The Constitution of Rosaria

The *Free Empire of Rosaria* is a socialist state. It is currently led by General Field Marshal Siegfried Rosenberg.

## The Constitution of the Free Union of Rosaria

### Chapter I: The Organisation of Society

*Our society is built on the principles of reason, egalitarianism and liberty*

**Article 1:**

The Free Union of Rosaria is a socialist state run by the working class

**Article 2:**

All members of society are considered part of the working class, though they may perform different duties. This goes for all positions, from the Central Administration to the simplest peasant. All are equal before the law

**Article 3:**

The socialist system of economy and the common ownership of the means of production, firmly established as a result of the abolition of the capitalist system of economy, the abrogation of private ownership of the means of production and the abolition of the exploitation of man by man, constitute the economic foundation of the Free Union of Rosaria.

### Chapter II: The Organisation of the State and the Government

*The leadership is the vanguard of the people's revolution*

**Article 1:**

The government of the Free Union of Rosaria is responsible for the representation of the nation and its community in international matters.

**Article 2:**

The government of the Free Union of Rosaria is accessible to everyone. There is no discrimination that prevents any citizen from entering the structures of the government. Only requirements are Rosarian citizenship and an understanding of a language widely spoken in the country, as well as a lack of criminal background related to corruption.

**Article 3:**

Every government official can be elected in, or voted out of their position at any given time, if the people so wish. The Free Union of Rosaria is a democracy.

**Article 4:**

A government member will be expelled from the community for an indefinite time, if they are found to have abused their power.

**Article 5:**

The government of the Free Union of Rosaria holds a limited amount of authority over the country's citizen. Its authority can be questioned at any time on the basis of constructive criticism.

**Article 6:**

Everyone in Rosaria has the right to host and organize events, parades and protests, regardless of government membership or not. Parades are legal as long as they do not advocate for hatred and/or violence.

**Article 7:**

The hierarchy in Rosaria serves purely to maintain order and stability as well as to protect the law and the integrity of our nation. Other than that, the hierarchy has no meaning. Everyone is naturally equal.

### Chapter III: Law and Justice in the Free Union of Rosaria

*For a functioning society, order is a necessity*

**§ 1. General Rules**

1. Do not discriminate against one another on the basis of identity.
2. Do not endorse or glorify reactionary ideologies such as National Socialism, religious extremism or other forms of fascism.
3. Freedom of opinion is guaranteed.
4. Sexual harassment, display of sexual organs to an unconsenting person, sexual behaviour and sexual language to an unconsenting person is not allowed.
5. Pedophilia, ephebophilia and zoophilia are not tolerated in our realm.
6. Do not commit identity theft.
7. The act of destroying a structure that is not built by oneself, is forbidden.
8. The act of stealing is forbidden.

**§ 2. Government Rules**

1. Display of authority is not allowed unless necessary to maintain order and stability.
2. Abuse of power will result in eternal exclusion from the government without any chance of forgiveness.
3. Government members can always be voted out of their position if the people see them unfit for their position.
4. Being a member of the government grants no privileges, but duties to fulfill.

**§ 3. Rules of War**

1. In times of war, try to maintain a semblance of honor.
2. Do not use third-party cheats in order to manipulate the outcome of the war.
3. Maintain civility in any situation.
4. Do not harm any civilian on enemy lands, do not use the enemy land's civilians to manipulate the outcome of the war.
5. Do not destroy any building and structure in foreign country that is irrelevant to the war. No property of workers is to be destroyed, unless it is critical infrastructure.
6. Do not defile the culture and/or religion of the enemy country.
7. Do not cause major damage to the enemy land's environment.
8. Do not take away the means of the enemy land to recover. Do not destroy crop farms, do not kill domesticated farm animals.

**Article 1:**

Each law is to be taken serious in the fullest. Breach of law will be met with consequences, which depend on the severity of the crime.

**Article 2:**

If a criminal regrets his crime genuinely, he has the right to pardon, on the basis that they won't violate again. Exceptions for that rule are severe crimes such as child abuse, rape, torture, slavery, government power abuse, and murder in malice.

**Article 3:**

The breach of laws of section §2 is unforgivable.

### Chapter IV: Fundamental Rights and Duties of Citizens (The Elysium Charter)

*A society without freedom is nothing*

**Article 1:**

Equality of rights of citizens of the Free Union of Rosaria, all its autonomous regions and all its protectorates, vassals and colonies, irrespective of their nationality, gender, sexuality and race, in all spheres of economic, state, cultural and political life, is our highest law. To enforce it, is our most holy duty.

**Article 2:**

The Free Union of Rosaria affords the right of asylum to citizens from foreign lands prosecuted for defending the interests of the working people, or for their scientific activities, or for their struggle for national liberation. Refugees are not to be denied shelter, food and other means to live. Immigrants are not to be denied the means to integrate into Rosarian society.

**Article 3:**

In conformity with the interests of the working people, and in order to strengthen the socialist system and the free community in Rosaria, its citizens are guaranteed by law:

1. Freedom of Opinion
2. Freedom of the Press and Freedom of Information
3. Freedom of Assembly and Freedom of Association
4. Freedom of an Independent Life
5. Freedom of Safety and Inclusion
6. Freedom of Movement
7. Freedom of Fair Justice, irrespective of their deeds and their social standing
8. Freedom of Expression
9. Right to Privacy
10. Right to Food, Water and Shelter

**Article 4:**

Each citizen has the right to access all of Rosaria's benefits and institutions, irrespective of their natural identity. The Rosarian State is obliged to work constantly for the betterment of the living conditions of its people. In our nation, we do not discriminate.

**Article 5:**

Immigrants have the right to work in Rosaria, if they wish to settle there for a long period of time, and they have the right to acquire citizenship three years after arrival, irrespective of their cultural or natural identity, as long as they integrated into the society by learning the local language, are respecting the local customs and religion, and live in harmony with the values of the Free Union of Rosaria.

The Rosarian State is permitted to expel immigrants, if they commit a severe breach of law, or commit acts in refusal to the values of the Free Union.

People living in Rosaria without Rosarian citizenship do not have access to parts of the social security network.

**Article 6:**

Exploitation of man by man, on the basis of material, emotional and/or spiritual gain, is a gross violation to Rosarian law.

### **Human Rights Declaration of Rosaria (The Elysium Charter)**

1. **Dignity**: Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms, without distinction of any kind, such as race, ethnicity, sex, gender, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, physical or mental state, birth, property, sexuality, or any other status. Every person, by nature, is worth the same.
2. **Freedom**: Everyone is born with the natural right to live freely to the best of their abilities and to enjoy their life to their fullest. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude, and no one shall participate in the trade of slaves.
3. **No Inhuman Treatment**: No one is to be tortured or degraded. A human's dignity is to be held in highest regard.
4. **Same Right to Law**: There is to be no discrimination in society on what is possible for the human.
5. **Fair Justice**: Everyone has the right to a fair trial and everyone's human dignity shall be respected during all processes of justice. No one should be subjected to unfair detainment, deportation and/or exile. Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of their rights and of any criminal charge against them.
6. **Innocence until proven guilty**: Everyone charged with a penal offense has the right to be presumed innocent, until guilt is proven according to law in a public trail. Everyone has the right to guarantees necessary for their defense in front of justice. No one shall be held guilty of any offense which did not constitute a violation to Rosaria's constitution.
7. **Privacy**: No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon their honor and reputation. The state does not have the right to mandate the personal life of an individual.
8. **Movement and Residence**: Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of Rosaria. Everyone has the right to immigrate or to leave the country.
9. **Asylum**: Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy asylum in Rosaria, if escaping from economic, political and/or social woes.
10. **Immigration**: Everyone has the natural right to be granted Rosarian citizenship, and thus to be part of the Rosarian nation.
11. **Marriage and Family**: Every adult person, irrespective of sexuality, has the right to marry and to create a family. They are entitled to equal rights in all matters of marriage, including its dissolution. Adoption of children is legal for every person of high mental capability. The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and entitled to protection by society and the state.
12. **Personal Property**: Everyone has the right to own things alone as well as in association with others. No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of their personal property.
13. **Thought and Faith**: Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and faith.
14. **Opinion and Expression**: Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression. This right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.
15. **Assembly**: Everyone has the right to peacefully assemble and associate.
16. **Participation in Politics**: Every citizen of Rosaria has the right to participate in the government, from the communal level up to the central administration.
17. **Social Security**: Everyone, as a member of the Rosarian nation, has the right to social security. No one is to be left behind by the state. No one deserves to suffer poverty, and the Rosarian state is obliged to prevent such woe as much as it is possible in accordance with the country's material and economic conditions.
18. **Labour**: Every citizen has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions at the workplace and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of their interests.
19. **Repose and Holiday**: Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.
20. **Social Service**: Everyone is born with the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of themselves and their family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care, electricity, water, the internet, and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond their control. Parenthood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children shall enjoy the same quality of protection.
21. **Education**: Everyone has the right to free and adequate education throughout all stages. School should be compulsory until adulthood, for the development of a free, strong and enlightened society. Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit.
22. **Culture and Art**: Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which they are the author.
23. **Inviolability of Human Rights**: The Elysium Charter is mandated as the most holy law of our society. Human rights cannot be taken away, nor can they be rescinded.

### Chapter V: The Organisation of the Autonomous Republics

*Rosaria is the land of the free, in its entirety.*

**Article 1:**

Each autonomous republic is required to accept the constitution of Rosaria and follow it to its fullest.

**Article 2:**

Each autonomous republic enjoys a high level of autonomy, including partial control over their internal politics.

**Article 3:**

Each autonomous republic of Rosaria is required to be self-sustainable and not to be entirely dependent on the central administration.

**Article 4:**

Each autonomous republic is prohibited from taking following actions:

1. Joining the side of an enemy during a military conflict
2. Engaging in foreign policy without the consent of the central administration
3. Violating the laws and constitutions of Rosaria
4. Exercising Fascism, Nazism and other reactionary ideologies
5. Endangering Rosaria's security or that of other autonomous republics
6. Endangering the security of Rosaria's allies
7. Undermining the Elysium Charter
8. Refusing requests for military assistance by the Free Empire of Rosaria
9. Starting a military conflict without approval of the central administration
10. Joining a military conflict against an ally of Rosaria

**Article 5:**

The citizen of all autonomous republics have full civil rights in all parts of the Free Empire of Rosaria.

**Article 6:**

The autonomous republics are a part of the Free Empire of Rosaria's outer sphere and they are under Rosaria's protection

**Article 7:**

The government of Rosaria is allowed to restore order in its autonomous republics, if they are found to violate the principles of Rosarian law

**Article 8:**

The autonomous republics of Rosaria can request help by the central government in form of advice, military assistance, diplomatic support or construction/building.

**Article 9:**

The autonomous republics of Rosaria are allowed to keep their own cultures, tradition, names, flags and leadership

**Article 10:**

Subordination is not required, but cooperation, in accordance with Rosarian law, is duty.

### Chapter VI: Our Foreign Policy

*A path towards international justice*

**Article 1:**

The Free Union of Rosaria's foreign policy is managed by the chief of the central government, though any foreign political choice can be challenged by the citizenry.

**Article 2:**

The Free Union of Rosaria will act hostile towards countries that embrace fascism.

**Article 3:**

The Free Union of Rosaria may declare war anytime it feels itself or its interests threatened.

**Article 4:**

The Free Union of Rosaria will favor socialist countries in terms of foreign policy.

**Article 5:**

The Free Union of Rosaria may cut all ties with countries, which commit following acts:

1. Limiting the freedom of its citizenry to a critical point
2. Actively working with the enemy to weaken the Free Empire of Rosaria
3. Working to weaken the Free Empire of Rosaria
4. Harboring fascists or pedophiles
5. Actively practicing an anti-socialist policy
6. Having someone banned from Rosaria as the leader of their nation
7. Having fascists dominate the government

**Article 6:**

The Free Union of Rosaria struggles for a new world order, where the people all can live on their own terms, and will do anything necessary to achieve this goal.

**Article 7:**

In times of war, the Free Union of Rosaria will go to various lengths to destroy an enemy, even if those lengths do not fit the moral standards preached in peace time.

**Article 8:**

The Free Union of Rosaria is required to protect its inner sphere of influence, which is represented through the Outer Circle and countries that are bound to treaties of mutual defence.

### Chapter VII: Management of Rosaria's Structures

*Progress is what drives us forwards, what manifests our society*

**Article 1:**

Any structure/group of structures that is made within the territory of Rosaria, is to be approved by the central government or by that of the autonomous republics.

**Article 2:**

Structures, which contain propaganda for reactionary causes, will have to be either altered, or torn down.

**Article 3:**

The act of violating one another's structure, is highly illegal within our realm.

**Article 4:**

Any structure built in the territory of Rosaria is property of the nation.