Article I – Membership
§1 – Any nation applying for membership will have be acknowledged by a council (see “Leadership)
§2 – Nations applying for membership must not be extremely impoverished, indebted or in any ongoing conflict with a membership nation. If the applying nation is in an ongoing conflict, they will be forced to cease hostilities before joining the Confederacy, as to prevent the Confederacy from entering any conflicts.
§3 – Any nation, state, city-state or settlement may keep their status and will never be forced to change their national or local form of governance.
§4 – Membership into the Confederacy shall depend upon the unanimous vote of the council of all Confederated states. Voting Shall take place At a Location of agreement, preferably in the applicant region. If no area is agreed upon, said vote will be held in the location of the Confederate Bundesrat.
§5 – The breakup of a member state does not grant automatic membership to successor states. Each state will be considered Confederate Protectorates and shall require reapplication to achieve voting status.
Article II – Seperation from the Confederation
§1 – Any member-nations can, at any time, leave the Confederacy without any penalty in form of payment of currency or seceding of land
§2 – After leaving the Confederacy, a nation must enter into treaty with the Confederate States not to declare war on any member-nations for 2 weeks, or specified time frame agreed upon departure.
§3 – If a former member-nation declares war after the non-aggression period on any member-nation (or if the pact is broken and war occurs before the expiration of said pact), the Confederate states shall issue an edict collectively breaking diplomatic ties for a period of no less than two months with said nation. Such a Confederate Edict may be issued by an elected Warmaster, leader, or Leader of a member state if no other alternative is available.
§4 – A member state may not be ejected from the Confederation except in the case of blatant acts of War. Upon the conditions of such a Vote shall be held of all Voting member states mus the aggressor state. Expulsion requires unanimous consent of all applicable states.
Article III – The Confederate Leadership
§1 – No member-nation will hold more power than others, however the Confederacy will incorporate a Bundesrat formaly known as The Council of States.
§2 – The Council of States will consist of one representative from each nation. The default representative will be either the monarch, dictator or elected president. Each nation can, however, appoint or elect their own representative.
§3 – Each Nation shall have a single vote in the Confederate Bundesrat. Voting shall take place in a formal environment Allowing for the right to discussion beforehand. Whence voting takes place it shall take the form of [Member state] votes [Aye/nay] for the purpose of easy record keeping. All actions of the Confederacy must be preceded by civilized Discussion.
§4 – If a member state fails to provide attendance to a meeting of the Imperial council for ten days the state shall be considered to be temporarily Anarchistic and removed from the council until the proper ruling body of said state reestablishes leadership over the aforementioned.
§5 – Anarchistic nations with no official leader will not be able to vote in the Council. Only if the nation features a de facto leader will they be able to participate in the affairs of the Confederacy. Thus any member in a state of anarchy shall be considered a Confederate protectorate.
§6 – The Council of States reserves the right to establish a Head of Union, Warmaster or any other office if need be by a vote of two thirds. All laws may be subject to the head of union in time of Crisis.
§7 – The Council reserves the right to establish and dissolve a Bundestag formally known as the Council of the people by a Unanimous vote. The situation duties of this lower house shall be determined at the time of its Establishment.
§8 – A Confederate court may be established upon the needs of the Council by a two thirds vote. The court shall consist of five heads of state from the Confederate states.
§9 – The Council may establish a Confederate Army by two thirds vote of the memberstates.
§10 – For the Council of States to reach quorum three quarters of all voting member states voting representative must be in attendance. All other meetings of member states concerning business of the Confederacy which do not meet quorum shall be known as Summits. Said summits shall be open to all voting member states upon request.
Article IV – Laws, Regulations and Amendments
§1 – The Constitution cannot be changed by anything other than unanimous vote of all parties applicable.
§2 – Any other laws will be subject to vote by the Council. A vote of two thirds shall be enough to establish laws concerning Defense, interstate commerce or any other general good of the Confederacy.
§3 – Laws and amendments shall be presented in the common tongue of the Confederacy; English.
§4 – This constitution is the supreme law of the Confederation.
§5 – All laws are subject to judicial review under the constitution.
Article V – War
§1 – The Confederacy is not a military alliance.
§2 – The Confederate States may be requested to send troops from the Confederated Armies to member-nations in peril. However the Confederacy does not hold any obligations to this service and will only step into effect by vote.
§3 – The Confederacy will not risk itself and it's governing forces by sending relief troops into pointless wars.
§4 – Each nation sending troops to the Confederate Army, to help out other member-nation, will not risk anything by doing so as the troops are not fighting for their respected nations nor the CIS, but the member-nation in peril.
§5 – The Confederate Army shall not be called upon in wars of aggression by its member states.
§6 – The Confederacy will take steps towards solving any crisis diplomatically.
Article VI – Dissolution the Confederation of Independent States
§1 – The Confederacy can not be dissolved by anything except for unanimous vote.
§2 – The Confederacy will not dissolve itself if two member states remains as it is still technically in existence.
§3 – If voting for the dissolution of the Confedracy, the anarchistic member-nations will be required to send a delegate to vote on the matter. If the nation refuses, the Confederacy will read this as voting no, on the subject matter.
Article VII – Wealth and the Confederate Offices
§1 – Each member-nation is required to contribute resources for building of the Confederate Governing offices, whether they be at spawn or another location.
§2 – No member state or citizen is obligated to contribute to the treasury of the CIS, other than what is stated in the first section of this Article.
Anyone signing this document, agrees to the terms of the Constitution and is by signing it, a member-nation.
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