Constitution of Kresimiria

CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF KRESIMIRIA

MAY 27TH 1921

PREAMBLE 3 I – THE REPUBLIC 4 II – THE GOVERNMENT 7 III – DISTRIBUTION OF POWER AND COUNCILS 20 IV – PROPOSALS, ACTS, AND LAWS 26 V – THE CITIZENS, INSTITUTIONS, AND LAND OF THE REPUBLIC 31

PREAMBLE

The Divine Government of the Federal Republic of Kresimiria, declares on this day, May 27th 1921, the Independence of the Republic from all foreign powers, and proclaims its national sovereignty as a state as defined by the articles of this Constitution.
The Revolutionary People’s Council of the Divine Faith of Kresimirianism, so consisting of the blessed and Divine Filip Novak, Luka Matar, Eward Matek, Nika Radman, Dominik Lončar, and Ivan Franj, have together designed and written this Constitution to develop the strength and robustness of the Republic of Kresimiria for ever and ever.
The Citizens of Kresimiria swear their loyalty to the Republic now and forevermore, and pledge to defend the values defined in the articles of this constitution, which define the divinity of the Republic in the eyes of Our Lord, the incorrigibility of the individual, the rights of all Citizens to the providence the Republic will spread, and the purposeful ideal of fraternity between all Citizens of the Republic to maintain peace and order in our world.
In Accordance with these Articles which will be set out below, the Supreme Chancellor of Kresimiria swears their utter fealty and devotion to the principles of the Republic, and commits the conviction of their own person to the Republic, providing the People with the power to vote with their voices and keep the Divine Chancellor in line with Our Lord and the vision of the Republic.

With Amendments made and Recorded in 1937, 1942.

I – THE REPUBLIC

BASIS OF DIVINITY The Republic of Kresimiria shall be a country based on the Divine values of the Books of Kresimir and its successors, through Primum, the Book of Zvonomir, the Book of Markos, and the Book of Awakening. The Republic of Kresimiria shall recognise the Divinity of these documents as the authority direct from the Lord Kresimir and the spirit of progress they shine upon the People, as interpreted by the Council for Divinity and its contemporary and current members as developing over time, the creation of which is mandated in later Articles in this Constitution.

CAPITAL OF THE REPUBLIC The Capital of the Republic shall be Sinj, as taken from the Books of Kresimir, whereby it has been granted the Divine and historic seat of Chrobatos and the Lord Kresimir. The Cities of Polograd, Pulma, Cetingrad, Bistrica, and Brod Moravice shall be granted special status of Divinity under this Constitution, as Cities of notability upon the time of the founding of the Republic. The Republic Government shall operate out of the Capital City of Sinj, and all institutions of Republic importance and relevance shall report to the Government in Sinj.

II – THE GOVERNMENT

SENATORS The Two Delegates of each of the Divine regions of Kresimiria shall be so named Senators of the Republic, and they will sit in a Parliament henceforth known as the Assembly of the Republic. There shall be Twenty Senators who will sit in the Assembly of the Republic, two representing each district of Kresimiria. The Seat of the Assembly shall be in Sinj, the Capital of the Republic. The Seat of the Assembly shall be an enshrined building in this Constitution and it is of utmost importance that the Assembly is protected from all insurrection. No citizen is allowed entrance to the assembly, excepting the twenty Senators, their respective Representatives the process of which will be detailed later, members sufficiently senior of the Federal Archive, and the Chancellor of the Republic. This rule can be waived as an exception in such case of extreme emergency such as fire or if the Senators are in danger of their life on account of an insurrection into the Assembly, in which case the Army of the Republic, agents of any Councils, Archivists, Diviners, or Divinity Brigades of civilians are permitted to enter the building. These interventions are not inscrutable, and in such a case, once the incident is concluded, the Senators have the right and responsibility to review and decide whether the intervention was necessary and whether the actions of those who entered the Assembly were justified, subject to the review of the Superior Tribunal. The Assembly shall be protected, when in session, or any Senator is inside, by the Sergeants-At-Arms of the Assembly, who shall number at least twenty and be placed at all entrances to the Assembly. They shall be under the purview of the Council for Defence. The Assembly shall meet at minimum on the 27th May and the 27th November every year beginning in the year 1922 after the distribution of this Constitution to discuss the state of affairs of the Republic. These sessions may only be postponed in case of emergency and agreement of a unanimity of present Senators, such as war or natural disaster. They must be recouped at the earliest possible opportunity to ensure the smooth process of democracy even in the time of war. The Assembly shall meet more frequently at the discretion of the Senators if the State of the Republic requires it, or a Senator presents a Proposal to the Assembly. These will be announced to Senators via communication being delivered to their registered addresses, and also to their Representatives in Sinj. If a Senator, or their Representative, is denied access to the Assembly for any purpose, including the present vote of a Proposal, by physicality or deception, or it is construed that a Senator had attempted to begin the session of an Assembly without a Senator who directly expressed their desire to attend or for their Representative to vote on their behalf, the session must not proceed until all Senators who will to be there are present, and the Superior Tribunal (the creation of which will be expanded later) may rule upon nullification of any Acts passed during this period in the case that Acts had been passed, if and only if the presence of these Senators or Representatives would have had effective outcome on the passing of the Act. The Senators shall serve as both Representation of their District in the Assembly in Sinj, and as the authority of governance of their District, in place of a formal Governor authority, which they shall take authority as, the role of which shall be elaborated upon in later Articles of this Constitution.

DISTRICTS There are ten districts set out into this Constitution, whose two Senators each will make up the body of the Assembly of the Republic. The districts and their rough geographical locations will be detailed in the accompanying Districts Code 1921. The details upon which the borders of the district’s geographical locations are drawn upon shall be delegated to Council Members from the Council for Growth and Agriculture, upon the last Assembly of the Assembly’s term, a total of four weeks before the election, that is before May 1st on the year of the election. The act of redrawing may be done in cooperation and conjunction with the District Senators (with the mindset in consideration to prevent political bias or interference to benefit an incumbent, or equally an opposition Senator), the Chancellor (with similar safeguards to prevent political interference), Archivists from the Federal Archive, and local electoral officers. It is permissible, at the behest of the Senators, districts be resized to accommodate for population control. Each district should remain to contain a tenth of the population to the closest possible realistic value, as judged by the Council for Growth and Agriculture, to ensure equal representation.

ELECTIONS Each of the twenty sitting Senators sit for terms of ten years. Every ten years, the Republic will hold an election to re-elect all of these seats and determine whether the will of the public has changed. Every citizen of the Republic has the right to vote in elections, with the two conditions – provided they follow the Divine Faith of Kresimirianism, and they are over the age of fourteen. Each citizen will be provided with a voting certification by their local Diviner upon their birth into Divinity, or if an adult wishes to convert to Kresimirianism, they must confer with their Diviner. The certificate must be presented when voting. It is valid for life and is tied expressly to the person listed on it. If a citizen loses their certificate they may apply for a renewal from their local Diviner, which must be provided without the application of a charge, or similar barrier which would entail a citizen being barred from voting eligibility despite an inherent eligibility to a Divinity certification. A citizen may not vote without first presenting their certificate to an electoral official. If a citizen converts away from the Faith of Kresimirianism, a Diviner is within the rights to invalidate the certificate by destroying it, and thus invalidate the voting eligibility of the citizen, and thus their citizenship - this is not in the sense to invalidate their ability to practice their believed religion, but a person is not permitted the ability to retain their Divinity Certification if a Diviner intends to destroy it. This destruction is subject to appeal, after the fact, by the person or a person on behalf of this person, to the District Courts, who shall refer to the Council for Divinity for advice. The Council for Divinity has the ultimate authority on Divinity, and may review each case and appeal individually. There must be an electoral voting location for each percentage point of the population in each district to accommodate for growth. A voter must be able to access a local electoral location within one hour of travel by foot, and as such in rural locations there may be more locations. For each thousand people allocated to each electoral location there must be one electoral official to maintain order and legitimacy of the elections. The Election Day, May 27th every ten years beginning 1922, is declared a National Holiday of the Republic and employers and land owners are forbidden from making their employees work. No work is permitted to be done on this day, or any similar activity which involuntarily prevents an eligible citizen from voting. Voting in the Republic is not compulsory. Equally, obtaining a certificate of Divinity is not compulsory, however can be used as defence of Divinity if required, thus it is encouraged by the Republic to obtain one. The Superior Tribunal has the absolute authority to consider and nullify electoral results, upon investigation by the Council for Internal Affairs, or other agents of the state. If a suggestion of a violation of electoral integrity is brought to the Council or the Tribunal’s attention, it is right for an investigation to be launched into the allegations, and the Superior Tribunal to convene to decide upon the case.

CANDIDATES This Constitution is designed for an individual Senator basis – that is, the Senators represent the interest of their districts in an individual capacity. In this way, there is no precedent for parties as we have observed in nearby countries. An individual system prevents unnecessary agitation amongst the populace and division and promotes cooperation across Senators. Thus, this article prevents the formation of parties and requires that each candidate run as an independent unaffiliated with any others. To register as a candidate for the election, a candidate must submit their certificate of Divinity and name in writing to their local Chamber (see Local Chambers) a date no less than two weeks before the date of the election, so on or before the 13th of May in an election year. The prospective candidate must also leave as a deposit a sum of ten gold pieces or equivalent collateral as judged by the local electoral officers and overseen by the Council for Internal Affairs. This deposit will be returned upon receiving more than five percent of the district’s vote. This deposit requirement may be waived only by the national Council for Divinity, upon reflection of a candidate who has not the means to provide the sum, but is judged truly Divine and their candidacy would be beneficial for the Republic. A candidate must have a permanent residence within the electoral district they are running to represent. These candidates will be listed on the ballot card on the election day in an order decided by a or as many as needed random dice, thrown to decide the location of the candidate on the ballot so as to avoid bias in alphabetical or date prioritisation. In the voting locations there will be a ballot card for each registered voter who can present a certificate. If in the unlikely case a voting location runs out, printing more must be prioritised, and ink and paper commandeered from the local population without compensation. Each candidate on the paper will have an empty box next to their full name. The voter shall write six pieces of information onto this paper: Once displaying their Divinity certificate to the electoral officer, they will write their name in the space given in block capitals, sign the paper, and then write four preference numbers. These numbers will consists of four preferences, signified by a “1”, a “2”, a “3” and a “4”. If the paper contains any different numbers, a wrong number of preferences, or an illegible name, it can be deemed not valid by the electoral officer. A candidate may not vote in the election they are participating in. A candidate may not offer compensation, favours, or any other construed benefit in return for voting for them in any election sanctioned by the Republic, carrying a penalty upon conviction of barring from public office for life and a re-run of the election.

ELECTORAL SYSTEM At midnight on the 29th to the 30th of May the voting is closed. For the next fourteen days the electoral officers are given time to count the ballots. Once all the ballot papers have been counted and invalid ballots are thrown out, it is necessary to formulate the winner of each district. This process shall be overseen by Council Members from the Federal Archive, and documented with detailed inscriptions of all observations into the Archive. The system is as follows for each of the ten districts: Count the total number of votes for each candidate. Eliminate all candidates apart from the top four candidates. Take the ballots which expressed first preference for any of the eliminated candidates and redistribute their votes according to their second, third, or fourth preferences in that order, depending on which of these have also been eliminated. Once all these votes have been redistributed, the two candidates with the most votes in each district have won the confidence of the people of the district and these two people become the Senators representing the district. The remaining eliminated candidates are stored in the archives along with their addresses. These Senators have twenty-eight days to travel from their district to the capital of the Republic, the Assembly in Sinj. Once all Senators are collected in the Assembly, the Chancellor will call the Assembly into session and archivists will write into the record the names and districts of all new or re-elected Senators. Each of the Senators, new or re-elected, must then make a pledge of fealty to the Republic as follows: “I do, as a Senator of the Divine Federal Republic of Kresimir as I have been nominated by the Divine people of my district [District name], pledge myself to this Republic now and forevermore. I recognise this position is held for a period of ten years, and I do commit to devoting my passion and actions to the upholding of this great Republic and its values as defined in the Constitution of 1921. In the name of Our Lord Kresimir, I accept this position of Senator of [District name] of the Republic.” Upon the confirmation of the Senators, they must vote to elect a Chair of the Assembly from amongst them who shall lead further sessions. This election shall be done publicly and recorded, upon whence Senators shall discuss for a time no less than ten minutes and no more than four hours upon a Chair, and then proceed to voting. The incumbent Chair of the Assembly is eligible to be re-elected. The voting shall proceed as follows: Senators state a name of a fellow Senator for the Archivist to record, which must not be their own. This repeats until all Senators have stated a name. The highest-voted name proceeds to the next round. If there is no highest-voted name, or there is a tie, the voting proceeds again, with all but the highest non-tying names being eliminated from the possibilities that a Senator may choose. If every Senator chooses another, that is, all votes are equal, the oldest elected Senator proceeds to the next round. Upon the procession of one name of a Senator to the next round, this name is now put to vote onto the Assembly. Senators may vote In favour or Opposing, excluding the candidate themselves. If the candidate Chair Senator receives a majority of In favour votes, they may proceed to their podium and assume their role as Chair. In the case the candidate does not receive a majority of votes, they are eliminated from the running, and the voting proceeds back to the original round, whereby Senators may be chosen, excluding the failed candidate for Chair Senator. If this proceeds until failure, whereby a Chair Senator cannot be agreed upon, or twenty four hours have passed, the eldest Senator automatically becomes Chair Senator, whether approved, eliminated, or not.

VACANCY
If a sitting Senator dies, or places a voluntary resignation while in office, which can be made at any time, this constitution sets out a procedure to ensure there are twenty Senators sitting at any given times. The next in line for the Assembly seat is the candidate in the previous election who placed in third place – they are contacted posthaste and asked if they are still willing to take the seat. If so, this candidate becomes a Senator once they have pledged in front of the Assembly. If not, this process continues down the list of potential candidates. If none of the candidates are still resident and willing, a new election is held in that district only. This will be announced and held in no less than twenty one days. This Senator will not serve their term for a total of ten years, instead they will serve the remaining years upon the death of the previous Senator, whereby the elections will be held as normal simultaneously with the other Senators. REPRESENTATIVES Not every Senator must be present at the Assembly when it is in session, and certain Senators may be absent when Proposals are being passed in the Assembly if they do not concern them. A Senator may delegate a Representative to represent them at the Seat of the Assembly in Sinj, if they are occupied with business in the district which they represent. These Representatives must reside in Sinj and be present for the Assembly sessions for which they are requested by the respective Senator. These Representatives are tied to representing the views of the Senators and must not express themselves or their own views, so as to not add additional corruption to the process. If the Senator at Any time believes the Representative has incorrectly represented them or their views, they are at liberty to dismiss and reappoint Representatives at any time, entirely to their will, in the sense that this Article, and the Constitution, profess no rights or protection for a Representative to appeal or to object on this decision. The Senator has the ultimate authority over their Representative, as the Representative is unelected and not supported directly by the People who elected the Senator. They may also override decisions made in past by their Representative upon Proposals, whether they were approved or rejected, or their vote would have affected the outcome or not. This can not be overridden by the Representative. For a Senator to appoint a Representative, they must travel to Sinj and bring the Representative into the Assembly. There the Chancellor will oversee the signing of a permission document to ensure there is no chance of fraudulent Representation. From this point on the Senator may communicate their views to the Representative from afar. For a Representative to vote on behalf of a Senator, they must hold in their possession when entering the Assembly and voting on proposals a signed letter of permission granted from the Senator. A Representative must sign their Senator’s name on a Proposal, not their own. A Representative may not write their own reason for decisions on proposals and must request one from the Senator if they have been instructed to. CHANCELLORY The Head of the Federal Republic of Kresimiria shall be so named the Divine Chancellor of the Republic, and they shall have the honorifics Your Divinity, Your Holiness, or Divine Chancellor. The Chancellor of the Republic shall not be decided by whether man nor woman, nor age, nor noble household, nor distribution of land nor wealth, and solely upon the word of Our Lord as interpreted by the Holy Senators. The Chancellor of the Republic shall swear a pledge of fealty to the Republic as follows: “I do, as Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Kresimir as I have been nominated by my fellow Divine Senators, pledge myself to this Republic now and forevermore. I recognise this position is held for life, and I do commit to devoting my passion and actions to the upholding of this great Republic and its values as defined in the Constitution of 1921. In the name of Our Lord Kresimir, I accept this position of Chancellor of the Republic.” The role of the Divine Chancellor is a position held for life upon appointment by the Assembly. A Resolution of Replacement is provided as a Proposal a Senator may propose to the Assembly. It shall be a Constitutional Proposal requiring an absolute two thirds majority of all Senators, that is fourteen Senators, to agree that the target of the Resolution is currently incapable of serving their active duty and must be replaced posthaste. In the case to remove a Chancellor, the Assembly can pass a Resolution of Replacement, whereby the Senators agree that the Chancellor must be replaced. These meetings shall be at the discretion of the Senators, however this is enshrined in the Constitution henceforth to provide the Senators with a passage of removal of an Undivine Chancellor of the Republic, however this false icon has placed themselves into the position. At any time a sitting Senator may put this Proposal to the Assembly, thus requiring a Chancellor to hold the confidence of at the least seven Senators at any given time, as this would, in the worst possible case, result in a vote on the Resolution of Replacement thirteen-seven, below the two-thirds majority threshold for Replacement. Similarly upon the death, voluntary resignation which may happen at any time, or any other event which causes the Chancellor to become incapacitated, it is also delegated to the Assembly to appoint a new Chancellor. In these cases of Replacement, death, or otherwise, special, extraordinary, constitutional proposal is put forward by any sitting Senator to the Assembly, and an Extraordinary session is called. The Assembly may then deliberate for no longer than one hour from the time of the approval of this proposal to decide upon an interim Chancellor. If the time expires without a Chancellor having been selected, the Chair of the Assembly, or if not applicable, the longest-serving, and then respectively eldest Senator, is selected to serve as interim Chancellor, simultaneous to their role as Chair. The Assembly may then deliberate for no longer than twenty one days from the time of the approval of the Resolution to decide upon a new, permanent Chancellor. In the case the Assembly cannot decide on a nominee within this time frame, the default selection shall be the interim Chancellor, followed by the longest-serving Senator, or in case of multiple Senators with the same length of mandate, the highest-serving Senators are put forward into a special extraordinary ballot – the remaining Senators vote together in an absolute simple election for the replacement. A Senator can choose not to participate in this. The high-ranking Senator with the most total votes is proposed as the new Chancellor. Their Assembly seat is then put to a special election as laid out in the sections on the death of a Senator.

III – DISTRIBUTION OF POWER AND COUNCILS

DISTRIBUTION OF POWER The domain of collecting tithes of the People to maintain the running of the Government of the Republic is delegated to the Assembly, who can delegate it further to Councils or Senators, who can delegate it further to Local Chambers. The Chancellor commands the control of the Republic, and delegates the execution of proposals passed by the Assembly to the following Councils which represent departments of interests, which can be created by an Act of the Assembly. This constitution sets out the framework for key Councils of the Republic, of which will be composed of a certain number of Council Members, and led by a ranking Member called the Councillor. These Councillors will be appointed and dismissed by the Chancellor at their will, subject to a two-thirds majority approval from the Assembly. A Councillor cannot hold another role in a different branch of government, such as a Senator; they must resign from this position if they wish to be appointed as a Councillor. The Council Members of each Council are appointed similarly by the Councillor, subject to no Assembly approval, upon their appointment. Each Member and Councillor will serve for thirty years, and upon death, the expiration of this term, or an incapability set out similar to that of the Chancellor, is thus replaced or re-appointed immediately again by the Councillor, for a Council Member, or Chancellor, for a Councillor, respectively. There is a minimum requirement of twenty years of service, with such a requirement beginning only from the year of 1941, to the Government in civil or military experience to be eligible for appointment as a Councillor, and similarly five years, with such a requirement beginning only from the year of 1926, for a Member of the Council, so to ensure personal bias is not factored over technical competency. A Councillor is payed the sum equivalent to the price as fluctuating of ten kilograms of gold per year. A Member is payed each the sum equivalent to the price as fluctuating of two kilograms of gold per year. These Members are not beholden to the People directly – they are beholden to their Councillor and the Chancellor to serve and manage the Councils which they serve on. The Councils and their delegate responsibilities and jurisdictions are outlined in the pursuant Articles in this Constitution. The Councils must retain the power only to those acts outlined in these pursuant Articles. Each Councillor may request a change in member count of their Council – this must be recommended to and written via a sitting Senator, and pass a simple majority of voting Senators. Councillors are beholden to the Chancellor and the Assembly – a Chancellor can dismiss a Councillor at any time, however this can be overruled by a two – thirds majority of voting Senators voting against this Proposal. Councillors can also be removed by the Assembly, via again a two – thirds majority of voting Senators.

GOVERNORS This Constitution shall not establish a Governorship Office, but in lieu shall delegate the task of Governing each District to their elected Senators; the Senators shall serve the dual task of representing their District in the Federal Assembly in Sinj, and governing their home District in times they are not summoned to the Assembly. In these cases, the Senator may be referred to as Governor, and may adopt the title Governor-Senator or Senator-Governor as they will, at their liberty. However, this Article shall henceforth remain in place to refer to them as Senators for clarity purposes. In case of a disagreement between the Senators, the more senior in terms of time spent in the Assembly, and failing that, the elder Senator, shall take priority in seniority and thus authority in this case in all decisions. The Governors are delegated the responsibility of their own District, including overseeing the actions of Federal Councils in their District, overseeing their District Courts and the actions of Federal Officers and Justices within their Districts.

LOCAL CHAMBERS This Article provides the framework for the setup of Local Chambers, which shall function in a way so to prevent the exhaustion and potential development of inefficiency of a nationwide Council systems. While the Federal Councils shall always remain the higher authority, each Governor of a District may create a Local Chamber in correspondence with each Council, which shall be under the purview of themself, much in the way the Federal Councils are under the purview of the Supreme Federal Chancellor. The Local Chambers must be in correspondence with a Federal Council, and the Governor is not permitted to create varying, different Chambers. The Governor(s) may appoint a Chair of the Local Chambers at their will, provided they have achieved five years service in any form of Republic Government. This position is for the duration of ten years, upon which the serving Governor(s) may re-appoint the same Chair, or a differing. The Governor may also dismiss the Chair from their position at any time if they believe they are acting contrary to the values of the Republic, subject to the potential of a veto override given a two-thirds rejection vote from the relevant Local Chamber Members upon invocation of this Clause (that is, a vote of one-third Members in favour is necessary to dismiss the Chair.) These Chairs shall then appoint Members of the Local Chambers at their will. These appointments are subject to vetoes by the Governor. The Member count for each Local Chamber is a minimum of four, and is capped at four times the Federal maximum for each corresponding Council. These Members may not be dismissed without a two-thirds majority vote in favour of this, instigated by the Chair of the Local Chamber. These Local Chambers are beholden entirely to the Federal Councils, and all employees of which are subservient and subject to all regulations and states that the corresponding Federal Councils are subject to. The Federal Council Chairs may instigate a dismissal of the Local Chamber Chair, in an identical way that the Governor may, if they believe they are not cooperating with the Federal Council’s vision for their intentions. The Local Chambers must be accessible for Citizens of the Republic, and must have locations such as offices accessible to Citizens of their District for a minimum of twenty hours per week. They are required to hear cases and intake issues from the District’s citizens, in the way that the Local Chambers are a method for relevant local issues to be raised, such as housing applications or religious concerns, as the Local Chambers may escalate the issue directly to the Federal Council for the matter. It is for this purpose that the Local Chambers have a higher Member count, as they must deal with the Citizens of their District in a person-to-person manner.

COUNCIL FOR EDUCATION The Council for Education is chaired by the Councillor for Education. It consists of twenty one Council Members, Education Council Members. It is delegated the responsibility of: The provision of education to every citizen of the Republic, Ensuring the content taught is aligned with the Republic’s values of the True Faith of Kresimirianism, The assurance of free and universal providence of education, and protecting the free and valued flow of information.

COUNCIL FOR DEFENCE The Council for Defence is chaired by the Commander of the Army of the Republic. It consists of forty Council Members, Defence Council Members. It is delegated the responsibility of: Ensuring the sovereignty of the Republic from external threats such as international adversaries, The control of the Army of the Republic of Kresimiria and its financing, The training and raising of soldiers and serfs, The management and enforcement of conscription of the People when a state of War occurs, The provision of supplies for the Army, The supervision of the function of the state of National Security.

COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS The Council for Foreign Affairs is chaired by the Chief Diplomat of the Republic. It consists of thirty Council Members, Foreign Affairs Council Members. It is delegated the responsibility of: Conducting diplomacy with foreign nations on behalf of the Chancellor and Assembly, Organising diplomatic events and conventions internationally, Issuing statements on official Government positions on foreign issues and conflicts that may arise.

COUNCIL FOR INTERNAL AFFAIRS The Council for Internal Affairs is chaired by the Chief State Councillor. It consists of forty five Council Members, State Council Members. It is delegated the responsibility of: Governing the internal affairs of the Republic, Advising on and recommending legislation related to the Affairs of the Republic, Issuing Codes related to Affairs of the Republic Managing the internal security of the Republic, Assuring the state of contentedness of the people, Keeping order amongst the populace in the sense of preventing armed or otherwise insurrections against the Government.

COUNCIL FOR GROWTH AND AGRICULTURE The Council for Growth and Agriculture is chaired by the Councillor for Growth. It consists of eighty members, Growth Council Members, eight for each district of the Republic, which shall change upon redistricting to maintain eight for each district. It is delegated the responsibility of: Managing the maintenance of crop supplies in each district and ensuring the sustenance of the populace, Providing the means and the inspection permittance of animal herding, Reviewing the state of geographical population displacement in each district and recordkeeping for the intents of maintaining district population equality, and thus the redrawing of districts, The maintenance of natural or natural-adjacent sites of national interest, such as heritage sites, natural resource sites, or similar.

COUNCIL FOR DEVELOPMENT The Council for Development is chaired by the Development Councillor in Chief. It consists of fifty Council Members, Development Council Members, five for each district of the Republic. It is delegated the responsibility of: The production, planning, and oversight of construction and development of cities, rural areas, and all in between in the Republic, to their discretion, The issuance of permits for private construction and development, The management of developed or constructed sites of national interest, whether private or governmental, such as industrial production plants, power plants, factories, offices, monuments, and similar.

COUNCIL FOR DIVINITY The Council for Divinity is chaired by the High Archbishop of the Kresimirian Divine. It consists of twelve Council Members, High Diviners. It is delegated the responsibility of: The stewardship of the True Faith of Kresimiria, Its following inside the Republic, The interpretation of the Divine word of the Books of Kresimir, The spread of Kresimirianism throughout the world.

COUNCIL FOR HEALTH The Council for Health is chaired by the Chief Councillor for Health. It consists of twenty Council Members, Health Council Members. It is delegated the responsibility of: The keeping of health for the citizens of the Republic, The provision of healthcare to the citizens, The regulation of medical procedures and lawfulness of operations, The managing of contracts and wherewithal of the provision.

FEDERAL ARCHIVE The Federal Archive is chaired by the Chair of the Federal Archive. It consists of forty Council Members, Federal Archivists. It is delegated the responsibility of: Maintenance, archiving, scribing, and recording the business of the Assembly, Scheduling votes in the Assembly, Contributing to the redrawing of districts from a neutral, non-political position, Maintaining and utilising the Federal Archive Building, Ensuring Archival of all documents of national interest.

CODES Each and any Council has the purview and jurisdiction to issue “Codes”. A ‘Code’ in this context is an executive Decree issued by the Council, specifically personally by the Chief Councillor of the relevant Council, upon internal proscription and development, whereby it is similar to an Act, but is deemed by the Chief Councillor, and permitted by the Chancellor, that it is not needed to be passed throughput into the Assembly and reviewed by Senators, but is merely an Internal Affair of the relevant Council. This includes Codes for flag display and sizing, or Codes for Government buildings, uniforms, Codes for building restrictions and regulations, and such similar things. A Code can be issued without directly going through the Assembly, but a Code can be struck down either by being declared unconstitutional by the Superior Tribunal, or by a simple majority of an Assembly vote, upon the request of a Senator to review the Code. Thus, every Code is treated as if it has been Accepted as an Act by the Assembly.

JUDICIAL SYSTEM This Constitution mandates the creation of the Superior Tribunal, which shall henceforth be the highest court in the Republic of Kresimiria. There shall be eleven Superior Justices present in the court, whose allocation of duty it is to protect the integrity of the Republic, by interpreting this constitution and every derivative law and Act of Assembly of the Republic, such that the final power is delegated to them unto the interpretation of laws where ambiguity arises and lower courts cannot decide upon themselves. Each Justice is appointed for a thirty-year term upon the Superior Tribunal, beginning from the year 1922, designed to coincide with twenty eight days after the election of Senators, thus so that the Senators upon being newly elected by the People are given the opportunity to vote in confirmation of the Justices. Such that the Chancellor personally chooses and appoints the eleven Justices, whereby they may choose to retain any one or more of the current serving Justices, or equally to replace each and every one. Each Judicial appointment must be approved by a sitting two-thirds majority of the Senators.
A Justice of the Supreme Tribunal, and any other court in the Republic, is beholden to the Chancellor and the Assembly. They may be summoned to the Assembly for a Resolution of Replacement in an identical way to the Chancellor, if a Senator or Chancellor believes they are acting in a way contrary to their appointment and oath to uphold Justice in the Republic, and a Chancellor may dismiss a Justice of the Superior Tribunal, subject to a two-thirds vote approval from the Assembly. The Superior Tribunal is delegated the review of Proposals proposed and Acts passed by the Assembly. Upon the Proposal, the Tribunal may be convened to issue a preliminary opinion on the constitutionality of the Proposal, which shall not be binding but shall be advice to the Senators upon which they may later rule. Upon the approval of a Proposal into an Act, the Superior Tribunal, upon appeal by an opposition figure, or their own volition, may review the details of the Act, and consider its constitutionality in the interests of the Republic of Kresimiria. It shall have the authority to strike down Acts which it deems, in a majority vote, against the word of the Constitution and the values of the Republic. This is subject to appeal from a person, most likely a proposing Senator, whereby the Tribunal can review their decision, and may return their original decision, or a changed decision, with added commentary or justification. District Courts are hereby created for each of the ten districts of the Republic, consisting of seven District Justices each. These District Courts are the second level of the judicial system, with their decisions subject to only review by the Superior Tribunal. These Courts shall be referred to as the District Courts, such as the District IV Court. District Justices are appointed for a thirty-year term, beginning in 1922, in accordance with the term of a Senator, whereby the appointments are made no earlier than two weeks after the Federal Election and no later than four weeks after the Federal Election, by the Senators of the relevant District. In case of a disagreement between Senators over Justices, the longer-serving Senator’s preference takes precedence, and in the case of equivalent terms, the elder Senator takes precedence. These Justice appointments each can be vetoed by the Chancellor, and, if willed, a simple majority of Senators, whereby a Senator may submit a proposal to the Assembly to review the appointment of the Justice, but each of these appointments is not automatically petitioned through the Assembly, in distinction to appointments of Superior and Inferior Justices. A Justice may be removed from office under a Resolution of Replacement. These District Courts shall be contacted first in case of a petition brought in lieu of the Superior Tribunal being directly contacted. Time must be allowed for the District Court relevant to the petition to issue their decision, but no more than six months, permitting revision of this time only by Superior Tribunal or Chancellory decision. The District Courts are imposed the obligation to hear cases that are relevant to their district, and may not refuse to hear cases that no other courts would be applicable to, with the exemption of referring cases it deems irrelevant to its District to the Inferior Tribunal. A third branch of the judiciary is created, the Inferior Tribunal of the Republic, chaired by the Chief Inferior Justice and containing eleven Inferior Justices. These Justices are appointed in an identical way as Superior Justices, serving thirty-year terms upon appointment by the Chancellor and approval by the Assembly. The Inferior Tribunal has the same level of authority as the District Courts, the differentiating factor between it and the District Courts being the Inferior Tribunal is not connected to a specific District. It is intended for petitions and cases when and where: A petition is not distinctly related to a single District. A District Court refuses to hear a case, by deciding it has insufficient judiciary jurisdiction on a case. The Superior Tribunal refers a case back down unto it to issue another decision until it has decided upon its decision. The Inferior Tribunal may not refuse to hear a case that has been referred to it, unless the Superior Tribunal rules that the case shall not be heard, in the case of which the Inferior Tribunal is not forbidden from hearing the case, and for clarity neither are any courts, but they are now permitted to refuse to hear the case, when the Superior Tribunal rules a case is not of relevance - this decision may also be appealed by a citizen to the Superior Tribunal. A fourth branch of the judiciary is created, the Appellate Tribunal of the Republic, chaired by the Chief Appellate Justice and containing seven Appellate Justices. These Justices are appointed in an identical way as Superior Justices, serving thirty-year terms upon appointment by the Chancellor and approval by the Assembly. The Appellate Tribunal has the same level of authority as the District Courts and the Inferior Tribunal, but if an appeal is made against a decision in a Court, after the same Court has been given the opportunity to review their decision, if the defendant or plaintiff requests a further appeal, upon which they are not happy with the results of the first appeal, thereby provides the function of the Appellate Tribunal. This Tribunal shall not be called or requested for initial cases, and is reserved solely for appeals, in the interest of preventing backlog in courts from repeated Appeals. The Appellate Tribunal may rule to prevent further appeals on a case, but they are required to hear an Appeal on a single case a minimum of one time. Any Judicial Appointment should be made upon a Justice candidate that has no ethical qualms in representing the Justice of Kresimirianism in the Republic, and has not proven nor provided reason to provide suspect they may act in their own volition or those that are contrary to the values of the Republic. Every Tribunal or Court decision requires a written form to store in the Federal Archives. Justices must sign their names in the In favour or Opposing section, identical to an Act or Proposal. They must also write an opinion and sign their name under one of these.

IV – PROPOSALS, ACTS, AND LAWS

This section of the Constitution aims to expand upon and limit the ambiguity of the previous articles on Proposals, Acts, and Laws of the Government of the Republic of Kresimiria.

Addendum: This Section of the Constitution is heavily expanded upon in the Implementation Act 1922. Refer to the documents in concurrence to provide a detailed overview of Proposals, Acts, and Laws. The Original Constitution provides no route for a Senator to propose an Act, thus the Implementation Act is a required document. In this context, the Implementation Act is treated as an integral part of the Constitution of Kresimiria, and is included below in its entirety.

AMENDMENTS The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Kresimiria may be amended over time to adapt to evolving needs of the Republic and its citizens. An amendment to the Constitution may be proposed by any sitting Senator at any time, but requires an Extraordinary session in which the Chancellor and all twenty Senators must be present to review this proposal. This constitutional proposal requires a two-thirds majority of Senators, that is fourteen Senators, to approve it for the amendment to pass. Assembly archivists shall then attach the amendment to the original document of the constitution and make note of all changes and reasons for decisions in the archives, including: The year of the Amendment Which articles the amendment has the effect of striking out of effect, and from whence it amends its own interjection into the Constitution Reasoning, if applicable

VETO POWER The Chancellor does not have veto power on any proposals. This includes any proposals they have the potential to retain personal disagreements with, and they must follow procedures to take these issues up with the sitting Senators.
The contents of these following clauses are an Amendment made and approved by the Assembly of Senators in 1942, provisioned with concern over lack of national security safeguards, thereby striking the original Clause 1. The Chancellor does possess veto power on any and all proposals. Upon conclusion of a convention of the Assembly and an approval of a Proposal, the Chancellor retains the right to prevent its becoming into an Act by invoking this Article as a Veto. This should be implemented rarely and robustly. If a Chancellor is seen complicit in abusing the veto a petition may be made to the Superior Tribunal to review, advice, and issue statements on the veto(es), and to advise the Chancellor, but they may not override, overturn, nor reject them, providing their Constitutionality, nor can they revoke the right of the Chancellor to issue vetoes. A veto explicitly requires the Proposal to have passed with the approval vote of less than sixteen Senators. This also requires the Chancellor to provide a reasoning in writing upon the text of the Proposal - this is not to intent it to be reviewed or agreed to by any other person(s) except for the Superior Tribunal who must exclusively rule the Constitutional basis of this act, such as the fact that the proposal must have passed with less than four-fifths support, but for archival purposes. Upon a successful Veto, the Chair of the Assembly must pass this to the Chair of the Federal Archive, and record the Proposal’s rejection.

The below is the text of the Implementation Act 1922, which, upon approval by the Assembly, was integrated into the Constitution of the Republic of 1921, by order of Chancellor Kresimir Kresimirovic.

THE WRITING OF PROPOSALS Each Senator may write Proposals at their liberty, to present to the Assembly when it is in session. These Proposals can take any form when presented and created but must have a written form which follows set guidelines to store in the Archives of the Republic in the Assembly in Sinj: The name of the Proposal must be at the top of the first page of the Proposal, followed immediately by the proposing and supporting Senator(s), along with the date of proposal (and date of approval or rejection when being transferred into the Federal Archives). There must contain inside the Proposal a section detailing the script “In accordance with the values of the Republic of Kresimiria, and as written and approved by the Assembly of Senators, overseen by the Chancellor, and recorded by the Chair of the Federal Archive, below is detailed the” upon which the Archivists will follow by the name of the Proposal, which now shall be followed by the word “Act” upon its approval. Each Proposal must be split into Articles of contextual relevance which are designated by numerals, which can be split into clauses or subsections designated by numerals, and then letters of the alphabet, and then Roman Numerals. The layout of this Constitution may be taken as a template. Upon the writing of a Proposal, the Senator should submit the Proposal to the Assembly via the Chair of the Assembly, upon which with either the official support as designated in writing by at minimum one other Senator, the Chancellor, or the Chair of the Assembly, the Assembly will be called into Session no less than two days and no more than fourteen days after. The specifics of this scheduling are delegated to the Chair of Assembly to their convenience. On account of this short time frame, the precedent for Representatives in Sinj is set out in the Constitution if the Senators are occupied with their residents of their district, or engaged in foreign affairs elsewhere, to their own discretion.

THE APPROVAL OF PROPOSALS For a Proposal to be successful, the Proposal must be approved with the signatures of more than half of the Senators present in the Assembly, or their respective Representatives. A Senator writing a Proposal, or the Chancellor of the Republic, may designate any pending Proposal with a special designation of Extraordinary – this will require the signatures of more than half of all Senators all, therefore eleven Senators of the Republic. This can be applied when the Senator writing or the Chancellor believes the Proposal is of vital importance to the Republic and it is important to have the views of every Senator on the matter, or the Chancellor could believe the Proposal is of vital importance to the Republic and it is important to have the views of every Senator on the matter, or the Chancellor could believe the Senator could be advantaged by the lack of presence of certain other Senators so decides to require an absolute majority, if for example the Proposal is related to regions the Senators hail from. This labelling may also be applied if, during a Session of the Assembly, a present and voting Senator calls for the Act being proposed to be categorised as Extraordinary. If this passes a simple majority of voting Senators, the Proposal is taken from the Session and all the Senators must be summoned to the Assembly to discuss on the Proposal which shall be placed into this new Session. On each Proposal, every present Senator voting must sign on the respective column underneath the Proposal for archival purposes. At the minimum, one Senator from each side, the Consenting, and the Opposing, must write a reason for their decision. If they wish, multiple Senators from each side may write reasons for their decisions. These reasons will be attached onto the end of the Proposal and must be stored together in the archive. Every Proposal, whether successful or unsuccessful, must be stored in the Federal Archives. An unsuccessful Proposal may not be resubmitted for a period of ninety days, unless it has been substantially modified as judged by the Chair of the Assembly and the Chancellor. If a Proposal has stalled, in the context that a debate is deadlocked with an equal vote in the Assembly, there is a maximum lifetime period of ninety days for the deadlock to progress, after which the Proposal is counted as if it was rejected and stored in the Federal Archives.

COLLABORATION Senators may wish to submit similar Proposals in the same Act, and Senators may also wish to collaborate on proposing an Act. This is permitted and even encouraged, in order of the goal to reduce the number of sessions of the Assembly required, but there shall be conditions to ensure the flow of democracy is maintained: Acts are limited to fifteen thousand words for accessibility purposes of every citizen of the Republic, and where an Act would be longer than this, it should be split into multiple. Acts are required to have a minimum of four hundred words for eligibility purposes. For Proposals which affect specific districts, consultation is required with Senators from those regions, whereby they were not the original author(s) or sponsor(s).

VOTING Voting can be done via a Senator or their Representative. As detailed in the Constitution, each voting side must put forward a justification for their decision, and each Senator whether reasoning or not must sign their name on the respective column. The detail of the justification is mandated to be a minimum of one hundred words for each voting side, and is mandated to be written by at least one Senator for each side. A Representative must sign their own name in place of the name of the Senator they are representing, but must print the Senator’s name in block capitals underneath. If a Senator, the Chancellor, or the Chair of the Assembly believes there has been an irregularity occurred within the process of voting, writing, or approval of the Proposal, they may submit a case to escalate to the Superior Tribunal who may rule on the constitutionality of any such actions that may have occurred.

V – THE CITIZENS, INSTITUTIONS, AND LAND

The Federal Republic of Kresimiria, built in the Holy Name of The Lord Kresimir, shall exist to serve its people and the people of Kresimir himself. No law or authority shall infringe upon the rights guaranteed to the people of Kresimir by these Articles, and any law contrary to these provisions shall be deemed null and void by the Superior Tribunal.

ABORTION Citizens of the Republic shall have the absolute right to terminate a pregnancy at any point during the pregnancy until the child is born and takes its first breath of air outside the womb. The Republic recognises the right of each citizen to the autonomy of their body in this respect, as enshrined in the Books. The Republic shall ensure access to safe and legal routes to complete this is available to all citizens without discrimination of any factors.

DISCRIMINATION All individuals and Citizens of the Republic shall be viewed equally under the law of the Republic, regardless of sex as born, identity, or expression. No organisation, corporation, or other entity, may discriminate or persecute an individual with the basis of their birth traits, gender identity, or personal expressional traits.

MARRIAGE The Republic affirms the right to engage in the institution of marriage to citizens of the Republic as is layed out in the Books of Kresimir, and ensures this shall not be denied based on any factors in ethnic or cultural background, orientation, number of participants, or sexes or presentation of the participants. Citizens shall apply to the Council for Divinity for a marriage contract, who shall issue it based on the above factors. The Republic shall recognise and protect all marriages under the law and respect the sanctity of the religious institutions of Kresimirianism behind it. Every citizen has the absolute right to dissolve a marriage bilaterally, polylateraly, or unilaterally. No citizen is obliged to remain inside a marriage contract or construct, and may file to the Council for Divinity for a dissolution, or a withdrawal, on the basis of their feelings, irreconcilable differences, financial difficulties, or any other reasons as subject to the Council for Divinity, who shall grant the request.

DIVINITY AND RELIGION Every citizen of the Republic, by virtue of their citizenship and pledge of fealty to the Republic and its values, shall be bound to subscribe to the Divine and True religion of Kresimirianism. No other religion may be practiced or recognised by institutions or citizens of the Republic. However, those non-voting non-citizens who are resident in the lands of the Republic, may profess their fealty to other false gods than Our Lord Kresimir within their private domicile. They shall not be deprived of this permittance where not specified in this constitution certain activities and privileges for those Kresimirian rights only, such as voting in Assembly elections, where provided these beliefs do not incite rebellion or blasphemy against the Faith of Kresimirianism. If the beliefs incite blasphemy against the Faith of Kresimirianism the permittance to practice may be waived upon an Act issued by the Council for Divinity upon this specific Religion for a period of time not exceeding twelve months, for national security or religious unity purposes. After the twelve months have passed the Assembly is convened to vote upon its continuance with simple majority, for a further twelve months. The Republic of Kresimiria and its institutions, in particular the Council for Divinity, reserve the Divine right to regulate public dissemination of beliefs deemed injurious to public morality or values of the Faith. The Republic affirms the one True Religion as the Faith of Kresimirianism, and this Faith shall be the only one practised by the State, all State institutions, and all representatives of the State, including all Chancellors, Senators, Councillors, Council Members, and Diviners. It shall be the domain of the Council for Divinity to regulate the religion of Kresimirianism within the Republic.

FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT Every citizen of Kresimiria has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of the Republic. If a citizen wishes to relocate electoral district, they must inform both the old and the new electoral officers of this move within fourteen days, or else face the possibility of electoral disqualification on the grounds of defrauding electoral officials. The Council for Internal Affairs reserves the right to restrict movement in the interest of public safety and national security. Citizens shall not be arbitrarily deprived of the right to leave the Republic nor prohibited from returning to the Republic, except under the grounds that it is provable they have: Fought, verbally or in battle, against the values of the Republic or the Faith, Violated a Constitutional principle and refused to respect the outcome of the Superior Tribunal and fled the country. The content of this clause is an Amendment to Clause b made to the Constitution in 1937, where it was declared excessively ambiguous which actions pertained “fought… against the values of the Republic of the Faith”, thus striking down the original: Citizens shall not be arbitrarily deprived of the right to leave the Republic nor prohibited from returning to the Republic, nor detained and deprived of their freedom of movement within the Republic in an arbitrary fashion, except under the grounds that it is provable they have: Utilised a public platform to commit blasphemy against the Books of Kresimir or the Republic of Kresimiria in a way that brings illegitimate shame to the Republic or the Faith upon others not including themself, Participated in a campaign, social, physical, or military, against the Republic of Kresimiria or the Faith of Kresimirianism, including but not limited to: Being a participant of a foreign military who are engaged in actions in contrary to those of the Army of the Republic, Being a participant of an insurrectionist movement designed with the aim of inserting instability into the Republic, where the movement is not necessarily violent, but is creating or has created with its actions any significant sense of anti-Republican sentiment within the Republic, Committed a violation of any other act deigned a criminal act by the laws of the Republic, and have been convicted of such within a Kresimirian court, Violated a Constitutional principle, and upon being convicted of a crime in such, refused to respect the outcome of the Superior Tribunal and fled the country in self-imposed exile.

WEAPONS OF DEADLY FORCE No citizen of the Republic shall have the right to bear arms, possess weapons of deadly force, or purchase weapons of deadly force, where the weapon of deadly force is, or can be capable of functioning. An exemption could be an intentionally blunted ceremonial sword for display purposes to the extent where it could no longer be resharpened, where it must be stored in a way that it cannot be accessed quickly, for example a locked cabinet or a thickened glass display case. It shall be forbidden for a citizen to sell weapons of deadly force, possess weapons of deadly force, carry weapons of deadly force, or have provisioned intentions to purchase a weapon of deadly force.

CONSCRIPTION The Republic recognises the necessity of the establishment and maintenance of a standing military force in order to protect the sovereignty of the Republic and ensure the safety of its citizens. No citizen has the right to object to conscription into the Holy Army of the Republic unless authorised by a local Diviner for purposes of physical or mental health exemptions.

EDUCATION Education is a duty imposed upon all children of the Republic, as well as a right granted by the State. The Republic affirms that the State exists to serve the people under the Lord Kresimir, ensuring the prosperity, stability, and moral integrity of all citizens. Attendance at State-certified Institutions is mandatory for all children of the republic until the age of fourteen. Curricula shall be strictly aligned with the Divine teachings of Kresimirianism, and deviations from this are strictly prohibited, subject to the Council for Divinity and the Council for Education. State-certified Institutions shall be led by the local Diviner(s), who may recruit additional person(s) to aid in their education if applicable. An Institution found to be deviating from the teachings of the Council for Education shall be subject to dissolution and penalties shall be imposed upon those infringers of imprisonment of a minimum of twenty years.

COMMUNICATION Public communication platforms are instruments of the Republic and shall serve its moral and spiritual objectives. No publication may operate without prior approval and licensing which has been sought from the Council for Education. Dissemination of falsehoods, blasphemies, anti-Kresimirian or anti-Republican content shall result in immediate seizure of assets and imprisonment of all those responsible, with a minimum term of ten years and not exceeding fifty years. Citizens are required to report any encountered suspicious or subversive content to the nearest Republic State authority. Those suspected of collaboration with a spreader of blasphemy are liable to imprisonment.

LABOUR Labour is both a duty and a privilege granted by the Republic to its citizens. All able-bodied citizens must contribute to the prosperity and growth of the economy through work assigned or approved by the Council for Development via the Republic. Industrial movements, strikes, protests, or other disruptions of labour are prohibited unless expressly permitted by the Council for Development in the limited context of free expression. Such protests may be the exclusive jurisdiction of the Council for Development in the context of negotiation of state or Republic contracts and labour disputes, and the Council for Internal Affairs in the context of dissolution and dispersion.

HEALTHCARE Every citizen has the right to freely provided and distributed healthcare under the purview of the Council for Health, subject to their approval. Citizens must comply with mandatory health measures and report any violations or refusals by others. Unauthorised medical treatments or practice, including homeopathy, and treatments not layed out in the Books of Kresimir, this Constitution, the legal framework of the Republic, or approved by the Council for Health, are strictly prohibited and punishable by law.

GATHERINGS AND ASSEMBLIES Any citizen wishing to acquire permittance for organising a gathering must obtain prior approval from the Council for Internal Affairs. Authorised assemblies shall be dispersed, by force if necessary, and insurrectionary participants shall be detained and tried. Associations promoting ideologies or activities contrary to the Faith or the Republic are strictly forbidden.

NATURAL RESOURCES The lands, waters, and natural resources of the Republic are the inalienable patrimony of the nation. Their exploitation, management, and conservation shall be exclusively the guardian and purview of the Council of Growth and Agriculture, and no private citizen or organisation may claim a natural resource has fealty to them. Upon a discovery of a natural resource capable of exploitation such as a vein of ore or a spring of oil, the Government of the Republic becomes the sole, exclusive and Divine owner of it, and shall delegate it to Councils for that it can benefit the institutions of the Republic, and in the default it shall be delegated to the Council for Growth and Agriculture. Unauthorised exploitation of resources shall be considered treason against the Republic, subject to seizure of all resources exploited, profits made by resources exploited, and imprisonment of a term not exceeding ten years. Citizens are required to report any violations directly to the Council for Growth and Agriculture.