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PUBLISHED BY THE MINISTRY OF MEDIATION,
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AKKALAH UNITARY STATE
Chapter 1, Fundamentals
Section 1, the Constitution
Section 2, Sovereignty and Supreme Law
Section 3, Concentration of Power
Section 4, Territory
Chapter 2, Rights and Immunities
Section 5, Non-citizen Rights, Citizen Rights, and Citizenship
Section 6, Freedom of Movement
Section 7, Religion, Belief, and Language
Section 8, Education, Property, and the Environment
Section 9, National Emergencies
Chapter 3, Executives
Section 10, Executive Appointments
Section 11, Executive Suspension and Expulsion
Section 12, Executive Obligations
Section 13, Conflicts of Interest
Section 14, Shared Powers
Chapter 4, Mediation
Section 15, State Initiative
Section 16, Criminal Acquisition and Appeals
Section 17, Intervention
Chapter 5, State Finances
Section 18, State Budget
Section 19, Bank of Brumas
Chapter 6, Foreign Affairs
Section 20, Foreign Policy
Section 21, State Military
Chapter 7, Finality
Section 22, Entry into Force
THE CONSTITUTION OF THE AKKALAH UNITARY STATE
Chapter 1, Fundamentals
Section 1, the Constitution
- Clause 1: The State must ensure a unitary, oligarchic form of government.
- Clause 2: This document establishes the constitution of the Akkalah Unitary State. This constitution guarantees a strong state with many opportunities for the people to contribute in addition to creating a medium for mediation between powers and justice for the individual. This constitution, state laws, and state treaties are the supreme law of the Akkalah Unitary State.
- Clause 3: This document ensures that the Akkalah Unitary State may establish relations with alien factions for the purpose of securing prosperity and protecting the homeland.
Section 2, Sovereignty and Supreme Law
- Clause 1: The state is granted complete sovereignty and the power to rule all its subjects.
- Clause 2: Subjects are all those who travel through, work in, or reside in state territories. A subject may or may not hold citizenship status.
- Clause 3: The state must not take actions against its citizens that are not described in the law, and must not deny extradition of subjects to their home nations unless they have committed, or are complicit to those who committed, acts worthy of capital punishment against the Akkalah Unitary State.
- Clause 4: The State Council may create Ministries, Offices, Agencies, Branches, Departments, and other subservient authorities to carry out duties to the state. All subservient authorities must use the national language. There may not be more than one national language. Change to the national language must be done through a majority vote of the State Council, and is not enforceable until a year after the policy has been passed.
- Clause 5: Sovereignty in the Akkalah Solar System is reserved for the Akkalah Unitary State.
Section 3, Concentration of Power
- Clause 1: Power must be shared between multiple executives. Executives may share roles, but must obtain a majority vote in order to grant or forfeit their responsibilities.
- Clause 2: The inalienable role of the Ministry of Mediation is to review and settle disputes between branches within the government.
- Clause 3: The inalienable role of the Office of Internal Affairs is to conduct investigations into officials who do not meet the state's standards, and to ensure that the state complies with the law. **AMENDED, MEMBERS OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS MAY NOT LATER SERVE AS STATE OFFICIALS IN ANY BRANCH, AGENCY, DEPARTMENT, OFFICE, OR MINISTRY EXCEPT THAT OF THE MINISTRY OF MEDIATION.
- Clause 4: The Akkalah Unitary State must provide for an army and a navy to protect its subjects.
Section 4, Territory
- Clause 1: The territory of the Akkalah Unitary State can only be altered by executives with a majority vote.
Chapter 2, Rights and Immunities
Section 5, Non-citizen Rights, Citizen Rights, and Citizenship
- Clause 1: The rights of a non-citizen cannot be suspended unless they are believed to have committed a criminal act, are acting against the state, or if doing so will preserve the lives of citizens.
- Clause 2: All citizens inherently hold the right to live, the right to work, the right to participate in government, and the right to protection by the government.
- Clause 3: Citizenship is acquired through a naturally-born human residing in the Akkalah Unitary State for a minimum of four years. Citizenship can be applied for and the Ministry of Mediation is required to review special cases. Removal of citizenship requires either A) the approval of ONE executive alongside a recommendation from the Ministry of Mediation and a review from the Office of Internal Affairs or the majority approval of all executives of the Akkalah Unitary State. **AMENDED, NON-ORGANIC HUMAN-CENTRIC LIFEFORMS, NAMELY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND SOPHONT ROBOTS, CAN ALSO BECOME CITIZENS.
- Clause 1: Non-citizens may not freely travel within Akkalah Unitary State territory without a Ministry of Mediation-issued travel pass, which may be viewed at any time by state officials.
- Clause 2: Citizens may move freely within Akkalah Unitary State territory except in cases of war, resettlement, court order, or executive action.
- Clause 3: Both non-citizens and citizens must receive government approval before leaving the territory of the Akkalah Unitary State.
- Clause 4: State officials can at any time designate restricted areas. Individuals cannot be charged for entering or leaving these areas if officials cannot demonstrate that they have reasonably publicized information regarding travel restrictions.
Section 7, Religion, Belief, and Language
- Clause 1: The Akkalah Unitary State and all its officials may not introduce religion in any way, shape, or form into policies, reviews, investigations, or any other government action which could not be considered secular.
- Clause 2: Citizens are entitled to follow their own religion. Citizens cannot be discriminated against for their religion. Citizens may not receive special privileges or immunities because of their religion.
- Clause 3: Citizens are entitled to their own belief. Citizens displaying extreme beliefs, such as those which may be reasonably inferred to cause dissent, may be restricted from expressing these views. A citizen with extreme beliefs may not be detained unless they do not comply with restrictions.
Section 8, Education, Property, and the Environment
- Clause 1: Education is mandatory for all citizens below the age of maturity. Citizens may be selected to undergo a maximum of four years of education to fulfill a state-appointed duty, free of charge. An institution cannot be considered educational unless it is accredited by the state.
- Clause 2: Citizens may purchase territory from the state. Citizen property must comply with zoning laws. The state may reacquire citizen property so long as the citizen is recompensed monetarily, through employment, or through special services.
- Clause 3: The state is obligated to create safe environments for its subjects to inhabit and work within. Citizens cannot be charged for minor crimes ensuring safe living. The Office of Internal Affairs may review actions believed to cause unsafe environments in living or work areas. In situations where this proves true, citizens must be provided with notification, and can either be evacuated to state-provided shelter or issued protective equipment and state supervision.
Section 9, National Emergencies
- Clause 1: The rights of subjects can be suspended in the case of the declaration of emergency powers.
- Clause 2: The Akkalah Exigency Mitigation and Preparation Agency is responsible for ensuring that subjects are compliant with state officials, that the state can continue supporting its efforts to protect itself and its subjects, and that citizens can return to a reasonable standard of living when emergency powers are withheld.
- Clause 3: The Office of Internal Affairs cannot be suspended during an emergency.
- Clause 4: Executives may pardon individuals without a vote during an emergency if these individuals are believed to assist the Akkalah Unitary State in ending the emergency.
Chapter 3, Executives
Section 10, Executive Appointments
- Clause 1: The Office of Succession is responsible for locating executive candidates. Candidates must be unrestricted citizens of mature age. Candidates must be reviewed by the Office of Internal Affairs before being confirmed by majority vote of existing executives or, in the case where executives are not available, by the designated survivor.
- Clause 2: Roles and responsibilities of a candidate must be decided by the State Council before they become an executive. The Office of Succession is able to make recommendations which may or may not be considered by the council.
- Clause 3: Candidates may not be appointed who hold familial ties with, have provided special services for, or who are personally tied financially to existing executives except with a special ruling from the Office of Internal Affairs. **AMENDED, ANY FORMS OF NEPOTISM AMONG EXECUTIVES ARE STRICTLY FORBIDDEN.
Section 11, Executive Suspension and Expulsion
- Clause 1: Executives can be suspended if there is reasonable suspicion that they have accrued restrictions or are acting against the state. This requires a majority vote including the executive being suspended. An executive suspension can only last between the dates when the Internal Affairs case related to their suspension begins and ends.
- Clause 2: Executives can be expelled without a vote if they have been suspended by the council and found guilty by Internal Affairs. Expulsion may or may not result in the executive being stripped of citizen status.
- Clause 3: Executives may not be suspended or expelled thirty days after emergency powers have been declared.
Section 12, Executive Obligations
- Clause 1: This constitution is an executive's only binding order.
- Clause 2: An executive is able to take any measures to complete their duties so long as these measures are constitutional.
- Clause 3: Executives have the right to speak freely among state officials.
- Clause 4: Executives must act in a manner becoming of a leader of the Akkalah Unitary State, reflecting the nation's pride, strength, and responsibility. They must avoid, at all costs, producing uncertainty and weakness in the state. Executives violating this clause will be notified immediately by a member of the Office of Succession, by the Office of Internal Affairs, or by another executive. Repeatedly violating these obligations may lead to a suspension vote.
Section 13, Conflicts of Interest
- Clause 1: Executives may not create or involve themselves in matters of state manipulated to benefit them in their personal lives, or in matters regarding investigations into their duties as executive.
Section 14, Shared Powers
- Clause 1: All executives share the power to create and vote on laws, vote on matters of state finances, regulate trade and business, vote to declare war, vote on treaties, establish a notice and mail system, issue licenses and restrictions, vote on executive candidates, establish proxies, develop and vote on amendments to this constitution, preserve the environment, collect taxes and duties, construct infrastructure, vote to temporarily remove funds from the national bank, attend all meetings of state offices even if they are not a member of that office, and contract private businesses.
- Clause 2: Proxies are tied to the executive who establishes them, and can be removed by the Office of Internal Affairs if their executive is suspended and will be removed if their executive is expelled. A single proxy cannot serve more than one executive. Executives are responsible for the actions of their proxies. A proxy must be an unrestricted citizen.
- Clause 3: Proxies are allowed to vote in an executive's stead, and to perform the specific roles and responsibilities issued to their executive.
Chapter 4, Mediation
Section 15, State Initiative
- Clause 1: The Minister of the Ministry of Mediation may propose laws to the State Council.
- Clause 2: The Ministry of Mediation may at any point issue complementary charges to a case. A case may not be concluded until the court meeting after the complementary charge has been issued. The Ministry of Mediation may also withdraw a case at any point, with the exception of a special order from the Office of Internal Affairs.
Section 16, Criminal Acquisition and Appeals
- Clause 1: A subject charged and found not guilty of a crime may be charged again with the same crime in case future evidence suggesting their guilt becomes available.
- Clause 2: A subject and their family members must be given the chance to appeal their case after it has been concluded if future evidence suggesting their innocence becomes available.
- Clause 3: The Minister of the Ministry of Mediation may issue orders demanding specific individuals be detained. Individuals held in this matter must be charged and given a court date or else they must be released. **AMENDED, THE MINISTRY OF MEDIATION MAY ONLY CHANGE THE COURT DATE THREE TIMES BEFORE THE INDIVIDUAL MUST BE RELEASED.
- Clause 4: Subjects cannot be charged for acts that only become illegal after they have already been committed.
Section 17, Intervention
- Clause 1: Executives may vote to pardon individuals, with the exception of special orders from the Office of Internal Affairs.
- Clause 2: The Office of Internal Affairs can, if a court ruling is deemed detrimental to the state, suspend that ruling with the confirmation of at least one executive.
Section 18, State Budget
- Clause 1: The State Council must decide on a yearly (Brumassian Calendar) budget.
- Clause 2: All branches, departments, agencies, offices, and ministries must be notified of the budget and issued their portions of the budget by two weeks into the budgetary year.
- Clause 3: Individual projects consuming 10% or more of the yearly budget must be planned a year in advance. The year before this project takes place must be dedicated to conserving resources.
- Clause 4: The Akkalah Unitary State may not owe resources or money to any foreign entities for a period longer than one month. Debt may not exceed 1% of the yearly budget.
Section 19, Bank of Brumas
- Clause 1: No bank except the Bank of Brumas may conduct business inside the territory of the Akkalah Unitary State.
- Clause 2: The Bank of Brumas must provide locations to conduct business at any settlement with a population of 2,000 or more. **AMENDED, THE BANK OF BRUMAS MUST ALSO PROVIDE LOCATIONS TO CONDUCT BUSINESS IN ANY STATE-OWNED SPACE OUTPOST WITHIN AKKALAH UNITARY STATE TERRITORY.
- Clause 3: The Bank of Brumas operates under the direct supervision of the State Council and the Department of Finance.
Chapter 6, Foreign Affairs
Section 20, Foreign Policy
- Clause 1: Foreign policy is directed by the executive issued the role of Foreign Affairs with the support the State Council. Foreign Affairs consists of matters of war, peace, and trade with foreign entities.
- Clause 2: Policies proposed by the Foreign Affairs executive must be approved through a majority vote of the State Council. A proposition changing this constitution must be reviewed by the Ministry of Mediation. A proposition changing the borders of the Akkalah Unitary State must include a development plan for new territory, or a loss prevention plan for lost territory.
- Clause 3: Foreign entities granting their sovereignty to the Akkalah Unitary State may not receive benefits outside of military protection.
Section 21, State Military
- Clause 1: The military branches of the Akkalah Unitary State may enforce up to four years of compulsory service in citizens who are A) below senior age and would not finish their service as a senior.
- Clause 2: The State Council has the right to obtain information regarding military matters.
- Clause 3: All subjects are obligated to assist in matters of the military.
Chapter 7, Finality
Section 22, Entry into Force
- Clause 1: This constitution shall become enforceable on the ninth month of 3784 Humanum Dominare.
- Clause 2: This constitution repeals:
- The Constitution of Akkalah, 3781 HD
- The Act of Global Unification, 3789 HD
- The Act of Volunteered Sovereignty, 3789 HD
- The Act of Global Unification, 3789 HD
- The Act of Volunteered Sovereignty, 3789 HD