Post by Caldemar Quilor on Feb 8, 2020 2:39:57 GMT
Passed by a vote of 20 to 0 on February 3, 2020.
Amended by the High Tribunal Constitutional Amendment on December 16, 2020.
Section 1 - Basic terms
1. The Region of Kantrias ("Region") is the NationStates region at the www.nationstates.net/region=kantrias web address.
2. The Residents of Kantrias ("Residents") are the NationStates nations located in the Region.
3. The Forum of the Region ("Forum") is located at the kantrias.freeforums.net/ web address.
Section 2 - Name
1. The official name of the Region is Alliance of Kantrias.
2. The name "Kantrias'' refers to the Alliance of Kantrias.
Section 3 - Administrators
1. The Administrative Team of the Region ("Administrators") is governed by its own internal rules and procedures.
2. The Administrators manage the Forum and other services used by the Region.
3. Administrators may, without interference, enforce the ToS of any platforms Kantrias is present on.
Section 4 - Associate Regions
1. Through treaties other regions may be declared Associate Regions.
2. Requirements to be considered an Associate Region may be set out by law.
3. Conditions to lose Associate Region status may be set by law, or within treaties with that region.
4. Individuals with a nation in an Associate Region will be considered Residents under Kantrian law for as long as they maintain a nation in an Associate Region.
Section 1 - Requirements
1. Residents may create an account on the Forum.
2. Residents with an account on the Forum may apply for Councillor status.
3. Administrators will grant Councillor status to Residents.
4. Administrators will deny Councillor status if they can not determine the identity of the Forum account, if a Resident has been banned from holding Councillor status, or in the case of other due cause defined by law.
Section 2 - Rights
1. Residents with Councillor status ("Councillors") are members of the Delphinium Council.
2. Councillors may vote in elections.
3. Councillors may be candidates in elections and hold elected offices.
4. A bill passed by the Kylian Assembly may specify elected offices which a Councillor must not hold at the same time.
5. Councillors will have a right to a fair trial and the right to an appeal.
Section 3 - Removal
1. If the owner of a Forum account is no longer a Resident, the Administrators must revoke their Councillor status.
2. If Administrators deem a Councillor a risk to the community, they may revoke their Councillor status. This event must be reported to the Kylian Assembly.
Section 4 - Multiple accounts
1. A person managing more than one Resident may create a Forum account for all of them.
2. Only one of the Residents managed by the same person may hold Councillor status.
Section 1 - Powers of the Monarch
1. The monarch may create royal decrees. Royal decrees must only affect the monarchy and nobility, and must not contradict this document.
2. Name nobles to the royal family, and organise the royal family as they see fit.
3. Grant noble titles.
4. Oversee, though not partake in, the negotiation of treaties.
5. Command the armed forces of Kantrias should the Supreme Chancellor and Grand General be found incapable by the Kylian Assembly.
6. Veto any passed legislation that is deemed to be detrimental to Kantrias. A veto may be overturned by the majority decision of the High Tribunal.
6b. Any bill passed that received two thirds of the vote in the Delphinium Council in favour may not be vetoed.
7. Grant royal assent to all passed legislation.
Section 2 - State of Emergency
1. The monarch may with reasonable belief that the security of Kantrias is compromised, declare a state of emergency.
2. During a state of emergency, individuals may be prosecuted without trial if they are believed to pose a threat to the region.
3. Reasonable belief includes, but is not limited to large raids, coups, or any other actions internal or external that would threaten the stability of Kantrias.
4. A state of emergency will last a maximum of seven days, and may be renewed by the Kylian Assembly if the threat persists.
5. The High Tribunal may, by majority vote, strike down a state of emergency.
Section 3 - Limitations
1. The monarch may not also hold the positions of Supreme Chancellor, Deputy Chancellor, Speaker, Designated Speaker Pro Tempore, Minister, Member of the Quorum, or any other newly created political position unless otherwise specified.
2. The monarch may not act in a way contrary to the Constitution or law.
3. Clause 1 of Section 3 is suspended for 3 months after the ascension of a new monarch. Should the Kylian Assembly wish to renew the period, discussion must have begun in either house at least seven days before it is due to finish, and all voting must be concluded before the suspension period has ended.
Section 4 - Succession
1. The monarch may appoint an heir as they see fit.
2. The monarch may announce a regency at any time, should this occur, the heir will act as regent. Should no heir be appointed, a noble may be chosen instead.
3. A regency may be announced if the monarch has been inactive for a period of fourteen days.
4. An undeclared regency of sixty days will result in the monarch being declared dead.
5. Should the monarch resign or be declared dead with no heir present;
5a. The Supreme Chancellor will nominate a willing monarch to the Kylian Assembly,
5b. The Kylian Assembly will discuss the nomination, and vote on them following their usual procedure,
5c. If the nominee receives two-thirds of votes cast in favour in both Houses, they will be the new monarch,
5d. If the nominee does not receive two-thirds votes cast in favour in both Houses, a Succession Election is triggered.
6. The nomination discussion must begin in the Delphinium Council.
1. Members of the Monarchy are considered separate from nobility, and as of such this article does not apply to them.
2. Nobles are encouraged to display their title of nobility in their member-title, signature or name.
3. Nobles may not claim to hold a title higher than they are entitled to.
3a. Unearned titles will be removed by the administrators.
4. Nobles may be stripped of their titles by the High Tribunal.
4a. If the stripped noble title is part of the Higher Nobility, the noble is demoted to the lowest title of the Lower Nobility.
4b. If the stripped noble title is part of the Lower Nobility, the noble is demoted to the citizenry, losing any and all noble titles.
5. Nobles who are no longer part of Kantrias and/or are deregistered retain their titles and may continue to use them upon their return.
6. Individual nobles may design and fly their own crest.
7. The Monarch may designate an official seal for the Low Nobility.
8. The Monarch may designate an official seal for the High Nobility.
9. Crest specifications may be set out for Low- and High nobility by law.
Section 2 - Tiers
1. There will be two tiers of nobility, Lower and Higher.
2. The Monarch may decide which titles belong to which tier.
Section 4 - Archduke/Archduchess
1. The title of Archduke can only be bestowed upon a member of the High Nobility with at least the noble title of ‘Duke/Duchess’.
2. The title of Archduke is to be considered second only to the monarch.
3. There may only be one Archduke at any given time.
Section 1 - Powers
1. The High Tribunal is the only organization officially able to determine the legality of actions, and interpret the law of the region.
2. The Allied Forces of Kantrias may establish their own judiciary, though any such court will be below the High Tribunal, and may not hear matters of law.
3. The High Tribunal will have the power to hear cases brought before it. In doing so they may:
3a. Convict individuals or organizations of having broken law,
3b. Assigning punishment within the guidance of the law,
3c. Providing interpretation on the law.
Section 2 - Justices
1. The High Tribunal will always consist of three Justices.
1a. High Tribunal Justices may not also serve as Supreme Chancellor or Deputy Chancellor. If a Justice wishes to run for one of those roles they must resign as a Justice first.
2. Justices will be recommended by the Supreme Chancellor and confirmed by the Kylian Assembly.
2a. The Supreme Chancellor will submit their recommendation(s) to the Kylian Assembly.
2b. The Kylian Assembly will debate and vote on all recommendations following the procedure used for resolutions.
2c. To be confirmed, Justices must receive at least two thirds in favour of their appointment.
Section 3 - Procedure
1. Any Councillor may bring a case before the High Tribunal.
2. The High Tribunal may only act when a case has been brought before it.
3. Cases will be ruled on by a single Justice to preserve the right to an appeal.
4. Appeals will be ruled on by the full bench of Justices, with the majority ruling being carried.
5. Justices directly involved in a case must recuse themselves from both ruling on the original case, or any appeal.
6. The High Tribunal may establish their own rules of procedure as long as they do not contradict law or this document.
7. The Kylian Assembly may establish or amend procedure for the High Tribunal by law.
Section 1 - Power
1. All legislative power in the Alliance of Kantrias is held by the monarch and delegated to the Kylian Assembly.
Section 2 - Upper House
1. The Upper House of the Kylian Assembly will be known as the Quorum of Amaryllis.
2. Councillors may be elected to the Quorum of Amaryllis.
3. The number of seats will be equal to the population of the region divided by ten and rounded to the nearest whole number.
4. Seats will be calculated at the start of a Quorum election.
5. Individuals elected to the Quorum of Amaryllis will be known as Members of the Quorum.
6. All Quorum votes will be held openly.
7. A record of individual votes will be kept.
Section 3 - Upper House Elections
1. Elections for the Quorum will occur every one hundred and eighty days.
2. Parties may partake in the election using open list proportional representation.
3. The percentage of the vote a party gets is the percentage of seats they will occupy.
4. Parties may repeat names on their list to fill excess seats won.
5. Independents may run and will occupy the percentage of seats their own vote share allows.
Section 5 - Lower House
1. The Lower House of the Kylian Assembly will be known as the Delphinium Council.
2. If a proposal (not including an amendment to the Constitution) originating from the Delphinium Council is rejected by the Quorum of Amaryllis twice, the Delphinium Council may vote to pass the proposal without the approval of the Quorum of Amaryllis and send it for royal assent. Such a vote would will require two-thirds of the Delphinium Council in favour.
Section 6 - Acts
1. Both Houses of the Kylian Assembly may draft bills and resolutions.
2. Once one House has voted in favour of a bill or resolution, it must move to the other House.
3. A bill or resolution must receive the backing of both Houses before being passed.
4. Should a bill or resolution fail to be supported by either House, it may be returned with suggested amendments.
5. This process will continue until both Houses agree, or the bill or resolution is thrown out.
6. Bills passed by the Kylian Assembly become law.
7. A resolution passed by the Kylian Assembly must either be a binding resolution or a non-binding resolution.
8. Binding resolutions have the power of law. Non-binding resolutions do not have the power of law but express a statement by the Kylian Assembly
9. Only the Kylian Assembly may declare war. A declaration of war must be a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast.
10. Law may specify circumstances in which debate and voting on a single matter may occur in both houses concurrently.
Section 7 - Rules
1. The Kylian Assembly will create its own Rules of Order.
2. The Rules of Order and any supplements require the support of two thirds of the votes cast to pass.
3. Votes in the Kylian Assembly must last for at least forty eight hours.
Section 8 - Speaker
1. The Kylian Assembly will elect a Councillor as its Speaker every one hundred and twenty days.
2. The Speaker will moderate debate in both Houses of the Kylian Assembly and enforce its Rules of Order.
Section 1 - Power
1. The executive power in the Alliance of Kantrias is held by the monarch and delegated to the Supreme Chancellor.
2. The Supreme Chancellor is the head of the government of the Alliance of Kantrias.
3. The Supreme Chancellor is Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the Alliance of Kantrias.
Section 2 - Supreme Chancellor
1. The Delphinium Council will elect a Councillor as Supreme Chancellor every one hundred and twenty days.
2. The Supreme Chancellor may within the bounds of existing law set government policy on internal and foreign affairs.
3. The Supreme Chancellor must designate a councillor as Deputy Chancellor within seven days of their election.
4. The Deputy Chancellor will serve until the next Supreme Chancellor election, their resignation, or their removal from the position.
5. In the event of the resignation of the Supreme Chancellor, the Deputy Chancellor shall take over fully until the end of the special elections.
Section 3 - Ministers
1. Ministers are elected by the Delphinium Council to assist the Supreme Chancellor in their duties.
2. The Delphinium Council will elect a number of councillors to become Ministers equal to the number of Ministries every one hundred and twenty days.
3. Elected Ministers will be considered superior in authority to all other ministry workers, but inferior to the Supreme Chancellor.
4. Minister mandates will assign specific responsibilities to each Minister within the purview of the executive government. These mandates may span a single Ministry or cover multiple Ministries.
5. When multiple minister mandates cover duties particular to the same Ministry, the mandates should clearly outline the division of duty between them.
6. Each Minister should be given a mandate by the Supreme Chancellor within seven days of the Minister being elected.
Section 4 - Foreign Affairs
1. The Supreme Chancellor is the main representative of the Alliance of Kantrias.
2. The Supreme Chancellor may appoint ambassadors to act as representatives of the Alliance of Kantrias.
3. The Supreme Chancellor may with the consent of the Kylian Assembly make treaties.
4. The Kylian Assembly may give its consent to a treaty by ratifying it in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast in both Houses.
5. Treaties ratified by the Kylian Assembly have the power of law. If a treaty is not ratified, it is considered null and void.
Section 5 - Executive orders
1. The Supreme Chancellor may issue executive orders.
2. Executive orders must not contradict existing law, but may change or revoke existing executive orders.
3. Executive orders have the power of law.
4. Laws created by the Kylian Assembly will invalidate all parts of executive orders that contradict them.
Section 6 - Creation of Ministries
1. The executive government shall be organized into three Ministries, namely;
1a. The Ministry of Culture,
1b. The Ministry of Recruitment and,
1c. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2. Powers and responsibilities not assigned to a Ministry in this document will remain under the power of the Supreme Chancellor, and are not restricted from being shared with a Ministry, Minister, or other executive body.
3. The Ministry of Culture will be in charge of organizing events, contests, and games.
4. The Ministry of Culture also may produce images and suggest names for organizations within the region for the purpose of strengthening the cultural identity of Kantrias.
5. Access to the Ministry of Culture subforum will be restricted to the Supreme Chancellor, Ministers, and employees of the Ministry of Culture.
6. The Ministry of Culture may collaborate with other regions on events, and a separate subforum should be created for the joint planning.
7. The Ministry of Recruitment is to be in charge of recruitment of new nations to the region, and getting new nations to join the forums and Discord.
8. The Ministry of Recruitment should regularly review the performance of the regional recruitment telegram, and assess if a rewrite is needed.
9. Access to the Ministry of Recruitment subforum will be restricted to the Supreme Chancellor, Ministers, and employees of the Ministry of Recruitment.
10. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have the duty to promote positive relationships with other regions, and ensure Kantrias has an active presence on the world stage.
11. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be required to produce regular updates on events within Kantrias for distribution to other regions.
12. Access to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs subforum will be restricted to the Supreme Chancellor, Ministers, and employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
13. For the purpose of negotiating treaties, a hidden subforum for negotiations may be created, with access limited to the Supreme Chancellor, and those empowered to engage in negotiations from both regions.
Section 8 - Other positions
1. The Supreme Chancellor may by executive order create government positions to assist them or the Ministers in their duties, and appoint Councillors to or dismiss them from these positions.
2. The Supreme Chancellor may by executive order create Directorates. Following a set trial period of sixty days maximum, the Kylian Assembly must then vote on adopting the Directorate as a new Ministry included in the Constitution through a 2/3 vote.
3. Directorates may be run by a Director appointed by the Supreme Chancellor. If the Directorate is adopted into the Constitution as a Ministry, the Director is automatically removed from office, and a position for Minister is considered vacated by removal.
4. Directorates may be overseen by Ministers. If there is both a Director and Minister overseeing a Directorate, the Minister will be considered as having greater authority.
5. Directorates that fail to pass the vote will be dissolved with immediate effect, with the executive order used being repealed.
Section 9 - Leaves of Absence
1. If the Supreme Chancellor expects to be absent for more than one week they must announce a Leave of Absence.
2. When declaring a Leave of Absence, the Deputy Chancellor will take over for the specified period.
3. The Kylian Assembly may remove a Deputy Chancellor during a leave of absence and replace them with a Minister by a simple majority vote in both Houses.
4. If a Minister expects to be absent for more than one week they must announce a Leave of Absence.
5. When on a Leave of Absence their responsibilities will be handled by the Supreme Chancellor, who may delegate them to other Ministers or Ministry workers.
Section 1 - Procedure
1. Elections will be carried out by the Administrators.
2. Elections must be announced at least three days before the start of voting.
3. Councillors may announce their candidacy in an election after it has been announced and before the start of voting.
4. Voting in elections must last for at least forty eight hours.
5. The duration of voting in elections may be changed to a period longer than forty eight hours in a bill passed by the Kylian Assembly. Such change must not be applied to elections already announced.
Section 2 - Results
1. The candidate who receives the most votes is elected.
2. In the event of a tie, a second round of voting will be held with only the tied candidates.
3. If the second round of voting also results in a tie, the monarch will cast the deciding vote.
4. The Upper House follows it's own rules for results.
Section 3 - Resignation
1. If an elected official resigns, and there are more than fourteen days until the next regular election, a special election must be announced.
2. Special elections will be carried out in the same way as regular elections.
3. The Kylian Assembly may by law specify that voting in a special election will start earlier than in a regular election, but at least two days after the election has been announced. Such change must not be applied to elections already announced.
4. Candidates elected in a special election will serve until the next regular election, where they may also announce their candidacy.
5. If any elected or appointed official loses Councillor status, they are immediately considered resigned from their office. The Kylian Assembly should acknowledge such an event in a non-binding resolution.
Section 4 - Removal
1. The Kylian Assembly may in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast remove any elected or appointed official from office with immediate effect.
2. A resolution to remove an official from office may contain a ban of the official from holding specified elected offices or any elected office for a period up to four months.
3. The process of replacing removed officials is the same as replacing resigned officials.
4. The Kylian Assembly may in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast remove any Justice of the High Tribunal with immediate effect
5. The Kylian Assembly may by binding resolution passed with two thirds of the votes cast in favour remove the entire executive from office with immediate effect.
6. Any elected individual found guilty of a Felony or High Crime will be automatically removed from office.
Section 5 - Succession Elections
1. Succession elections must be announced six days before the start of voting.
2. Councillors may announce their candidacy in an election after it has been announced and before the start of voting.
3. Voting in elections must last for at least forty eight hours.
4. To win a candidate must secure more than half of the votes cast. If no candidate secures more than half of votes cast a runoff will be held dropping the candidate with the least votes.
5. Voting in runoff elections will last forty-eight hours.
6. Successive runoffs will be held until one candidate secures more than half of the vote, if there is a tie with only two candidates left on the ballot the winner will be selected by the Administrators.
7. Should either candidate be an administrator, the Supreme Chancellor will cast the deciding vote.
8. Should the candidates be the Supreme Chancellor and an administrator, the Speaker will cast the deciding vote.
Section 1 - Supremacy
1. This Constitution, and all laws, binding resolutions, treaties, and executive orders made in accordance with it, are the supreme law of the Alliance of Kantrias and all Councillors must abide by them.
2. Any law, resolution, treaty, or executive order in contradiction with this Constitution is considered null and void.
Section 2 - Modification
1. The Kylian Assembly may by law modify this Constitution.
2. To modify this Constitution, a bill with this sole purpose must be introduced.
3. A bill to modify this Constitution must not be voted on earlier than a week after it has been introduced.
4. A bill to modify this Constitution must pass with the support of two thirds of the votes cast to become law.
Section 3 - Adoption
1. With the passage of this amendment, the current constitution is stricken out and replaced with the above.
Amended by the High Tribunal Constitutional Amendment on December 16, 2020.
Fully replaced by the Constitutional Amendment passed on March 18, 2021.
Replaced by the passage of the Instrument of Government on November 26th, 2021.
Constitution for the Alliance of Kantrias
Article 1 - General
Section 1 - Basic terms
1. The Region of Kantrias ("Region") is the NationStates region at the www.nationstates.net/region=kantrias web address.
2. The Residents of Kantrias ("Residents") are the NationStates nations located in the Region.
3. The Forum of the Region ("Forum") is located at the kantrias.freeforums.net/ web address.
Section 2 - Name
1. The official name of the Region is Alliance of Kantrias.
2. The name "Kantrias'' refers to the Alliance of Kantrias.
Section 3 - Administrators
1. The Administrative Team of the Region ("Administrators") is governed by its own internal rules and procedures.
2. The Administrators manage the Forum and other services used by the Region.
3. Administrators may, without interference, enforce the ToS of any platforms Kantrias is present on.
Section 4 - Associate Regions
1. Through treaties other regions may be declared Associate Regions.
2. Requirements to be considered an Associate Region may be set out by law.
3. Conditions to lose Associate Region status may be set by law, or within treaties with that region.
4. Individuals with a nation in an Associate Region will be considered Residents under Kantrian law for as long as they maintain a nation in an Associate Region.
Article 2 - Councillors
Section 1 - Requirements
1. Residents may create an account on the Forum.
2. Residents with an account on the Forum may apply for Councillor status.
3. Administrators will grant Councillor status to Residents.
4. Administrators will deny Councillor status if they can not determine the identity of the Forum account, if a Resident has been banned from holding Councillor status, or in the case of other due cause defined by law.
Section 2 - Rights
1. Residents with Councillor status ("Councillors") are members of the Delphinium Council.
2. Councillors may vote in elections.
3. Councillors may be candidates in elections and hold elected offices.
4. A bill passed by the Kylian Assembly may specify elected offices which a Councillor must not hold at the same time.
5. Councillors will have a right to a fair trial and the right to an appeal.
Section 3 - Removal
1. If the owner of a Forum account is no longer a Resident, the Administrators must revoke their Councillor status.
2. If Administrators deem a Councillor a risk to the community, they may revoke their Councillor status. This event must be reported to the Kylian Assembly.
Section 4 - Multiple accounts
1. A person managing more than one Resident may create a Forum account for all of them.
2. Only one of the Residents managed by the same person may hold Councillor status.
Article 3 - Monarchy
Section 1 - Powers of the Monarch
1. The monarch may create royal decrees. Royal decrees must only affect the monarchy and nobility, and must not contradict this document.
2. Name nobles to the royal family, and organise the royal family as they see fit.
3. Grant noble titles.
4. Oversee, though not partake in, the negotiation of treaties.
5. Command the armed forces of Kantrias should the Supreme Chancellor and Grand General be found incapable by the Kylian Assembly.
6. Veto any passed legislation that is deemed to be detrimental to Kantrias. A veto may be overturned by the majority decision of the High Tribunal.
6b. Any bill passed that received two thirds of the vote in the Delphinium Council in favour may not be vetoed.
7. Grant royal assent to all passed legislation.
Section 2 - State of Emergency
1. The monarch may with reasonable belief that the security of Kantrias is compromised, declare a state of emergency.
2. During a state of emergency, individuals may be prosecuted without trial if they are believed to pose a threat to the region.
3. Reasonable belief includes, but is not limited to large raids, coups, or any other actions internal or external that would threaten the stability of Kantrias.
4. A state of emergency will last a maximum of seven days, and may be renewed by the Kylian Assembly if the threat persists.
5. The High Tribunal may, by majority vote, strike down a state of emergency.
Section 3 - Limitations
1. The monarch may not also hold the positions of Supreme Chancellor, Deputy Chancellor, Speaker, Designated Speaker Pro Tempore, Minister, Member of the Quorum, or any other newly created political position unless otherwise specified.
2. The monarch may not act in a way contrary to the Constitution or law.
3. Clause 1 of Section 3 is suspended for 3 months after the ascension of a new monarch. Should the Kylian Assembly wish to renew the period, discussion must have begun in either house at least seven days before it is due to finish, and all voting must be concluded before the suspension period has ended.
Section 4 - Succession
1. The monarch may appoint an heir as they see fit.
2. The monarch may announce a regency at any time, should this occur, the heir will act as regent. Should no heir be appointed, a noble may be chosen instead.
3. A regency may be announced if the monarch has been inactive for a period of fourteen days.
4. An undeclared regency of sixty days will result in the monarch being declared dead.
5. Should the monarch resign or be declared dead with no heir present;
5a. The Supreme Chancellor will nominate a willing monarch to the Kylian Assembly,
5b. The Kylian Assembly will discuss the nomination, and vote on them following their usual procedure,
5c. If the nominee receives two-thirds of votes cast in favour in both Houses, they will be the new monarch,
5d. If the nominee does not receive two-thirds votes cast in favour in both Houses, a Succession Election is triggered.
6. The nomination discussion must begin in the Delphinium Council.
Article 4 - Nobility
Section 1 - Overview1. Members of the Monarchy are considered separate from nobility, and as of such this article does not apply to them.
2. Nobles are encouraged to display their title of nobility in their member-title, signature or name.
3. Nobles may not claim to hold a title higher than they are entitled to.
3a. Unearned titles will be removed by the administrators.
4. Nobles may be stripped of their titles by the High Tribunal.
4a. If the stripped noble title is part of the Higher Nobility, the noble is demoted to the lowest title of the Lower Nobility.
4b. If the stripped noble title is part of the Lower Nobility, the noble is demoted to the citizenry, losing any and all noble titles.
5. Nobles who are no longer part of Kantrias and/or are deregistered retain their titles and may continue to use them upon their return.
6. Individual nobles may design and fly their own crest.
7. The Monarch may designate an official seal for the Low Nobility.
8. The Monarch may designate an official seal for the High Nobility.
9. Crest specifications may be set out for Low- and High nobility by law.
Section 2 - Tiers
1. There will be two tiers of nobility, Lower and Higher.
2. The Monarch may decide which titles belong to which tier.
Section 4 - Archduke/Archduchess
1. The title of Archduke can only be bestowed upon a member of the High Nobility with at least the noble title of ‘Duke/Duchess’.
2. The title of Archduke is to be considered second only to the monarch.
3. There may only be one Archduke at any given time.
Article 5 - Judiciary
Section 1 - Powers
1. The High Tribunal is the only organization officially able to determine the legality of actions, and interpret the law of the region.
2. The Allied Forces of Kantrias may establish their own judiciary, though any such court will be below the High Tribunal, and may not hear matters of law.
3. The High Tribunal will have the power to hear cases brought before it. In doing so they may:
3a. Convict individuals or organizations of having broken law,
3b. Assigning punishment within the guidance of the law,
3c. Providing interpretation on the law.
Section 2 - Justices
1. The High Tribunal will always consist of three Justices.
1a. High Tribunal Justices may not also serve as Supreme Chancellor or Deputy Chancellor. If a Justice wishes to run for one of those roles they must resign as a Justice first.
2. Justices will be recommended by the Supreme Chancellor and confirmed by the Kylian Assembly.
2a. The Supreme Chancellor will submit their recommendation(s) to the Kylian Assembly.
2b. The Kylian Assembly will debate and vote on all recommendations following the procedure used for resolutions.
2c. To be confirmed, Justices must receive at least two thirds in favour of their appointment.
Section 3 - Procedure
1. Any Councillor may bring a case before the High Tribunal.
2. The High Tribunal may only act when a case has been brought before it.
3. Cases will be ruled on by a single Justice to preserve the right to an appeal.
4. Appeals will be ruled on by the full bench of Justices, with the majority ruling being carried.
5. Justices directly involved in a case must recuse themselves from both ruling on the original case, or any appeal.
6. The High Tribunal may establish their own rules of procedure as long as they do not contradict law or this document.
7. The Kylian Assembly may establish or amend procedure for the High Tribunal by law.
Article 6 - Legislative
Section 1 - Power
1. All legislative power in the Alliance of Kantrias is held by the monarch and delegated to the Kylian Assembly.
Section 2 - Upper House
1. The Upper House of the Kylian Assembly will be known as the Quorum of Amaryllis.
2. Councillors may be elected to the Quorum of Amaryllis.
3. The number of seats will be equal to the population of the region divided by ten and rounded to the nearest whole number.
4. Seats will be calculated at the start of a Quorum election.
5. Individuals elected to the Quorum of Amaryllis will be known as Members of the Quorum.
6. All Quorum votes will be held openly.
7. A record of individual votes will be kept.
Section 3 - Upper House Elections
1. Elections for the Quorum will occur every one hundred and eighty days.
2. Parties may partake in the election using open list proportional representation.
3. The percentage of the vote a party gets is the percentage of seats they will occupy.
4. Parties may repeat names on their list to fill excess seats won.
5. Independents may run and will occupy the percentage of seats their own vote share allows.
Section 5 - Lower House
1. The Lower House of the Kylian Assembly will be known as the Delphinium Council.
2. If a proposal (not including an amendment to the Constitution) originating from the Delphinium Council is rejected by the Quorum of Amaryllis twice, the Delphinium Council may vote to pass the proposal without the approval of the Quorum of Amaryllis and send it for royal assent. Such a vote would will require two-thirds of the Delphinium Council in favour.
Section 6 - Acts
1. Both Houses of the Kylian Assembly may draft bills and resolutions.
2. Once one House has voted in favour of a bill or resolution, it must move to the other House.
3. A bill or resolution must receive the backing of both Houses before being passed.
4. Should a bill or resolution fail to be supported by either House, it may be returned with suggested amendments.
5. This process will continue until both Houses agree, or the bill or resolution is thrown out.
6. Bills passed by the Kylian Assembly become law.
7. A resolution passed by the Kylian Assembly must either be a binding resolution or a non-binding resolution.
8. Binding resolutions have the power of law. Non-binding resolutions do not have the power of law but express a statement by the Kylian Assembly
9. Only the Kylian Assembly may declare war. A declaration of war must be a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast.
10. Law may specify circumstances in which debate and voting on a single matter may occur in both houses concurrently.
Section 7 - Rules
1. The Kylian Assembly will create its own Rules of Order.
2. The Rules of Order and any supplements require the support of two thirds of the votes cast to pass.
3. Votes in the Kylian Assembly must last for at least forty eight hours.
Section 8 - Speaker
1. The Kylian Assembly will elect a Councillor as its Speaker every one hundred and twenty days.
2. The Speaker will moderate debate in both Houses of the Kylian Assembly and enforce its Rules of Order.
Article 7 - Executive
Section 1 - Power
1. The executive power in the Alliance of Kantrias is held by the monarch and delegated to the Supreme Chancellor.
2. The Supreme Chancellor is the head of the government of the Alliance of Kantrias.
3. The Supreme Chancellor is Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the Alliance of Kantrias.
Section 2 - Supreme Chancellor
1. The Delphinium Council will elect a Councillor as Supreme Chancellor every one hundred and twenty days.
2. The Supreme Chancellor may within the bounds of existing law set government policy on internal and foreign affairs.
3. The Supreme Chancellor must designate a councillor as Deputy Chancellor within seven days of their election.
4. The Deputy Chancellor will serve until the next Supreme Chancellor election, their resignation, or their removal from the position.
5. In the event of the resignation of the Supreme Chancellor, the Deputy Chancellor shall take over fully until the end of the special elections.
Section 3 - Ministers
1. Ministers are elected by the Delphinium Council to assist the Supreme Chancellor in their duties.
2. The Delphinium Council will elect a number of councillors to become Ministers equal to the number of Ministries every one hundred and twenty days.
3. Elected Ministers will be considered superior in authority to all other ministry workers, but inferior to the Supreme Chancellor.
4. Minister mandates will assign specific responsibilities to each Minister within the purview of the executive government. These mandates may span a single Ministry or cover multiple Ministries.
5. When multiple minister mandates cover duties particular to the same Ministry, the mandates should clearly outline the division of duty between them.
6. Each Minister should be given a mandate by the Supreme Chancellor within seven days of the Minister being elected.
Section 4 - Foreign Affairs
1. The Supreme Chancellor is the main representative of the Alliance of Kantrias.
2. The Supreme Chancellor may appoint ambassadors to act as representatives of the Alliance of Kantrias.
3. The Supreme Chancellor may with the consent of the Kylian Assembly make treaties.
4. The Kylian Assembly may give its consent to a treaty by ratifying it in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast in both Houses.
5. Treaties ratified by the Kylian Assembly have the power of law. If a treaty is not ratified, it is considered null and void.
Section 5 - Executive orders
1. The Supreme Chancellor may issue executive orders.
2. Executive orders must not contradict existing law, but may change or revoke existing executive orders.
3. Executive orders have the power of law.
4. Laws created by the Kylian Assembly will invalidate all parts of executive orders that contradict them.
Section 6 - Creation of Ministries
1. The executive government shall be organized into three Ministries, namely;
1a. The Ministry of Culture,
1b. The Ministry of Recruitment and,
1c. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
2. Powers and responsibilities not assigned to a Ministry in this document will remain under the power of the Supreme Chancellor, and are not restricted from being shared with a Ministry, Minister, or other executive body.
3. The Ministry of Culture will be in charge of organizing events, contests, and games.
4. The Ministry of Culture also may produce images and suggest names for organizations within the region for the purpose of strengthening the cultural identity of Kantrias.
5. Access to the Ministry of Culture subforum will be restricted to the Supreme Chancellor, Ministers, and employees of the Ministry of Culture.
6. The Ministry of Culture may collaborate with other regions on events, and a separate subforum should be created for the joint planning.
7. The Ministry of Recruitment is to be in charge of recruitment of new nations to the region, and getting new nations to join the forums and Discord.
8. The Ministry of Recruitment should regularly review the performance of the regional recruitment telegram, and assess if a rewrite is needed.
9. Access to the Ministry of Recruitment subforum will be restricted to the Supreme Chancellor, Ministers, and employees of the Ministry of Recruitment.
10. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have the duty to promote positive relationships with other regions, and ensure Kantrias has an active presence on the world stage.
11. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be required to produce regular updates on events within Kantrias for distribution to other regions.
12. Access to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs subforum will be restricted to the Supreme Chancellor, Ministers, and employees of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
13. For the purpose of negotiating treaties, a hidden subforum for negotiations may be created, with access limited to the Supreme Chancellor, and those empowered to engage in negotiations from both regions.
Section 8 - Other positions
1. The Supreme Chancellor may by executive order create government positions to assist them or the Ministers in their duties, and appoint Councillors to or dismiss them from these positions.
2. The Supreme Chancellor may by executive order create Directorates. Following a set trial period of sixty days maximum, the Kylian Assembly must then vote on adopting the Directorate as a new Ministry included in the Constitution through a 2/3 vote.
3. Directorates may be run by a Director appointed by the Supreme Chancellor. If the Directorate is adopted into the Constitution as a Ministry, the Director is automatically removed from office, and a position for Minister is considered vacated by removal.
4. Directorates may be overseen by Ministers. If there is both a Director and Minister overseeing a Directorate, the Minister will be considered as having greater authority.
5. Directorates that fail to pass the vote will be dissolved with immediate effect, with the executive order used being repealed.
Section 9 - Leaves of Absence
1. If the Supreme Chancellor expects to be absent for more than one week they must announce a Leave of Absence.
2. When declaring a Leave of Absence, the Deputy Chancellor will take over for the specified period.
3. The Kylian Assembly may remove a Deputy Chancellor during a leave of absence and replace them with a Minister by a simple majority vote in both Houses.
4. If a Minister expects to be absent for more than one week they must announce a Leave of Absence.
5. When on a Leave of Absence their responsibilities will be handled by the Supreme Chancellor, who may delegate them to other Ministers or Ministry workers.
Article 8 - Elections
Section 1 - Procedure
1. Elections will be carried out by the Administrators.
2. Elections must be announced at least three days before the start of voting.
3. Councillors may announce their candidacy in an election after it has been announced and before the start of voting.
4. Voting in elections must last for at least forty eight hours.
5. The duration of voting in elections may be changed to a period longer than forty eight hours in a bill passed by the Kylian Assembly. Such change must not be applied to elections already announced.
Section 2 - Results
1. The candidate who receives the most votes is elected.
2. In the event of a tie, a second round of voting will be held with only the tied candidates.
3. If the second round of voting also results in a tie, the monarch will cast the deciding vote.
4. The Upper House follows it's own rules for results.
Section 3 - Resignation
1. If an elected official resigns, and there are more than fourteen days until the next regular election, a special election must be announced.
2. Special elections will be carried out in the same way as regular elections.
3. The Kylian Assembly may by law specify that voting in a special election will start earlier than in a regular election, but at least two days after the election has been announced. Such change must not be applied to elections already announced.
4. Candidates elected in a special election will serve until the next regular election, where they may also announce their candidacy.
5. If any elected or appointed official loses Councillor status, they are immediately considered resigned from their office. The Kylian Assembly should acknowledge such an event in a non-binding resolution.
Section 4 - Removal
1. The Kylian Assembly may in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast remove any elected or appointed official from office with immediate effect.
2. A resolution to remove an official from office may contain a ban of the official from holding specified elected offices or any elected office for a period up to four months.
3. The process of replacing removed officials is the same as replacing resigned officials.
4. The Kylian Assembly may in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast remove any Justice of the High Tribunal with immediate effect
5. The Kylian Assembly may by binding resolution passed with two thirds of the votes cast in favour remove the entire executive from office with immediate effect.
6. Any elected individual found guilty of a Felony or High Crime will be automatically removed from office.
Section 5 - Succession Elections
1. Succession elections must be announced six days before the start of voting.
2. Councillors may announce their candidacy in an election after it has been announced and before the start of voting.
3. Voting in elections must last for at least forty eight hours.
4. To win a candidate must secure more than half of the votes cast. If no candidate secures more than half of votes cast a runoff will be held dropping the candidate with the least votes.
5. Voting in runoff elections will last forty-eight hours.
6. Successive runoffs will be held until one candidate secures more than half of the vote, if there is a tie with only two candidates left on the ballot the winner will be selected by the Administrators.
7. Should either candidate be an administrator, the Supreme Chancellor will cast the deciding vote.
8. Should the candidates be the Supreme Chancellor and an administrator, the Speaker will cast the deciding vote.
Article 9 - Closing
Section 1 - Supremacy
1. This Constitution, and all laws, binding resolutions, treaties, and executive orders made in accordance with it, are the supreme law of the Alliance of Kantrias and all Councillors must abide by them.
2. Any law, resolution, treaty, or executive order in contradiction with this Constitution is considered null and void.
Section 2 - Modification
1. The Kylian Assembly may by law modify this Constitution.
2. To modify this Constitution, a bill with this sole purpose must be introduced.
3. A bill to modify this Constitution must not be voted on earlier than a week after it has been introduced.
4. A bill to modify this Constitution must pass with the support of two thirds of the votes cast to become law.
Section 3 - Adoption
1. With the passage of this amendment, the current constitution is stricken out and replaced with the above.
{Original with changes}Changed by the High Tribunal Amendment
Section 1 - Basic terms
1. The Region of Kantrias ("Region") is the NationStates region at the www.nationstates.net/region=kantrias web address.
2. The Residents of Kantrias ("Residents") are the NationStates nations located in the Region.
3. The Forum of the Region ("Forum") is located at the kantrias.freeforums.net/ web address.
Section 2 - Name
1. The official name of the Region is Alliance of Kantrias.
2. The name "Kantrias" refers to the Alliance of Kantrias.
Section 3 - Administrators
1. The Administrative Team of the Region ("Administrators") is beyond the scope of this Constitution and is governed by its own internal rules.
2. The Administrators manage the Forum and other services used by the Region.
Section 1 - Requirements
1. Residents may create an account on the Forum.
2. Residents with an account on the Forum may apply for Councillor status.
3. Administrators will grant Councillor status to Residents.
4. Administrators will deny Councillor status if they can not determine the identity of the Forum account, if a Resident has been banned from holding Councillor status, or in the case of other due cause defined by law.
Section 2 - Rights
1. Residents with Councillor status ("Councillors") are members of the Delphinium Council.
2. Councillors should vote in elections.
3. Councillors may be candidates in elections and hold elected offices.
4. A bill passed by the Delphinium Council may specify elected offices which a Councillor must not hold at the same time.
5. Councillors will have a right to a fair trial and the right to an appeal.
Section 3 - Removal
1. If the owner of a Forum account is no longer a Resident, the Administrators must revoke their Councillor status.
2. If Administrators deem a Councillor a risk to the community, they may revoke their Councillor status. This event must be reported to the Delphinium Council.
Section 4 - Multiple accounts
1. A person managing more than one Resident may create a Forum account for all of them.
2. Only one of the Residents managed by the same person may hold Councillor status.
Section 1 - Power
All legistlative power in the Alliance of Kantrias is held by the Delphinium Council.
Section 2 - Acts
1. The Delphinium Council may draft, debate, and vote on bills and resolutions.
2. Unless otherwise specified, bills and resolutions require the support of more than half of the votes cast to pass.
3. Bills passed by the Delphinium Council become law.
4. A resolution passed by the Delphinium Council must either be a binding resolution or a non-binding resolution.
5. Binding resolutions have the power of law. Non-binding resolutions do not have the power of law but express a statement by the Delphinium Council.
6. Only the Delphinium Council may declare war. A declaration of war must be a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast.
Section 3 - Rules
1. The Delphinium Council will create its own Rules of Order.
2. The Rules of Order require the support of two thirds of the votes cast to pass.
3. Votes in the Delphinium Council must last for at least forty eight hours.
Section 4 - Speaker
1. The Delphinium Council will elect a Councillor as its Speaker every sixty days.
2. The Speaker will moderate debate in the Delphinium Council and enforce its Rules of Order.
Section 1 - Power
1. The executive power in the Alliance of Kantrias is held by the Supreme Chancellor.
2. The Supreme Chancellor is the head of the government of the Alliance of Kantrias.
3. The Supreme Chancellor is Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the Alliance of Kantrias.
Section 2 - Supreme Chancellor
1. The Delphinium Council will elect a Councillor as Supreme Chancellor every hundred and twenty days.
2. The Supreme Chancellor may within the bounds of existing law set government policy on internal and foreign affairs.
Section 3 - Ministers
1. The Delphinium Council will elect three Councillors as Ministers every sixty days.
2. Unless otherwise specified by law, the duties of Ministers should be determined and delegated by the Supreme Chancellor.
Section 4 - Foreign Affairs
1. The Supreme Chancellor is the main representative of the Alliance of Kantrias.
2. The Supreme Chancellor may appoint Ambassadors to act as representatives of the Alliance of Kantrias.
3. The Supreme Chancellor may with the consent of the Delphinium Council make treaties.
4. The Delphinium Council may give its consent to a treaty by ratifying it in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast.
5. Treaties ratified by the Delphinium Council have the power of law. If a treaty is not ratified, it is considered null and void.
Section 5 - Executive orders
1. The Supreme Chancellor may issue executive orders.
2. Executive orders must not contradict exising law, but may change or revoke existing executive orders.
3. Executive orders have the power of law.
4. Laws created by the Delphinium Council will invalidate all parts of executive orders that contradict them.
Section 6 - Other positions
The Supreme Chancellor may by executive order create government positions to assist them or the Ministers in their duties, and appoint Councillors to or dismiss them from these positions.
Section 1 - Procedure
1. Elections will be carried out by the Administrators.
2. Elections must be announced at least six days before the start of voting.
3. Councillors may announce their candidacy in an election after it has been announced.
4. Voting in elections must last for at least forty eight hours.
5. The duration of voting in elections may be changed to a period longer than forty eight hours in a bill passed by the Delphinium Council. Such change must not be applied to elections already announced.
Section 2 - Results
1. The candidate who received the most votes is elected.
2. In case of a tie of candidates who have received the most votes, a second round of voting will be held with only these candidates.
3. If the second round of voting also results in a tie, the vote of the Speaker of the Delphinium Council will break the tie in elections for Supreme Chancellor, and vote of the Supreme Chancellor will break the tie in all other elections.
Section 3 - Resignation
1. If an elected official resigns, and there are more than fourteen days until the next regular election, a special election must be announced.
2. Special elections will be carried out in the same way as regular elections.
3. The Delphinium Council may by law specify that voting in a special election will start earlier than in a regular election, but at least three days after the election has been announced. Such change must not be applied to elections already announced.
4. Candidates elected to in a special election will serve until the next regular election, where they may also announce their candidacy.
5. If any elected or appointed official loses Councillor status, they are immediately considered resigned from their office. The Delphinium Council should acknowledge such an event in a non-binding resolution.
Section 4 - Removal
1. The Delphinium Council may in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast remove any elected or appointed official from office with immediate effect.
2. A resolution to remove an official from office may contain a ban of the official from holding specified elected offices or any elected office for a period up to four months.
3. The process of replacing removed officials is the same as replacing resigned officials.
4. The Delphinium Council may in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast remove any Justice of the High Tribunal with immediate effect.
1. The High Tribunal is the only organization officially able to determine the legality of actions, and interpret the law.
2. The High Tribunal will have the power to hear cases brought before it. In doing so they may:
a. Convict individuals or organizations of having broken law,
b. Assigning punishment within the guidance of the law,
c. Providing interpretation on the law.
Section 2 - Justices
1. The High Tribunal will always consist of three (3) Justices.
a. High tribunal Justices may not also serve as Supreme Chancellor or Speaker of the Delphinium Council. If a Justice wishes to run for one of those roles they must reign as a Justice first.
2. Justices will be recommended by the Supreme Chancellor and confirmed by the Delphinium Council.
a. The Supreme Chancellor will submit their recommendation(s) to the Delphinium Council.
b. The Delphinium Council will debate and vote on all recommendations following the procedure used for resolutions.
c. To be confirmed, Justices must receive at least two thirds in favour of their appointment.
Section 3 - Procedure
1. Any Councillor may bring a case before the High Tribunal.
2. The High Tribunal may only act when a case has been brought before it.
3. Cases will be ruled on by a single Justice to preserve the right to an appeal.
4. Appeals will be ruled on by the full bench of Justices, with the majority ruling being carried.
5. Justices directly involved in a case must recuse themselves from both ruling on the original case, or any appeal.
6. The High Tribunal may establish their own rules of procedure as long as they do not contradict law or this document.
7. The Delphinium Council may establish additional procedure for the High Tribunal by law.
Section 1 - Supremacy
1. This Constitution, and all laws, binding resolutions, treaties, and executive orders made in accordance with it, are the supreme law of the Alliance of Kantrias and all Councillors must abide by them.
2. Any law, resolution, treaty, or executive order in contradiction with this Constitution is considered null and void.
Section 2 - Modification
1. The Delphinium Council may by law modify this Constitution.
2. To modify this Constitution, a bill with this sole purpose must be introduced.
3. A bill to modify this Constitution must not be voted on earlier than a week after it has been introduced.
4. A bill to modify this Constitution must pass with the support of two thirds of the votes cast to become law.
Section 3 - Adoption
A vote on the adoption of this Constitution by the Residents with more than half of votes cast in favor of adoption establishes this Constitution for the Alliance of Kantrias.
Constitution for the Alliance of Kantrias
Article 1 - General
Section 1 - Basic terms
1. The Region of Kantrias ("Region") is the NationStates region at the www.nationstates.net/region=kantrias web address.
2. The Residents of Kantrias ("Residents") are the NationStates nations located in the Region.
3. The Forum of the Region ("Forum") is located at the kantrias.freeforums.net/ web address.
Section 2 - Name
1. The official name of the Region is Alliance of Kantrias.
2. The name "Kantrias" refers to the Alliance of Kantrias.
Section 3 - Administrators
1. The Administrative Team of the Region ("Administrators") is beyond the scope of this Constitution and is governed by its own internal rules.
2. The Administrators manage the Forum and other services used by the Region.
Article 2 - Councillors
Section 1 - Requirements
1. Residents may create an account on the Forum.
2. Residents with an account on the Forum may apply for Councillor status.
3. Administrators will grant Councillor status to Residents.
4. Administrators will deny Councillor status if they can not determine the identity of the Forum account, if a Resident has been banned from holding Councillor status, or in the case of other due cause defined by law.
Section 2 - Rights
1. Residents with Councillor status ("Councillors") are members of the Delphinium Council.
2. Councillors should vote in elections.
3. Councillors may be candidates in elections and hold elected offices.
4. A bill passed by the Delphinium Council may specify elected offices which a Councillor must not hold at the same time.
5. Councillors will have a right to a fair trial and the right to an appeal.
Section 3 - Removal
1. If the owner of a Forum account is no longer a Resident, the Administrators must revoke their Councillor status.
2. If Administrators deem a Councillor a risk to the community, they may revoke their Councillor status. This event must be reported to the Delphinium Council.
Section 4 - Multiple accounts
1. A person managing more than one Resident may create a Forum account for all of them.
2. Only one of the Residents managed by the same person may hold Councillor status.
Article 3 - Legistlative
Section 1 - Power
All legistlative power in the Alliance of Kantrias is held by the Delphinium Council.
Section 2 - Acts
1. The Delphinium Council may draft, debate, and vote on bills and resolutions.
2. Unless otherwise specified, bills and resolutions require the support of more than half of the votes cast to pass.
3. Bills passed by the Delphinium Council become law.
4. A resolution passed by the Delphinium Council must either be a binding resolution or a non-binding resolution.
5. Binding resolutions have the power of law. Non-binding resolutions do not have the power of law but express a statement by the Delphinium Council.
6. Only the Delphinium Council may declare war. A declaration of war must be a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast.
Section 3 - Rules
1. The Delphinium Council will create its own Rules of Order.
2. The Rules of Order require the support of two thirds of the votes cast to pass.
3. Votes in the Delphinium Council must last for at least forty eight hours.
Section 4 - Speaker
1. The Delphinium Council will elect a Councillor as its Speaker every sixty days.
2. The Speaker will moderate debate in the Delphinium Council and enforce its Rules of Order.
Article 4 - Executive
Section 1 - Power
1. The executive power in the Alliance of Kantrias is held by the Supreme Chancellor.
2. The Supreme Chancellor is the head of the government of the Alliance of Kantrias.
3. The Supreme Chancellor is Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the Alliance of Kantrias.
Section 2 - Supreme Chancellor
1. The Delphinium Council will elect a Councillor as Supreme Chancellor every hundred and twenty days.
2. The Supreme Chancellor may within the bounds of existing law set government policy on internal and foreign affairs.
Section 3 - Ministers
1. The Delphinium Council will elect three Councillors as Ministers every sixty days.
2. Unless otherwise specified by law, the duties of Ministers should be determined and delegated by the Supreme Chancellor.
Section 4 - Foreign Affairs
1. The Supreme Chancellor is the main representative of the Alliance of Kantrias.
2. The Supreme Chancellor may appoint Ambassadors to act as representatives of the Alliance of Kantrias.
3. The Supreme Chancellor may with the consent of the Delphinium Council make treaties.
4. The Delphinium Council may give its consent to a treaty by ratifying it in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast.
5. Treaties ratified by the Delphinium Council have the power of law. If a treaty is not ratified, it is considered null and void.
Section 5 - Executive orders
1. The Supreme Chancellor may issue executive orders.
2. Executive orders must not contradict exising law, but may change or revoke existing executive orders.
3. Executive orders have the power of law.
4. Laws created by the Delphinium Council will invalidate all parts of executive orders that contradict them.
Section 6 - Other positions
The Supreme Chancellor may by executive order create government positions to assist them or the Ministers in their duties, and appoint Councillors to or dismiss them from these positions.
Article 5 - Elections
Section 1 - Procedure
1. Elections will be carried out by the Administrators.
2. Elections must be announced at least six days before the start of voting.
3. Councillors may announce their candidacy in an election after it has been announced.
4. Voting in elections must last for at least forty eight hours.
5. The duration of voting in elections may be changed to a period longer than forty eight hours in a bill passed by the Delphinium Council. Such change must not be applied to elections already announced.
Section 2 - Results
1. The candidate who received the most votes is elected.
2. In case of a tie of candidates who have received the most votes, a second round of voting will be held with only these candidates.
3. If the second round of voting also results in a tie, the vote of the Speaker of the Delphinium Council will break the tie in elections for Supreme Chancellor, and vote of the Supreme Chancellor will break the tie in all other elections.
Section 3 - Resignation
1. If an elected official resigns, and there are more than fourteen days until the next regular election, a special election must be announced.
2. Special elections will be carried out in the same way as regular elections.
3. The Delphinium Council may by law specify that voting in a special election will start earlier than in a regular election, but at least three days after the election has been announced. Such change must not be applied to elections already announced.
4. Candidates elected to in a special election will serve until the next regular election, where they may also announce their candidacy.
5. If any elected or appointed official loses Councillor status, they are immediately considered resigned from their office. The Delphinium Council should acknowledge such an event in a non-binding resolution.
Section 4 - Removal
1. The Delphinium Council may in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast remove any elected or appointed official from office with immediate effect.
2. A resolution to remove an official from office may contain a ban of the official from holding specified elected offices or any elected office for a period up to four months.
3. The process of replacing removed officials is the same as replacing resigned officials.
4. The Delphinium Council may in a binding resolution passed with the support of two thirds of the votes cast remove any Justice of the High Tribunal with immediate effect.
Article 6 - Judiciary
Section 1 - Powers1. The High Tribunal is the only organization officially able to determine the legality of actions, and interpret the law.
2. The High Tribunal will have the power to hear cases brought before it. In doing so they may:
a. Convict individuals or organizations of having broken law,
b. Assigning punishment within the guidance of the law,
c. Providing interpretation on the law.
Section 2 - Justices
1. The High Tribunal will always consist of three (3) Justices.
a. High tribunal Justices may not also serve as Supreme Chancellor or Speaker of the Delphinium Council. If a Justice wishes to run for one of those roles they must reign as a Justice first.
2. Justices will be recommended by the Supreme Chancellor and confirmed by the Delphinium Council.
a. The Supreme Chancellor will submit their recommendation(s) to the Delphinium Council.
b. The Delphinium Council will debate and vote on all recommendations following the procedure used for resolutions.
c. To be confirmed, Justices must receive at least two thirds in favour of their appointment.
Section 3 - Procedure
1. Any Councillor may bring a case before the High Tribunal.
2. The High Tribunal may only act when a case has been brought before it.
3. Cases will be ruled on by a single Justice to preserve the right to an appeal.
4. Appeals will be ruled on by the full bench of Justices, with the majority ruling being carried.
5. Justices directly involved in a case must recuse themselves from both ruling on the original case, or any appeal.
6. The High Tribunal may establish their own rules of procedure as long as they do not contradict law or this document.
7. The Delphinium Council may establish additional procedure for the High Tribunal by law.
Article 6 7 - Closing
Section 1 - Supremacy
1. This Constitution, and all laws, binding resolutions, treaties, and executive orders made in accordance with it, are the supreme law of the Alliance of Kantrias and all Councillors must abide by them.
2. Any law, resolution, treaty, or executive order in contradiction with this Constitution is considered null and void.
Section 2 - Modification
1. The Delphinium Council may by law modify this Constitution.
2. To modify this Constitution, a bill with this sole purpose must be introduced.
3. A bill to modify this Constitution must not be voted on earlier than a week after it has been introduced.
4. A bill to modify this Constitution must pass with the support of two thirds of the votes cast to become law.
Section 3 - Adoption
A vote on the adoption of this Constitution by the Residents with more than half of votes cast in favor of adoption establishes this Constitution for the Alliance of Kantrias.
