Grand Republic Constitution

Grand Republic Constituion (draft)
Mindful of their responsibility to Creation and in order to perpetuate liberty and safeguard the peace in a spirit of solidarity and conscious of their common achievements and their responsibility towards future generations, the peoples adopt the following Constituion.

Article 1

The islands of [five islands including Samarqand] hereby create this Grand Republic.

Each island, or nation within, are sovereign except with regard to those powers established here within.

All activities of the Republic are limited by law. All elves, dwarves, halflings, [edit: dragonborn] and humans of the republic shall be equal before the law.

Freedom of prayer and conscience are guaranteed.

Article 2

Subject to the rights of the People and the Constituent Nations, the Republic Assembly is the

supreme authority of the Confederation. Each constituent nation numbering less than _____ inhabitants shall elect one representative by majority vote of adult persons. Each constituent nation numbering greater than _____ inhabitants shall elect three representatives, with one standing for election every two years. A religion with a number of adherents greater than ______ shall choose, by its peculiar traditions, one representative.

The Assembly shall meet yearly

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0">The Assembly shall elect, by popular acclaim, a Prime Minister

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0">The Assembly shall enact the Republic's laws.

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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0">the Prime Minister shall conduct diplomacy with any and all foreign governments and agents on any plane of existence.

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">A Republic army, being necessary at times for the protection of all the Republic's inhabitants, shall be raised from a levy of all its constituent nations. The Prime Minister shall be the commander of the Republic's armed forces.

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">The Prime Minister may choose ministers from amongst the Assembly's members.

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">The Prime Minister may call for emergency session of the Assembly and act without Assembly consent in an emergency situation.

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<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0">A Republic Judicial Council, constituted of three justices, shall settle disputes amongst the nations.

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">The Council's members will be appointed by the Prime Minister and approved by a 2/3 majority of the Assembly and serve seven year terms.

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0;"><u style="font-style:inherit;font-size:small;font-family:Arial,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Article 5

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0">No personal shall be punished except by established laws

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">All persons have the right to hear criminal charges lain against him/herself.

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0;"><span style="font-size:small;font-family:Arial,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">All persons shall have recourse to a duly appointed justice before criminal sentence or diminishment of property.

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0;"><u style="font-style:inherit;font-size:small;font-family:Arial,serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);">Article 6

<p class="western" style="margin-bottom:0in;widows:0;orphans:0">Revisions to this Constituion may originate in the Republic Assembly or in any local government – requiring for passage a 2/3 majority of the Assembly and majority favor in 2/3 of the constituent nations.

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