The Apolytonian Constitution

Octavian X · December 25, 2003, 00:27

As approved here, this is our Constitution.

The Consuls
1. Three Citizens shall be elected as Consuls.
  1. Initial elections will occur upon ratification of this Constitution.
  2. There will be an opportunity to nominate the Consuls, and then an election, where the 3 people with the most manual ballots are chosen as Consuls.
  3. Each month, one of the three Consul positions shall come up for election.
  4. Consul positions which have never undergone scheduled elections shall undergo scheduled elections once per month in order of the tenure of the position's occupant until all Consul positions have undergone scheduled elections.
  5. Once all Consul positions have undergone scheduled elections, the Consul position up for election each month shall be the one which has gone 3 months since its last scheduled election.
  6. Any citizen who is not holding another Consul position may become a candidate.
  7. Candidates for scheduled Consular elections must announce their candidacy by the 4th day of the month.
  8. Scheduled Consular elections will be held for 72 hours starting on the 7th of the month.
  9. If a single candidate obtains a majority of votes in the first vote, he will be the new Consul.
  10. If no candidate achieves a majority of the votes, then a second vote will immediatley be held for 48 hours between the two leading candidates of the first vote. If a tie on the first vote prevents only two candidates from being chosen for the second vote, then any ties will be broken by a vote of the the other Consuls and the three ministers until there are only two leading candidates available for the second vote.
  11. If there is a tie vote and only two candidates have received votes, the current holder of the Consul office will break the tie.
  12. If a Change of Command (CoC) is successfully exercised against a sitting Consul, the citizen who becomes Consul will fill that Consul position until the next scheduled election for the position rather than receiving his own 3-month term from the date of the CoC.
2. The Consuls have the authority to play the game.
3. The Consuls have the authority to make final game decisions, but must act within the boundaries of the law.
4. The Consuls should follow legal minister orders unless forced by unforseen circumstances.
5. The Consuls have the power to rule on senatorial disputes in a manner they see fit.
6. Consuls may only be removed from office by a vote of No-Confidence.
7. The Consuls appoint Ministers.
8. A Consul may appoint a replacement Consul for himself for up to a two week period of time so that vacations and other such short term absences won't interupt the game. Before the absence the Consul shall start a thread naming a replacement and the replacement shall accept before it is considered official. Upon returning from the absence, the Consul needs only to post that he has returned and state that he is relieving the replacement of his duties in order to reclaim the Consulship. The replacement Consul has all powers and responsibilities of a regular Consul except that he may not call a CoC on himself nor may any other team member call a CoC on the replacement.
Minister of Defense
1. One Citizen shall be appointed as Minister of Defense.
2. The Minister of Defense advises on the movement and engagement of combat and scouting units.
3. The Minister of Defense advises on the upgrading of units.
Minister of the Interior
1. One Citizen shall be appointed as Minister of the Interior.
2. The Minister of the Interior advises on the movement and usage of all workers and settlers.
3. The Minister of the Interior advises on the Science and Luxury Sliders, the treasury, and the direction of science research.
4. The Minister of the Interior advises on the management of all city citizens.
5. The Minister of the Interior may draw boundaries and regions within the nation and appoint governors over those regions.
6. The Minister of the Interior advises on the management of all city build queues, including the rushing of projects.
7. The Minister of the Interior may create or alter any system for naming all cities, provinces, geographic features, and so forth.
Minister of Foreign Affairs
1. One Citizen shall be appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs.
2. The Minister of Foreign Affairs gives lead to diplomatic affairs with other nations. He may appoint ambassadors to assist him.
3. The Minister of Foreign Affairs advises on the establishment of Embassies.
4. The Minister of Foreign Affairs advises on Espionage affairs.
5. The Minister of Foreign Affairs advises on the engagements of Treaties with other nations.
Minister of Information
1. One Citizen shall be appointed as Minister of Information.
2. The Minister of Information is responsible for the timely availability of game-related information to the People.
Senatorial Procedure
1. All members of the team who are not Consuls are Senators.
2. The Senate has the power to create law, which the Consuls must follow.
  1. A Bill must be proposed by a Senator, and clearly state the purpose in the first post, and have the following options for a poll: yea or nay.
  2. The Bill must be passed by a simple majority, 50% plus 1, to become a law.
  3. All bills must be open for at least 48 hours.
3. The Senate has the power to take a proposal for Change of Command (CoC).
  1. Any Senator may proclaim a Change of Command proposal on an elected official.
  2. The Senator must state the elected official he is intending to remove from office in the first post - this is called the 'initial proposal'.
  3. During 48 hours after the initial proposal, any number of candidates may apply for the job. The Senator himself may or may not apply.
  4. After the first 48 hours, but within 72 hours, the Senator must organize a vote - this is called the 'replacement proposal'. If this vote is not organized within this time, the CoC is nulled.
  5. The replacement proposal vote must be open for 72 hours.
  6. The replacement proposal vote must include all candidates, plus the person who was the subject of the initial proposal, unless this person indicates otherwise.
  7. The CoC vote shall be done with a preferential ballot. The person with the highest outcome wins the election.
  8. An elected official may only propose a Change of Command vote on himself, and not on another one.
  9. Any elected official may not be the subject of a CoC for five turns after his election.
Amendment Procedure
1. Any citizen may propose an Amendment to this Constitution. To be ratified, the following requirements must be met:
  1. The citizen must first post a discussion thread that discusses the nature of the amendment. That thread must be open for at least 5 days prior to the posting of an official ratification poll.
  2. A ratification poll may then be posted listing the full text of the amendment, and including a link to the discussion thread. The ratification poll must be open for at least 5 days. The ratification poll shall include only "yea" and "nay" options. At least 60% of those who vote in the poll must choose "yea" for the amendment to be ratified.
  3. This section ratified by official poll on March 9, 2004

BigFree · December 26, 2003, 22:31

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Togas · March 12, 2004, 15:45

edited to add Amendment I: Amendment Procedure.

--Togas

Octavian X · March 12, 2004, 21:15

Editted once more, to remove a reference to the Presidency meant to be taken out at the beginning of the game.