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Government of the Grand Commonwealth
Head of State: Shahan-Ri,
chosen by Constitution and/or
Committee of Nations
Head of Government: Taoiseach,
chosen by
legislature
Legislature & High Court: Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri,
1-2 members per
Member Nation
Charter of the Grand
Commonwealth
Preamble
We the Delegates of the Kingdom of Babkha, the Empire of Lemuria,
the Republic of Aerlig, and the Sovereign Order of Treesia, do
hereby ratify and confirm this Charter, and that
Article I
The name of this union shall be the Grand Commonwealth.
Article II
Each member of this Commonwealth retains every Part of its
Sovereignty, Freedom, and Independence, and every Power,
Jurisdiction, and Right not expressly delegated to the
government of the Grand Commonwealth by this Charter. Member
Nations shall, in turn, be expected to fulfil the obligations
upon them expressed in this Charter of the Grand Commonwealth.
Article III
The said Member Nations hereby enter into a firm League of
Friendship, for their common defence and mutual welfare, binding
themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to or
attacks made upon any member, irrespective of whatsoever might
be their pretext.
Article IV
All Citizens of each Member Nation shall have the right to pass
over state borders, without let or hindrance in any Member
Nation they should enter.
Each individual Member Nation shall have the right to receive
prospective immigrants to the Commonwealth as it sees fit, and
shall grant their Citizens the Rights to Freedom of Assembly,
Communication and Expression, except where such Rights would
result in Acts of Force or Fraud being committed against other
Citizens.
Article V
The central body of State in this Commonwealth shall be the
Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri of the Grand Commonwealth.
Each Member Nation shall be represented in the
Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri by a minimum of one Delegate, and a maximum
of two Delegates. Delegates shall be chosen every three months
in such a manner as each Member State shall individually
determine.
They shall assemble on the first day of the month that begins
their term; Delegates shall have been selected at least one (1)
week before this, at most three (3). There shall be no
restrictions on the number of term for which each Delegate may
sit. Each Delegate shall have one vote in all proceedings.
Each Member Nation shall maintain its own Delegate in a meeting
of the Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri, as well as when they act as Members
of other Committees that may be established from time-to-time.
Member Nations also have the right to recall their Delegates at
any time and replace them as they see fit.
Freedom of speech and debate in Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri shall not be
abridged or otherwise threatened in any Court or Authority
outside the Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri, and the Members of
Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri shall be protected from arrest or
imprisonment during their terms in Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri, except
for cases of alleged treason, felony, or breaching of the peace.
The titular Head of the Commonwealth shall be the Shahan-Ri. The
scope and duration of the position shall be reviewed from
time-to-time by the Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri. The Shahan-Ri shall
generally have ceremonial powers on behalf of the Commonwealth,
and shall ensure the impartial and equitable operation of all
parts of the Commonwealth. The first Shahan-Ri shall be the Shah
of Babkha.
Article VI
The Commonwealth represents the United Sovereignties of each
Member Nation, and therefore may, with the consent of the
Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri, send an Embassy to, or receive an Embassy
from, or enter into any Treaty or Alliance with, any foreign
power or assembly. However, each Member Nation has the right to
individually exclude itself from any such Treaty or Alliance.
Conversely, no Member Nation may, of its own accord, and without
the consent of Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri, send an Embassy to, or
receive an Embassy from, or enter into any Treaty or Alliance
with, any foreign power or assembly. In the event that more than
one Member Nation wishes to do so with the same foreign power or
assembly, then it shall be proceeded with in the name of the
Commonwealth as a whole instead.
Each Member Nation shall only be allowed to keep and maintain a
military force for the use of the Commonwealth, and no Member
Nation shall have the power to engage in war independently of,
and without the consent of all of the Member Nations, as
represented in Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri. In the event that Member
Nation is actually invaded or assaulted by a foreign power, the
whole of the Commonwealth shall be required to come to its
defence.
The Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri shall alone hold the right to declare
war, and this shall be accomplished through a unanimous vote of
all Delegates.
Article VII
The Delegates of the Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri, shall, following their
assembling on the first of the month, elect by a majority vote a
Taoiseach from their numbers, who shall act as Speaker, and
shall lose their vote in its affairs for the duration. If they
be the only representative of any Member Nation, a replacement
must be supplied, or else the Taoiseach must forfeit his post in
favour of being his Nation's Delegate.
The Taoiseach shall be the Commander-in-Chief of all Defense
Forces: army, navy, and air-force, of the Grand Commonwealth,
and shall hold the power to appoint or remove all personnel
thereto and therefrom.
The Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri shall furthermore have the sole power to
determine the funding and departments of the military. The
Taoiseach shall have the right to grant letters of marque on
powers, which this Commonwealth is already at war with, and
otherwise direct attacks.
The Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri shall reserve the right to remove the
Taoiseach by a vote of No-Confidence, which must pass by a
two-thirds (2/3rds) majority to take effect.
The Taoiseach shall direct all foreign relations, except those
directly undertaken by the Member Nations and approved by
Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri, and shall have the power to make and approve
treaties, subject to Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri's approval before taking
effect, as well as any department created by Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri
which is not made a subcommittee of Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri.
The Taoiseach shall be required each month to answer the
questions of the legislature, and inform them about the
Commonwealth's affairs.
Every member nation shall abide by the determinations of the
Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri and the Taoiseach in the areas from which
they have ceded to their authority under this Charter.
Article VIII
The Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri shall have the power to request taxes
from all the Member Nations as a whole for the purpose of the
necessary funding all its functions and operations.
The Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri shall have the right to regulate the
values of the Currencies of the individual Member Nations, and
to establish a Commonwealth-wide economic and monetary system,
from which individual Member Nations may choose to exclude
themselves.
Article IX
The Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri shall be the final mediator in all
Disputes between Member Nations concerning boundaries,
jurisdictions, or any other case whatsoever. A Dispute shall be
presented by a Delegate of one of the concerned Nations in the
form of a Petition, and upon hearing from all sides in the said
Dispute, the Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri shall address the said Petition,
and its decision shall be final. The decision must receive a
two-thirds (2/3rds) majority to pass, and shall come into effect
on a date specified therein.
Article X
The Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri may issue laws which shall be binding
throughout the Commonwealth. Any Member Nation may opt out of
any law passed by the Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri except insofar as they
regulate relations among Member Nations or between the
Commonwealth and third parties.
If a Person is guilty of a Crime in one Member Nation, and flees
to another Member of this Commonwealth, the State into which
They have fled shall be required to return Them to the State
wherein They has committed Their Crime. Full credit and faith
shall be given to the Criminal Records and Acts of Court found
in one State by all the others.
Article XI
The admission of additional Members to this Commonwealth shall
be accomplished by a unanimous vote of a Committee of Nations.
Article XII
Secession from the Commonwealth, subject to the approval of
two-thirds (2/3rds) of the Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri, may be
accomplished by any Member Nation, provided a majority of its
populace are in favour of it.
Article XIII
The Majlis-i-Shahan-Ri may appoint a Committee of Nations, which
shall have one delegate from each state, to address the amending
of any part of this Charter.
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