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Regional Charter
Topic Started: Jun 21 2012, 05:38 PM (334 Views)
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This document is the official charter of The Federation of Valtamrei and shall govern all laws, rules and regulations of Valtamrei.

Article I. Membership:

Membership into Valtamrei shall be granted to all of those who seek it, subject to passing the requirements of the application process.

I.1. The application process is a means for prospective members to give us an indication as to their experiences(or lack of) on nation states. The application process shall involve the completion of A) a membership application form as outlined below along with the taking of B) an oath, where [FORUM NAME] is replaced with the applicants actual forum name.

A)
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*Nation in Valtamrei:
*World Assembly Nation:

How long have you been playing nation states?:
**Regions and/or Organizations you hold Citizenship in:
**Regions and/or Organizations you hold/have held government positions in:
Other major NS identities or aliases (if any):


*Required so that we know your not a puppet account. If you are in the process of waiting for a confirmation email for the world assembly please state so along with the nation you applied to the world assembly with.
**If you have had any NS experience, knowing your experiences will be very helpful. You may leave blank if you are new to NS.



B)
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I, [FORUM NAME], pledge to vote, discourse, and hold any offices in Valtamrei with the interests of Valtamrei in mind and no other region or organization./quote]


I.2. All member states shall put forward a ''Representative'' who will be said states representative in Valtamrei.

A) ''Representative'' is the masking given to those who have applied for membership through the application process and who are successful in doing so. They are expected to represent their nation and The Federation of Valtamrei during the course of their membership in the highest order.
B) A member state must notify the proper authority when changing their ''Representative'' (I.E. when you decide to change your forum name).

I.3. Each Representative has the right to vote, hold office and petition the governing body and/or the legislature of Valtamrei. A Representatives rights are not limited to those outlined in I.3.

I.4 Representatives inactive for a period greater than 2 months shall lose their right to vote and must renew their membership for inactivity. Inactivity is determined by their forum account. Renewing membership is done exactly the same as apply for membership.

Article II. Legislature:

II.1. The Legislative branch of Valtamrei shall be styled ''The Federal Assembly''

II.2. The Federal Assembly of Valtamrei is responsible for the proposal, discussion and approvement or denial of all bills, amendments, diplomatic requests and declarations of war.

II.3. The Federal Assembly shall elect a speaker to oversee all activity in the assembly.

A) The speaker shall be elected every 3 months by majority vote by The Federal Assembly..
B) The speaker shall be responsible for setting assembly proceedure.
C) The speaker may be recalled for inactivity exceeding 10 days without reason and 21 days with a reason. Reason(s) must be given before going inactive.
D) Should the speaker give reason(s) for inactivity, they may appoint a deputy speaker to oversee The Federal Assembly until they return.
E) Should the speaker not give reason(s) for inactivity, once exceeding the stated time limits in II.3.C), a new speaker is to be elected within 5 days who will serve out the rest of the original speakers term.

II.4. The Federal Assembly shall break for recess on the final week of every month. The final week of every month is the week in which the last day of the month falls on.

II.5. The Federal Assembly is responsible for approving the appointment of deputies.

II.6. The speaker shall be styled ''The Speaker of the Assembly''

Article III. Executive:

III.1. The Executive of Valtamrei shall be styled ''The High Council''.

A) The High Council shall be made up of 4 Ministers and the Delegate.
B) The Delegate shall be the President of the Federation.

III.2. Elections for President of the Federation shall take place every 3 months.

A) The President of the Federation shall assume the delegate position and represent the region in the world assembly.
B) They shall vote according to what the majority of regional WA nations have voted(visible on the WA proposals main page).
C) They shall post each resolution in the appropriate area of the forum and have a forum discussion and vote.
D) They shall be a forum admin
E) Have the deciding vote on all High Council votes in the event of a tie.

III.3. Elections for Ministers shall take place every 3 months.

A) Elected Ministers terms shall last 2 months, the last 2 months of the Presidents term.
B) For the 1st month of the President of the Federations term, they shall appoint 4 Ministers who shall stay in office until the end of the month.
C) On the final week of the appointed Ministers term, elections for Minsiters shall begin, with the elected Ministers taking office at the end of the appointed Ministers term.
D) Appointed Ministers may become elected Ministers.

III.4. The High Council is responsible for holding a preliminary vote on diplomatic requests and declarations of war, which if approved by majority vote, may then proposed to The Federal Assembly.

III.5. There shall be 4 Ministers who are each responsible for their ministry.

A) The Minister for Diplomacy is responsible for all foreign affairs including but not limited to embassy requests, requests for aid, embassy updates and diplomats both to and from Valtamrei.
B) The Minister for Development is responsible for all development projects including but not limited to recruitment, cultural and regional events.
C) The Minister for Internal Affairs is responsible for moderating the forum and helping to co-ordinate and oversee all regional events.
D) The Minister for Justice is responsible for all judicial matters including but not limited to appointing judges to preside over cases and setting judicial proceedure. They may appoint themselves as a judge and are the only Minister required to appoint a deputy which is to be approved by The Federal Assembly.
E) All Ministers who decide to appoint a deputy must have them approved by The Federal Assembly by a majority vote.


Article IV. Judicial:

IV.1. The Judicial branch of Valtamrei shall be headed by the Minister for Justice.

A) The Minister for Justice shall appoint judges on a case by case basis.
B) Shall appoint either 1 or 3 judges to handle a case.
C) May appoint themselves as a judge as long as they are not involved in the case.
D) Should the minister be involved in a case then their deputy is to appoint the judge(s).
E) Should both the minister and the deputy be involved then anyone who is available for duty as a judge who is not involved in the case can then become the judge(s) for the case.

IV.2. The Judicial branch of Valtamrei shall be styled ''The Federal Court''

A) The Federal Court shall oversee disputes including but not limited to abuses of power, treason, unconstitutional laws and/or amendments and bullying.
B) Shall have judicial proceedure created before any case takes place.

Article V. Founders:

V.1. The Founders shall be incharge of regional security and military.

V.2. The Founders shall always masked as admins and shall be the sole holders of the password to the founding nation until both decide to retire.

V.3. May run for any electable position if the so wish.

Article VI. Elections:

VI.1. Elections shall be held on the first week of every month.

A) Elections for President of the Federation shall take place in the months of January, Arpil, July and October.
B) Elections for Ministers shall take place in the months of February, May, August and November.
C) Elections for Speaker of the Assembly shall take place in the months of March, June, September and December.

VI.2. Elections shall have an overseer who will start and end elections.

A) The President of the Federation shall oversee the Spkeaker of the Assembly election.
B) The Speaker of the Assembly shall oversee both the Ministerial and Presidential elections.
C) The overseer of an election is to open the campaign period during the recess of The Federal Assembly, with the election begining on the 1st and ending on the 4th of each specified month, meaning voting lasts 72 hours.
D) The overseer may allow for a longer campaign period and a 48 hour voting period, but the election must finish by the end of the first full week of each month.

VI.3 Elections shall be carried out via forum voting between all members of The Federal Assembly.

A) Voting shall be done via a polled topic.
B) Elections are to be held in a special election area where only those who are masked as at least a ''Representative'' are able to vote in polled topics.
C) Any ''Representiative'' inactive for a period greater than 2 months is not eligible to vote unless they renew their membership.

Article VII. Interim Government:

VII.1 If this document is passed before elections can be held an Interim Government shall be formed.

A) The Interim Government shall be appointed by the founders
B) The Interim President and Speaker shall only be in power until elections for their positions come around. They may however be elected to said positions.
C) The Interim Ministers shall only be in power until Presidential elections are on.
D) Article VII. Interim Government, shall be struck null and void once all Interim Government positions are replaced by their elected counterparts.
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