must be stylized with the prefix "CA [title]", standing for "Constitutional Amendment [title]". There must be a clear indication in the Amendment of what Articles and Sections are being amended by either bolding or changing the color. If a Foundation Act is being amended, the title of that Act on the spoiler, must be bolded or have a color change.

        ->Requiring that all bills use an oxford comma when appropriate to provide clarity as to the bill's meaning

        ->Requiring that all bills be formatted in a fashion either identical or similar to this.

        ->Requiring that all passed Acts in legal effect, known as laws, be logged in a common location for future safekeeping.

        ->Prohibits the deletion and/or destruction of regional records.

        Article iii. with regards to procedure

        • HEREBY

          -> Establishes five channels within the regional discord for the Legislative branch, two debate channel, two vote channel and a special-chamber

          ->Clarifies that legislation must follow the passage procedure within the Senate Standing Orders.

          ->Mandates that the Speaker and Senatorial Clerk must reject bills and amendments not in their proper formatting, as described in this Foundation Article. The enforcement of this Foundation Article is the responsibility of the Speaker and Senatorial Clerk.

  • Section VII

    1. In order to form a more responsive and efficient RolePlay, this Article does hereby create and demand the enforcement of:

      RolePlay Codex Act

      Welcome to the RolePlay Codex of The Democratic Republic. This document is meant to establish and operate the RolePlay in the region. RolePlay is a very important aspect of our region. Here you get to meet new nations and get to have fun with conquering, with diplomacy or with figuring out what nation you want to be. Here we all want to get to know each other, so please join. To get through this document and see what its all about,
      please visit the:
      Documents Index

      Article 1
      Section 1 - Requirements to be admitted into the RolePlay
      Section 2 - Admittance & additional requirements by Director

      Article 2
      Section 1 - Initial claims & New member warranty
      Section 2 - Retaining spot & policy on inactiveness
      Section 3 - Procedure to claim with Director able to alter
      Section 4 - Procedures on war in the RP

      Article 3
      Section 1 - Establishing Administrative Board
      Section 2 - Appointed members of the Board and their prerogatives
      Section 3 - RolePlay Moderators
      Section 4 - Emergency Provisions

      Article 1 - Getting Started
      • Section 1

        • The Requirements for entry within the RolePlay shall be defined by the RP Administrative Board.

        • The applicant must have a nation in The Democratic Republic. An exemption to this may be granted by the Director of RolePlay.

      • Section 2

        • Once all of the registration requirements are met, the nation needs to submit their application that includes all the required materials, to the Director of RolePlay for admittance. Once admitted the new member may claim a spot on the RolePlay map and begin his activity.

        • The Director of RolePlay may make additional requirements for registration to become a member of the RolePlay. These additional requirements must be publicly announced and kept in a channel to easily find them.All Decisions & Requirements that have been outlined by the RP Administrative Board must be kept in a public channel.

      Article 2 - Map Rules
      • Section 1

        • Only registered Members of the RolePlay may claim a spot on the Map. All Rules & Requirements pertaining to the Map, Claiming, Invasions, Wars and all issues pertaining to the modification of the Map, the relations between RP-Nations and any matter related to the existence of the RolePlay shall be defined by the RP Administrative Board. The claim must not exceed a land size determined by the Director of RP.

        • All Players must play only one nation at a time of their RolePlay. Creating and using a new nation to RP as a territory or province is not permitted. The RP Administrative Board may exempt any Player from this rule if the latter is being considered as essential for the continuation of the RolePlay and the consistency of the Lore.

        • The RP Administrative Board shall define a period of “beginning truce” where the Player cannot be attacked after their initial claim has been made. Its implementation shall be left to the RP Administrative Board’s discretion.

      • Section 2

        • The RP Format and the Qualifications to remain registered on the Map and the Player Count shall be defined by the RP Administrative Board. If a Player is going for an extended vacation or leaves because of unavoidable absence, they must reach the Director of RolePlay where they may put a hold of the player’s territory on the map.

        • Nations leaving the region shall be automatically removed of their map claim if no adequate reasoning for the departure is presented to the Director of RolePlay. The RP Administrative Board shall define rules pertaining to this issue.

      • Section 3

        • The RP Administrative Board may implement and regulate “Routine Claims” if needed for the continuation of the RolePlay

        • An RP moderator may respond to the initial post with an Non-Player Character (NPC) response, acting as the provisional government of the territory being claimed. From there, the player wishing to claim, will respond to the RP moderator.

        • The RP Administrative Board shall define the way ocean-crossing invasion are being undertaken.

      • Section 4

        • All Wars are regulated by a set of Rules that must be implemented by the RP Administrative Board, as mentioned in the Article 2, Section 1, Clause 1. In a RP war, the offensive player must submit a RolePlay post detailing the intended player they wish to attack, what territory they want to invade and how they intend to do so. The player being attacked will have the ability to respond with a counter post.

        • An RP Moderator will then determine who won and what land was claimed or lost by both players. The length of the RP Posts are determined by the RP Administrative Board.

      Article 3 - Administration of the RP
      • Section 1

        • Establishes the RolePlay Administrative Board. The Board is meant to oversee the overall functions of the RolePlay and manage any issues and internal policy that comes their way. The Board shall be made up of the Director of RolePlay, Deputy Director of RolePlay, Cartographer, Admin, Lore checker and any other Player of the Director's choice. The RP Administrative Board has the final authority over all decisions involving the Roleplay.

        • The Director of RolePlay shall serve as the Chief Executive Officer of the RolePlay Affairs. Meant to oversee the Board of Administrators and see that the RolePlay is running smoothly. The Director may make additional rules pertaining to the RolePlay. The Director is elected among the ranks of the RolePlay Players. The Director may delegate his authority if needed, under his oversight.

        • The Director of RolePlay shall serve until removed by a method outlined in this article. The instances where the Director of RP might leave office are through resignation, impeachment for gross misconduct (deliberate desecration of the RP), or successful challenge. All RolePlay members have the right to run for the office of Director of RolePlay. In a Director of RP election, after 24 hours, the nation that garners the most roleplay votes, shall win the office of Director of RolePlay.

        • The Director of RolePlay may be challenged at any time if a person creates a petition garnering support of 3/7 (three-seventh) ratio, based of the amount of active Players. From that moment, an election for RP Director will occur no later than two days later. If the position of Director of RolePlay is vacant, then the Deputy RolePlay Director will administer the RolePlay until the office of Director of RP is filled. Each Player has the right to challenge the Director for once a month. If a challenge fails, the Director may not be challenged for two weeks, as of voting results. A challenge may be submitted after the two weeks period.

      • Section 2

        • The Cartographer shall have the general job of up keeping and maintaining the map of the RolePlay. The Deputy Director and Admin shall have the job of assisting the Director of RolePlay in his normal functions.

        • The Councilors in charge of technology shall be tasked with advising the Administrative Board in approving the technologies within the RolePlay.

        • The Lore checker shall have the duty of monitoring that the Roleplay is adequate and meets the requirements set out in this document.

      • Section 3

        • The Deputy Director, Cartographer, Admin and Lore checker shall be appointed by the Director of RolePlay and serve until removed.

        • All the members of the Administrative Board shall serve as RolePlay Moderators as described in this document. The Director may appoint additional Moderators if they see fit. The number of total Moderators shall not exceed 10 Moderators, including Members of the RP Administrative Board.

      • Section 4

        • The Senate may remove, through a supermajority vote, the RP Administrative Board solely under the request of the incumbent RP Administrative Board if the Board notices a decay and consider that the RolePlay cannot be carried out independently and thus needs new Government-overseen administration by appointing a new Director. This temporary control shall be overseen by the Senate Committee in charge of Community Affairs and lasts until the newly-appointed Administrative Board, with majority assent of the Players, declares that the RolePlay is capable of independent activity.


    • The RolePlay Codex enjoys an exemption, as allowed for in Section 3. The contents of the Codex may be revised with providing the Motion to Revise has received a majority of no less than 75% of the voting members of Senate, and providing said Motion receives assent from the Head of the Executive Body (by Constitution or law established). The RolePlay Codex may be added to at will by the normal processes of the Legislative Body.

  • Section VIII

    1. In order to ensure a protected and consistent path to citizenship, this Clause hereby creates and duly demands the enforcement of the:

      • For a nation to be a citizen of The Democratic Republic, it must maintain membership within the NationStates World Assembly, maintain a presence within The Democratic Republic region on the NationStates site, have maintained this presence for at least two weeks since last entry into the region, not be owned by a user who owns another nation that is already a citizen, bear a user who maintains a presence on the TDR Discord Server, and maintain a citizenship application as issued and managed by an appropriate functionary of the Regional Government, and which cannot be revoked without proper judicial procedure or termination of citizenship.

      • Violation of any one of these requirements by a nation that currently holds citizenship in TDR will trigger a two-day grace period for that requirement, of which that nation may partake in measures to rectify the violation. Passage of the two-day grace period without the violation having been rectified will result in the termination of that nation’s TDR citizenship. Upon termination of citizenship, the citizenship application of a nation shall be immediately revoked, their exemption from the WA membership requirement shall be immediately revoked if they bear one, and, for the two-day NationStates site presence requirement, that nation shall be considered to have just entered the region if it still maintains a presence within The Democratic Republic following loss of citizenship. Termination of citizenship and the maintaining of prohibitions on nations from holding certain requirements for citizenship may be ordered for through proper judicial procedure.

      • Exemption from the requirement that a nation must maintain membership within the NationStates World Assembly to hold citizenship may be implemented for a particular nation at the discretion of the functionary of the Regional Government charged with issuance and management of citizenship applications. Outside of the citizenship termination procedure, revocation of this exemption shall be conducted by such functionary, given the consent of a majority of the Senate. A citizen’s exemption status shall be noted on that citizen’s citizenship application.

      • At the discretion of the functionary of the Regional Government charged with issuance and maintenance of citizenship applications, a citizen shall be categorized into a status of ACTIVE or INACTIVE. This categorization shall be noted on that citizen’s citizenship application.

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