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A Slanted Black Stripe

Posted: Jan 11 2009, 04:51 PM

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As noted in Article E, Section 1, citizenship is conferred upon nations who ratify the Concordat. Please use this thread to ratify the Concordat. In your response, please state the name of your nation and that you are ratifying the Concordat.

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Preamble: We, the assembled nations of the East Pacific, desiring a more prosperous and perfect region, do hereby gather to establish this Concordat of the East Pacific.

==Article A: Executive==

Section 1) This Concordat does hereby invest executive authority in a Delegate of the East Pacific and does appoint the Delegate the executor of this Concordat and any subsequent laws passed by the Magisterium.

Section 2) The Delegate of the East Pacific shall be a Citizen elected for a term of six months by a vote of the Citizens of the East Pacific.

Section 3) The Delegate of the The East Pacific must represent the popular will of The East Pacific in the World Assembly.

Section 4) The Delegate may remove from the region members in contravention of the laws thereof, represent The East Pacific to foreign governments, negotiate treaties with foreign governments, nominate individuals to serve as Viziers, and nominate individuals to serve as Arbiters.

Section 5) The Delegate may appoint Ministers to perform any of the duties of the Delegate or to advise the Delegate

Section 6) The Delegate of the East Pacific shall not serve concurrently as a Magister, Arbiter, or Vizier.

Section 7) The Delegate of the East Pacific may order a Vizier to assume the Delegacy temporarily in order to provide for the security of the region. The Delegate may retake the Delegacy at any time after that point.

Section 8) An individual that has assumed the Delegacy through a means other than that provided for by this Concordat shall not be recognized by the government as Delegate.

==Article B: Legislative==

Section 1) This Concordat does hereby invest legislative authority in a Magisterium, which shall be the sole legislature in the region.

Section 2) The Magisterium shall be composed of Magisters elected every 3 months by the Citizens.

Section 3) The Magisters shall elect a Magister as Provost, who shall preside over the Magisterium's meetings, represent it to the Executive and Judicial, and keep a record of the laws of the East Pacific.

Section 4) The Magisterium shall pass laws by majority vote.

Section 5) The Delegate shall have the power to veto any law passed by the Magisterium.

Section 6) The Magisterium shall have the power to override a veto by a 3/4 vote.

Section 7) If the Delegate does not veto a law passed by the Magisterium within ten days, it shall be enacted.

Section 8) The Magisterium may ratify by majority vote a declaration of war or treaty submitted by the Delegate.

Section 9) The Magisterium may appoint Arbiters nominated by the Delegate by majority vote.

Section 10) The Magisterium may appoint for a life term Viziers nominated by the Delegate by a 2/3 vote.

Section 11) The Magisterium may remove an Arbiter by a 3/4 vote, or the Delegate or a Magister by a 2/3 vote for absence or high crimes.

Section 12) If the Delegate is removed, the Magisterium shall then select a Vizier as Acting Delegate until a new election for Delegate has been held.

Section 13) A Magister may not serve concurrently as Delegate or Arbiter.

Section 14) The Magisterium shall meet in open session except when it is agreed by majority vote that a closed session is necessary.

==Article C: Judicial==

Section 1) This Concordat does hereby invest judicial power in the Conclave, which shall be the sole interpreter of this Concordat.

Section 2) The Conclave shall be composed of an odd number of Arbiters but there shall not be more than seven Arbiters at any one time.

Section 3) An Arbiter shall not serve concurrently as a Magister or the Delegate.

Section 4) The Arbiters shall elect from amongst themselves for a term of six months a Viceroy, who shall oversee the proceedings of the Conclave and administrate all elections in the East Pacific and represent the Conclave to the Magisterium and the Delegate.

Section 5) The Conclave may rule on the actions of the Delegate or laws passed by the Magisterium and nullify and prohibit any which are contrary to this Concordat.

Section 6) The Conclave may judge the actions of any nation in the East Pacific for violation of this Concordat and the laws of the East Pacific and sentence those found guilty.

Section 7) Trials in the Conclave shall be in open session.

Section 8) The Conclave may remove a Vizier by 2/3 vote for absence or high crimes.

==Article D: Viziers==

Section 1) This Concordat does hereby invest the power of regional defense to the Viziers.

Section 2) The Viziers shall be charged with removing from power any Delegate removed by the Magisterium or any individual that has illegally seized the Delegacy.

Section 3) The Viziers may temporarily remove the Delegate if the majority of Viziers believe beyond a reasonable doubt that the Delegate has acted to destroy this Concordat. This removal must be confirmed within seventy-two hours by a 2/3 vote of the Magisterium or a decision by the Conclave or the Delegate shall be reinstated.

==Article E: Citizenship==

Section 1) A Citizen of the East Pacific is a resident of the East Pacific that has ratified this Concordat.

Section 2) Section 1 notwithstanding, the Magisterium may by majority vote grant honorable Citizenship to any individual, and that individual shall be considered a Citizen thereafter.

Section 3) The Viceroy shall be charged with overseeing the naturalization process and the Viceroy shall maintain a record of all citizens.

==Article F: Rights of Citizens==

Section 1) Each nation shall have the right to free speech and the government shall take no action to limit this except when a nation is determined to be acting deliberately to cause a public nuisance by the Conclave.

Section 2) Each nation shall have the power to make such alliances as it sees fit, so long as these alliances do not act against the East Pacific, nor violate this Concordat.

Section 3) Each nation shall have the right to a swift and impartial trial by the Conclave if action is taken against them by the regional authorities.

Section 4) No nation shall be tried twice for the same offense.

Section 5) No nation shall be forced to incriminate itself.

Section 6) Each nation shall have the right to legal counsel in a trial before the Conclave.

Section 7) Each nation may enter and leave the region freely, unless that nation is convicted of a crime by the Conclave. Citizens shall upon leaving the region surrender any governmental roles outlined in this Concordat and unless granted honorable citizenship may not hold such roles until they return.

Section 8) Each nation that is a citizen shall be free to serve in any office in the East Pacific but no nation shall be granted a title of nobility by the government of the East Pacific and no citizen shall accept a title of nobility from a foreign government.

Section 9) All rights not in this Concordat described or reserved to the government shall remain in the hands of the individual nations.

==Article G: Enactment and Amendment==

Section 1) This Concordat shall take effect following a simple majority ratification vote of nations of The East Pacific publicly on the offsite forums, to be overseen by the Elders.

Section 2) The East Pacific Elders shall oversee the first elections for Delegate and Magisterium following the successful completion of the ratification process. This voting shall take place publicly on the offsite forums. The Elders shall cease to function thereafter.

Section 3) The Magisterium shall have the authority to propose an amendment to this Concordat by a 2/3 vote; such an amendment must receive the support of 3/4 of those Citizens voting in a referendum administered by the Conclave.

Todd McCloud	Posted: Jan 11 2009, 04:54 PM
So you're saying I can use shamwow to wipe out inactivity? Group: Delegate Posts: 1,716 Member No.: 1,796 Joined: 17-January 08	Since many nations were telegrammed with the ratification link and obtained citizenship that way, wouldn't it be better just to have the ratification thread become the new citizenship thread? Just a thought -------------------- "You must be the change you want to see in the world" - Gandhi "The worst prison would be a closed heart." - Pope John Paul II Nation (Vekaiyu) Wiki Page

A Slanted Black Stripe	Posted: Jan 11 2009, 04:58 PM
What color is your stripe? Group: Vizier Posts: 364 Member No.: 2,193 Joined: 30-November 08	There's a link to the citizenship thread on the ratification thread. It also preserves the vote count by closing the ratification thread.

Todd McCloud	Posted: Jan 11 2009, 06:19 PM
So you're saying I can use shamwow to wipe out inactivity? Group: Delegate Posts: 1,716 Member No.: 1,796 Joined: 17-January 08	Okay. Thanks ^^ -------------------- "You must be the change you want to see in the world" - Gandhi "The worst prison would be a closed heart." - Pope John Paul II Nation (Vekaiyu) Wiki Page

Infinite Loop	Posted: Jan 11 2009, 09:50 PM
Dr. Girlfriend Group: Big Bad Hodad Posts: 9,023 Member No.: 1 Joined: 31-May 03	I Comrade Claymore J. Flapdoodle, Hich Chancellor of the Peoples Glorious Revolutionary Imperial Republic of 1 Infinite Loop, her Protectorate and Colonies Hereby Ratify this Concordant of The East Pacific. -------------------- Hay, get that light out of my eyes. Everything needs more Daleks.

Brightonburg	Posted: Jan 11 2009, 10:35 PM
hello, Again Group: Citizen Posts: 7 Member No.: 2,226 Joined: 29-December 08	Is duel citzenship ok? I am founder and colonel of my personal region,OBI,but I like TEP as well,close with the LAZ and TWP too

Kandarin

Posted: Jan 11 2009, 10:36 PM

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QUOTE (Brightonburg @ Jan 12 2009, 03:35 AM)

Is duel citzenship ok?

I am founder and colonel of my personal region,OBI,but I like TEP as well,close with the LAZ and TWP too

A lot of our citizens are dual citizens. It's quite okay.

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QUOTE (Excel)

GEOMETRY IS COMING TO KILL US ALL.

Brightonburg

Posted: Jan 11 2009, 10:40 PM

hello, Again

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QUOTE (Kandarin @ Jan 11 2009, 09:36 PM)

QUOTE (Brightonburg @ Jan 12 2009, 03:35 AM)

Is duel citzenship ok?

I am founder and colonel of my personal region,OBI,but I like TEP as well,close with the LAZ and TWP too

A lot of our citizens are dual citizens. It's quite okay.

Then I wish to claim citzenship,one day I may run for something,I have been in NS for 5 years,and know the ropes

Infinite Loop

Posted: Jan 11 2009, 10:50 PM

Dr. Girlfriend

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QUOTE (Brightonburg @ Jan 11 2009, 10:35 PM)

Is duel citzenship ok?

I am founder and colonel of my personal region,OBI,but I like TEP as well,close with the LAZ and TWP too

sure, I am a citizen of Farkistan, Italy and Norway as well.

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A Slanted Black Stripe

Posted: Jan 11 2009, 11:27 PM

What color is your stripe?

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Then I wish to claim citzenship,one day I may run for something,I have been in NS for 5 years,and know the ropes.

Just to be a bit more official. Citizenship is conferred when you endorse the Concordat and state your nation's name. You are welcome in TEP. We don't have any of that Empire cleansing stuff, but we do need you to join officially.

Sinverin	Posted: Jan 12 2009, 12:07 PM
hello, Again Group: Citizen Posts: 5 Member No.: 2,261 Joined: 12-January 09	Yes Sinverin I was asked to come here in a telegram... and I doing this right?

Free Pacific States	Posted: Jan 12 2009, 02:40 PM
Snakes, on a Plane Group: Administrator Posts: 7,096 Member No.: 145 Joined: 5-January 04	Yes, Sinverin, you're doing it perfectly. -------------------- "This is a School not a Liberty City night club!" - Loop "Some people say that I must be a horrible person, but that's not true. I have the heart of a young boy -- in a jar on my desk." - Stephen King

Kandarin

Posted: Jan 12 2009, 03:15 PM

Is what makes Cancer tenacious

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The Admin team will be granting signatories Citizenship as quickly as it is seen. Brightonburg and Sinverin have it now.

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QUOTE (Excel)

GEOMETRY IS COMING TO KILL US ALL.

Anglic Jutland	Posted: Jan 12 2009, 11:58 PM
Eldritch Horror Group: Citizen Posts: 263 Member No.: 2,262 Joined: 12-January 09	As president of the Republic of Anglic Jutland this one (just trying to be formal) hereby ratifies the concordant of The East Pacific. -------------------- "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age." - H P Lovecraft's Call of Cthulhu.

Bolshikstan	Posted: Jan 13 2009, 12:58 AM
Retired Magister Group: Citizen Posts: 236 Member No.: 1,062 Joined: 31-August 05	For future reference: Yes Bolshikstan --------------------

Sinverin	Posted: Jan 13 2009, 11:52 AM
hello, Again Group: Citizen Posts: 5 Member No.: 2,261 Joined: 12-January 09	Thank you.

Dannistaan	Posted: Jan 13 2009, 02:43 PM
Normal is never meant in a good way... Group: Citizen Posts: 2,147 Member No.: 1,115 Joined: 5-November 05	Yes Dannistaan -------------------- The Office of Her Majesty's Dannistrian Ambassador to Rillanon, Christie Island The Royal Confederacy of Dannistaan *In Omnis Unum*

Red Back	Posted: Jan 13 2009, 02:53 PM
Baby Face Hugger Group: Citizen Posts: 16 Member No.: 1,586 Joined: 30-May 07	Todd has been on my back to sign up over the last few days so I thought I would As supreme ruler of the nation Arthur dux bellorum I hereby ratifies the concordant of The East Pacific. -------------------- Commander of The Black Hawks

Kandarin

Posted: Jan 13 2009, 03:04 PM

Is what makes Cancer tenacious

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The above have Citizen masks now.

Also, my nation of Kandary ratifies the Concordat.

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QUOTE (Excel)

GEOMETRY IS COMING TO KILL US ALL.

Really Nice Hats	Posted: Jan 13 2009, 03:18 PM
scone TAEK!1 Group: Citizen Posts: 745 Member No.: 1,182 Joined: 9-January 06	I wasn't sure if I was supposed to do this. I'll do it anyway. I, Really Nice Hats, hereby ratify this document and all that it stands for. Viva something-or-other.

packilvania	Posted: Jan 13 2009, 04:42 PM
General Tlant. Master of the Hive. Supreme commander of The EP Group: Administrator Posts: 1,000,187 Member No.: 103 Joined: 18-November 03	Hmm... I am an Admin so I don't need a citizen mask. I am immune to all rules! lol Packilvania ratifies this. -------------------- "The Cybernets shall overrun every thing you hold dear, and then destroy it. Surrender now... or die." Loop: Well that rules out my Atomic Metroid Spy Toilet I had planned.

Free Pacific States	Posted: Jan 13 2009, 05:08 PM
Snakes, on a Plane Group: Administrator Posts: 7,096 Member No.: 145 Joined: 5-January 04	FPS does hereby ratify. -------------------- "This is a School not a Liberty City night club!" - Loop "Some people say that I must be a horrible person, but that's not true. I have the heart of a young boy -- in a jar on my desk." - Stephen King

Warr	Posted: Jan 13 2009, 08:16 PM
Harvester of Sorrow Group: Moderator Posts: 615 Member No.: 1,928 Joined: 18-April 08	Warre and Urakaze both ratify this, of course. -------------------- The Imperial Kingdom of Warre on NSWiki Kandarin: Doom and gloom doesn't work in a system where action is based on voluntary participation. Kandarin: It's like building the Berlin Wall in a world where everyone can teleport.

Haor Chall	Posted: Jan 14 2009, 06:45 AM
AquinasNet Group: Citizen Posts: 444 Member No.: 835 Joined: 16-May 05	I, Haor Chall, of Kuat Industries ratifies the Concordat. -------------------- "To be alone is to be different, to be different is to be alone." "They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts."

NGM	Posted: Jan 14 2009, 01:02 PM
Anopholese Mosquito Group: Citizen Posts: 1 Member No.: 2,267 Joined: 14-January 09	The Islamic Republic of Non-Green Moon votes yes and ratifies.

Joys	Posted: Jan 14 2009, 04:48 PM
hello, Again Group: Citizen Posts: 5 Member No.: 2,257 Joined: 11-January 09	I, Joys, leader of Atheneus, ratify this concordant. -------------------- I run the country that is called Atheneus. Find me. :3

Kurogasa	Posted: Jan 14 2009, 08:16 PM
Kilroy was here Group: Citizen Posts: 159 Member No.: 1,102 Joined: 21-October 05	The nation of Kurogasa ratifies the Concordat of the East Pacific. -------------------- I don't want to conquer the world, I want the people to put me as their leader for themselves (or I will have to conquer it, anyways it will be mine soon). "What is a rebel? A man who says no" -Albert Camus- "The greatest joy a man can know is to conquer his enemies and drive them before him. To ride their horses and take away their possessions. To see the faces of those who were dear to them bedewed with tears, and to clasp their wives and daughters in his arms." -Genghis Khan-

East Malaysia

Posted: Jan 15 2009, 01:49 AM

I EM LEGEND: The God-EMperor EM

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EM ratifies the Concordat of The East Pacific

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Zyber	Posted: Jan 15 2009, 09:52 PM
hello, Again Group: Citizen Posts: 6 Member No.: 2,273 Joined: 15-January 09	With His Imperial Majesty's blessing, The Glorious Empire of Monte Belle hereby ratifies the new Concordat of the East Pacific -------------------- Zyber First Grand Imperial Consul to the Internet The Glorious Empire of Monte Belle The Hearts of Our People Beat as One

Kelssek	Posted: Jan 16 2009, 02:28 AM
Hero of the Soviet Onion Group: Administrator Posts: 2,542 Member No.: 207 Joined: 26-March 04	Kelssek ratifies. -------------------- "Eagle tears have magical properties." http://kelssek.tripod.com \| KBC News \| Kelssek on NSWiki\| Mouseland

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