Babylon (Republic of New Babylon)

## Overview

republic based around the former land of babylon, with a form of direct democracy where all decisions are taken by a vote and the "head of state"'s only role (usually) is to organise these votes, however in wartime, the leader will sieze emergency powers and assemble a war council of advisors. in terms of economic and social policy, we are largely socialist, and be,lieve in weealth equality for all. we believe the nation exists to serve it's people and therefore would die to protect a nation that every citizen can truly call their own when it comes to conflict, we generally will seek to further humanitarian and utilitarian goals.

## Policies & Laws

### Policies:

#### Economic policy:

Babylon strongly values automation, and as such aims to minimise human labour required, all industry is owned by the state and as such is owned equally by all citizens, this entitles every citizen to equal shares of everything produced by the nation, although in practice this really amounts to the products of babylonian labour and automatnion being shared to each according to their need.

#### Internal policy:

Babyon follows a form of direct democracy, all citizens can propose a referendum at any time, and all citizens (regardless of role, or inprisonment status) get one vote in each referendum. When a referendum has more than two possible outcomes, several rounds of voting take place, with each rounds lowest scoring option being stricken from the list until but one remains (in the first round, all options that score no votes are also removed as well as the option with the lowest positive score.

#### Legal policy:

Babylonian trials muchly reflect the nature of it's government, in which any citizen can accuse another of a crime, and after both sides present evidence, all citizens may vote to determine guilt, and then a second vote is called to determine punishment (if guilty).

### Governmential offices:

#### Archon (Head of state)

The Archon is the head of state of Babylon, there is to be one Archon at any time and the Archon is a lifelong position, however the archon holds very little actual power (in peacetime) and their main role is to organise the rest of the population in order to maintain a productive state. In National Referendum, the Archon gets the same one vote as everyone else, however it is up to the Archon to organise such events. In times of conflict, when strong, direct control is favourable, the Archon *may* (but is not required to) sieze emergency power, which entitles them to complete direct control of all assests of babylon, and must also assemble a war council, such powers **must** be relinquished upon the end of the conflict.

#### War Council (Temporary role)

During times of conflict the Archon is tasked with assempling a war council, this may contain up to six members (including the archon), although they hold no real power, they are given considerable weight in the decisions of the Archon.

## History

All dates and times are listed as they were in UTC time.

* 03/11/2023 - 07:59 Finalisation of constitution, Formal founding of nation.
* 05/11/2023 - 10:24 Incident of caspian incursion, one fatality, compensation provided