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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Jun 7, 2022 20:49:06 GMT

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The Younger Roll of Kings

Oddumar (880-938), Draawulfen (938-970), Bolo (970-987), Þurm (987-1023), Ulfmar (1023-1042), Udda (1042-1050), Ablin (1050-1052), Skausfaðs (1052-1100), Erlskild (1100-1157), Isarsten (1157-1160), Bofo (1160-1178, Helfwann (1178-1230), Jefte (1230-1252, Mulhus (1252-1267), Guðric (1267-1313), Alaric (1313-1326), Alafaðs (1326-1355), Sigmarks (1355-1370), Sigurd (1370-1381), Ofrik (1381-1390), Hlutriða (1390-1427), Alfhus (1427-1441), Gulf (1427-1493), Isar (1441-1499), Lauf (1499-1506), Vauhoks (1506-1506), Bairatekja (1506-1506), Wardsmiða (1506-1528), Dag (1528-1547), Aschweit (1547-1581), Hairdeis (1581-1587), Eðunwikkja (1587-1593), Hromlogi (1593-1622), Sturmhuf (1622-1648), Haarskregja (1648-1649), Jukbrikja (1649-1661), Surwadi (1661-1670), Aba (1670-1696), Ablin (1696-1703), Estskild (1703-1724), Stenhaars (1724-1764), Hrom (1764-1773), Otto (1773-1811), Gulf (1811-1857), Vauhoks (1857-1909), Haimfaðs (1909-Present).

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Jun 9, 2022 20:37:53 GMT

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The Act Regarding Immoral Practices and Familial Duties of the Year 7618 during the First Year of Haimfaðs

In fealty to the Hauhkuno (our undying lord) and by the grace of the Hauhkunoleiks Swersgesat:
I record all that which has been passed as true by the Raikhsgamotjing.

I hereby sign the instrument of this new act of law, and with it compel millions to conformity.

May Hauhkunoleiks Garaihtsinassus account in all balance. Sa Hauhkuno wardjan.

Statement:

In light of the ever growing threat of the breakdown of social stability in the Raikh and individual families, the members of the Raikhsgamotjing in conjunction with the Þiudsgamotjingin have seen the need to establish those rights in law which have been with the Fäðs since before the dawn of our Raikh.

With an eye towards the degradation of and predation upon those without the good years and true sense, we feel compelled to create means of legal recourse by which they might be protected from themselves and others and avoid bringing dishonour and scandal to their houses. Likewise, we must deal with practices which in time might bring great houses into ruin and subjugation, such as the ill-advised and inappropriate naming of heirs.

For these purposes, we are now united.

Content of Act:

By virtue of the authority vested in us by the Ottoling Code and the statutes of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, we hereby order as follows:

1. In addition to the Sixth Clause of the Eleventh Statute of the Second Section of the Ottoling Code, no part of an estate valuing equal to or more than two-hundred and fifty-five Þaler may be bequeathed to a woman nor girl beyond that which would go to one should the estate have had no will. Those found to have broken these laws are to be placed into the custodial care of their closest relation in good standing or given a court appointed custodian should they find such an arrangement objectionable.

2. No part of an estate may go to an outlander without the approval of native heirs and no part of the land may leave the Sibja except to cover duties or settle debts. No part of Raikhsland is to be given to, in part nor whole, an outlander.

3. The taking of monies, services, and goods from those who are by law dependents of a family is to be punished by payment worth twofold and caning as deemed appropriate by the courts in the event that the master or mistress did not issue a letter of good conduct nor an authorisation for such activities.

4. The engagement of and formation of contracts with dependents without proper authorisation from the master or mistress as well the proper showing of a letter of good conduct is to be punishable with a fine of three-hundred Schillinge and other payments, should the courts deem them necessary.

5. The wearing of indecent styles of clothing, such as those of Latins and those which show more than a third of the arms or legs and do not fully cover in an opaque and loose fashion the other parts of the body below the base of the neck, is to be banned in full for those in good standing and of good breeding whilst in public within and without the Raikh, with any breaches of this being finable and punishable by public caning and pillorying.

6. Thieves, murderers, beggars, whores, actors, performers (excluding puppeteers, musicians, poets, and speakers), and Neiþingin are prohibited from wearing head coverings, hats, and styles worn by people in good standing. They are required to wear symbols or words on their outermost garments to show their lowness and must openly state their natures when first engaging in conversation with one of better standing. Those that attempt to deceive others are to be branded prominently or otherwise marked and are to receive no less than fifty lashes.

7. Thieves, murderers, beggars, whores, pimps, and actors are now to be considered Inibnsneiþingin and are to only be afforded the most basic of protections within the Raikh and are to be barred from making purchases of goods containing sugar, wheat, meat, chocolate, tea, silk, gems, glass, ambergris, or precious metals. Unless one of good character wishes to bar it, they are to be allowed freedom to leave the Raikh.

8. Those wishing to engage in whoring, pimping, or acting are to present themselves for registration and are to be removed from their Þiudin, Sibjin, and Heiwräda. They are to be made Inibnsneiþingin and are to be afforded only those most basic of protections by law.

9. As used in this Act, the term 'Raikh' shall be construed to include the Territories and possessions of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, including Hweituzdas.

Hauhkunoleiks Amendment to the Act Regarding Immoral Practices and Familial Duties of the Year 7618 during the First Year of Haimfaðs

By our authority and the authority of Hauhkunoleiks Swersgesat:
We seek now to make known and manifest our will.
We hereby sign the instrument of this new amendment to the law, and with it compel millions to conformity.

Statement:

We feel that the previous form of the Act, in its haste to be made law, was left incomplete and did not fully account for all things with equal measure.

With this reality, we must now bring about its amendment to set it properly within the legal canon of þis Raikh.

Content of Amendment:

By virtue of the authority vested in us by the Ottoling Code and the statutes of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, we hereby order as follows:

1. We hereby order that the following be added to the end of the Fifth Statute: 'A exemption is to be granted for dress that is religiously mandated within temples or other holy places recognised by the law.'

2. The Latþiudin and those who can prove to legally belong to one of them are to be allowed to wear clothing in accordance with their traditional styles and cultures so long as they remain Latins.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Jun 13, 2022 19:59:29 GMT

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The Second Act Regarding Immoral Practices and Familial Duties of the Year 7618 during the First Year of Haimfaðs

In fealty to the Hauhkuno (our undying lord) and by the grace of the Hauhkunoleiks Swersgesat:
I record all that which has been passed as true by the Raikhsgamotjing.

I hereby sign the instrument of this new act of law, and with it compel millions to conformity.

May Hauhkunoleiks Garaihtsinassus account in all balance. Sa Hauhkuno wardjan.

Statement:

Through the wisdom of the Hauhkuno, we have been made aware of our lack of diligence when forming the first law. For this, we are eternally ashamed and must now atone.

It is through our own proper deliberations and further investigations into the activities of the depraved, that we now seek to further curtail the decadence which our great victories and Raikh have enabled.

May the Hauhkuno guide us evermore.

Content of Act:

By virtue of the authority vested in us by the Ottoling Code and the statutes of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, we hereby order as follows:

1. No interest may exist should a loan be formed within the Raikh between a man of the Draaþiudin and another, where the man of the Draaþiudin is the borrower.

2. No woman may own property worth more than two-hundred Þaler. Wealth in excess of the limit is to be placed into trust and administered by the Heiwrada or Sibja.

3. No woman may purchase more than three yards of silk a year and nor have use of the colour purple in clothing nor wear clothes which display more than two colours, not counting undyed colours.

4. The wearing of trains longer than three feet and of precious metals in excess of half an ounce is hereby banned, except in cases where the items are part of a badge of public office, serve a religious purpose, or are an officially sanctioned reward.

5. The usage of litters is to be taxed within cities for an annual amount of one third the value of the litter and its bearers or twelve Þaler a month, whichever is greater.

6. The wearing of make-up, such as eyeliner, blush, rouge, foundation, powder, polish, and anything used in the Kemetic style, is to be banned for all those of good standing and of good breeding within and without the Raikh, excepting foreigners and those engaged in religious functions or ceremonies.

7. The dinners of military families, tradesmen, nobles, and priests are to have no more than six invited guests from without the Heiwrada or those with whom vassalage or patronage has been established outside of established religious holidays. Spending for dinners must not exceed three Schillinge and spending for all other meals outside of dinners and religious holidays must not exceed ten Groschen, except for great feasts held between masters and their subjects, where the limit is to be set to a hundred Schillinge. The slaughtering of swans and horse for meals is to be restricted to the weeks of the equinoxes only and the slaughtering of goats and mammoths to the week of the winter solstice.

8. Except for those granted leave by the Hauhkuno, no man may enter under arms nor employ armed men within the jurisdiction of Blairhaim. Furthermore, no man is to lead an army under arms into the Realm of the Valleys without permission from the Hauhkuno, on pain of treason.

9. As used in this Act, the term 'Raikh' shall be construed to include the Territories and possessions of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, including Hweituzdas.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Jun 29, 2022 17:33:27 GMT

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The Act Regarding Nationality and Immigration of the Year 7613 during the Thirty-Fourth Year of Vauhoks

In fealty to the Hauhkuno (our undying lord) and by the grace of the Hauhkunoleiks Swersgesat:
I record all that which has been passed as true by the Raikhsgamotjing.

I hereby sign the instrument of this new act of law, and with it compel millions to conformity.

May Hauhkunoleiks Garaihtsinassus account in all balance. Sa Hauhkuno wardjan.

Statement:

We view the work of the Resident Aliens Act of the Thirtieth Year of Vauhoks to have been left incomplete and now seek to address some of the inequities left unaddressed, as the Government of that time had begun to do.

With respect to the prelimary report of 7610 regarding the legalities of individuals of foreign extraction and the processes by which they might become naturalised, as well as the investigative report of the current year, we now seek to implement those changes we view as being most beneficial to the cause of law, for as the report stated quite clearly, 'there must be a more meaningful citizenship for those who have close links with the Raikh'.

Content of Act:

By virtue of the authority vested in us by the Ottoling Code and the statutes of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, we hereby order as follows:

1. The rights of Free Citizens are to remain unchanged and undiluted; they are to retain the right to travel freely throughout their own Land, and to others as well, and are permitted to hold slaves and land containing serfs. They are to remain protected under the Raikhslah and Landslah.

1.1. Children born to citizens are only to inherit citizenship if one of the parents are of the three main categories of citizen or is settled within the Raikh.

1.1.1. Children born abroad to citizens but who did not inherit citizenship may at a later date claim equivalent citizenship should one parent be a citizen by birth, but the right to claim citizenship by descent is not to be transmissible beyond the first generation except in prescribed circumstances. A child will be a citizen if one of the parents is a citizen, although not a citizen by birth, and is in military service or service which is designated as being closely associated with the activities overseas of the Raikhsleidandskapiz.

1.1.2. Citizenship may be transmitted for more than one generation by registration overseas within a year of birth where the mother or father is a citizen and is engaged overseas in employment which has a close connection with the Raikh. This includes firms and companies with overseas branches and international organisations of which the Raikh is a member.

1.2. The spouses of citizens are to granted the right to abode and to work after a period of three years of continuous residence within the Raikh or one of its holdings, should they be registered. They are to be allowed the right to attain an equivalent citizenship should they have resided within the Raikh for twelve years without incident and contributed to its prosperity.

1.2.1. The wives of citizens are no longer to receive citizenship automatically upon the registration of the marriage.

2. All persons citizen of Protectorate Realms residing within the Raikh or its holdings on the night of the 18th of Hauhkunomenoðs, 75↋8, are to be granted the status of Free Citizen so long as it does not conflict with existing obligations or so long as they are willing to forswear prior obligations and loyalties.

3. Citizens or subjects of the Imperium Divinium, the Realm of Moderal, and the Kingdom of West-Thosel-Cransconia who were residing within the Raikh or its holdings on the night of the 18th of Hauhkunomenoðs, 75↋8, are to be granted the status of Free Citizen upon the swearing of oaths to the Raikh and the Swersgesat.

4. All members of the Hauhkunoleiksflutt who were recruited in foreign ports or who joined without any obligation to from before the final ratification of the Treaty of Sheen are to be awarded the status of Free Citizen.

5. All citizens of the colonies of Hweituzdas and the Western Isles are to be awarded the status of Free Citizen.

6. In accordance with the needs of the Raikh, the status of Dominion Citizen is hereby created. Those granted it are to be afforded the right of abode and the right to travel under the protection of the Raikh and the right to work. They are to be allowed the right to attain Free Citizenship should they have resided within the Raikh for twelve years without incident and contributed to its prosperity.

7. The children of Dominion Citizens are to be granted the same status should at least one parent have maintained residence within the Raikh or one of its colonies. They are to be granted the status of Free Citizen upon entering their fourteenth year.

8. All those who were serving in the armed forces of the Raikh at the time of or prior to the 18th of Hauhkunomenoðs who were citizens of an allied country of hizos Hansa af hizos Hriggsaiws that was not a Protectorate Realm, citizens of the member states of the Divinian Offshore Company, the Latin League, the Empire of Duom-Asderaordia, or the Realm of New Respite are to be offered the status of Dominion Citizen.

9. In accordance with the needs of the Raikh, the status of Grace Citizen is hereby created. Those granted it are to be afforded the right of abode and the right to travel under the protection of the Raikh and the right to work. They are to be allowed the right to attain Free Citizenship should they have resided within the Raikh for twenty years without incident and contributed to its prosperity.

↊. The children of Grace Citizens are to be granted the same status should at least one parent have maintained residence within the Raikh or one of its colonies. They are to be granted the status of Free Citizen upon entering their fourteenth year.

↋. All those who were resident within the Raikh or one of its holdings prior to the end of the Second War of the Coalition and who now feel they can no longer return to their country of origin, regardless of national or the legality of their stay, are to be offered the status of Grace Citizen.

10. In accordance with the needs of the Raikh, the status of Overseas Citizen is hereby created. Those granted it are to be afforded the right to visit the Raikh and the right to travel under the protection of the Raikh.

11. All those legally resident in or a citizen of a colonial territory held by the Raikh are to be granted the status of Overseas Citizen.

12. In accordance with the needs of the Raikh, the status of Protected Person is hereby created. Those granted it are to be afforded the right to abode so long as residence is maintained and the right to travel under the protection of the Raikh.

13. The children of Protected Persons are to be granted the same status should at least one parent have maintained residence within the Raikh or one of its colonies. They are to be granted a citizenship status deemed appropriate upon entering their fourteenth year.

14. Those proud citizens of other countries and nations who do not wish to take oaths of loyalty and also have no land to call their own are to be offered the status of Protected Person.

15. Those seeking to attain citizenship within the Raikh to whom we do not owe an obligation are hereby required to pass a Hundisch language test, a morality and civics test, and have at least twelve years of permanent residence within the Raikh or one of its holdings and an intention to live here or be employed in military service or some other Raikh-based employment.

15.1. Those seeking to attain the right to abode and to work may apply after a period of five years of continuous legal residence without incident.

16. As used in this Act, the term 'Raikh' shall be construed to include the Territories and possessions of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, including Hweituzdas.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Jul 11, 2022 9:45:50 GMT

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The Constitution of the Republic

Regarding the Hauhkuno

1. The Hauhkuno is to be granted the ability to veto any bill he sees fit, but his veto may be overturned by a three-fifths vote in the Raikhsgamotjing.

2. The Hauhkuno is to be granted the right to appoint Hebiðdräkhen as he sees fit but must have each appointment confirmed through a confidence vote within the Raikhsgamotjing. Should an impasse occur and a position remain vacant for a period of sixty days, the Raikhsgamotjing may choose to nominate candidates which it finds acceptable for the Hauhkuno to appoint.

3. The Hauhkuno is only to have the power to issue decrees in the event that the Raikhsgamotjing has passed an enabling act. Should such an act be passed, every decree is to be subject to review by both the Lahgarden and the Raikhsgamotjing and may be blocked if the Lahgarden and two-thirds of the Raikhsgamotjing concur.

4. The Hauhkuno is to serve for a period of two years and must at the end of the two years seek a confidence vote from the Raikhsgamotjing. Should he receive a simple majority of the vote, he may continue his reign for another two years. In the event that he fails to achieve a simple majority, an imperial election is to be held for the position.

5. In the event that the Hauhkuno has acted dishonestly or against the interests of the Raikh, a two-thirds vote may be held by the Raikhsgamotjing in order to impeach the Hauhkuno, after which he may be removed from office and a new one elected by the Raikhsgamotjing should the impeachment have taken place within two years of the previous election or by the citizenry should the previous election have been more than two years prior.

Regarding the Lahgarden

1. The Lahgarden and their Domjen are to no longer have immunity from prosecution and may be impeached by the Raikhsgamotjing with a two-thirds majority.

2. The matter of the constitution and its alteration is to no longer fall within the purview of the Lahgarden, but is to be the sole domain of the Raikhsgamotjing.

3. The Lahgarden are to retain original jurisdiction but the Domjen are to be stripped of it and are to retain only appellate jurisdiction.

Regarding the Raikhsgamotjing

1. All parties seeking entry into the Raikhsgamotjing must achieve a three percent share of the imperial vote in order to take their seats.

2. At the start of every year, all enrolled citizens are to be assigned an electorate by the random drawing of lots and each electorate is to be for a single seat within the Raikhsgamotjing. Each seat is to represent exactly a hundred and twenty-thousand citizens except for the last one, which may have contain more or less than the required amount. Should there be insufficient seats in the Raikhsgamotjing to represent each electorate, new ones are to be made immediately.

3. An imperial election is to be held for the make-up of the Raikhsgamotjing once every five years and each seat is to seek a confidence vote from its electorate once every six years from the previous vote or election.

4. Should the three-fourths of the electorate for a seat feel dissatisfaction or its holder fall into disrepute, the electorate may hold an election for the seat.

5. The Raikhsgamotjing is to elect from its number a Fruma-þis-Gardsis to act as the head of the cabinet and the leader of the Hebiðdräkhen.

6. Should the Fruma-þis-Gardsis be unable to form a government or should three-fourths of the Raikhsgamotjing move to have him removed, an imperial election is to be held unless a replacement can be found within fifteen days. Should no replacement be found and the imperial election fail to result in a government forming, the Hauhkuno is to be granted emergency powers to run the government until such a time as the Raikhsgamotjing is capable of exercising its authority once more.

7. The Raikhsgamotjing is to have the authority to pass constitutional amendments on its own with a four-fifths majority. Should the Raikhsgamotjing wish to make such amendments otherwise, it must achieve both a two-thirds majority and concurrence with the Lahgarden.

8. The Raikhsgamotjing may only pass legislation on its own with a two-thirds majority. Should only a simple majority exist, the legislation is to be subject to approval by either the Lahgarden or the Hauhkuno.

9. All legislation passed by the Raikhsgamotjing may only enter law with the approval of the Fruma-þis-Gardsis.

Regarding the Ottoling Code

1. The Ottoling Code is to retain its constitutional power but as a constituent part of this document and may be amended.

Regarding War

1. The government shall in no way pass legislation which is enabling nor approving nor funding a military force at sea, on land, in the air, or within another realm of combat yet hitherto undiscovered.

2. The people of the Raikh are to be allowed to form armed militias in the event of an invasion by a foreign power, but they are not to be beholden to the government and are to be disbanded at once should peace be established.

3. No armed force from the Raikh is to be allowed to pass into foreign lands nor are the people of the Raikh to be allowed to participate in wars abroad.

4. The government renounces the right to declare war and is to remain neutral in all foreign conflicts unless it should find that the Raikh has been invaded, after which, it is to take all measures necessary as to achieve a resolution to the invasion and restore the Raikh's territorial integrity.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Jul 17, 2022 10:31:22 GMT

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How Progression in the Army Usually Works

Congratulations! You are in the Raikhsharjis or a Landsharjis. How did you get here?

1. I was levied.
2. I come from a conscript family.
3. I volunteered.

If your answer was 1, you are most likely to be an enlisted man. Most enlisted were levied originally and simply stayed on past their term of conscription, earning themselves wages. You are the least likely class to become a commissioned officer, but do make up a good proportion of older warrant officers.

If your answer was 2, your odds are even for being an enlisted man, warrant officer, or specialist. Unliked levies, you have earned a wage since you joined up and are seen as more reliable than your common fellows. You likely joined in your fourteenth (14th) year, should you remain until your seventeenth (17th) you have a one in six (1/6) chance of being a warrant officer or specialist and a one in thirty (1/30) chance of going to officer training.

If your answer was 3, your odds of being an officer from the start are one in five (1/5) and of being a warrant officer are one in four (1/4). Most volunteers have the means and choose to go to a military academy for secondary education, with many continuing onto tertiary education. They make up the bulk of the officer corps. That said, a sizable portion do simply enlist in their fourteenth (14th) year and become career soldiers.

1a. If you are a levy, you are only legally obligated to remain in the military for nine (9) months. Should you leave after those nine (9) months, you may be conscripted again after a sowing and reaping season have passed. Should you remain after them, you shall receive wages.
1b. Levies generally remain as enlisted men for four to six (4-6) years before trying to become a warrant officer and signing a proper employment contract with the military.
1c. Men who started out as levies and remain in service long enough to sign employment contracts tend to earn the highest wages in the military.
1d. Levies who sign contracts are generally obligated to serve for twelve (12) years though those with strong service records can be given six (6) year contracts.
1e. Levies who sign specialist or officer contracts are obligated to remain in the military for twenty (20) years from the date of signing.
1f. The average age of a commissioned officer who started out as a levy is thirty-seven (37) upon receiving his commission.

2a. If you come from a conscript family, you are legally obligated to remain in the military for twelve (12) years from your conscription and may only leave after your contract is up and with your family's permission.
2b. Conscripts will generally try to become a warrant officer or specialist after six (6) years.
2c. Most conscripts choose to go to a military academy after their first contract is up. Those that do succeed and become officers are on average thirty-one (31) when they receive a commission.

3a. If you volunteered as an enlisted man, you are legally obligated to remain in the military for twelve (12) years. If you volunteered as a specialist or went to a military academy, you are legally obligated to remain in the military for twenty (20) year from the start of your service.
3b. Volunteers generally spend six (6) years in secondary education before officially starting, though some go on for ten (10) years.
3c. Volunteer specialists can spend anywhere from five to twelve (5-12) years in secondary education before starting.
3d. The average age of a commissioned officer is nineteen (19) upon receiving his commission.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Jul 24, 2022 15:41:23 GMT

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N.H.S. Stuff

Fats: All items meant for consumption containing more than fifty percent unsaturated fat are banned. Oils, butters, and other such items must be fifty percent monosaturated fats by weight. Such items which meet only the minimum requirement are to have health advisories placed on them. Items which are seventy percent monosaturated fat are to be considered safe and acceptable for general retail.

Women are banned from consuming the following substances: Saw palmetto, goldenseal, dong quai, ephedra, yohimbe, pau d’arco, passionflower, black cohosh, blue cohosh, roman chamomile, pennyroyal, aloe, ginseng, evening primrose, feverfew, kava kava, senna, fenugreek, fennel seeds, peppermint, garlic, capers, asafœtida, hing, liquorice, angelica, sesame seeds, cinnamon, parsley and related plants, silphium, caffeine, alcohol, black walnut, cascara sagrada, comfrey, echinacea, ginger, henbane, horsetail, nutmeg, motherwort, shepherd’s purse, Saint John’s wort, tansy, uva ursi, wormwood, marjoram, shark, tuna, mackerel, shellfish, tobacco, raw or undercooked meats, raw or undercooked vegetables, eggplant, centella, bitter melon, artemisia vulgaris, drumstick tree, portulaca oleracea, sauropus androgynus, raw sprouts, sprouted potatoes, cold cut meat, meat that has cooled after cooking, raw egg, sea urchin, predatory fish, liver, game meat, pâté, brain, and cool soft unpasteurised cheese.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Jul 25, 2022 21:39:26 GMT

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Emperor & Household

Hauhkuno/Emperor:

Haimfaðs

Hauhqene/Empress:

Margarida Afonses de Roque
Marþa
Riliane vi Faldeus de Rouvier
Anthiese Vallaria Adiris Cecilia von Marcum-Eincrois

Hairas in Wahtwastand/Heir Apparent:

Ronald Ulysses Yerkes

Ministers and Ministries:

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Kreg/Ministry of War:

Hans Gruber, former Hebiðdräkh af Kreg
Hugo Martinez, Hebiðdräkh af Kreg

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af þis Garda/Ministry of the Court:

Karl Helgi Drake, Hebiðdräkh af þis Garda
Wiljheelmo Wuslah af hize Mariskstalkjen en Goþijin, Dräkh af þis Raikh faur so Hebiðdräkhskapiz af þis Garda

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Inizasakin/Ministry of Internal Affairs:

Focko Maurer, Hebiðdräkh af Inizasakin

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Lisnojaning/Ministry of Propaganda:

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Garaihtsinassus/Ministry of Justice:

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Galaub/Ministry of Religion:

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Khnanuslukhs/Ministry of Education:

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af þis Blotmiz/Ministry of Manpower:

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Gild/Ministry of Tax:

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Staua/Ministry of Censorship:
Reverend-Mother Maria Hweithus

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Taljing/Ministry of Finance:

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af hizos Landwairduskapiz/Ministry of Agriculture:

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Qartaþingin/Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

Hrakja Utlandskaljnds, Hebiðdräkh af Qartaþingin

Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Fermeigsakin/Ministry of Colonial Affairs

Departments, Committees, and Services:

Hauhkunoleiks Hailiðoþenst/National Health Service

Afdailjing af Schenischsakin/Department of Sheenish Affairs

Afdailjing af Fairkerz/Department of Transportation

Standan faur Braiðswigenfairkerzsfasthaidus/Committee for Road Traffic Safety

Andbahts faur so Biskapjing af Harjiswepnin/Raikhsharjis Arms Acquisition Board

Hauhkunoleiksfluttbiskajingsstandan/Imperial Fleet Acquisition Board

Hauhkunoleiksteihaningsätjingbaurd/Imperial Education Charter Board

Raikhs Galaubfrainahing/Realm's Religious Association

Raikhs Waurkifrainahing/Realm's Labour Union

Qoingasaljaskapiz þis Raikh/Women's Society of the Realm

Raikhs Juggsbund/League of Youths

Raikhs Diswairþsbruðsbund/League of Future-Brides

Raikhsandbahts af hizos Hriggsaiws-Nauðfallgahausiðo/Realm's Office of the Ringsea Emergency Management Agency

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Aug 1, 2022 6:34:34 GMT

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The Act Regarding the Physical Fitness of the People of the Year 7619 during the Second Year of Haimfaðs

In fealty to the Hauhkuno (our undying lord) and by the grace of the Hauhkunoleiks Swersgesat:
I record all that which has been passed as true by the Raikhsgamotjing.

I hereby sign the instrument of this new act of law, and with it compel millions to conformity.

May Hauhkunoleiks Garaihtsinassus account in all balance. Sa Hauhkuno wardjan.

Statement:

As it has been since time began, the duty to protect the home and hearth falls upon the shoulders of good men of strong character and strong bodies.

It is a collective duty that all must attend, yet some shirk through the most reckless of self-destruction and do not contribute to through their selfishness. It is such things as this that we can not abide.

As such, we have seen fit to bring about a punishment for those that render themselves unable to stand shoulder to shoulder with their brothers in arms in the fray.

Let this serve to end such cowardice and bring greater well-being and honour to all.

Content of Act:

By virtue of the authority vested in us by the Ottoling Code and the statutes of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, we hereby order as follows:

1. The Hebiðdräkhskapiz af þis Blotmiz in conjunction with the Hauhkunoleiks Hailiðoþenst is to organise two (2) two-day inspections of the year on which the physical fitness of the people is to be assessed through rigorous training and exercises, with the population being split between the two inspections so as to avoid undue stress being placed on retailers and other such professionals who might find their work time sensitive.

2. All men of the Raikh below the forty-sixth year and above the sixth are to submit themselves for inspection upon their allotted day or face legal consequences including, but not limited to, a fine of three (3) Þaler, a period of one (1) month's servitude, and public caning. Those unable to attend must provide adequate medical proof and attend a make-up inspection.

3. All women of the Raikh below the forty-first year and above the fourteenth are to submit themselves for inspection upon their allotted day or face legal consequences including, but not limited to, verbal rebuke, a period of three (3) month's servitude, and public shaming. Those unable to attend must provide adequate medical proof and attend a make-up inspection.

4. The women and the men of the Raikh are to be seen to separately and examined by members of the same sex. All adult persons present are to be appropriately attired and groomed, with hair free of pests and reaching a minimum length of sixteen (16) inches when let down but otherwise worn in a tight bun, knot, or braided queue; beards and other forms of facial hair are to be properly combed or kept neat. Those unable to achieve minimum grooming standards are to be given access to a public bath and a barber. Appropriate attire is to be defined as total nudity whilst engaging in physical activities (unless otherwise required to dress) or modest and form covering clothes which do not cling tightly to the body and the shape for women, with an allowance for head-coverings suitable to station, when not engaging in physical activity. Men are to present themselves in their military uniforms or otherwise in clothes deemed suitable stand-ins. Exemptions may be given at the discretion of officials should sufficient religious or medical reason be given.

5. The mimimum physical requirements are to be as follows: ten (10) sets of twenty-five (25) push-ups, ten (10) sets of ten (10) pull-ups, ten (10) sets of twenty (20) sit-ups, ten (10) sets of fifteen (15) bodyweight squats, one (1) successful rope climb, one (1) successful obstacle course, one (1) three (3) mile run in thirty (30) minutes, one (1) hundred (100) yard swim in full combat gear, one (1) two-thousand (2.000) yard swim in thirty (30) minutes, and one (1) thirteen (13) mile march carrying fifty-five (55) pounds of weight in four (4) hours.

6. Those that are able to meet the minimum physical requirements are to be tested differently in following tests until they fall below the minimum requirements. Their tests are to be as follows: five (5) two (2) minute sessions with as many push-ups as possible, five (5) one (1) minute sessions with as many pull-ups as possible, five (5) two (2) minute sessions with as many sit-ups as possible, five (5) thirty (30) second sessions with as many bodyweight squats as possible, one (1) timed rope climb in full kit, one (1) timed obstacle course in full kit, one (1) three (3) mile run in thirty (30) minutes, one (1) hundred (100) yard swim in full combat gear, one (1) two-thousand (2.000) yard swim in thirty (30) minutes, and one (1) thirteen (13) mile march carrying fifty-five (55) pounds of weight in four (4) hours.

7. Those deemed physically unfit are to pay an annual tax of ten (10) percent of their income unless they can show sufficient medical reason for their infirmity.

8. Those serving in the Hauhkunoleiksflutt, Raikhsharjis, or one of the sundry Landsharjisin are to have their inspections scheduled by their commanding officers.

9. As used in this Act, the term 'Raikh' shall be construed to include the Territories and possessions of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, including Hweituzdas.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Aug 8, 2022 20:32:40 GMT

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The Reorganisation of the Internal Security Forces of the Raikh

Overall Structure:

Sa Fasthaidusvoltaum þis Raikhs - The new overarching organisation founded in 7602, beholden originally to the Hebiðdräkh af Kreg but later given to the newly formed Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Inizasakin. It encompasses all former internal security forces and intelligence organisations.

    Sa Allgamains Fasthaidusvoltaum - It is the administrative branch which handles general operations and internal security. It has several subdivisions beneath it with greater specialisation, but which are too small and niche to warrant a separate command structure.

        Þos Runeins Kunosgärda - A subdivision of the Allgamains F.V. dedicated to rooting out dissidents and spies. It is the successor to the Fruma Andbahts af Kreg, though the latter continues to be used to refer to them and also now acts as a sub-division within the Runeins Kunosgärda.

  Sa Raikhsfairramelþenst en Mahlþenst - A subdivision of the Allgamains F.V. dedicated to providing, regulating, and delivering all telecommunications and mail services within the Raikh and its dependencies.

    Sa Stuttijanags Fasthaidusvoltaum - A special branch for the operation of internment camps and secret prison complexes, they are dedicated to protecting, running, and building such installations as necessary.

    Sa Hindarmists Fasthaidusvoltaum - The third branch for military intelligence and combat operations. They are far more visible than the other branches, being integrated into military units to act as intelligence officers and serving aboard ships. They also maintain their own combat formations and specialised units, meant to operate in environments not considered normal for the army nor the navy. One of their main purposes is also to police officers and help maintain good morale and loyalty within the units they are attached.

Recruitment:

After the initial merger of the various pre-existing organisations, recruitment criteria were standardised to avoid potential infiltration. The best and brightest members of the Raikhsharjis and the Hauhkunoleiksflutt may transfer over with their ranks intact into the H.F.V. so long as they are able to complete training, meet the minimum height requirement of six feet, and are otherwise eligible for recruitment. Unmarried men are presented with lists of approved wives and are required to choose one to marry.

Recruits must be able to prove that they have strong and well established ties firmly within the Raikh, though in exceptional cases, they are allowed to have those ties formed so long as they can be vouched for by at least three existing members. Persons who are considered absolutely necessary can be recruited so long as hostages can be secured to ensure loyalty.

In order to ensure a supply of high quality recruits, the F.V.R. runs several youth organisations, covering ages six to sixteen, focused on fostering a strong sense of loyalty to the Swersgesat, as well as teaching survival skills, physical fitness, and moral excellence. Children that go through these organisations without issue are given special priority for placement at academies run by the F.V.R. and are targeted for recruitment. Likewise, the F.V.R. also runs orphanages and uses them to recruit children for its more long term operations.

As part of the larger effort to provide security for members and foster the next generation, F.V.R. members and their immediate families are granted the right to live within special communities. Their children may in turn attend schools which act as feeders to the training academies and which focus on much more intensive education than would be available outside of the communities, with special focus being given to foreign studies. These children are given priority placement should they wish to join.

Ranks:

Commissioned Officers:

Hebiðdräkh af Inizasakin - Minister of Internal Affairs
Raikhsbiudragja - Realm's Commissioner/Captain General
Landsbiudragja - State's Commissioner/Lieutenant General
Hilpjabiudragja - Assistant Commissioner/Sergeant Major General
Niujishilpjabiudragja - Junior Assistant Commissioner/Brigadier General
Oburhaldsleidands - Over-District Leader/Senior Colonel
Haldsleidands - District Leader/Colonel
Hilpja þis Haldsleidands - Assistant District Leader/Lieutenant Colonel
Urhebiðman - Major
Hebiðman - Commandant/Captain
Stadhaldja - Lieutenant
Niujistadhaldja - Second Lieutenant
Niujisleidands - Officer Cadet

Non-Commissioned Officers:

Oburwahtwafaðs - Over-Watch Master/Senior Warrant Officer
Fauraþragsoburwahtwafaðs - Preliminary Over-Watch Master/Senior Warrant Officer
Wahtwafaðs - Watch Master/Warrant Officer
Fauraþragswahtwafaðs - Preliminary Watch Master/Warrant Officer
Undarleidands - Sergeant Major
Fauraþragsundarleidands - Preliminary Sergeant Major
Niujisundarleidands - Sergeant
Fauraþragsniujisundarleidands - Preliminary Sergeant
Undarsokja - Detective/Corporal
Fauraþragsundarsokja - Preliminary Detective/Corporal

Enlisted:

Niujisundarsokja - Junior Detective/Lance Corporal
Wahtwja - Watchman/Private
Hilpswahtwja - Assistant Watchman/Junior Private
Niujisman - Recruit

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Aug 18, 2022 0:40:53 GMT

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So Hauhkunoleiks Sunnigs en Þalaseddigs Schul (the Imperial Helium and Petroleum Company)(H.S.T.S. or H.S.T.)
So Gafrainah Fodschul (the United Food Company)(G.F.S.)
Þata Hauhkunoleiks Wepn en Fonarmsgiuthus (the Imperial Weapon and Firearm Foundry)(H.W.F.G. or H.W.F.)
Þai Morþal Katilsbauwaurken (the Morthal Shipworks)(M.K.B.)

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Aug 22, 2022 8:37:19 GMT

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Artillery men have red collars, highlights, and cuffs; military police have black; regular infantry have gold/yellow; cavalry, mountaineers, and dragoons have green; guards have silver/white; and engineers and sappers have orange.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Aug 29, 2022 19:48:32 GMT

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The Common Housing of the Raikh

Where People Live:

Defining where one lives is not a simple matter for those in the Raikh. It is common for adults to live in the countryside, in a small village or estate, but work in the cities and thus rent apartments for long periods of time. A husband might live with his wife in the apartment for years, sending her back to his home whenever she becomes pregnant, and only seeing his children at home once every few months. As such, the question of where it is common to live must be answered in two ways: It is common for people to spend the majority of their working lives in cities and it is common for people to have their family homes in more rural areas.

The Architecture of the Home:

The homes themselves and apartments tend to have architecture dictated by the materials available, but some common trends do exist. Homes tend to be square shaped, with defensive designs. Few to no windows on the ground floor, at least for areas which are meant only for the family. Homes tend to be square and with pointed roofs in order to deal with snow in the winter, as well as heavy rains. Most houses are two stories tall, with those capable of having them, usually being given cellars for the storage of vegetables and production of beer or other such things. As with most buildings, it is common for the lower half to be made of brick, stone, concrete, or other hard materials, with the upper part relying more on wood. The reason for this, is that the building must be floated on logs, springs, cylinders, or bearings in order to cope with earthquakes.

The Components of the Home:

Given the multi-generational nature of families, homes tend to be considerably larger than those found in other countries. All proper homes should have two entrances. A front one which leads to an entry hall and outer parlour, with a connection to the dining room and a toilet (the outer public rooms), with guest rooms possibly being attached to the entry hall as well. There should also be a door that leads into the private rooms, with the kitchen being attached to the dining room and with the second rear entrance being into the kitchen, with the telephone room and laundry room being adjacent to the kitchen as well as a pantry. There should also be a private parlour for the family to relax in, with a harem there or servants' quarters if the family is rich enough. On the second floor there should be the family rooms, the nursery, and the harem should the family be wealthy enough to have servants. The attic should likewise be storage as well as possible servants' quarters. The basement should naturally be for cold storage as well as roots.

The families which are wealthy enough should also have a large communal bathroom, though for those in urban environments, it is not uncommon for them to forgo this luxury and opt for a subscription to a local bathhouse for guaranteed usage rights.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Sept 4, 2022 2:22:56 GMT

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The Full Substance of the Coup

Directive A15b is as followed:

1. General withdrawal of all Raikh forces from contested regions to a tightened defensive line 25 miles in the north.

2. Withdrawal of all minor colonial military forces from the front and sent back into the secure territories for rear-line duties: They are not trained in the same matter as the German. They need constant supervision and their inability to hold the flank has resulted in the disaster. Wasting German armaments on substandard troops was a terrible practice that must be brought to a halt.

3. Total mobilisation of the civilian population for the war effort: If they can not pick up a rifle, they will pick up a welding torch and work in a factory instead. There will be total rationing for all citizens of the Raikh; there will be no more luxury industries, no more wasteful restaurants and nightclubs, no more resources blown on women to make them pretty. Everything goes to the front. No exceptions.

4. Hebiðdräkh Martinez will prepare an efficient garrison system for the colonies, so that a sufficient surge in men and supplies can be directed to the south.

5. The Raikhsharjis as a whole is not to be interfered with for the next six to eight months. The Hauhkuno shall be briefed and allowed to sit in for the strategy plotting, but he shall not have the right to override the Hauhkunoleiksflutt and Raikhsharjis in any command decisions and that would not happen until preparations for a spring offensive have been made.

6. Phoebe Þolban Pyrrhid is to be stripped of all command presence for the Raikhsharjis for the next year as punitive action for her failure to properly manage the Xander and for the disaster that was the third battle.

7. The unilateral end to all drastic Kunosmen sponsored retaliatory actions against targets that are not partisan in nature. All Kunosmen units located inside of the Raikh in a security capacity are to be deployed on the front lines. All civilian security branches are to return to regular operations.

8. Permission to mobilize the one and a half million Ifriqeigs and Duomish volunteers wanting to destroy the Tholish Realm, but were denied since the beginning of military operations and allow a provisional Duomish Collaborationist government to be created for the purpose of overseeing all Duomish affairs so that the Raikhsharjis is no longer fighting with a hand tied behind its back.

9. Implementation of general privacy policy regarding the biological sex of servicemen after they have sworn to be men.

10. Full Implementation of War Plan Thole prior to the start of the spring offensive.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Oct 4, 2022 22:21:53 GMT

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The Act Regarding the Physical Impairments Impacting Speech, Listening, and Sight of the Year 761↋ during the Fourth Year of Haimfaðs

In fealty to the Hauhkuno (our undying lord) and by the grace of the Hauhkunoleiks Swersgesat:
I record all that which has been passed as true by the Raikhsgamotjing.

I hereby sign the instrument of this new act of law, and with it compel millions to conformity.

May Hauhkunoleiks Garaihtsinassus account in all balance. Sa Hauhkuno wardjan.

Statement:

With the improvements made over the last century to the medical arts, we have been blessed with more men surviving wars when they would otherwise have died due to their injuries. One side effect of this, one which we have not had reason to address to this point, is the creation of the dumb, deaf, and unseeing.

While they yet live, we have come to find that they place incredible burdens upon their families and have since been made aware of the valient efforts of such veterans and others naturally so predisposed to make languages for their ilk.

It is with this in mind and the hope that their isolation and uselessness might be ended, that we hereby write this act into law.

Let all who have their wits be liberated and brought into the fraternity of men.

Content of Act:

By virtue of the authority vested in us by the Ottoling Code and the statutes of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, we hereby order as follows:

1. The Hebiðdräkhskapizin af Kreg en af Khnanuslukhs in conjunction with the Hauhkunoleiks Hailiðoþenst are to oversee the establishment and development of a language based off of hand gestures for the purposes of silent communication, as well as a variant based off of touches and taps for those unable to see, which shall be known as Raikhsplego.

2. The Hebiðdräkhskapizin af Kreg en af Khnanuslukhs are to formulate a script which is to be read through the hands for usage in low light environments and for those blinded.

3. All men of the Raikh are to be instructed in Raikhsplego upon their entry into military service, with it being made a prerequisite for promotion to any senior enlisted rank or the granting of a commission.

4. The implementation of Raikhsplago into curricula is to be carried out three (3) months hence of the date of it being approved for usage, which is to take place no more than fifteen (15) months of the passage of this act. All institutes receiving government funding are to be obliged to adopt Raikhsplago over the next three (3) years from its implementation or are to face fines of no less than thirty (30) Þaler and possible suspension or diminishment of funding.

5. The Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Gild is authorised to grant up to a ten (10) year tax cut of fifteen (15) percent on income taxes to businesses not required by law to adopt Raiksplego, but are found to do so without compulsion, should they meet standards as set by the Hauhkunoleiks Hailiðoþenst and continue to pass inspections of their services for that period which is granted.

6. The costs of learning Raikhsplego for those veterans requiring it to communicate are to be covered by the Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Taljing should the individuals in question apply for aid.

7. Those requiring special aid are to have the costs of training an assistant covered by the Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Taljing should the individuals in question apply for aid.

8. As used in this Act, the term 'Raikh' shall be construed to include the Territories and possessions of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, including Hweituzdas.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Oct 9, 2022 18:27:55 GMT

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The Act Regarding the Public Education and War Orphans of the Year 761↋ during the Fourth Year of Haimfaðs

In fealty to the Hauhkuno (our undying lord) and by the grace of the Hauhkunoleiks Swersgesat:
I record all that which has been passed as true by the Raikhsgamotjing.

I hereby sign the instrument of this new act of law, and with it compel millions to conformity.

May Hauhkunoleiks Garaihtsinassus account in all balance. Sa Hauhkuno wardjan.

Statement:

With the many deaths and disabled caused by the war, it has now fallen to the older generations to provide for and nurture the men of tomorrow. This burden has become too much in many cases, as an entire generation of men have been lost for many.

It thus falls to those with the ability to help to take up the slack, as it is dictated by our social contract. The people are to be protected and cared for in exchange for their service.

Content of Act:

By virtue of the authority vested in us by the Ottoling Code and the statutes of þis Raikh af hize Dalin, we hereby order as follows:

1. The Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Khnanuslukhs is to waive fees for education for those below the age of twenty.

2. The Hebiðdräkhskapizin af Kreg en af Khnanuslukhs are to establish a new department for the care and housing of orphans, foundlings, and rejects below the age of thirteen.

3. The Hauhkunoleiksteihaningsatjingbaurds is hereby charged with establishing imperial standards for education within the Raikh in conjunction with the Hebiðdräkhskapizin af Kreg en af Khnanuslukhs, which will contain within educational paths designed to allow for individuals to be trained for specific vocations and fields, including but not limited to: Operations & logistics, artillery, general military, armoured forces, engineering, army aviation, mountaineering, naval operations, seamanship, naval gunnery, naval engineering, naval aviation, maritime soldiery, nutrition, civil engineering, applied sciences, theoretical sciences, mathematics & philosophy, home economics, economics, mechanical engineering, agriculture, civil service, education, arboriculture, masonry, fishery, and waste management.

4. Male and female children are to be segregated and educated separately, with education being carried out by teachers of the same sex.

5. Female children are to be allowed access to the educational paths of operations & logistics, nutrition, mathematics & philosophy, home economics, economics, agriculture, civil service, education, and arboriculture, with all other paths being forbidden. Courses on mothering, child development, eugenics, cookery, and house-keeping are to be mandatory.

6. The implementation of Raikhsplago into curricula is to be mandatory for all institutes of education and is to be the sole language of instruction following primary education, except in language courses. The language of instruction for primary education is to be decided according to Landslah or Skironslah, whichever is most applicable, but must include Hundisch as an optional foreign language and Raikhsplago as a mandatory foreign language.

7. The Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Gild is to finance all courses, training, other relevant tutelage required for the educational paths, as well as equipment.

8. The Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Khnanuslukhs is to be responsible for formulating and enforcing price controls on lessons and apprenticeships within the Raikh.

9. The cost of clothing, food, drink, and other consumables required by children is to be paid for by the Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Khnanuslukhs for those children who are given over for full time education in boarding schools. Each child is to receive at least a quart of milk a day as well as rations deemed suitable for usage within the Raikhsharjis.

↊. The Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Khnanuslukhs is to ensure class sizes do not exceed twenty-five pupils per teacher and that every Skiron possesses sufficient capacity to allow for a five percent increase in the student body of a school without exceeding the class size limit.

↋. As used in this Act, the term 'Raikh' shall be construed to include the Territories and possessions of þis Raikh af hize Dalin.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Oct 28, 2022 23:25:50 GMT

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The Constitution of the Realm of the Valleys

Preamble

The people united in every respect and inspired by the determination to restore and confirm the realm (Raikh) in liberty and justice, to serve peace at home and peace abroad, and to further social progress, has given itself this constitution.

Chapter I: Organisation and Functions of the Realm

Section I: The Realm and the Provinces

Article 1.
The Realm is a Kingdom.

The political power emanates from the Imperial Throne (Swersgesat), as guided in its social and political norms by the Emperor (Hauhkuno) in his absolute discretion.

Article 2.
The territory of the realm consists of the territories of the provinces (Landin). Other territories may be incorporated in the realm by a national law, if their populations so desire by virtue of the right of self-determination.

Article 3.
The national colours are blue-white-gold. The commercial flag is white-red with the national colours in the upper inside corner. The imperial flag is blue-white-gold-black with the imperial crest on its centre.

Article 4.
The universally recognised rules of international law are recognised as advisory parts of the law of the Realm of the Valleys.

Article 5.
Political power shall be exercised, in matters pertaining to the realm, through the organs of the realm on the basis of the national constitution, and, in matters pertaining to the provinces, through the organs of the provinces on the basis of the constitution of the realm as executed by the governors (Landswirlz) of each province and approved by the apparatus of each province.

Article 6.
The realm shall have the exclusive power of legislation in respect to:

(1) Foreign relations.

(2) Colonies.

(3) Citizenship, freedom of movement, immigration and emigration, extradition.

(4) National defence.

(5) Currency.

(6) Customs, including uniformity in customs and commercial districts and the free transit of goods.

(7) Posts and telegraphs, including telephones.

Article 7.
The realm shall have power of legislation in respect to:

(1) Civil law.

(2) Criminal law.

(3) Judicial procedure, including the execution of justice; as well as official assistance by one public authority to another.

(4) Passports and police supervision of aliens.

(5) Poor relief and vagrancy.

(6) The press, the right of association, the right of assembly.

(7) Problems of population, and protection of maternity, infancy, childhood, and adolescence.

(8) Public health, veterinary regulations, and protection of plants against disease or injury.

(9) The right to work, insurance and protection of workers and other employees, and employment exchanges.

(10) The organisation of professional associations extending over the realm.

(11) The care of discharged soldiers and their dependents.

(12) The law of expropriation.

(13) Socialisation of natural resources and of economic undertakings, as well as the manufacture, production, distribution, and price-fixing of economic goods destined for public use.

(14) Commerce, weights and measures, the issue of paper money, banking, and stock and produce exchanges.

(15) Commerce in foodstuffs and food luxuries, as well as in commodities of daily use.

(16) Industry and mining.

(17) Insurance.

(18) Maritime commerce, deep sea and coast fisheries.

(19) Railways, internal navigation, motor traffic by land, sea, and air, and the construction of roads for general traffic and national defence.

(20) Theaters and cinematographs.

Article 8.
The realm shall have in addition the power of legislation as to taxation and other revenues in so far as they are claimed in whole or in part for its purposes. If the realm lays claim to taxes or other revenues which formerly belonged to the provinces, due consideration must be given to the protection of the financial needs of the provinces.

Article 9.
In so far as it is necessary to issue uniform regulations, the realm shall have the power of legislation in respect to:

(1) Social welfare.

(2) Protection of public order and safety.

Article 10.
The realm may by law prescribe fundamental principles with respect to:

(1) Rights and duties of religious associations.

(2) Education, including higher education and scientific libraries.

(3) Rights of officials of all public bodies.

(4) Land titles, land distribution, land colonisation and homesteads, entail, housing, and distribution of the population.

(5) Disposition of the dead.

Article 11.
In so far as is necessary the realm may by law prescribe fundamental principles with respect to the imposition and collection of provincial taxes in order to safeguard important commercial interests, or in order to prevent:

(1) Prejudice to the national revenues or the commercial relations of the realm.

(2) Double taxation.

(3) Levies on public communications or institutions which are excessive or which interfere with communication.

(4) Discriminatory taxes upon imported goods as against domestic products in interstate or local commerce.

(5) Export premiums.

Article 12.
As long as, and in so far as, the realm does not make use of its powers of legislation, the province shall retain the power of legislation. This does not apply to the power of legislation which belongs exclusively to the realm.

The National Ministry shall have the right to veto laws of the provinces insofar as the welfare of the people of the realm is thereby affected.

Article 13.
National laws are superior to the laws of the provinces.

Should any doubt or difference of opinion arise as to whether a provincial regulation is compatible with a law of the realm, the competent national or provincial authority may request a decision from a superior judicial court of the realm in accordance with the more specific requirements of a national law.

Article 14.
National laws shall be executed by the authorities of the provinces in so far as the national laws do not otherwise provide.

Article 15.
The National Ministry shall have the right to supervise those matters in respect to which it has the power of legislation.

Insofar as national laws are to be executed by the authorities of the provinces the National Ministry may lay down general directions. The National Ministry shall have power to appoint governors to administer the provinces pursuant to approval by the peoples of the provinces, and with their concurrence to subordinate authorities, in order to supervise the execution of the national laws.

It is the duty of the province ministries to remedy, on the request of the National Ministry, deficiencies which may have appeared in the course of the execution of national laws. In case of dispute, both the National Ministry and the province ministries may request a decision from the Supreme Judicial Court, provided another court is not prescribed by national law.

Article 16.
(1) Officials charged with the direct administration of national affairs in any province shall, as a rule, be citizens of that province. Officials, employees, and workers of the national administration shall, at their request, be employed within their home districts, in so far as this is possible, and in so far as may be consistent with the requirements of the service and of their training.

(2) In full consistency with the Realm Citizenship Law, Jewish and monotheistic subjects of the provinces are to separately elect one Jewish delegate for each home district and one for each province, who are required to attend meetings of the local and provincial representative bodies and be responsible for the execution of their decisions regarding the monotheistic subjects.

Article 17.
Every province must have an independent government, free from the influence of the national government and responsible for its own actions and people. Each provincial government must have a representative of the Emperor.

Article 18.
The division of the realm into provinces shall serve the highest economic and cultural progress of the people, with due regard to the wishes of the population affected. The alteration of provincial boundaries and the creation of provinces within the realm shall take place by virtue of national law modifying the constitution.

Where the provinces directly affected consent, an ordinary national law shall suffice.

An ordinary national law shall also suffice where one of the provinces affected does not consent, but where the alteration of a boundary or the creation of a new province is demanded by the wishes of the population and an overwhelming national interest requires it.

The wishes of the population shall be ascertained by a referendum. The National Ministry shall order such a referendum to take place upon demand of one-third of the residents of the territory to be separated who are qualified to vote for members of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers.

Three-fifths of the votes recorded, and at least a majority of the total number of electors, are necessary to effect any alteration of boundaries or the creation of a new province. Even for the separation of only a part of a home governmental district or of a corresponding administrative district in any other province, the wishes of the population of the whole district affected must be ascertained. If there is no geographical connection between the portion to be separated and the whole district, a special national law may declare that the wishes of the population of the part to be separated shall be sufficient.

When the wishes of the population have been ascertained, the National Ministry shall submit an appropriate law to the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers for its acceptance.

If a dispute arises on the occasion of a union or a separation of territory in respect to property rights, it shall be decided by the Supreme Judicial Court of the Realm at the request of either party.

Article 19.
If constitutional controversies arise within a province, for the decision of which there is no competent court, or should controversies of a public nature arise between different provinces or between the realm and a single province, the Supreme Judicial Court of the Realm of the Valleys shall decide the controversy on the appeal of either of the contesting parties, if no other court of the realm is competent. The Emperor of the Realm shall execute the decision of the Supreme Judicial Court.

Section II: The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers

Article 20.
The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall be composed of the representatives of the people.

Article 21.
The deputies shall be representatives of the entire people. They are subject only to their conscience and units and are not bound by instructions beyond those of their units.

Article 22.
The deputies shall be elected by the universal, equal, direct and secret suffrage of all men currently or previously having served in their regiments or aboard their ships, according to the principles of proportional representation. Election day must be a Sunday or a public holiday. Detailed regulations shall be proscribed by a national electoral law.

Article 23.
The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall be elected for a four-year term. A new election shall take place no later than sixty days after the expiration of its term.

The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall assemble for its first meeting no later than the thirtieth day after election.

Article 24.
The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall assemble on the first Wednesday of Hailagsmenoðs in every year at the seat of the National Ministry. The Sergeant of the House must call it together at an earlier date if the Emperor of the Realm or at least one-third of the deputies of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers demand it.

The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall determine the date of the close of its session and the date of its re-assembly.

Article 25.
The Emperor of the Realm may dissolve the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers.

A new election must be held no later than the sixtieth day after the dissolution.

Article 26.
The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall choose its own Sergeant of the House, the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers is to be kept in order and moderated by the Sergeant of the House, he is responsible for upholding points of order. To take this position, one must have achieved the rank of sergeant but not have gained a commission. Tenure is to be for life, but he may be impeached by an eighty percent supermajority.

The Sergeant of the House is to be given twelve Lictors to enforce his will on the house and protect him, but also to carry out and monitor procedures such as votes as well as act as assistants. They are to be chosen by the Sergeant and must not be members of the assembly.

Twenty Censors are to be voted on by the house, who are to be responsible for keeping track of attendance, morality, and recording sessions. Each session is to have no fewer than four of them in attendance.

The Emperor is to appoint a House-Reeve to relay the decisions of the Assembly and its actions to the Emperor. The House-Reeve is to overrule any illegal motions.

Article 27.
Between two sessions or between legislative terms the Sergeant of the House and Lictors of the last session shall carry on its business.

Article 28.
The Sergeant shall exercise powers of discipline and police within the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers building. The administration of the building is under his control; he has control over the income and expenditures for the building within the limits laid down by the national budget, and he represents the realm in all legal business and legal actions involved in his administration of the building.

Article 29.
The sittings of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall be public. On the demand of fifty deputies the public may be excluded by a two-thirds majority vote.

Article 30.
True and accurate reports of the proceedings at the public sittings of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers, or of a provincial government (Landsgamotjing), or of their committees are public matters. For them to become privileged, they must be considered such by a national law or be declared such by a minister.

Such privilege must be reviewed either by the Emperor of the Realm or the Supreme Judicial Court of the Realm of the Valleys.

Article 31.
A tribunal to examine election returns shall be instituted by the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers. It shall also decide whether a deputy has lost his seat.

The tribunal to examine election returns shall be composed of members of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers elected by the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers for the legislative term, and, in addition, of members of the Supreme Administrative Court whom the Emperor of the Realm shall appoint on nomination of the presidency of that Court or by his own decision.

The tribunal to examine election returns shall pronounce judgment on the basis of public and oral sittings by a quorum of three members of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers and two judicial members.

Proceedings apart from the sittings of the tribunal to examine election returns shall be conducted by a commissioner of the realm appointed by the Emperor of the Realm. In other respects, procedure shall be regulated by the tribunal to examine election returns.

Article 32.
A resolution of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers requires a simple majority of the votes cast, except as the constitution requires another majority. The rules of procedure of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers may permit exceptions in the case of elections held by it.

The quorum shall be determined by the rules of procedure.

Article 33.
The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers and the committees of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers may demand the presence of the House-Reeve and of every minister.

The House-Reeve, the ministers, and their deputies shall have access to the sittings of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers and of its committees. The provinces shall be privileged to send authorised agents to these sittings who shall submit the views of their ministries upon matters under discussion. On demand, the representatives of the provincial governments must be heard during the deliberations; and the representatives of the National Ministry must also be heard regardless of the order of the day.

They shall be subject to the rulings of the presiding officer.

Article 34.
The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall have the right to, and upon the proposal of one-fifth of its members must, set up committees of investigation. These committees shall in public sitting inquire into such evidence as they or the petitioners consider necessary. The public may be excluded from sittings of a committee of investigation by a two-thirds majority vote. The rules of procedure shall regulate the business of the committee and determine the number of its members.

The courts and administrative authorities are required to submit evidence requested by these committees; upon their demand the records of the authorities shall be laid before them.

The provisions of the criminal code shall apply, as far as may be, to the inquiries of committees and of the authorities assisting them; nevertheless, the secrecy of the postal, telegraph, and telephone services shall remain unaffected.

Article 35.
The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall appoint a standing committee on foreign affairs which may act between sessions of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers and after the end of the legislative term, or between the dissolution of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers and the convening of a new Assembly of Conscript-Fathers. The sittings of this committee shall not be public, unless the committee itself decides by a two-thirds majority vote to admit the public.

The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall further appoint a standing committee for the protection of the rights of the representative body over against the National Ministry, for the period between sessions and after the end of a legislative term.

These committees shall have the powers of committees of investigation.

Article 36.
Any member of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers or of a provincial government may at any time be subjected to judicial or administrative prosecution, or otherwise held responsible outside the sittings, by reason of his vote or by reason of any utterances made in his official capacity.

Article 37.
Any member of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers or of a provincial government may, without the consent of the house of which he is a member, be subjected to investigation or arrest during the session for a penal offence.

Every criminal proceeding against a member of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers or of a provincial government and every arrest or other restriction on his personal liberty shall, on demand of the house to which the deputy belongs, result in a replacement for him being selected.

Article 38.
The members of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers and of the provincial governments have the right to refuse to give evidence as to persons who have made communications to them in their capacity as deputies, and to whom they have given information in the exercise of their office, as well as in respect to the facts themselves. With regard also to the seizure of documents their position is identical with that of persons who have the legal right to refuse to give evidence.

A search or seizure may not take place within the rooms of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers or of a provincial government except with the consent of its Sergeant or an order by the Supreme Judicial Court of the Realm of the Valleys.

Article 39.
Public officials or members of the military forces shall not require leave in order to exercise their functions as members of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers or of a provincial government.

If they seek election to these bodies, leave necessary to carry on their campaign shall be granted to them.

Article 40.
The members of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall have the right of free transportation on all railways as well as compensation provided by national law.

Section III: The Emperor of the Realm and the National Ministry

Article 41.
The Emperor of the Realm shall be elected by the Realm's Meeting (Raikhsgamotjing).

Every elector who has been appointed by a province is eligible. Detailed regulations shall be prescribed by a national law.

Article 42.
The Emperor of the Realm shall not be compelled to take an oath on assuming office.

Article 43.
The term of office of the Emperor shall be for life. Reelection is permissible should he return from death.

Before the expiration of his term the Emperor of the Realm may not be removed from office.

The Emperor of the Realm may not be subjected to criminal prosecution without the consent of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Realm of the Valleys.

Article 44.
The Emperor of the Realm may not have his powers reduced nor altered in anyway as to make them lesser nor subordinate to any authority beyond the Ottoling Code.

Article 45.
The Emperor of the Realm represents the realm in international relations. In the name of the realm he makes alliances and other treaties with foreign powers. He accredits and receives diplomatic representatives.

Declaration of war and conclusion of peace shall be made by his word.

Alliances and treaties with foreign states which relate to subjects of national legislation require no further consent than his.

Article 46.
The Emperor of the Realm shall appoint and remove national officials and military officers of the realm as he so desires. He may permit other authorities to exercise the powers of appointment and removal.

Article 47.
The Emperor of the Realm shall have supreme command over the entire military forces of the Realm.

Article 48.
If a province fails to carry out the duties imposed upon it by the national constitution or national laws, the Emperor of the Realm may compel performance with the aid of armed force.

If public safety and order be seriously disturbed or threatened within the Realm of the Valleys, the Emperor of the Realm may take the necessary measures to restore public safety and order; if necessary, with the aid of armed force. For this purpose he may temporarily suspend in whole or in part the fundamental rights enumerated in Articles 114, 115, 117, 118, 123, 124 and 153.

If there be danger in delay, the provincial ministry may, for its own territory, take such temporary measures as are indicated in Paragraph 2. On demand by the Emperor of the Realm or by the Supreme Judicial Court of the Realm of the Valleys such measures shall be abrogated.

Detailed regulations shall be prescribed by a national law.

Article 49.
The Emperor of the Realm shall exercise the pardoning power for the realm, including up to national amnesties.

Article 50.
All orders and decrees of the Emperor of the Realm, including those concerning the armed force, are to be carried out without question and regarded as the highest unless they should contravene the Ottoling Code.

Article 51.
In case of disability the Emperor of the Realm shall be represented first of all by the Hauhqene or his heir apparent. If the disability will presumably continue for a longer time, the matter of a substitute shall be determined by line of succession or an imperial election.

In case of a premature vacancy in the imperial honour, the same course shall be followed until a new election has been held.

Article 52.
The National Ministry shall consist of the House-Reeve and the national ministers.

Article 53.
The House-Reeve and, upon his recommendation, the national ministers shall be appointed and removed by the Emperor of the Realm.

Article 54.
The House-Reeve and national ministers must have the confidence of the Emperor of the Realm for the exercise of their offices. Any one of them must resign if the Emperor of the Realm withdraws its confidence.

Article 55.
The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers be presided over by the National Ministry, and shall conduct its business according to rules of procedure which shall be determined by the National Ministry and approved by the Emperor of the Realm.

Article 56.
The House-Reeve shall lay down the general course of policy and shall be responsible therefor to the Emperor of the Realm. In accordance with this general policy each national minister shall independently conduct the branch of administration intrusted to him, and shall be under personal responsibility to the Emperor of the Realm.

Article 57.
National ministers shall submit to the National Ministry for consideration and decision all legislative proposals and all matters for which the constitution or the laws require such submission, as well as differences of opinion on questions which concern the sphere of action of more than one national minister.

Article 58.
The National Ministry shall reach its decisions by majority vote. In case of a tie the vote of the presiding officer shall decide.

Article 59.
The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall have power to bring before the Supreme Judicial Court impeachment proceedings against the House-Reeve, the Sergeant of the House, and the national ministers, for a wrongful violation of the constitution or a national law. The bill of impeachment must be signed by at least one hundred members of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers and requires the approval of the majority necessary for constitutional amendments. Detailed regulations for the Supreme Judicial Court shall be prescribed by a national law. The same right is to be afforded to the Realm's Meeting, though a simple majority of signatures will suffice.

Section IV: The Realm's Meeting

Article 60.
A Realm's Meeting shall be established to elect the Emperor of the Realm, and shall be convened every month or should the Emperor of the Realm call it.

Article 61.
Each province shall have at least one vote in the Realm's Meeting. The larger provinces shall have one vote for each million of inhabitants. Any fraction which is equal at least to the total number of the inhabitants of the smallest province shall be counted as a million.

The representatives shall be reapportioned by the Realm's Meeting after each general census.

Article 62.
Upon the declaration of the necessary election for the Emperor of the Realm, delegates shall be elected by the governments of the provinces – pursuant to the laws concerning the restoration of the civil service and the realm citizenship laws – according to the principles of 'winner-take-all' within each province which chooses to do so by election, where the number of deputies for each province is to proportionally represent its population.

Article 63.
(1) It is these delegates which shall subsequently vote upon the candidates submitted for the Emperor of the Realm by simple majority vote.

(2) If there is a tie or no candidate receives an absolute majority of votes (i.e. more than half) in the first round of an imperial election then a second ballot would occur in which the candidate with a plurality of votes will be deemed elected.

(3) If a tie persists in the second round the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers will take over the duties of the Realm's Meeting.

(4) If the Emperor has already presented a line of succession to the Realm's Meeting and it has been accepted, the candidates are to kneel before the new Emperor of the Realm as dictated by the line of succession.

Article 64.
The Realm's Meeting is to be dissolved upon the successful election of an Emperor of the Realm.

Article 65.
A member of the National Ministry shall preside over the Realm's Meeting and over its committees. The members of the National Ministry have the right to, and upon demand must, take part in the proceedings of the Realm's Meeting and its committees. On their demand they must be heard at any time during the deliberations.

Article 66.
The National Ministry, as well as every member of the Realm's Meeting, may initiate proposals in the Realm's Meeting.

The Realm's Meeting shall determine its order of business by rules of procedure.

The plenary sessions of the Realm's Meeting shall be public. According to the rules of procedure the public may be excluded during the discussion of certain matters.

Decisions shall be reached by simple majority vote.

Article 67.
The Realm's Meeting shall be kept informed by the national departments concerning the conduct of national business. In deliberations upon important matters the appropriate committees of the Realm's Meeting shall be consulted by the national departments.

Section V: National Legislation

Article 68.
Bills shall be introduced by the National Ministry, or by members of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers, or by members of the Realm's Meeting.

National laws shall be passed by the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers and enacted by the Realm's Meeting. Should a bill originate in the Realm's Meeting, it need only be passed by the Realm's Meeting.

Article 69.
The initiation of bills by the National Ministry shall require the consent of the Emperor. If the National Ministry and the Emperor fail to agree, the National Ministry may, nevertheless, introduce the bill, but must present therewith the dissenting opinion of the Emperor.

If the Emperor passes a bill to which the National Ministry fails to assent, the Ministry must introduce such bill in the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers accompanied by an expression of its views.

Article 70.
The Emperor of the Realm shall proclaim the laws constitutionally enacted, and shall publish them within a month in the National Law Gazette.

Article 71.
National laws, unless otherwise provided, shall be effective on the fourteenth day after the day of publication in the National Law Gazette in the capital of the realm.

Article 72.
Publication of a national law shall be deferred for two months on request of one-third of the members of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers or Realm's Meeting. Laws which the Emperor declares to be urgent may be published by the Emperor of the Realm regardless of this request.

Article 73.
A law passed by the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall, before its publication, be subject to a referendum if the Emperor of the Realm, within a month, so decides.

A law, the publication of which has been deferred on the request of one-third of the members of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall be subject to a referendum upon the request of one-twentieth of the qualified voters.

A referendum shall also take place, if one-tenth of the qualified voters petition for the submission of a proposed law. Such petition must be based on a fully elaborated bill. The bill shall be submitted to the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers by the Ministry accompanied by an expression of its views. The referendum shall not take place if the bill petitioned for is accepted by the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers without amendment.

Only the Emperor of the Realm may order a referendum concerning the budget, tax laws, and salary regulations.

Detailed regulations in respect to the referendum and initiative shall be prescribed by a national law.

Article 74.
(1) During a period of national emergency the Realm's Meeting or Emperor the Realm may propose the Law to Remedy the Distress of People and Realm, otherwise known as the Enabling Act, whose text is reproduced below with minor numbering adjustments.

(2) The decision to enact the Enabling Act shall be by simple majority vote in the Realm's Meeting or by the Emperor of the Realm, consistent with all national legislation. The Enabling Act may be terminated by the Supreme Judicial Court or Emperor of the Realm and may not exceed the duration of four years unless renewed by the Supreme Judicial Court .

(3) In addition to the procedure prescribed by articles 65 – 73, laws of the realm may also be enacted by the government of the realm.

(4) Laws enacted by the government of the realm may deviate from the constitution as long as they do not affect the institutions of the Supreme Judicial Court. The rights of the Emperor remain unaffected except by the provisions of Article 75.

(5) Laws enacted by the realm's government shall be issued by the House-Reeve and announced in the Realm's Gazette. They shall take effect on the day following the announcement, unless they prescribe a different date. Articles 65 to 73 of the Constitution do not apply to laws enacted by the realm's government.

(6) Treaties of the realm with foreign states, which relate to matters of the realm's legislation shall for the duration of the validity of these laws, not require the consent of the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers. The realm's government shall adopt the necessary legislation to implement these agreements.

Article 75.
In the event of the enactment of an Enabling Act being due to, or concurrent with, the absence of an officeholder for, or incapacitation of the Emperor of the Realm, the powers and duties of the Emperor of the Realm shall devolve to the House-Reeve, who is to be referred to as the Supreme Commander whilst executing these powers.

To prevent the inherent contradiction of the Supreme Commander being the same individual as the House-Reeve and thus having a conflict of interest, the House-Reeve is to appoint a replacement responsible for assuming those duties of the House-Reeve pertaining to the running of the National Ministry and the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers.

If the enactment of an Enabling Act is concurrent with the absence of an officeholder for, or incapacitation of, the House-Reeve, the Minister of the Realm shall assume the duties. If this office is also vacant, the Ministry of the Realm is to immediately appoint one of their number as Acting Minister, pursuant to approval from the Supreme Judicial Court.

Article 76.
If the declaration of a national emergency is, despite the assent of the Realm's Meeting, determined to be unconstitutional by the Emperor of the Realm at any time, it shall be pursuant to the same legislation governing all national laws as prescribed in Article 70.

Article 77.
Elections to the Assembly of the Conscript-Fathers, are to be suspended for the period of the emergency during the period of the emergency and under the conditions of Article 75. They are to resume immediately upon the termination of the state of emergency.

Section VI: National Administration

Article 78.
The conduct of relations with foreign states is exclusively the function of the realm.

The provinces may make treaties with foreign states on matters which fall within the legislative competence of the provinces; but such treaties require the approval of the realm.

Agreements with foreign states concerning the alteration of the national boundaries shall be concluded by the realm with the consent of the province affected. Changes of boundaries may be effected only by a national law except in case of a simple adjustment of the boundaries of uninhabited districts.

In order to safeguard the representation of interests which arise in particular provinces from their special economic relations with, or their geographical contiguity to, foreign states, the realm shall take the necessary measures and make the necessary arrangements in agreement with the provinces affected.

Article 79.
National defence is a function of the realm. The organisation of the armed forces of the people shall be regulated in a uniform manner by a national law with due regard to the special regional peculiarities of the population.

Article 80.
Colonial affairs are within the exclusive jurisdiction of the realm.

Article 81.
All merchant ships shall form a single commercial fleet.

Article 82.
The realm forms a single customs and commerce zone surrounded by a common customs boundary.

The customs boundary coincides with the political boundary. On the seacoast the shore of the mainland and of the islands belonging to the national territory shall form the customs boundary. Changes may be made in the line of the customs boundary on the sea coasts and other waters.

Foreign territories or parts of territories may by treaties or agreements be included within the customs boundary.

Under special conditions, portions of territory may be excluded from the customs zone. In the case of free ports such exclusion may be terminated only by a constitutional amendment.

Territories excluded from the customs may be joined to a foreign customs zone by treaties or agreements.

All natural products as well as manufactured articles and works of art which are subjects of free commerce in the realm may be carried across the boundaries of the provinces for import, export, or through traffic. Exceptions may be made by a national law.

Article 83.
Customs and consumption taxes shall be administered by national authorities.

In the administration of national taxes by national authorities, arrangements shall be made which will permit the provinces to safeguard special provincial interests in respect to agriculture, commerce, trade, and industry.

Article 84.
The realm shall by law regulate:

(1) The organisation of the tax administration of the provinces, so far as the uniform and impartial execution of national tax laws requires.

(2) The organisation and powers of the authorities empowered to supervise the execution of the national tax laws.

(3) Accounting with the provinces.

(4) The reimbursement of administrative expenses incurred in the execution of the national tax laws.

Article 85.
All revenues and appropriations of the realm must for each fiscal year be estimated and incorporated in the budget.

The budget shall be adopted by law before the beginning of the fiscal year.

The appropriations shall as a rule be voted for one year. In special cases they may be voted for a longer period. Except in such cases the national budget law shall not contain provisions which run beyond the fiscal year or which do not relate to the revenues and appropriations of the realm or to their administration.

The Assembly of Conscript-Fathers may not, without the consent of the Realm's Meeting, increase appropriations or insert new items in the draft of the budget.

Article 86.
In the succeeding fiscal year, the minister of national finance shall account to the Realm's Meeting and the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers for the disposition of all national revenue so as to discharge the responsibility of the National Ministry. The audit shall be regulated by national law.

Article 87.
Funds may be procured on credit only for extraordinary needs and as a rule only for expenditures for productive works. Such a procurement as well as the assumption of any liability by the realm may be undertaken only by authority of a national law.

Article 88.
Posts and telegraphs, including telephones, are exclusively in the hands of the realm.

Postage stamps shall be uniform throughout the entire realm.

The National Ministry shall, with the consent of the Realm's Meeting, issue regulations prescribing the conditions and rates for the use of the services of communication. With the consent of the Realm's Meeting it may delegate this function to the national minister of posts.

The National Ministry shall, with the consent of the Realm's Meeting, establish an advisory council to consult and cooperate in matters pertaining to the posts, telegraphs, telephones, and rates.

Treaties with foreign states in respect to communication may be made only by the realm.

Article 89.
It shall be the duty of the realm to acquire as its own property all railroads serving as means of general communication and to administer them as a uniform system of transportation.

The rights of the provinces to acquire private railways shall be transferred to the realm on its demand.

Article 90.
With the taking over of the railways, the realm shall acquire the right of expropriation and the public sovereign rights pertaining to the railway system. In respect to the scope of these rights the Supreme Judicial Court shall decide in case of dispute.

Article 91.
The National Ministry shall, with the consent of the Realm's Meeting, issue regulations concerning the construction, operation, and traffic of the railways. With the consent of the Realm's Meeting it may delegate this function to the competent national minister.

Article 92.
The national railway system, notwithstanding the inclusion of its budget and its accounts in the general budget and general accounts, shall be administered as an autonomous economic enterprise, responsible for its own expenditures including interest and amortisation of the railroad debt and the accumulation of a railroad reserve fund. The amount of this amortisation and of the reserve fund, as well as the purposes for which the reserve fund shall be used, shall be regulated by special law.

Article 93.
The National Ministry shall, with the consent of the Realm's Meeting, establish advisory councils for the national railway system to consult and cooperate in matters pertaining to railway traffic and rates.

Article 94.
When the realm has taken over the railways serving as means of general communication within a particular district, new railways serving as means of general communication may be constructed within such district only by the realm or with its consent. If the construction of new national railway lines or the alteration of existing lines touches upon the sphere of the police authority of a province, the national railway administration shall, before reaching a decision, give a hearing to the provincial authorities.

Where the realm has not acquired railroads as a part of its administration, it may, by virtue of a national law and even against the objection of the provinces whose territory is crossed, but without prejudice to the sovereign rights of the provinces, construct on its own account such railways as are deemed necessary for general communication or national defence, or may confer upon others the power to construct, together with a grant of the right of expropriation in case of necessity.

Every railway administration must consent to connection with other railroads at the latter's expense.

Article 95.
Railways of general communication which are not administered by the realm, are subject to supervision by the realm.

Railways subject to the supervision of the realm shall be constructed and equipped according to uniform standards established by the realm. They must be maintained in safe working order and must be extended to meet traffic requirements. Passenger and freight service shall be furnished and developed according to needs.

In connection with the supervision of matters pertaining to rates, effort shall be made to secure uniform and low railway rates.

Article 96.
All railways, including those not serving as means of general communication, must comply with the requirements of the realm for the use of the railways for purposes of national defence.

Article 97.
It shall be the duty of the realm to acquire as its own property and to administer waterways serving as means of general communication.

After such acquisition, waterways serving as means of general communication may be constructed or extended only by the realm or with its consent.

In the administration, extension, or new construction of waterways the requirements of agriculture and of water supply shall be safeguarded in cooperation with the provinces. Consideration must also be given to the promotion of these interests.

Every waterways administration shall consent to connection with other inland waterways at the expense of the entrepreneur. The same obligation shall apply to the construction of a connection between inland waterways and railways.

In the acquisition of waterways the realm acquires the right of expropriation and the rate-making power as well as police authority over water courses and navigation.

The projects of river improvement associations in respect to the extension of natural waterways in the basins of the Kos shall be taken over by the realm.

Article 98.
In accordance with detailed regulations of the National Ministry, advisory councils along the national waterways shall, with the consent of the Realm's Meeting, be established to cooperate in matters pertaining to waterways.

Article 99.
On national waterways charges may be made only for such construction, improvements, and other public works as are intended for the facilitation of traffic. They must not exceed, in the case of provincial or municipal works, the costs incurred for construction and maintenance. Construction and maintenance costs for public works which are not intended exclusively for the facilitation of traffic but also for the promotion of other ends may be defrayed only in a proportionate ratio by navigation charges. Interest and sinking-fund charges for the capital expended shall be regarded as construction costs.

The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply to charges levied for artificial waterways as well as for public works in connection therewith and in harbours.

In respect to inland navigation, the total cost of a waterway, a river basin, or a system of waterways may be taken as the basis for computing navigation charges.

These provisions shall also apply to timber-rafting on navigable waterways.

The realm alone may levy on foreign ships and their cargoes other or higher charges than on native ships and their cargoes.

For the procurement of funds for the maintenance and extension of the realm's system of waterways, the realm may also by law levy contributions on shipping interests in other ways.

Article 100.
In order to cover the costs of maintenance and construction of inland waterways, any person who profits from the construction of dams otherwise than by navigation may by national law be called upon to contribute, if more than one province shares in, or if the realm bears, the cost of the work.

Article 101.
It shall be the duty of the realm to acquire as its own property and to administer all aids to navigation, in particular lighthouses, lightships, buoys, floats, and beacons. After such acquisition, aids to navigation may be constructed or extended only by the realm or with its consent.

Section VII: Administration of Justice

Article 102.
Judges are independent and responsible only to the law and Emperor of the Realm.

Article 103.
Ordinary jurisdiction shall be exercised by the national court and by the provincial courts.

Article 104.
Judges of ordinary jurisdiction shall be appointed for life. Against their will they may be temporarily or permanently removed from office or transferred to another position or retired only by a judicial decision and only for reasons and according to forms prescribed by law. Legislation may fix age limits at which judges may be retired.

Temporary removal from office which may take place according to law shall not be affected by this provision.

In case of a change in the organisation of the courts or of their judicial districts, the provincial judicial administration may provide for involuntary transfers to another court or for removals from office, but only with the payment of full salary.

These provisions shall not apply to commerce judges, petty magistrates, or jurors.

Article 105.
Extraordinary courts are prohibited except during the enactment of an Enabling Act during the period of emergency, upon which People’s Courts answerable to judges of ordinary jurisdictions are to be established to facilitate the exercise of justice. Provisions of law relating to military courts and courts-martial are not hereby affected. Military courts of honour are retained and protected.

Article 106.
Military jurisdiction is to apply to all military personnel and on board war vessels. Detailed regulations shall be prescribed by national law.

Article 107.
There shall be administrative courts in the realm and in the provinces, as provided by law, for the protection of individuals against ordinances and decrees of the administrative authorities.

Article 108.
A Supreme Judicial Court shall be established for the Realm of the Valleys in accordance with a national law.

Chapter II: Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens

Section I: The Individual

Article 109.
All citizens are equal before the law.

All freemen have in principle the same civil duties and rights before the law.

The state may not confer orders and decorations without the Emperor's approval.

No citizen may accept titles or orders from a foreign government.

Article 110.
A subject of the realm is a person who enjoys the protection of the Realm of the Valleys and who in consequence has specific obligations toward it. The status of subject of the realm is acquired in accordance with the provisions of the realm and the Realm's Citizenship Law.

Article 111.
A citizen is a subject of the realm who is of German or related blood, and proves by his conduct that he is willing and fit to faithfully serve the realm's people and realm. Citizenship is acquired through the granting of a citizenship certificate.

Article 112.
Every German has the right to emigrate to non-German countries. Emigration may be restricted only by a national law.

All citizens within and without the boundaries of the realm have the right of protection by the realm against foreign countries.

No citizen may be extradited for prosecution or punishment by a foreign government.

Article 113.
The foreign language parts of the population of the realm may not be interfered with by legislative or administrative action in their free racial development, especially in the use of their mother tongue in education, as well as in the communal administration and the administration of justice.

Article 114.
Liberty of the person is inviolable. A restriction upon, or deprivation of, personal liberty, may not be imposed by public authority except by law.

Persons who have been deprived of their liberty must be informed no later than the following day by what authority, and upon what grounds, the deprivation of liberty was ordered; without delay they shall have the opportunity to lodge objections against such deprivation of liberty.

Article 115.
The dwelling of every citizen is his sanctuary and is inviolable. Exceptions may be imposed only by authority of law.

Article 116.
An act may be punishable only if the penalty was fixed by law before the act was committed.

Article 117.
Secrecy of postal, telegraphic, and telephonic communication is inviolable. Exceptions may be permitted only by a national law or through mandates from the imperial government.

Article 118.
Every citizen has the right within the limits of the general laws, to express his opinion orally, in writing, in print, pictorially, or in any other way. No circumstance arising out of his work or employment shall hinder him in the exercise of this right, but he shall be given no protection should discriminate against him arise for his use of such right.

Censorship shall be established only by law and exceptional provisions may be made by law for cinematographs. Moreover, legal measures are permissible for the suppression of indecent and obscene literature, as well as for the protection of youth at public plays and exhibitions.

Section II: Community Life

Article 119.
Marriage, as the foundation of family life and of the preservation and increase of the nation, stands under the special protection of the constitution. It shall not be abolished.

Marriages between monotheists and subjects of the realm of German or related blood are forbidden. Marriages nevertheless concluded are invalid, even if concluded abroad to circumvent this law.

Article 120.
The education of their children for physical, intellectual, and social efficiency is the highest duty and natural right of parents, whose activities shall be supervised by the political community.

Article 121.
Illegitimate children shall be given by law the same opportunities for their physical, intellectual, and social development as legitimate children.

Article 122.
Youth shall be protected against exploitation as well as against moral, spiritual, or physical neglect. The realm and the municipalities shall make the necessary provisions.

Protective measures by way of compulsion may be instituted only by authority of law.

Article 123.
All citizens have the right to assemble peaceably and unarmed without notice or special permission.

By national law notice may be required for meetings in the open air, and they may be prohibited in case of immediate danger to the public safety.

Article 124.
All citizens have the right to form societies or associations for purposes not prohibited by the criminal code. This right may not be limited by preventive regulations. The same provision applies to religious societies and associations.

Every association has the right to incorporate according to the provisions of the civil code. Such right may not be denied to an association on the ground that its purpose is political, social, or religious.

Article 125.
Freedom and secrecy of voting are guaranteed. Details shall be prescribed by the election laws.

Article 126.
Every citizen has the right to address in writing petitions or complaints to the competent authorities or to representative bodies. This right may be exercised by individuals as well as by groups.

Article 127.
Municipalities and groups of municipalities have the right of local autonomy within the limitations of the laws.

Article 128.
All citizens without discrimination shall be eligible for public office in accordance with the laws and their capacities and merits.

Female officials are to be abolished, except for in cases deemed suitable by the government and pertaining to women and their affairs.

The principles governing official relationships shall be regulated by national law.

Article 129.
Officials shall be appointed for life except as otherwise provided by law. Pensions and provision for surviving dependents shall be regulated by law. Duly acquired rights of officials shall be inviolable. Lawful salary claims of officials may be established by legal process.

Officials may be temporarily removed from office, provisionally or permanently retired, or transferred to another position at a smaller salary, only for reasons and according to forms provided by law.

In case of disciplinary punishment a mode of redress and the opportunity for reconsideration shall be open.

Entries upon the service records of an official of facts unfavourable to him shall be taken into consideration only after he has been given an opportunity to be heard in respect to them. Officials shall have a right to inspect their service records.

The inviolability of duly acquired rights and the right of resort to legal process for lawful salary claims are especially guaranteed to professional soldiers. Their status shall in other respects be regulated by national law.

Article 130.
Officials are servants of the whole community and not of a party.

All officials shall be guaranteed freedom of political opinion and freedom of association within legal limitations.

Officials shall receive special official representation according to detailed provisions of national law.

Article 131.
If an official in the exercise of the public authority vested in him be guilty of a breach of his official duty toward a third party, responsibility therefor shall attach primarily to the realm or to the public body in whose service the official is. The right of redress against the officer is reserved. The ordinary legal process shall not be denied.

The competent legislative authority shall make detailed regulations.

Article 132.
It is the duty of every citizen, in accordance with the laws, to accept honorary office.

Article 133.
It is the duty of all citizens in accordance with the laws, to perform personal service for the realm and the municipalities.

Military duty shall be regulated in accordance with the provisions of the laws of national defence. These laws shall determine also to what extent certain fundamental rights may be denied to members of the armed forces in order to assure the performance of their duties and the maintenance of discipline.

Article 134.
All citizens without discrimination shall in proportion to their means contribute to all public burdens in accordance with the laws.

Section III: Religion and Religious Associations

Article 135.
All inhabitants of the realm shall enjoy complete liberty of belief and conscience. The peaceful exercise of religious worship shall be guaranteed by the constitution and is under the protection of the realm except in cases where such exercise is deemed harmful to the realm. General legislation shall not be affected by this provision.

Article 136.
Civil and political rights and duties shall be conditioned upon, and restricted by, the exercise of religious freedom.

The enjoyment of civil and political rights as well as eligibility to public office shall be dependent of religious belief.

Every man shall be compelled to disclose his religious convictions. The authorities have the right to inquire into a person's membership in a religious association only in so far as rights and duties are dependent thereon, or in so far as may be required by a legally instituted census.

Every man may be compelled to be present at any religious act or ceremony or to take part in religious exercises or to use any form of religious oath.

Article 137.
The realm is under the protection of the gods.

Freedom of assembly in religious association is guaranteed. No restriction shall be placed upon the union of religious associations within the territory of the realm.

The Realm's Religious Association shall be empowered to make suggestions governing the administration of religious associations.

Article 138.
Public grants to religious associations by law, contract, or special legal title may be redeemed by legislation of the provinces. The general principles for this shall be established by the realm.

The property and other rights of religious associations and religious unions in their cultural, educational, and social welfare institutions, foundations, and other funds shall be guaranteed.

Article 139.
Sundays and holidays recognised by the state remain protected by law as days of rest and spiritual uplift.

Article 140.
Necessary free time shall be accorded to the members of the armed forces for the fulfillment of their religious duties.

Article 141.
So far as there is need for divine worship and spiritual ministration in the army, hospitals, penal establishments, or other public institutions, religious associations shall be admitted for the performance of religious offices without the exercise of any compulsion.

Section IV: Education and Schools

Article 142.
Art, science, and instruction in them are free. The state guarantees their protection and participates in their promotion.

Article 143.
The education of youth shall be provided for through public institutions. The realm, the provinces, and the municipalities shall cooperate in their organisation.

The training of teachers shall be uniformly regulated for the realm according to the principles which apply generally to higher education.

The teachers in state schools shall have the rights and duties of state officials.

Article 144.
The entire school system shall be under the supervision of the realm; the latter may cause the municipalities to participate therein. The supervision of schools shall be carried on by officials mainly occupied with this duty and technically trained.

Article 145.
Compulsory education shall be universal for boys. For this purpose the elementary school with at least eight school years, followed by the continuation school up to the completion of the eighteenth year, shall serve primarily. Instruction and school supplies shall be free in elementary and continuation schools. Exceptions may be granted for military service.

Article 146.
The public school system shall be organised according to a general plan. The intermediate and higher school system shall be developed on the basis of an elementary school common to all. This development shall be governed by the varying requirements of vocations; and the admission of a child to a particular school shall be governed by his ability and aptitude and not by the economic and social position or the religious belief of his parents.

Nevertheless, within the municipalities, upon the request of those persons having the right to education, elementary schools of their own religious belief or of their world view shall be established, provided that an organised school system in the sense of Paragraph 1 is not thereby interfered with. The wishes of those persons having the right to education shall be considered so far as possible. Detailed regulations shall be prescribed by provincial legislation on the basis of a national law.

To enable those in poor circumstances to attend secondary and higher schools, the realm, the provinces, and the municipalities shall provide public funds, especially educational allowances for the parents of children who are considered qualified for further education in intermediate and higher schools until the completion of such education.

Monotheistic subjects of the realm are to be educated in schools organised by the Auxiliary Service.

Article 147.
Public schools as a substitute for state schools shall require the approval of the realm and shall be subject to the laws of the provinces. Such approval shall be granted if the standard of the public schools in their curricula and equipment, as well as in the scientific training of their teachers, does not fall below that of the state schools, and if no discrimination against pupils on account of the economic standing of their parents is fostered. Such approval shall be denied if the economic and legal status of the teachers is not sufficiently safeguarded.

Public elementary schools shall be established only if, for a minority of those persons having a right to education whose wishes must be taken into consideration according to Article 146, Paragraph 2, there is in the municipality no state elementary school of their religious belief or of their world view, or if the educational administration recognizes a special paedagogical interest.

The existing laws shall continue in force for public schools which do not serve as substitutes for state schools.

Article 148.
In all schools effort shall be made to develop moral education, civic sentiments, and personal and vocational efficiency in the spirit of the national character and of international conciliation.

In the instruction in the state schools care shall not be afforded so as not to offend the sensibilities of those of contrary opinions.

Civic education and manual training shall be part of the curricula of the schools. Every pupil shall at the end of his obligatory schooling receive a copy of the constitution.

The realm, the provinces, and the municipalities shall foster popular education, including people's institutes.

Article 149.
Religious instruction shall be part of the regular school curriculum with the exception of non-sectarian (secular) public schools. Such instruction shall be regulated by the school laws. Religious instruction shall be given in harmony with the fundamental principles of the religious association concerned without prejudice to the right of supervision by the realm.

Teachers shall give religious instruction and conduct ceremonies only upon a declaration of their willingness to do so; participation in religious instruction and in celebrations and acts shall depend upon a declaration of willingness by those who control the religious education of the child.

Theological faculties in institutions of higher learning shall be maintained.

Article 150.
Artistic, historical, and natural monuments as well as landscapes enjoy the protection and care of the realm.

It shall be the duty of the realm to prevent the removal of the people's artistic treasures to foreign countries.

Section V: Economic Life

Article 151.
The organisation of economic life must conform to the principles of justice to the end that all may be guaranteed a decent standard of living. Within these limits the economic liberty of the individual shall be assured.

Legal compulsion is permissible only to safeguard threatened rights or to serve the purpose of promoting an overwhelming public interest.

Freedom of commerce and industry shall be guaranteed by national laws.

Article 152.
In economic transactions freedom of contract shall prevail in accordance with the law.

Usury is prohibited. Legal transactions which are contrary to public policy are null and void.

Article 153.
Property shall be guaranteed by the constitution. Its nature and limits shall be prescribed by law.

Expropriation shall take place only for the general good and only on those not full citizens of the realm. It shall be accompanied by payment of just compensation unless otherwise provided by national law. In case of dispute over the amount of compensation recourse to the ordinary courts shall be permitted, unless otherwise provided by national law. Expropriation by the realm over against the provinces, municipalities, and associations serving the public welfare may take place only upon the payment of compensation.

Property imposes obligations. Its use by its owner shall at the same time serve the public good.

Article 154.
The right of inheritance shall be guaranteed according to the provisions of the civil code.

The share of the realm in estates shall be determined by law.

Article 155.
The distribution and use of the soil shall be controlled by the realm in such a manner as to prevent abuse and to promote the object of assuring to every citizen a healthful habitation and to all families, especially those with many children, homesteads for living and working that are suitable to their needs. Discharged soldiers shall receive special consideration in the homestead law that is to be drafted.

Landed property the acquisition of which is necessary for the satisfaction of the demand for dwellings, for the promotion of colonisation and reclamation, or for the improvement of agriculture may be expropriated.

The cultivation and use of the soil shall be the duty of its owner toward the community. An increase in the value of land which accrues without the application of labour or capital to the property shall inure to the benefit of all.

All natural resources of the soil and all economically useful forces of nature shall be under the supervision of the realm. Private royalties shall by law be overseen by the realm.

Article 156.
The realm may by law, without prejudicing the right of compensation, and with due application of the provisions in force with regard to expropriation, transfer to public ownership private economic enterprises of non-citizens suitable for socialisation. The realm itself may participate or may cause the provinces or municipalities to share in the management of economic enterprises and associations, or may in any other manner assure to itself a determining influence therein.

Moreover, in case of pressing need, the realm may, in the interest of collectivism, combine by law, on a basis of administrative autonomy, economic enterprises and associations, in order to secure the cooperation of all human elements of production, to give to employers and employees a share in management, and to regulate the manufacture, production, distribution, use, and prices, as well as the import and export, of economic goods upon collectivist principles.

Producing and consuming cooperative societies, or associations thereof, shall upon their request be brought into the collectivist system with due regard for their constitution and peculiarities.

Article 157.
Labour shall be under the special protection of the realm.

The realm shall adopt a uniform labour code.

Article 158.
Intellectual labour, rights of authors, inventors, and artists shall enjoy the protection and care of the realm.

Recognition of, and protection for, the products of realm's intellect, art, and technical science shall also be secured in foreign countries by international agreements.

Article 159.
For the defence and amelioration of conditions of labour and of economic life, freedom of association is guaranteed to all citizens and to all permitted professions. All agreements and provisions which attempt to limit this freedom or seek to hinder its exercise are illegal.

Article 160.
Any person who stands in a service or work relationship as employee or worker shall have the right to such free time as is necessary for the exercise of his civic rights and, in so far as the business in which he is engaged is not thereby seriously interfered with, for the performance of the public honorary official duties assigned to him. The extent to which his claim to compensation shall be recognised will be determined by law.

Article 161.
The realm shall, with the controlling participation of the insured, establish a comprehensive scheme of insurance for the conservation of health and of the capacity to work, for the protection of maternity, and for the amelioration of the economic consequences of old age, infirmity, and the changing circumstances of life.

Article 162.
The realm shall endeavour to secure international regulation of the legal status of workers to the end that the entire working class of the world may enjoy a universal minimum of social rights.

Article 163.
Every subject shall, without prejudice to his personal freedom, be under the moral duty to use his intellectual and physical capacity as may be demanded by the general welfare.

Every citizen shall be given an opportunity to gain a living by productive work. In so far as a suitable occupation can not be found for him, provision shall be made for his necessary maintenance. Detailed regulations shall be prescribed by special national laws.

Article 164.
The independent middle class in agriculture, industry, and commerce shall be benefited by legislation and administration and shall be protected against exploitation and oppression.

Article 165.
Workers and employees shall be called upon to cooperate in common with employers, and on an equal footing, in the regulation of salaries and working conditions, as well as in the entire field of the economic development of the forces of production. The organisations on both sides and their agreements shall be recognised.

Workers and employees shall, for the purpose of looking after their economic and social interests, be given legal representation in Factory Workers Councils, as well as in District Workers Councils organised on the basis of economic areas and in a Workers Council of the Realm.

District Workers Councils and the Workers Council of the Realm shall meet with the representatives of employers and other interested population groups as District Economic Councils and as an Economic Council of the Realm for the purpose of performing economic functions and for cooperation in the execution of the laws of socialisation. District Economic Councils and the Economic Council of the Realm shall be constituted so that all important economic groups shall be represented therein proportionately to their economic and social importance.

The National Ministry shall, before proposing drafts of politico-social and politico-economic bills of fundamental importance, submit them to the Economic Council of the Realm for consideration. The Economic Council of the Realm shall itself have the right to initiate drafts of such bills. If the National Ministry fails to assent, it shall nevertheless present the draft to the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers accompanied by an expression of its views. The Economic Council of the Realm may designate one of its members to appear before the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers in behalf of the proposal.

Powers of control and administration may be conferred upon Workers and Economic Councils within the spheres assigned to them.

The regulation of the development and functions of Workers and Economic Councils, as well as their relations with other administratively autonomous social bodies shall be exclusively a matter for the realm.

Transitional and Concluding Provisions

Article 166.
Until the establishment of the Supreme Administrative Court, the Supreme Judicial Court shall take its place in the organisation of the tribunal to examine election returns.

Article 167.
The provisions of Article 18, Paragraphs 3 to 6, shall not be effective until two years after the promulgation of the constitution of the realm.

Within two months after the realm's authorities have again taken over the administration of the previously occupied territory, a referendum according to Article 18, Paragraph 4, Sentence 1, and Paragraph 5 shall take place in the colonial territory of Hweituzdas in order to ascertain whether a province of Hweituzdas shall be formed.

If the referendum results affirmatively, the province shall forthwith be established without the necessity of an additional national law. Thereupon the following provisions shall be in force:

(1) Within three months after the official result of the referendum is determined, a provincial assembly shall be elected which shall be convened for the establishment of the provincial ministry and the drafting of the provincial constitution. The Emperor of the Realm shall issue a writ of election according to the provisions of the national election law and he shall fix the election day.

(2) The Emperor of the Realm, in cooperation with the provincial assembly of Hweituzdas, shall declare when the province shall be considered established.

(3) The following shall be citizens of Hweituzdas:

(a) All adult citizens of the realm who on the date of the establishment of the province of Hweituzdas (No. 2) had within its territory their permanent abode or their domicile shall be citizens from that date;

(b) Other adult Greek citizens who were born within the territory of the province of Hweituzdas and who within one year after the establishment of the province (No. 2) declare that they desire to be citizens of Hweituzdas shall be citizens on the date of the filing of such declaration;

(c) All citizens of the realm who by birth, legitimation, or marriage follow the citizenship of any person specified in (a) or (b).

Article 168.
Until the promulgation of the provincial law provided for by Article 63, but no later than Krudmenoðs 1 of the next year, all votes in the Realm's Meeting may be exercised by members of its ministry.

Article 169.
The National Ministry shall determine the time at which Article 83, Paragraph 1, shall go into effect.

During a reasonable transition period, the collection and administration of customs and consumption taxes may be left to the provinces at their request.

Article 170.
The postal and telegraph services of colonies and Plattland shall be taken over by the realm not later than Falgmenoðs 1, 7611.

If no agreement upon the conditions of transfer is reached by October 1, 1920, the Supreme Judicial Court shall decide.

Until the transfer, the existing rights and duties of the colonies and Plattland shall remain in force. Postal and telegraph communication with neighboring foreign countries shall, however, be exclusively regulated by the realm.

Article 171.
Provincial railways, waterways, and maritime signals shall be taken over by the realm no later than Falgmenoðs 1, 7611.

If no agreement upon the conditions of the transfer is reached by October 1, 1920, the Supreme Judicial Court shall decide.

Article 172.
Until the national law concerning the Supreme Judicial Court goes into effect its functions shall be exercised by a Senate of seven members, four of whom shall be elected by the Realm's Meeting and three by the National Court from among its own members. It shall regulate its own procedure.

Article 173.
Until the promulgation of a national law provided for by Article 138, existing public grants to religious associations based on law, contract, or special legal title shall remain in force.

Article 174.
Until the promulgation of a national law provided for in Article 146, Paragraph 2, the existing legal status shall continue. The law shall give special consideration to parts of the realm in which schools legally exist that are not divided according to religious beliefs.

Article 175.
The provision of Article 109 shall not be applicable to orders and decorations which may be awarded for services during the years of the war, 1910-1913.

Article 176.
All public officials and members of the armed forces shall take oath to support this constitution. Detailed regulations shall be prescribed by an ordinance of the Emperor of the Realm.

Article 177.
Wherever in existing laws provision is made for the taking of an oath by the use of a religious formula the oath shall also be valid when taken in the following manner: the person taking the oath, omitting the religious formula, shall declare: 'I swear.' In other respects the content of the oath provided for in the laws shall remain unaffected.

Article 178.
The constitution of the Realm of the Valleys of the Emperor Otto is hereby affirmed superior in all regards.

The other laws and ordinances of the realm shall remain in force in so far as they are not in conflict with this constitution or that.

Orders legally issued by public authorities on the basis of previous laws shall remain in force until annulled by subsequent order or legislative action.

Article 179.
In so far as reference is made in laws or ordinances to regulations and adjustments which are repealed by this constitution, the corresponding regulations and adjustments of this constitution shall be substituted therefor. Specifically the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers shall take the place of the Constituent Assembly, the Realm's Meeting shall take the place of the Committee of the Provinces, and the Emperor of the Realm shall continue in his service by virtue of the law relating to the provisional powers of the realm.

The power vested in the Committee of the Provinces, according to previous regulations, to enact ordinances shall be taken over by the National Ministry; for the enactment of ordinances the National Ministry requires the consent of the Realm's Meeting in accordance with the provisions of this constitution.

Article 180.
Until the first Assembly of Conscript-Fathers convenes the Constituent Assembly shall function as the Assembly of Conscript-Fathers. Until the next Emperor of the Realm assumes office, the Emperor of the Realm shall exercise the functions of the office.

Article 181.
The people has, through its Constituent Assembly, determined upon and decreed this constitution. It shall go into effect on the day of its publication.

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Sadaler Broadcast Regulations

Let these statutes be enforced with all force and universally within the Raikh and its dependencies, as these matters are deemed to be of utmost importance to the moral and ethical health of the peoples within the Raikh:

1. Shows which have been produced by an industrial, commercial, or religious group or concern for commercial promotion may not be preceded by advertisements.

2. Advertisements may not exceed a ratio of six minutes per hour of content, with this being based off of the length of the programming to be shown following the advertisements.

3. The usage of false or altered news reports, government dictates, and other such official or otherwise trustworthy forms of communication within a television or radio programme is to be banned, so as to avoid confusion regarding the veracity of events and avoid offence.

3. All pre-recorded television broadcasts must be made with subtitles in Raikhsplago, regardless of language and region, or must have sixty percent of all dialogue in Raikhsplago.

4. All broadcasts are to conform to the standards of the Ottoling Code and those set by the Hebiðdräkhskapiz af Staua with regards to morality and appropriate language.

5. Broadcasts may not be made with the explicit purpose of converting persons to a religion except for in cases where the religion being targeted has been deemed illegal by the state.

6. Any broadcasts involving magic are to require explicit government authorisation and the presence of police at all times.

7. Broadcasts may not contain subliminal messages or sounds and images designed to induce hallucinations or otherwise create an altered state of mind, including hypnosis.

8. Broadcasts may not contain fortune-telling in any form, as such arts require a strict contract between the recipient and the fortune-teller.

9. Broadcasts may not contain pointed profanity, in word, sign, or writing, this includes the words bastard (when a false accusation), whore (when false), Thole (when false), Hauhkuno (unless it be used reverently in connection with proper religious ceremonies), Latin, dog's son, damn you, curse you, and every other profane and vulgar expression however it may be spelled.

↊. Any licentious or suggestive nudity, in fact or in silhouette; and any lecherous or licentious notice thereof by other characters in the picture, is to be banned in full for all non-sporting events.

↋. The illegal traffic in drugs is to be banned in full for all broadcasts, unless being portrayed as done by a Dunwikki.

10. Any inference of sex perversion, such as asexuality, is to be banned unless the character is made to suffer for it and ultimately repents or is punished.

11. Depictions of or reference to slaves being in any way discontent or in a state of revolt is to be banned from broadcasts.

12. Miscegenation and relations between the physically and mentally fit with those of an unfit nature is to be banned unless otherwise shown in a negative light.

13. Sex hygiene and social diseases are to not discussed or referenced in broadcasts.

14. Scenes of actual childbirth, in fact or in silhouette, are to be banned from broadcast.

15. Ridicule of the clergy or religious institutions in good standing is to be banned from broadcast.

16. Willful offence to any nation, race, or creed in good standing is to be banned from broadcast.

Let it be further observed, that special care be exercised in the manner in which the following subjects are treated, to the end that vulgarity and suggestiveness may be eliminated and that good taste may be emphasized:

1. The use of the Flag.

2. International Relations (avoid discussing or depicting in an unfavourable light another country's religion, history, institutions, prominent people, and citizenry).

3. Arson.

4. The use of firelocks and firearms.

5. Theft, robbery, safe-cracking, and dynamiting of trains, mines, buildings, and other forms of private and public property (having in mind the effect which a too-detailed description of these may have upon the moron).

6. Brutality and possible gruesomeness.

7. Technique of committing murder by whatever method.

8. Methods of smuggling.

9. Sympathy for criminals.

↊. Attitude toward public characters and institutions.

↋. Sedition in any form or from any angle.

10. Apparent cruelty to children and animals.

11. Branding of people or animals.

12. The sale of women, or of a woman selling her virtue.

13. Rape or attempted rape.

14. First-night scenes.

15. Man and woman in bed together.

16. Deliberate seduction of girls.

17. The institution of marriage.

18. Surgical operations.

19. The use of drugs.

1↊. Titles or scenes having to do with law enforcement or law-enforcing officers.

1↋. Excessive or lustful kissing, particularly when one character or the other is a 'heavy'.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Nov 24, 2022 20:27:32 GMT

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Post by Fleischmann on Nov 24, 2022 20:27:32 GMT

Sadaler Sports

Rules of Boxing:

1. Bouts take place over twelve three minute rounds with one minute rest between rounds.
2. The only method of attack is punching with a clenched fist or headbutt; you may not strike below the belt, in the kidneys, or the back of your opponents head or neck.
3. Should a foot fall without the circle, the player is counted as down and must renter before five seconds are up.
4. You may not hit an opponent when he is down.
5. A boxer may not hold his opponent to the ground and continued grappling once an opponent is down is to be carded.
6. A boxer hit with a low blow can take five minutes to recover.
7. If an unintentional foul ends the fight before four rounds are completed this is a 'no contest', from the fifth onwards the decision goes to the judge’s cards and is either a technical decision for either fighter or a technical draw.
8. A fight is decided by whoever has the most rounds won by the end or automatically should a clear majority be established. Forfeitures are to be treated as clean victories.
9. Fights are to take place in a dirt ring measuring twelve yards in width and height and bordered by a raised burr painted white.

Sadaler golf-hockey game:

Twelve man teams use hockey sticks to whack a ball up through a hoop attached at the top of a wooden post at the centre of the field. Each team takes turns defending and attacking, with the defending team needing to simply keep the attacking one from scoring for half an hour. At the end of the half an hour, the teams switch roles and may swap players off of the field. Handling the ball with your hands is forbidden, but usage of feet and stick is allowed. Players may climb the goal post and may also use their sticks to hook each other and shove, but not strike as in order to beat. Biting and kicking are likewise not allowed, but hits with a fist are.

Illegal hits which result in an injury result in a player being sent off of the team and without substitute for that half. Otherwise, hits are result in points deducted if a referee determines them to have been on purpose.

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Þata Raikh af hize Dalin Feb 7, 2023 0:00:44 GMT

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As Presented by the F.V.R.:

The Raikh's Gaols, Prisons, and Camps

Gaols

Starting with the least permanent of the three, the gaol is the most common type of institution that most are likely used to. Usually consisting of a block of private cells and one large cell in the middle with a metal bar imbedded into the floor and another running through the middle for the securing of prisoners by the feet and hands, it is used for short term storage of suspects who are deemed a flight risk or for protective custody. As such, those that are not deemed dangerous to themselves or others are generally given freedom of the gaol, though they are kept under supervision. Those that are deemed troublesome and are put into the holding pen are under much worse restrictions, not being allowed to speak and often times being collectively punished for the indiscretions of their cellmates.

Prisons

The next is the prison, a place for the holding of those deemed troublesome and in need of more long term accommodations, but also used as a punishment for rare situations where death and slavery are considered too heavy, but banishment is either not practical due to risk of flight or return or deemed too light of a punishment. A third group of prisoners also exists here, those that are currently in investigatory limbo. If there is not enough evidence for a full conviction, but there is enough to indicate a crime has taken place, prisoners might be kept in prisons until more evidence can be found or a confession is made. Unlike gaols which fall under the Courts and the Ministry of Justice, prisons fall under the Ministry of the Interior and are run by the F.V.R. and tend to be characterised by the following:

1. No talking at any time other than scheduled interviews with guards or interrogations.
2. Twelve hour enhanced interrogations every week, with random sessions at guard discretion.
3. Semi-randomised month-long stints in solitary isolation in padded cells while muzzled and strapped-in to avoid suicides.
4. Active and passive sleep deprivation and aural torture at any time, with breaks no longer than thirty to sixty minutes.
5. Irregular rationing with periods of food deprivation.
6. Mandatory health examinations.
7. Collective punishment for each cell should any violations occur.
8. Lights are never turned off, merely dimmed from bright white to low orange to maintain visibility for the guards.
9. Phyiscal exercise is not allowed.
10. Reading or other unauthorised activities are not allowed and are punishable by whipping.
11. Clothing is strictly forbidden.
12. Body hair is strictly forbidden.

The cells are fully visible to the guards at all times, a panopticon design being the most common and popular as it allows for easy observation and management. Clothing and utensils in general strictly forbidden, alongside bedding and pillows. This is to avoid the possible fashioning of weapons, tools, or attempts at suicide. The shaving of hair is done both as a means of humiliating the prisoners and to deprive them of material.

Labour Camps

Finally, we come to the labour camps. These likewise fall under the Ministry of the Interior and are primarily located in the colonies. Most exiles and transportees are sent to these, usually to work for a set period of time, though some are permanent residents. It is common for prisoners sentenced to hard labour or slavery to be sent to them as well, should they be deemed too well connected or a flight risk. Personal possessions are strictly forbidden, with all food being distributed by the guards or helpers. Any personal items or wealth accrued is logged and then put into escrow for the inmates, until such a time as they are released, though they are allowed to sell and trade items with the outside world through special trade areas.

Clothing is kept uniform as well, though special allowances are made for pregnant women and children. The sexes are kept in separate barracks and even sometimes camps, with visitations between being heavily restricted. It is by and large against regulations for inmates to leave the camps and the surrounding areas, but freedom of movement within the camps and hinterlands is often times given after inmates are deemed sufficiently acclimatised by guards.

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