The Constitution of the United Federation of Regional States
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The Constitution was met with solid approval of all on Eden and it's moon with great fanfare and celebration. The final copy was unanimously approved by all of voting age. The agreed upon month of celebration is the month of Flora, the seventh month of the year and is celebrated during the middle two weeks of Flora with a great many events and contests.
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The Constitution of the United Federation of Regional States
The Constitution of the United Federation of Regional States
Preamble
We the People of the United Federation of Regional States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure Domestic Tranquility, provide for the Common Defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do Ordain and Establish this Constitution for the United Federation of Regional States, and to Reaffirm Faith in the Fundamental Rights of Sapient Beings and of of All Life-Forms both Intelligent and Evolving, in the Dignity and Worth of all Lifeforms, and to the Equal Rights of All Forms of Life of Planetary and Non-Planetary Social systems of all Regions large and small. To Establish Conditions under which Justice and Mutual Respect for the Obligations arising from Treaties and Other Sources of Sapient Law and of Natural law can be Maintained, and to Promote Social Progress and Better Standards of Living in all Regions of the United Federation of Regional States, both Planetary and of Non Planetary bodies which shall be known as Member States, and to These Ends, to Practice Tolerance and Live Together in Peace with One Another as Good Neighbors, and to Unite our Strength to Maintain Peace and Security, and to Ensure, by the Acceptance of Principles and the Institutions of Methods, that Weapons of Destruction Shall Not be Created Nor Used and that Armed Force Shall Not be Used, Save in the Common Interest of Defense, and to Employ Regional Resources for the Promotion of Life and Posterity, and to Employ Intersystem Technology for the Promotion of the Economic and Social Advancement of all Lifeforms, have Resolved to Combine our Efforts to Accomplish these Aims.
Chapter I: Purposes and Principles of the United Federation of Regional States:
Article I: Purposes
1: The Purposes of the United Federation of Regional States are: To Maintain Member State Peace and Security Within its Acknowledged and Accepted Borders, and to that End;
2: To take Effective Collective Measures for the Prevention of Threats to the Peace, the Suppression of Acts of aggression, and to Bring about by Peaceful means, and Employing the Principles of Justice and Natural law, Adjustment or Settlement of Member State, Inter-Member State and Non-Member State Disputes which Might Lead to a Breach of the Peace, which Means that in All Intersystem Relations, All Members Shall Refrain from the Threat, or Use, of Force against the Territorial Sovereignty or Political Independence of any Member State system of the United Federation of Regional States;
3: To Develop Friendly relations among Inhabited Systems based on Respect for the Principles of Equal Rights and Self-Determination for All Intelligent and Evolving Lifeforms therein, and to Other Appropriate Measures to Strengthen Universal Peace and Posterity for All;
4: To Achieve Member State and Inter-Member State Cooperation in Solving Intersystem Problems of Economic, Social, Cultural, or Humanitarian character, in Promoting and Encouraging Respect for Intelligent and Evolving Life-Form Rights, and for the Fundamental Freedoms for All Without Distinction as to Culture, Gender, Life Form, or Spiritual Beliefs, and to be a Center for Concilience of the Actions of All Social Systems in the Attainment of these Common Goals.
Article II: Principles
1: The United Federation of Regional States and its Member States, in Pursuit of the Purposes stated, Shall Act in Accordance with the Following Principles: Equality of all life forms, Respect for all Life-Forms,
2: The United Federation of Regional States is Based on the Sovereign Equality of all its Members, in order to Ensure to All Members of the United Federation of Regional States, Equal Rights and the Benefits Resulting from Membership, All Members Shall fulfill in Good Faith the Obligations assumed by them in Accordance with the present Constitution;
3: All Member States Shall settle their Intersystem Disputes by Peaceful and Diplomatic means in such Manner that Peace, Security, and Justice, are Not Endangered;
4: All Members Shall give the United Federation of Regional States every Assistance in any Action taken in Accordance with the present Constitution, and Shall Refrain from Assisting any Member State against which the United Federation of Regional States is taking Preventive or Enforcement action;
5: The United Federation of Regional States Shall Ensure that Social Systems which are Not Members of the United Federation of Regional States act in Accordance with these Principles as Necessary for the Maintenance of Intersystem Peace and Security, Preferably by Peaceful means of Diplomatic Discourse and Fair Trade;
6: Nothing within the present Constitution Shall Authorize the United Federation of Regional States to Intervene in Matters which are Essentially the Domestic Jurisdiction of any Member State or Non-Member Social System, but this Principle Shall Not Prejudice the Application of Enforcement measures under Chapter VIII.
Chapter II: Membership
Article I: Origins and restrictions
Section I
1: The Original Members of the United Federation of Regional States Shall Be those which, having Participated in the Inter-System Conference on Intersystem Confederation at Sol System, Planet Eden and her then Unnamed Independent Sovereign Moon, of 18 January 00. 2: Membership in the United Federation of Regional States is Open to Any Other Peaceful Social Systems, Planetary or Otherwise, which Accept the Obligations and Principles contained in the present Constitution and, in the Judgment of the Federation, are Capable and Willing to carry out these Obligations. 3: The Admission of any such Social System to Membership in the United Federation of Regional States is Contingent upon the Decision of the Supreme Assembly upon Recommendation of the Federation Council.Section II
1: The United Federation of Regional States shall place No Restriction on the Eligibility of any Lifeforms or any Member State Social System to Participate in any Capacity under the Conditions of Equality in its Principal and Subsidiary Agencies. 2: The Supreme Assembly May Suspend the Rights and Privileges of Membership of any Member or Member State of the United Federation of Regional States against which the Federation Council has taken Preventive or Enforcement Action. The Federation Council may Restore these Rights and Privileges of Membership at its Discretion. 3: Any Member or Member State of the United Federation of Regional States which has Persistently Violated the Purposes and Principles Contained in the present Constitution May be Expelled from the Federation by the Supreme Assembly upon the Recommendation of the Federation Council.Chapter III: Agencies
1: There are Established as the Principle Agencies of the United Federation of Regional States: The Executive Office, three (3) Legislative Branches which Shall Be; The Supreme Assembly, The Federation Council, and The Progressive Committee which Shall be Comprised of a Senate and a House of Representatives.
2: There Shall also be Formed an Economic and Social Council, a Trusteeship Council, an Intersystem Supreme Court, and such inferior Courts as the Progressive Committee may from time to time Ordain and Establish, a Star Fleet of combined Science and Exploration Fleets complete with Peacekeeping Forces, and a Diplomatic Core.
3: The Judges, both of the Supreme and inferior Courts, Shall hold their Offices during good Behavior for Not More than twenty-three (23) years.
4: Any such Subsidiary Agencies as May be Deemed Necessary from time to time Shall be Established in Accordance with the present Constitution.
Chapter IV: Governmental Structure of the United Federation of Regional States
Article I: Citizenry
Section I
1: Citizens as a Whole and Individually of the United Federation of Regional States Shall be Recognized as the Ultimate Power and Final Authority within the United Federation of Regional States. This Power shall at No Time be Usurped Nor Shall it be Abused. The Attempt to Usurp or the Blatant Abuse or Misuse of said Power Shall be Considered the Second (2nd) Highest Form of Treason behind that of Intentional Acts or Actions which May or Shall cause Harm or Death to a Citizen in Any Way or by Any Means. Such Acts or Actions Shall Be Considered Individual, Per Citizen Affected, Acts of War Against the United Federation of Regional States and Shall Be Punished as such. 2: Citizens of each Member State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the United Federation of Regional States. 3: The Citizens of each Member State Shall form a well Regulated Citizens Militia which Shall, Independently under the Direction of the Local Head of State and of Each Regions Leading Elder or Other Highest Authority therein, Endeavor to Protect the Citizens, and the Federation from Enemies both Foreign and Domestic.Section II
1: Full Citizenship shall not be Bestowed Until a Person has Reached the age of Maturity in their Society, which Shall, for Humans be sixteen (16) years. Until such time, the Person shall be Considered a Ward of their Parents, Legal Guardian or of the Member State in which they Inhabit, and Shall Have the Rights to Education and whatever Best quality of Life can be Provided to them, Dependent on their Culture, Including the Best Health Care Available within the Union. 2: Upon reaching the age of Maturity, said Person Shall Be Required to Swear the Oath of Citizenship and Adopt the Principles of Life as their own, and to Ratify this Constitution and their Oath by laying down their Official Signature on this Document; Whereupon they Shall Receive their Official Copy and the Full Rights, Privileges and Responsibilities of Citizenship.Section III
1: All Able Bodied Citizens Shall take part in the Citizens Militia in as Much as they are Able and Comfortable to do. 2: All Able Bodied Citizens shall be familiar with the Use and Safe Handling of the Tools and Equipment of the Militia and Shall take part in Regular Training. 3: All Citizens Shall take part in Any and All Voting that takes place in the Public Forum upon Writ of Election and Shall Uphold their Oaths, Natural Law and the Principles of Life at all times. 4: All Citizens Shall Defend Themselves, Others, the Natural World and to Keep the Peace within the United Federation of Regional States to the Best of their Abilities.Article II: Government
1: The Government of the United Federation of Regional States Shall Hold the Citizens Power and Authority, pro temporarium, to be Used Exclusively for the Betterment of All Citizens and All Life-Forms within the Union of the United Federation of Regional States Without exception and Shall Not stray from this Ultimate End.
2: The Government of the United Federation of Regional States and All affiliated Member States Shall be called the United Federation of Regional States which shall Consist of a Non-Centralized Federal Democratic Republican Government and the local Regional Governments, who Shall share Equal and Joint Sovereignty within the Union.
3: The Non-Centralized Federal Government Shall be Composed of the Office of the President, the President's Cabinet, the Supreme Council, the Federation Council, the Progressive Committee and the Intersystem Supreme Court of Justice.
4: The Chief of State or of Government of All Separate Member States or Regions Shall be Referred to as Governor, Prime Minister, or First Minister.
Article III: President and Staff
Section I
1: The Executive Powers Shall be Vested in a President of the United Federation of Regional States. The President Shall Appoint such Staff as May be Required to form a Cabinet Staff of Adviser Councilors. 2: The President of the United Federation of Regional States, informally, the Federation President or the President of the Federation, Shall be the Elected Head of State and Head of Government of the United Federation of Regional States, and Shall be Responsible for the Day-to-Day Operation of the Government, Setting and Coordinating Foreign Policy, and in Dealing with Resource Distribution Issues. 3: The Federation President Shall also be the Commander-in-Chief of All Member State Defense Operations and Measures, Excepting that of the Citizens Militia. 4: The President Shall hold the Office for the Term of Not More than Five (5) Years, and Not More than a total of two (2) Terms, Consecutive or Otherwise, and, Together with the Vice President, chosen for the Same Term, be Elected, as Follows; A: By a two-thirds (2/3) Majority Vote by the Citizens of the United Federation of Regional States Through their Respective Personal Data Devices or those Terminals Available for such use at either Town Halls or Any School within Any, Member State.Section II
1: No Person shall be Eligible to the Office of President who Shall Not have Attained to the Age of thirty-five (35)Years. 2: The President Shall be Supported by the Cabinet, a Special Committee Composed of the Heads of the Executive Departments of the Federation Government. 3: Before they Enter on the Execution of their Office, they Shall take the following Oath or Affirmation:—“I do so Solemnly Swear (or affirm), that I (State full name), will Faithfully Execute the Office of President of the United Federation of Regional States, and Will, to the Best of my Ability, Preserve, Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United Federation of Regional States and that I (state full name), Shall Endeavor to the Best of my Abilities, to Protect All Life both Within and Without the United Federation of Regional States”!Article IV: Functions and Powers
Section I
1: The President Shall act in that Capacity in All Meetings of the Supreme Assembly, of the Federation Council, of the Economic and Social Council, and of the Trusteeship Council, and Shall Perform such Other Functions as are Entrusted to the Executive Office by these bodies. 2: The President Shall make a Periodic Report to the Supreme Assembly on the Work of the United Federation of Regional States. This Report Shall Likewise be Put on File with the Heads of State of All Member States and Broadcast to All Citizens of the United Federation of Regional States. 3: The President Shall bring to the Attention of the Federation Council and or the Supreme Assembly Any Matter which, in his or her Opinion, May Threaten the Maintenance of Intersystem Peace and Security. 4: The President Shall be Commander in Chief of the Navy and the Star Fleet of the United Federation of Regional States Only when Called into the Actual Service of the United Federation of Regional States; he or she Shall Require the Opinion, In Writing, of the Principal Officer in Each of the Executive Branches, upon any Subject relating to the Duties of their Respective Offices, and he or she Shall have Power to Grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United Federation of Regional States, Except in Cases of Impeachment. 5: The President Shall have Power to Fill Any and All Vacancies that May happen During the Recess of the Senate, by Granting Commissions which Shall Expire at the End of their Next Session.Section III
1: In the Performance of their Duties, the President and their Staff Shall Not seek or receive Instructions from Any Government or from Any Other authority External to the United Federation of Regional States. They Shall Refrain from Any Action which Might Reflect Negatively on their Positions as Intersystem Officials Responsible Only to the United Federation of Regional States. 2: Each Member State of the United Federation of Regional States Shall undertake to Respect the Exclusively Intersystem Character of the Responsibilities of the President and the Cabinet Staff and Shall Not seek to Influence them in the Discharge of their Responsibilities other than by Lawful Vote and Referendum Processes which Shall be Initiated by the Citizenry. 3: The President Shall from time to time give to the Progressive Committee Information of the State of the Union, and Recommend to their Consideration such Measures as he or she Shall Judge Necessary and Expedient. 4: The President may, on Extraordinary Occasions, Convene both Houses, or Either of them, And in Case of Disagreement between them, with Respect to the Time of Adjournment, he or she May Adjourn them to such Time as he or she Shall Think Proper. 5: The President Shall receive Ambassadors and Other public Ministers; and Shall take Care that the Laws be Faithfully Executed, and Shall Commission all the Officers of the United Federation of Regional States.Section IV
1: The President Shall have the Power, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, to Make Treaties, Provided two-thirds (2/3) of the Senators Concur; and he or she Shall Nominate, and by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, Shall appoint Ambassadors, Other Public Ministers and Consuls, Judges of the Supreme Court, and All other Officers of the United Federation of Regional States, whose Appointments are Not herein otherwise Provided for, and Which Shall be established by Law; However, the Progressive Committee May, by Law, Vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers as They think Proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.Article V: Procedure
1: The Cabinet Staff shall be appointed by the President under regulations established by the Supreme Assembly.
2: Appropriate staffs shall be permanently assigned to the Economic and Social Council, the Trusteeship Council, and, as required, to other bodies of the United Federation of Regional States. These staffs shall form a part of the Executive staff Council of Advisers.
3: The Paramount Consideration in the Appointment of the Staff and in the Determination of the Conditions of Service shall be the necessity of securing the Highest Standards of Efficiency, Competence, and Integrity. Due regard shall be paid to the Importance of Recruiting the staff on a as Diverse and Intersystem Wide basis as possible.
4: In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of their Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Progressive Committee may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Article VI: Special
1: The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United Federation of Regional States, Shall be Removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. They shall not be allowed to hold office once proof of these crimes has been submitted and shall be remanded into custody to be held until trials have concluded.
Chapter V: The Supreme Assembly
Article I: Composition
1: The Supreme Assembly shall consist of not less than nor more than five (5) representatives from each Member State, of all the Member States of the United Federation of Regional States, within it’s body.
2: The Supreme Assembly shall be but one of three (3) parts of the legislature and shall be the deciding Power of the of the other two when circumstances merit the intervention by the Supreme Council when and if the other two Branches can not come to a timely agreement.
Article II: Functions and Powers
Section I
1: The Supreme Assembly may discuss any questions on any matters within the scope of the present Constitution in relation to Member State Functions or relating to the Powers and Functions of any agencies provided for in the present Constitution and, may make recommendations to the Member States and the Federation Council or both on any such questions or matters. 2: The Supreme Assembly may consider the General Principles of Cooperation in maintaining Member State peace and security, including disarmament and the regulation of armaments in extreme cases only, while providing Only for the Security and Protection of the Member State(s) in question, and may make recommendations with regard to such Principles to the Member States or the Federation Council or to both. 3: The Supreme Assembly shall discuss any questions relative to the maintenance of Member State Peace and Security put to it by any Member State, the Federation Council, or a Nonmember social system in accordance with the current Constitution, may make recommendations with regard to any such questions to the Member States, the Federation Council, or the Pleading Party, or to all of them. Any such question on which action is necessary shall be referred to the Federation Council by the Supreme Assembly either before or after discussion as the situation merits. 4: The Supreme Assembly shall call situations which are likely to endanger the Member State peace and security to the attention of the Federation Council for immediate consideration and debate followed by swift and decisive action upon the matter. 5: Where the Federation Council is executing the functions assigned to it under the present Constitution with respect to any dispute or situation between Member States, the Supreme Assembly shall make no recommendation with regard to that dispute or situation unless so requested by the Federation Council. 6: The President, with the consent of the Federation Council, shall notify the Supreme Assembly at each session of any matters relating to the maintenance of Member State Peace and Security which are under discussion in the Federation Council, and shall notify the Supreme Assembly, or the Member States if the Supreme Assembly is not in session, immediately when the Federation Council completes its deliberations on any such matters.Section II
1: The Supreme Assembly shall initiate Studies and make Recommendations for the purpose of; Promoting Member State Cooperation in political fields and encouraging the Progressive development of Member State Law and its codification in the interests of Equality of all life forms. 2: The Supreme Assembly shall Promote Member State cooperation in the Economic, Social, Cultural, Scientific, Educational, and Health fields, and assisting in the realization of Life Form Rights and Fundamental Freedoms for all without distinction as to Culture, Gender, Language, or Spiritual beliefs. 3: The further Responsibilities, Functions, and Powers of the Supreme Assembly with respect to matters mentioned in section 2, paragraph 2 above are set forth in Chapters XI and XII.Section III
1: Subject to the provisions of Article 2 section 2, the Supreme Assembly may recommend measures for the peaceful adjustment of any situation, regardless of origin, which it deems likely to impair the general welfare or friendly relations among the Member States, including situations resulting from violations of the provisions of the present Constitution setting forth the Purposes and Principles of the United Federation of Regional States. 2: The Supreme Assembly shall receive and consider regular and special reports from the Federation Council; which reports shall include an account of the measures that the Federation Council has decided upon or taken to maintain peace and security between the Member States. 3: The Supreme Assembly shall receive and consider reports from the other agencies of the United Federation of Regional States on agreed upon regular periods or reporting. 4: The Supreme Assembly shall perform such functions of non member applicant Trusteeship as are assigned to it under Chapters XIV and XV, including the approval of the Trusteeship Agreements for areas which are not designated as strategic.Article III: Voting
1: Each member of the Supreme Assembly shall have one vote.
2: Decisions of the Supreme Assembly on important decisions shall be made on a two-thirds majority vote of the Member States present and voting. These questions shall include:
A. Recommendations with respect to the maintenance of Member State Cooperation, Peace and Security;
B. The election of members to the Federation Council;
C. The election of members of the Trusteeship Council in accordance with Chapter XV, Article I;
D. The Admission of new Member States to the Federation;
E. The Suspension of the Rights and Privileges of Membership;
F.The Expulsion of Members;
G.Questions relating to the Operation of the Trusteeship system.
3: Decisions on other questions, including the determination of additional categories of questions to be decided by a two-thirds majority vote, shall be made by a majority vote of all the Member States of the United Federation of Regional States.
Article IV: Procedure
1: The Supreme Assembly shall meet in regular periodic sessions and in such special sessions as occasion may require. Special sessions shall be convoked by the President at the request of the Federation Council or of a majority of the Member States of the United Federation of Regional States.
2: The Supreme Assembly shall adopt its own rules of procedure and it shall elect its president for each session.
3: The Supreme Assembly may establish such subsidiary agencies as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions.
Chapter VI: The Federation Council
Article I: Composition
1: The Federation Council shall be but one part the legislature of the United Federation of Regional States. Seats on the council shall be filled by representatives from the various Federation States. In addition to legislation, the Federation Council is the only Federal entity which may pass resolutions which the Federation President and his or her staff must enact.
2: The Federation Council shall consist of Three (3) members of each Member State of the United Federation of Regional States. The United Nations of Eden and its Habitable Moon, shall be permanent members of the Federation Council. The Supreme Assembly shall elect six (6) other members of the United Federation of Regional States to be non-permanent members of the Federation Council, due regard being especially paid, in the first instance, to the contribution of the members to the United Federation of Regional States to the maintenance of Member State peace and security and to the other purposes of the Federation.
3: The non-permanent members of the Federation Council shall be elected for a term of three (3) session periods. In the first election of non-permanent members, however, three shall be elected for a term of one session period. A retiring member shall not be eligible for reelection.
Article II: Functions and Powers
1: In order to assure prompt and effective action by the United Federation of Regional States, its Member States confer on the Federation Council primary responsibility for the maintenance of Member State peace and security, and agree that in carrying out its duties under this responsibility the Federation Council acts on their behalf.
2: In discharging these duties, the Federation Council shall act in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Federation of Regional States. The specific powers granted to the Federation Council for the discharge of these duties are laid down in Chapters VII, VIII, IX, and XIII.
3: The Federation Council shall submit regular and, when necessary, special reports to the Supreme Assembly for its consideration.
4: The members of the United Federation of Regional States agree to accept and carry out the decisions of the Federation Council in accordance with the present Constitution.
5: In order to promote the establishment and maintenance of the Member States peace and security with the least diversion of the Federation’s lifeforms, resources and any armament deemed necessary, the Federation Council shall be responsible for formulating, with the assistance of the Star Fleet Headquarters staff referred to in Chapter IX, plans to be submitted to the members of the United Federation of Regional States for the establishment of a system for the regulation of armaments.
Article III: Voting
1: Each Member State of the Federation Council shall have one vote.
2: Decisions of the Federation Council on procedural matters shall be made by an affirmative majority vote of two thirds (2/3) of the Member States.
3: Decisions of the Federation Council on all other matters shall be made by an affirmative majority vote of two thirds (2/3) of the Member States, including the concurring votes of the permanent members, provided that, in decisions under Chapter VIII, a party to the dispute shall refrain from voting.
Article IV: Procedure
Section I
1: The Federation Council shall be so organized as to be able to function continuously. Each Member State of the Federation Council shall, for this purpose, be represented at all times at the seat of the United Federation of Regional States. 2: The Federation Council shall hold periodic meetings at which each of its Member States may, if it so desires, be represented by a Member of its Government or by some other Specially Designated Representative. 3: The Federation Council may hold meetings at such places other than the Seat of the United Federation of Regional States as in its judgment will facilitate its work. 4: The Federation Council may establish such subsidiary agencies as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions. 5: The Federation Council shall adopt its own rules of procedure, including the method of selecting its governor.Section II
1: Any Social System which is not a member of the Federation Council may participate, without vote, in the discussion of any question brought before the Federation Council whenever the latter considers that the interests of the non member are specifically affected. 2: Any member of the United Federation of Regional States which is not a member of the Federation Council or any Social System which is not a member of the United Federation of Regional States, if it is a party to a dispute under consideration by the Federation Council, shall be invited to participate, without vote, in the discussion relating to the dispute. The Federation Council shall lay down the conditions as it deems just for the participation of a non member state.Chapter VII: Legislative Houses
Article I: Legislative
1:All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Progressive Committee, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives.
2: The House of Representatives shall be composed of not less than one (1) member from each Member State, chosen every seventh Year by the People of each Member State respectively.
3: No Person shall be a Representative who shall not have attained to the age of twenty five years, and who shall, when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State in which he or she shall be chosen.
4: No person who is elected to the House of Representatives shall serve more than two (2) terms, each term shall be nine (9) years.
Article II: Restrictions, Powers and Procedures
Section I
1: Representatives shall be apportioned among the United Federation of Regional States, according to their respective Member States numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of Citizens within each Regional State. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three (3) Years after the First Meeting of the Progressive Committee of the United Federation of Regional States, and within every subsequent Term of nine (9) years, in such manner as they shall by Law direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one (1) for every Thirty Thousand (30,000), but each Member State shall have at Least one (1) Representative. 2: When Vacancies happen in the Representation from any Member State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies, which shall be voted on by that Member States citizenry within three days of the issuance of the Writ of Election. 3: The House of Representatives shall chose their Speaker and other Officers; and shall have the sole Power of Impeachment. 4: The Times of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each Member State by the Legislature thereof; but the Progressive Committee may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations as directed by vote of the Citizens of said Member State. 5: The Progressive Committee shall assemble at least once every fifth month, and such meeting shall be on the twenty-ninth day, unless they shall by Law appoint a different Day, with the exception of the month of Jul, wherein the Progressive Committee shall not convene until the beginning of the second week of January.Section II
1: Each House shall be the Judge of the Elections, Returns and Qualifications of its own Members, and a Majority of each shall constitute a Quorum to do Business; but a smaller Number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the Attendance of absent Members, in such Manner, and under such Penalties as each House may provide. 2: Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for Disorderly Behavior, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds (2/3), Expel a Member. 3: Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time Publish the same. There shall be full disclosure to the citizens of Eden at all times. The Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall be entered in the Journal. 4: Neither House, during the Session of the Progressive Committee, shall, without the Consent of the other, adjourn for more than three days, nor to any other Place than that in which the two Houses shall be sitting.Article III: Restrictions and Procedures
Section I
1: No Senator or Representative shall, during the Time for which they were elected, be appointed to any Civil Office under the Authority of the United Federation of Regional States, and no Person holding any Civil Office under the United Federation of Regional States, shall be a Member of either House during his Continuance in Office. 2: Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United Federation of Regional States; If he or she approves, they shall sign it, but if not they shall return it, with their Objections to that House in which it shall have originated, who shall enter the Objections at large on their Journal, and proceed to reconsider it. If after such Reconsideration two thirds (2/3) of that House shall agree to pass the Bill, it shall be sent, together with the Objections, to the other House, by which it shall likewise be reconsidered, and if approved by two thirds of that House, it shall be submitted to the Citizens of the United Federation of Regional States for their approval before once again being presented to the President, whereupon, having been approved by a three-quarters (3/4) Majority vote of the Citizens, be signed into Law. But in all such Cases the Votes of both Houses shall be determined by Yeas and Nays, and the names of the persons voting for and against the Bill shall be entered on the Journal of each House respectively. 3: Every Order, Resolution, or Vote to which the Concurrence of the Senate and House of Representatives may be necessary, except on a question of Adjournment, shall be presented to the President of the United Federation of Regional States; and before the same shall take effect, shall be approved by him or her, or being disapproved by him or her, shall be re-passed by two thirds (2/3) of the Senate and House of Representatives, according to the Rules and Limitations prescribed in the Case of a Bill.Article IV: Powers
1: The Progressive Committee shall have the Power;
A: To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and fix the Standard of Weights and Measures. Although all money coined shall be made of Hemp-wood or some other easily and readily renewable resource and used only for the purpose of certain Regional and National events such as, but not limited to, Carnivals and Fairs, otherwise, all monies shall remain in the digital realm.
B: To provide for the Punishment of counterfeiting the current Coin of the United Federation of Regional States;
C: To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by making said available to the Citizens of the United Federation of Regional States in an Open Source manner for all to share in and improve. Credit for the originator and all improvements shall be posted in succession as applicable to their respective Writings and Discoveries, upon Peer review, confirmation and approval in the case of Science;
D: To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
E: To Define and Punish Offenses against the Laws of the United Federation of Regional States;
F: To provide and maintain a Navy and Armed forces other than the Independent Citizens Militia;
G: To make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the Land and Naval Forces;
H: To provide for calling forth the Militia to protect the Citizens of the United Federation of Regional States and to repel Invasions;
I: To provide for Organizing and Arming the Citizens Militia, reserving to the States respectively, the Appointment of the Officers, and the Authority of Training the Citizens Militia according to the discipline prescribed by the Progressive Committee in accordance with each Member States Mandates for their respective Citizens Militia;
J: To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United Federation of Regional States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Chapter VIII: Pacific Settlement of Disputes
Article I: Procedure
Section I
1: The Parties to any Dispute, the Continuance of which is Likely to Endanger the Maintenance of Member State Peace and Security, shall, first of all; Seek a Solution by Negotiation, Inquiry, Mediation, Conciliation, Arbitration, Judicial Settlement, Resort to Regional Agencies or Arrangements, or other Peaceful Means of their own choice. 2: The Federation Council shall, when it Deems Necessary, call upon the Parties to Settle their Disputes by such means and Offer Neutral Mediation Services. 3: The Federation Council may Investigate any Dispute, or any Situation that might lead to Member State friction or give rise to a Dispute, in order to determine whether the Continuance of the Dispute or Situation is Likely to Endanger the Maintenance of Member State Peace and Security.Section II
1: Any member of the United Federation of Regional States may bring any Dispute, or any Situation of the nature referred to in Article 1, to the attention of the Federation Council or the Supreme Assembly. 2: A social system which is not a member of the United Federation of Regional States may bring to the attention of the Federation Council or the Supreme Assembly any dispute to which it is a party if it accepts in advance, for the purposes of disputes, the obligation of pacific settlement provided in the present Constitution. 3: The proceedings of the Supreme Assembly in respect to matters brought to its attention under this Article will be subject to the provisions of Section IV of this Chapter.Section III
1: The Federation Council may, at any stage of a dispute of the nature referred to in Chapter VI, Article IV, section II or of a situation of like nature, recommend procedures or appropriate methods of adjustment. 2: The Federation Council shall take into consideration any procedures for the settlement of any dispute which have already been adopted by the Parties in question. 3: In making recommendations under the Article, the Federation Council should also take into consideration that legal disputes should as a general rule be referred to the United Federation of Regional States Intersystem Supreme Court of Justice in accordance with the provisions of the statute of the court.Section IV
1: Should the parties to a dispute as referred to in Chapter VIII Article I fail to settle it by means indicated in that Article, they shall refer it to the Federation Council. 2: If the Federation Council deems that the continuance of the dispute is in fact likely to endanger the maintenance of Member State peace and security, it shall decide whether to take action under Article I or to recommend such terms as it may consider appropriate. 3: Without prejudice to the provisions of Chapter VI, Article II, the Federation Council may, if all parties to any dispute so request, make recommendations to the Parties with a view to a pacific settlement of the dispute.Chapter IX: Action with Respect to Threats of the Peace, Breaches of the Peace, and Acts of Aggression.
Article I: Actions and Procedures
Section I
1: The Federation Council shall determine the existence of any Threat to the Peace, Breach of the Peace, or Act of Aggression and shall make recommendations to maintain or restore Member State Peace and Security. 2: In order to Prevent Aggravation of the situation, the Federation Council may call upon the Parties Concerned to Comply with such Provisional Measures as it may deem Necessary or Desirable for a Peaceful Resolution. Such provisional measures shall be Without Prejudice to the Rights, Claims, or Position of all Parties Concerned. The Federation Council shall take into account any failure to comply with such provisional measures. 3: The Federation Council may decide what measures short of the use of armed force are to be employed to give effect to its decisions, and may call upon the Member States of the United Federation of Regional States to apply such measures. These may include Partial or Complete Interruption of Economic Relations, Communications and Travel between Member States, and Severance of Diplomatic Relations in Extreme Cases if deemed necessary. 4: Should the Federation Council consider these measures to be inadequate or to have proven inadequate, it may take such action by armed force as necessary to maintain or restore Member State Peace and Security. Such action may include Demonstrations, Blockades, and other operations by the Star Fleet combined peacekeeping forces.Section II
1: All Members and Member States of the United Federation of Regional States in Obligation to the Maintenance of Intersystem Peace and Security, agree to make available in Extreme Cases Only, to the Star Fleet, on call of the Federation Council, Armed Forces, Assistance and Facilities, including Rights of Passage, necessary for the maintenance of Member State Peace and Security. 2: When the Federation Council has decided to use force it shall, before calling upon a Member State represented on it, to provide armed forces in fulfillment of obligations assumed under Article I, invite that Member State to participate in the decision of the Federation Council relating to the employment of contingents of said Member States armed forces. 3: In order to enable the United Federation of Regional States to take urgent military measures, all Member States so capable, shall assign contingents of their armed forces to Star Fleet to be employed as a single Peacekeeping Force of the United Federation of Regional States. All contingents so assigned, and for the duration of their assignment, shall hold full faith and loyalty to the United Federation of Regional States and the Protection of the Purposes and Principles of the present Constitution. 4: The Military Staff Committee, with the authorization of the Federation Council, shall establish a Star Fleet as the Armed, Peacekeeping, Forces of the United Federation of Regional States. It shall be Responsible for the Establishment and Maintenance of all Facilities of Star Fleet, including Armed Ships, Star Bases, and Training Facilities.Section III
1: There shall be established within the Star Fleet a Military Staff Committee to Advise, and Assist the Federation Council on all matters relating to the United Federation of Regional States military requirements for maintaining Member State Peace and Security. 2: Plans for the application of the Star Fleet Armed Forces shall be made by the Federation Council with the assistance of the Military Staff Committee of the Star Fleet Headquarters. 3: The Military Staff Committee shall consist of the Chiefs of Staff of the Permanent Members of the Federation Council, or their Representatives. Any member of the United Federation of Regional States may be invited to provide representation on the Military Staff Committee where its responsibilities requires the participation of that member in the committees work. 4: The Military Staff Committee shall be responsible under the Federation Council for the strategic direction of the Star Fleet Armed Forces, and the other Armed Forces of the Member States when required for the maintenance of Member State Peace and Security.Section IV
1: The action required to carry out decisions of the Federation Council for the Maintenance of Member State Peace and Security shall be taken by the Star Fleet, using such contingents as appropriate to the specific action. 2: The Member States of the United Federation of Regional States shall join in affording mutual assistance in carrying out the measures decided upon by the Federation Council and in assisting the Star Fleet in the performance of its duties and obligations. 3: If preventive or enforcement measures against any Member State are taken by the Federation Council, any other Member State or Non Member State, which finds itself confronted with special economic problems arising from the carrying out of these measures shall have the right to consult with the Federation Council with regard to the solution of its problems. 4: Nothing in the present Constitution shall impair the inherent right of individual or collective self-defense against armed attacks occurring to members of the United Federation of Regional States, until the Federation Council has taken measures necessary to maintain peace and security, and the Star Fleet forces can be brought into action. Such actions taken by Member States of the United Federation of Regional States in their self-defense shall be reported to the Federation Council as soon as is possible.Chapter X: Citizens Militia, Navy and the Star Fleet
Article I: Citizens Militia and Navy
Section I
1: There is to be established a Citizens Militia, Navy and a Star Fleet as the Armed Peacekeeping Forces and Scientific Exploratory Teams of the United Federation of Regional States. The Citizens Militia and Navy shall be comprised of Private Citizens from and within their regional states. 2: The operations and actions of the Citizens Militia and Navy shall, when not in times of Extreme Circumstances, be under the Direction of the Local Region to which it belongs and shall always fall under the local authority for it’s defense in time of need, whether that need be from natural catastrophe or attack by any outside forces. The local governing authority shall also prepare and approve the operations of their Citizens Militia and it’s Navy. 3: Initial Expenditure of Materials is authorized under the present Constitution for the Establishment of a Citizens Militia and Naval Headquarters with one base each per Regional State to facilitate training, to be equitably located within the boundary of the United Federation of Regional States and outside of any possible conflict with the territorial boundaries of any other Member State of the United Federation of Regional States. The Local and Federation Council together shall review and approve such other expansions of Citizen Militia, Naval bases and other facilities as shall seem appropriate from time to time in the maintenance of local Member State Peace and Security. 4: Initial Expenditure of Materials is also granted under the present Constitution for the establishment of separate Member State Citizens Militia and Naval Academies for the purpose of training officers and personnel for the Citizens Militia and Naval duty. The standards for training such officers and personnel shall be determined by the Local governing authority and the Military Staff Committee and approved by the Federation Council.Article II: Navy
1: Initial Expenditure of Materials shall be granted under the present Constitution for the Design, Construction, and Operation of One (1) Cruiser-Class Naval ship per Member State to provide the nucleus of the Navies Peacekeeping Armed Forces. These Cruisers shall be Capable of Extended Duration Patrol of the High Seas, with weaponry appropriate to such class of Naval ships. They shall be provided with firepower superior to that now employed by any Member State of the United Federation of Regional States, and appropriate to the tasks expected of them.
2: Initial Expenditure of Materials is also granted under the present Constitution for the Construction of such Lesser Classes of Naval and Exploratory Ships as shall be Required to Support Fleet Operations and the Cruiser Class of Naval ships. These may be, but not necessarily limited to, types such as Scout Ships, Destroyers, Transport Ships, Resupply Craft, Shuttle Craft, and Survey Ships.
3: The training of base personnel and ship complements shall include all fields of Science and Technology as well as the Military Arts in the Navy. It is the intent of the present Constitution that the Navy shall be used to conduct missions of Scientific Exploration and Investigation whenever its services are not required in the maintenance of Member State Peace and Security.
4: The Federation Council and all Member States shall at all times be kept informed of the activities undertaken, or contemplated, for scientific exploration and investigation. Any ship so employed shall be detached from military fleet duty and reassigned as a nonmilitary scientific unit of the United Federation of Regional States.
Article III: Star Fleet
Section I
1: The Star Fleet shall initially be comprised of contingents assigned to it by Member States of the United Federation of Regional States under Chapter VI, Article II paragraph 5, until such time as facilities, recruitment, and training obviates the necessity of drawing upon the armament of any member. 2: The operations and actions of the Star Fleet shall at all times be under the direction of the Federation Council and the Military Staff Committee, which shall also prepare and approve the operations of the Star Fleet in all matters. 3: Initial Expenditure of Materials is authorized under the present Constitution for the Establishment and Construction of a Star Fleet Headquarters, and three (3) Star bases to be equitably located within the boundary of the United Federation of Regional States. The Federation Council shall review and approve such other expansions of Star Bases and other facilities as shall seem appropriate from time to time in the maintenance of Member State Peace and Security. 4: Initial Expenditure of Materials is also granted under the present Constitution for the Establishment of a Star Fleet Academy for the purpose of Training Officers and Personnel for Star Fleet duty. The Standards for Training such Officers and Personnel shall be determined by the Military Staff Committee and approved by the Federation Council. 5: Initial Expenditure of Materials shall also be granted under the present Constitution for the Design, Construction, and Operation of one Cruiser-Class Star Ship per Member State to provide the nucleus of Star Fleets Peacekeeping Armed Forces. These Cruisers shall be capable of Extended Duration Patrol of intergalactic range, with weaponry appropriate to such class of Star Ships. They shall be provided with firepower superior to that now employed by any Member State of the United Federation of Regional States, and appropriate to the tasks expected of them.Section II
1: Initial Expenditure of Materials is also granted under the present Constitution for the Procurement and Construction of such Lesser Classes of Star Ships as shall be required to support Star Fleet Operations and the Cruiser Class of Star Ships. These may be, but not necessarily limited to, types such as Scout Ships, Destroyers, Transport Ships, Resupply Craft, Shuttle Craft, and Survey Ships. 2: The training of base personnel and ship complements shall include all fields of Science and Technology as well as the Military Arts in Star Fleet. It is the intent of the present Constitution that Star Fleet shall be used to conduct missions of Scientific Exploration and Investigation whenever its services are not required in the maintenance of Member State Peace and Security. 3: Star Fleet Headquarters and the Federation Council shall be at all times be kept informed of the activities undertaken, or contemplated, for Scientific Exploration and Investigation. Any ship so employed shall be detached from military fleet duty and reassigned as a nonmilitary Scientific Unit of the United Federation of Regional States.Chapter XI: Member State Economic and Social Cooperation
Article I: Standards of Cooperation
Section I
1: With a view to creating conditions of Stability and well-being which are necessary for Peaceful Relations among Member States based on Respect for the Principles of Equal Rights and self-determination of all Sapient and Near-Sapient lifeforms, the United Federation of Regional States shall promote: A. Higher standards of living, full employment, and conditions of economic and social Progress and Development; B. Solution of Member State economic, social, health, and related problems; C. Member State cultural and educational cooperation; D. Universal Respect for, and observance of, Sapient and Near-Sapient lifeforms Rights and Fundamental Freedoms for all, without distinction as to culture, gender, language, or spiritual belief.Section II
1: All members pledge themselves to take joint and separate action in cooperation with the United Federation of Regional States for the achievement of the purposes and goals set forth in this chapter. 2: The various specialized agencies, established by Member State agreement and having wide Member State responsibilities as defined in their basic instruments in Economic, Social, Cultural, Educational, Health, and related fields, shall be brought into relationship with the United Federation of Regional States in accordance with Chapter XII, Article IV. 3: Such agencies thus brought into relationship with the United Federation of Regional States are hereafter referred to as Specialized Agencies. 4: The United Federation of Regional States shall make recommendations for the coordination of the policies and activities of these specialized agencies. 5: The United Federation of Regional States shall, where appropriate, initiate negotiations among its Member States concerned for the creation of any new specialized agencies required for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in this chapter. 6: Responsibility for the discharge of the functions of the United Federation of Regional States as set forth in this Chapter shall be vested in the Supreme Assembly and, under the authority of the Supreme Assembly, in the Economic and Social Council which shall have for this purpose the powers set forth in Chapter XII.Chapter XII: The Economic and Social Council
Article I: Composition
1: The Economic and Social Council shall consist of one member of each Member State of the United Federation of Regional States as elected by the Citizens of each Member State to serve on the General Board of the Economic and Social Council.
2: Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3, seven (7) members of the Economic and Social Council shall be elected from the General Board of the Economic and Social Council each session for a term of three (3) session periods. A retiring member shall not be eligible for reelection for a duration of five (5) sessions.
3: At the first election, twenty three (23) members of the General Board of the Economic and Social Council shall be chosen to serve on the Council, the term of office of seven (7) members so chosen will expire at the end of one (1) session period, and the terms of five (5) other members at the end of two (2) session periods in accordance with arrangements made by the Supreme Assembly.
Article II: Functions
1: The Economic and Social Council may make or initiate Studies and Reports with respect to Member State; Economic, Social, Cultural, Educational, Health, and Related Matters, and may make Recommendations with respect to any such matters to the Supreme Assembly, to the members of the United Federation of Regional States, and to the specialized agencies concerned.
2: It may make Recommendations for the purpose of Promoting Respect for, and Observance of, Sapient and Near-Sapient life-form Rights and Fundamental Freedoms for all.
3: It may prepare draft instruments with the rules prescribed by the United Federation of Regional States.
4: It may prepare draft instruments for admission to the Supreme Assembly, with respect to matters falling within its purview.
5: It may call, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the United Federation of Regional States, Member State conferences on matters falling within its purview.
Article III: Powers
Section I
1: The Economic and Social Council may enter into agreements with any of its agencies referred to in Article II, defining the terms on which the agency concerned shall be brought into relationship with the United Federation of Regional States. Such agreements shall be subject to approval by the Supreme Assembly. 2: It may coordinate the activities of the Specialized Agencies through Consultation with and Recommendations to such agencies and through Recommendations to the Supreme Assembly and to the Member States of the United Federation of Regional States. 3: The Economic and Social Council may take appropriate steps to obtain reports from the Specialized Agencies. It shall make arrangements with the Member States of the United Federation of Regional States and with the Specialized Agencies to Obtain Reports on the steps taken to give effect to its own recommendations and to recommendations on matters falling within its purview by the Supreme Assembly.Section II
1: The Economic and Social Council shall furnish information to the Federation Council and shall assist the Federation Council upon its request. 2: The Economic and Social Council shall perform such functions as fall within its purview in connection with the carrying out of the recommendations of the Supreme Assembly. 3: It may, with the approval of the Supreme Assembly, perform services at the request of Member States of the United Federation of Regional States or as may be assigned to it by the Supreme Assembly.Article IV: Voting
1: Each Member State of the Economic and Social Council shall have one (1) vote.
2: Decisions of the Economic and Social Council shall be made by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote of the members present and voting.
Article V: Procedures
1: The Economic and Social Council shall set up Commissions in Economic and Social fields and for the Promotion of Sapient and Near-Sapient life-form Rights, and such other Commissions as may be required for the performance of its functions.
2: The Economic and Social Council shall invite any member of the United Federation of Regional States to participate, without vote, in its deliberations on any matter of particular concern to that member.
3: The Economic and Social Council shall make arrangements for representatives of the Specialized Agencies to participate, without vote, in its deliberations and in those Commissions established by it, and for its Representatives to Participate in the Deliberations of the Specialized Agencies on any matter of Particular Concern to said Agency or Agencies.
4: The Economic and Social Council shall make suitable Arrangements for Consultation with Nongovernmental and Member State Organizations which are concerned with matters within its purview. Such arrangements may be made with Member State Organizations after Consultation with members of the United Federation of Regional States concerned.
5: The Economic and Social Council shall adopt its own Rules of Procedure and Conduct, including the Method of selecting its Director.
6: The Economic and Social Council shall meet as Required in Accordance with its Rules, which shall include Provision for the Convening of Meetings on the Request of a majority of its members.
Chapter XIII: Declaration Regarding Non-Self-Governing Regions
Article I: Declaration
1: Members of the United Federation of Regional States which have assumed Responsibilities for the Administration of Regions whose Sapient and or Near-Sapient Lifeforms have not yet attained a full measure of Self-Government, Recognize the Principle that the Interests of the Inhabitants of these Regions are Paramount, and Accept as a Sacred Trust the Obligation to Promote to the Utmost, within these Regions, Peace and Security established by the present Constitution, the Well-Being of the Inhabitants of these Regions, and, to this end:
A. To Ensure, with Due Respect for the Cultures of the Sapient and or Near-Sapient lifeforms concerned, their Political, Economic, Social, Health and Educational Advancement, their Just Treatment, and their Protection against Abuses;
B. To Aid in the Development of Self-Government, to take Due Account of the Political aspirations of the Sapient and or Near-Sapient lifeforms, and to Assist them in the Progressive Development of their Free Political Institutions, According to the Particular Circumstances of each Region and its Sapient and or Near-Sapient Lifeforms and their varying stages of Advancement;
C. To Further Peace and Security for all concerned;
D. To Promote Constructive measures of Development, to Encourage Research, and to Cooperate with one another and, when and where appropriate, with Specialized Member State bodies with a view to the Practical achievement of the Social, Economic, and Scientific Purposes set forth in this Article;
E. To Transmit Regularly to the President for Informational Purposes, Statistical and Other Information of a Technical Nature relating to Economic, Social, Health and Educational Conditions in the Regions for which they are Respectively Responsible other than those Regions to which Chapters XIV and XV apply.
2: Member States of the United Federation of Regional States also Agree that their Policy in Respect of the Regions to which this Chapter applies, must be based on the general Principle of Good-Neighborliness, due account being taken of the interests and Well-Being of the rest of the Federation territory in Social, Economic, and Commercial matters.
Chapter XIV: Intersystem Trusteeship Organization
Article I: Objectives
Section I
1: The United Federation of Regional States shall establish under its authority both a Member State and a Non-Member State Trusteeship system for the Administration and Supervision of such Regions as may be placed thereunder by subsequent Mutual Individual Agreements. These Regions are hereinafter referred to as Trust Regions. 2: The basic objectives of the Trusteeship System, in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Federation of Regional States as laid down in the present Constitution, shall be: A: To further Intersystem Peace and Security; B: To promote the Political, Economic, Social, Health and Educational Advancements of the Inhabitants of the Trust Regions, and their Progressive Development towards Self-Government or Independence, as may be appropriate to the Particular Circumstances of each Region and its Sapient and or Near-Sapient Lifeforms Concerned, and as may be Provided by the Terms of the Trusteeship Agreement; C: To Encourage Respect for all Sapient and Near-Sapient Life-Form Rights and for the Fundamental Freedoms for all Without Distinction as to Culture, Gender, Language, or Spiritual Beliefs, and to Encourage Recognition of the Interdependence of all Lifeforms of the Universe; D: To Ensure Equal Treatment in all Social, Economic, and Commercial Matters for all Members of the United Federation of Regional States and their Nationals, and also Equal Treatment for the Latter in the Administration of Justice, Without Prejudice to the Adjustment of Foregoing Objectives and Subject to the Provisions of Article II, section I, Paragraph II.Section II
1: The Trusteeship System shall Apply to such Regions in the Following Categories as may be Placed Thereunder by Means of Trusteeship Agreements: A. Regions now held under mandate; B. Regions which may be Detached from Alien Social Systems as a result of Intersystem War; C. Regions Voluntarily placed under the Trusteeship System by Organizations Responsible for their Administration. 2: It will be a matter for subsequent Agreement as to which Regions in the Foregoing Categories will be Brought Under the Trusteeship System and under what terms, Which shall be Agreed upon Principally by the Applicant System. 3: The Trusteeship System shall no longer apply to Regions which have become Full Members of the United Federation of Regional States, the Relationship among which shall be Based on the Respect for the Principle of Sovereign Equality.Article II: Terms
Section I
1: The terms of Trusteeship for each Region to be placed under the Trusteeship System, Including any Alteration or Amendment, shall be Agreed upon by the Systems directly Concerned, Including the Requisite power in the Case of Regions held under Mandate by a Member State of the United Federation of Regional States, and shall be Approved as Provided for in this Article. 2: Except as Shall be Agreed upon in Individual Trusteeship Agreements, made under this Chapter, Article I, Sections I and II, Placing each Region under the Trusteeship System, and Until such Agreements have been Concluded, nothing in this Chapter shall be Construed in or of itself to Alter in any Manner the Rights, Whatsoever of any Systems or any Sapient and or Near-Sapient Lifeforms or the Terms of Existing Agreements to which Members of the United Federation of Regional States may respectively be party to. 3: Paragraph I of this Article shall not be Interpreted as giving grounds for Delay or Postponement of the Negotiation and Conclusion of Agreements for Placing Mandated and Other Regions under the Trusteeship System as Provided for in Article I. 4: The Trusteeship Agreement shall in Each Case include the Terms under which the Trust Region will be Administered and Designate the Authority which Shall Exercise the Administration of the Trust Region. Such Authority, hereinafter called the Guiding Authority, may be one or more Member State system of the United Federation of Regional States itself. 5: There may be Designated, in the Trusteeship Agreement, a Strategic Area or Areas which may include part or all of the Trust Region to which the Agreement Applies, Without Prejudice to any Special Agreement or Agreements made under Chapter XIII, Article I.Section II
1: All functions of the United Federation of Regional States relating to Strategic Areas, Including the Approval of the Terms of the Trusteeship Agreements and of any Subsequent Alteration or Amendment, shall be Implemented by the Federation Council. 2: The Basic Principles set forth in Article I, shall be Applicable to the Sapient Lifeforms of each Strategic Area. 3: The Federation Council shall, Subject to the Provisions of the Trusteeship Agreements and Without Prejudice to Security Considerations, Avail itself to the Assistance of the Trusteeship Council to Perform those Functions of the United Federation of Regional States under the Trusteeship System Relating to Political, Economic, Social, Health and Educational Matters in the Strategic Areas. 4: It Shall be the Duty of the Guiding Authority to Ensure that the Trust Region shall Perform its Part in the Maintenance of System Peace and Security. To this end the Guiding Authority may make use of Volunteer Forces, Facilities, and Assistance from the Trust Region in Carrying out the Obligations towards the Federation Council undertaken in this regard by the Guiding Authority, as well as for the Local Defense and the Maintenance of Law and Order within the Trust Region. 5: The Functions of the United Federation of Regional States, with Regard to Trusteeship Agreements for all Regions Not Designated as Strategic, Including the Approval of the Terms of the Trusteeship Agreements and their Alteration or Amendment, shall be Performed by the Supreme Assembly. Chapter XV: The Trusteeship Council Article I: Composition 1: The Trusteeship Council shall Consist of the following Members of the United Federation of Regional States: A: Those Members Guiding Trust Regions; B: Such of those Members of the United Federation of Regional States as are Not Currently Guiding Trust Regions; C: As many other Members Elected for three (3) Session Periods by the Supreme Assembly as may be Necessary to Ensure that the Total Number of Members of the Trusteeship Council is Equally Divided between those Members of the United Federation of Regional States which Administer Trust Regions and those which do not. 2: Each Member of the Trusteeship Council shall Designate one Specially Qualified Sapient Life-Form to Represent it therein. 3: Special Dispensation shall be made to Represent all Nearly-Sapient Lifeforms within the Trusteeship by Designation of one Specially Qualified Near-Sapient Life-Form of each Near-Sapient Life-Form type to Represent their Kind within the Trusteeship.Article II: Functions and Powers
1: The Supreme Assembly and, under its authority, the Trusteeship Council, in Carrying out their Functions, shall:
A: Consider reports submitted by the Guiding Authority;
B: Accept Petitions and Examine them in Consultation with the Guiding Authority;
C: Provide for Periodic Visits to the Respective Trust Regions at times agreed upon with the Guiding Authority, and;
D: Take these and other actions in Conformity with the terms of the Trusteeship Agreements.
2: The Trusteeship Council shall Formulate a Questionnaire on the Political, Economic, Social, Health and Educational Advancement of the Inhabitants of Each Trust Region, and the Guiding Authority for Each Trust Region within the Purview of the Supreme Assembly, shall Make a Periodic Report to the Supreme Assembly upon the basis of such Questionnaire.
Article III: Voting
1: Each Member of the Trusteeship Council shall have one vote.
2: Decisions of the Trusteeship Council shall be made by a two-thirds (2/3) Majority of the Members Present and Voting.
Article IV: Procedure
1: The Trusteeship Council shall Adopt its own Rules of Procedure, Including the Method of Selecting its Director.
2: The Trusteeship Council shall Meet as Required in Accordance with its Rules which shall Include a Provision for the Convening of Meetings on the Request of a two-thirds (2/3) Majority or its Members.
3: The Trusteeship Council shall, when Appropriate, Avail itself to the Assistance of the Economic and Social Council and of the Specialized Agencies in Regard to Matters with which they are Respectively Concerned.
Chapter XVI: The Intersystem Supreme Court of Justice
Article I: Procedures, Limitations and Obligations
Section I
1: The Judicial Power of the United Federation of Regional States, shall be Vested in one Intersystem Supreme Court of Justice and shall be led by an elected Chief Justice.The Intersystem Supreme Court is the Final Judge in all cases involving Laws of the Progressive Committee, and the Highest Law of all — the Constitution. The Federation Intersystem Supreme Court, however, is Far From all-powerful. Its Power shall be Limited by the Other Three Branches of Government. 2: The President nominates Justices to the Court who shall then be Approved by Majority vote of the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Federation of Regional States after submission to and Majority Vote by the Citizens of Eden. 3: The Judges shall Hold their Offices during good Behavior for not more than Twenty-Three (23) years. 4: The Intersystem Supreme Court of Justice has a Special Role to play in the United Federation of Regional States system of Government. The Constitution gives it the Power to Check, if Necessary, the Actions of the President and the Progressive Committee. It can tell a President that their Actions are Not Allowed by the Constitution. It can tell the Progressive Committee that a Law it Passed Violated the United Federation of Regional States Constitution and is, therefore, Null and Void. It can also tell the Government of a Member State that One of its Laws Breaks a Rule in the Constitution. 5: All Members of the United Federation of Regional States are ’ipso facto’ Parties to the Statute of the Intersystem Supreme Court of Justice. 6: A System which is Not a Member of the United Federation of Regional States may Become a Party to the Statute of the Intersystem Supreme Court of Justice on Conditions to be Determined in Each Case by the Supreme Assembly upon the Recommendation of the Federation Council. 7: Each Member of the United Federation of Regional States shall Undertake to Comply with the Decisions of the Intersystem Supreme Court of Justice in any Case to which it is a Party.Section II
1: The Judicial Power shall Extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, Arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United Federation of Regional States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, Under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction;—to Controversies to which the United Federation of Regional States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or more Member States;—between a Member State and Citizens of another State;—between Citizens of different States, —between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof. 2: In all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other Public Ministers and Consuls, and those in which a Member State shall be Party, the Intersystem Supreme Court shall have original Jurisdiction. In all the other Cases before mentioned, the Intersystem Supreme Court shall have Appellate Jurisdiction, both as to Law and Fact, with such Exceptions, and under such Regulations as the Progressive Committee shall make. 3: The Trial of all Crimes, Except in Cases of Impeachment, shall be by Jury; and such Trial shall be held in the Member State where the said Crimes shall have been Committed; but when not Committed within any Member State, the Trial shall be at such Place or Places as the Progressive Committee may by Law have directed.Section III
1: If any Party in a Case Fails to Perform the Obligations Incumbent upon it under a Judgment Rendered by the Court, the Other Party Shall have Recourse to the Federation Council, which may, if it Deems Necessary, make Recommendations or Decide upon Measures to be Taken to give effect to the Judgment. 2: Nothing in the present Constitution shall prevent Members of the United Federation of Regional States from Entrusting the Solution of their Differences to Other Tribunals by Virtue of Agreements Already in Existence or which may be Concluded in the Future. 3: The Supreme Assembly or the Federation Council may request the Intersystem Supreme Court of Justice to give an Advisory Opinion on any Legal Question. 4: Other bodies of the United Federation of Regional States and the Specialized Agencies, which may at any time be so Authorized by the Supreme Assembly, may also Request Advisory Opinions of the Court on Legal Questions arising within the Scope of their Duties.Article II: Treason
1: Treason against the United Federation of Regional States, shall Consist in Levying War Against them as a Whole or in Any Act or Action which Shall or May Be or Prove to Be Harmful or Fatal to a Citizen, or in Adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be Convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of Not Less than two (2) Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court. To Define War, we Hereby State that Any Act which is Against the Welfare of the Citizens of the United Federation of Regional States which Can, or Shall cause Harm, Death, Enslavement or Oppression of any Citizen. 2: The Progressive Committee shall have Power to Declare the Punishment of Treason, but no Attainder of Treason shall work Corruption of Blood, or Forfeiture Except During the Life of the Person attainted. Chapter XVII: Transitory Security Arrangements Article I: Limitations 1: Pending the coming into Full Force of such Special Agreements Referred to in Chapter VIII, Article I as in the Opinion of the Federation Council, Enable it to Begin the Exercise of its Responsibilities under the Aforementioned Chapter, the Parties to the Declaration of the United Federation of Regional States shall Consult with One Another and the Other Member States of the United Federation of Regional States with a view to such Joint Action on Behalf of the Federation as may be Necessary for the Purpose of Maintaining Intersystem Peace and Security. 2: Nothing in the present Constitution shall Invalidate or Preclude Action in Relation to any Social System which has been an Adversary of any Signatory to the present Constitution, Taken or Authorized as a result of that War by the Governments having Responsibility for such Action.Chapter XVIII: Member State Relations
Article I: Limits and Procedures
Section I
1: Full Faith and Credit shall be Given in each Member State to the Public Acts, Records, and Judicial Proceedings of every other Member State. And the Progressive Committee may, by General Laws Prescribe the Manner in which such Acts, Records and Proceedings shall be Proved, and the Effect thereof. 2: A Person Charged in any Member State with Treason, Felony, or Other Crime, who shall Flee from Justice, and be Found in Another Member State, shall, on Demand of the Executive Authority of the State from which they Fled, be Delivered up, to be Removed to the State having Jurisdiction of the Crime.Section II
1: New States may be Admitted by the Progressive Committee into this Union; but no New Member State shall be Formed or Erected within the Jurisdiction of any Other Member State; nor any Member State be Formed by the Junction of two (2) or more Member States, or Parts of Member States, Without the Consent of the Legislatures of the Member States Concerned as well as of the Progressive Committee. 2: The Progressive Committee shall have Power to Dispose of and Make all Needful Rules and Regulations Respecting the Territory or Other Property Belonging to the United Federation of Regional States; and Nothing in this Constitution shall be so Construed as to Prejudice any Claims of the United Federation of Regional States, or of Any Particular Member State.Section III
1:The United Federation of Regional States shall Guarantee to Every Member State in this Union a Democratic Republican Form of Government, and shall Protect Each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened) against Domestic Violence.Chapter XIX: Mode of Amendment
Article I: Procedure
Section I
1: The Progressive Committee, whenever two-thirds (2/3) of both Houses shall Deem it Necessary, shall Propose Amendments to this Constitution, or, on the Application of the Legislatures of two-thirds (2/3) of the several Member States, shall Call a Convention for Proposing Amendments, which, in either Case, shall be Valid to all Intents and Purposes, as Part of this Constitution, when Ratified by the Legislatures of three-fourths (3/4) of the several Member States, or by Conventions in three-fourths (3/4) thereof, as the one or the other Mode of Ratification may be Proposed by the Progressive Committee; and that No Member State, without its Consent, shall be Deprived of its Equal Voice in the Senate. 2: Amendments to the Present Constitution shall Come into Force for All Members of the United Federation of Regional States when they have been Adopted by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Members of the Supreme Assembly and Ratified in Accordance with their Respective Statutory Processes by three-fourths (3/4) of the Member States of the United Federation of Regional States, Including All Permanent Members of the Federation Council.Section II
1: A General Conference of the Member States of the United Federation of Regional States for the Purpose of Reviewing the Present Constitution may be held at a Date and Place to be Fixed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the Members of the Supreme Assembly and by a Vote of a two thirds (2/3) Majority of Members of the Federation Council. Each Member of the United Federation of Regional States shall have one (1) Vote in the Conference. 2: Any Alterations of the Present Constitution Recommended by a two-thirds (2/3) Vote of the Conference shall take Effect when Ratified in Accordance with their Respective Statutory Processes by two-thirds (2/3) of each Member States Voting Council Members, of the United Federation of Regional States Including All the Permanent Members of the Federation Council. 3: If such Conference has not been held before the tenth Regular Session of the Supreme Assembly following the Coming into Force of the Present Constitution, the Proposal to Call such a Conference shall be Placed on the Agenda of that Session of the Supreme Assembly, and the Conference shall be held if so Decided by a Majority Vote of the Members of the Supreme Assembly and by a Majority Vote of two thirds (2/3) of the Members of the Federation Council. Chapter XX: Miscellaneous Provisions Article I: Miscellanea 1: Every Treaty and every Intersystem Agreement Entered into by Any Member or Member State of the United Federation of Regional States after the Present Constitution has Come into Force shall, as Soon as Possible, be Registered with the President and Published by him or her. 2: No Party to Any such Treaty or Intersystem Agreement Which has Not been Registered in Accordance with the Provisions of Paragraph I of This Article may Invoke that Treaty or Agreement before any body of the United Federation of Regional States. 3: In the Event of a Conflict Between the Obligations of the Members or Member States of the United Federation of Regional States under the Present Constitution and their Obligations under any Other Intersystem Agreement, their Obligations under the Present Constitution shall Prevail. 4: The United Federation of Regional States shall Have, in the Territory of Each of its Member States, such Legal Capacity as May be Necessary for the Exercise of its Functions and the Fulfillment of its Purposes. 5: The United Federation of Regional States shall Have, in the Territory of Each of its Member States, such Privileges and Immunities as are Necessary for the Fulfillment of its Purposes. 6: Representatives of the Member States of the United Federation of Regional States and Officials of the Federation shall Similarly Have such Privileges and Immunities as are Necessary for the Independent Exercise of their Functions in Connection with the Federation. 7: The Supreme Assembly May make Recommendations with a View to Determining the Details of the Application of Paragraphs I and II of this Article or May Propose Conventions to the Member States of the Federation for this Purpose.Chapter XXI: Ratification and Signature
Article I: Ratification
Section I
1: This Constitution, and the Laws of the United Federation of Regional States which shall be Made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties Made, or which Shall Be Made, under the Authority of the United Federation of Regional States, Shall Be the Supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every Member State Shall Be Bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or Laws of any Member State to the Contrary Notwithstanding. 2: The Senators and Representatives aforementioned, and the Members of the several Member State Legislatures, and All Executive and Judicial Officers, both of the United Federation of Regional States and of the several Member States, Shall Be Bound by Oath or Affirmation, to Support this Constitution.Section II
1: The Present Constitution shall be Ratified by the Signatory Governments in Accordance with their Respective Statutory Processes. 2: The Ratifications Shall be Deposited with the Government of the United Federation of Regional States on Eden, which shall Notify all of the Signatory Governments of Each Deposit as well as the President of the Federation when he or she has been Appointed. 3:The Ratification of the Conventions of all Member States, Shall be Required for the Establishment of this Constitution between the Member States so Ratifying the Same. Any Member State newly formed must Ratify this Constitution upon Inclusion within the United Federation of Regional States.Article II: Force of Deposit
1: The present Constitution shall come into Full Force upon the Deposit of the Ratifications by the United Nations of Eden, and the Eden Moon Sovereignty. A Protocol of the Ratifications Deposited shall thereupon be Drawn up by the Government of the United Federation of Regional States which shall Communicate Copies thereof to All the Signatory Governments.
2: The present Constitution, of which the Various Language Texts are Equally Authentic, upon the Coming into Full Force of the United Federation of Regional States, Shall be Transferred to the Federations Member States for Permanent Deposit in their Archives. Duly Certified Copies thereof Shall Be Transmitted by the President to the Governments of all Signatory Member States.
Article III: Signature
Done in Convention by the Unanimous Consent of the Member States present the Eighteenth (18th) Day of January in the Year Zero and of the Independent Sovereign Member States of the United Federation of Regional States, In Witness and in Full Faith whereof We, the Representatives Have Hereunto Subscribed our Names;
Stephanie Lee Goldman-Erickson
Xiang Tse Liu
Chapter XXII: Citizen Ratification and signatures to the Oath of Citizenship and the Principles of Life.
“We the People of the United Federation of Regional States do so Solemnly Swear to uphold these Principles, and: that I (state full name), Shall Endeavor to the Best of my Abilities, to Protect All Life both Within and Without the United Federation of Regional States and that I (State full name), will Faithfully and to the best of my abilities shall Preserve, Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United Federation of Regional States! Let it be known that I (State full name) shall endeavor to the best of my ability to:
Treat the Earth and all of Creation and all that dwell therein with respect, and to Remain close to the Great Spirit. To Show great respect for our fellow beings and to our elders. To Work together for the benefit of all Life, and to Give assistance and kindness wherever needed. To Do what we know to be right and to Look after the well being of mind and body. To Dedicate a share of our efforts to the greater good. To Be truthful and honest at all times and to Take full responsibility for our actions.
Great Spirit,
give us hearts to understand;
never to take from creation's beauty more than we give;
never to destroy wantonly for the furtherance of greed;
never to deny to give our hands for the building of earth's beauty;
never to take from her what we cannot use.
Give us hearts to understand
that to destroy earth's music is to create confusion;
that to wreck her appearance is to blind us to beauty;
that to callously pollute her fragrance is to make a house of stench;
that as we care for her she will care for us.
And to these ends, to practice benevolent tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors, and to unite our strength to maintain peace and security”.
Stephanie Lee Goldman-Erickson
Xiang Tse Liu
Kenneth Milo Erickson
Kaitlyn Abha Erickson
Monica Elise Chavez
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