Mangrove Republic Constiution

The Mangrove Republic Constitution was created after the election of President Ridge6115. The signing of the constitution was witnessed by many across the world.

**Constitution of the Mangrove Republic**

### Section One: Rights of the people

1. Men and women are born free and remain free and equal in rights.
2. The aim of every political association is the preservation of the natural and imprescriptible rights of men and women. These rights are liberty, property, security and resistance to oppression.
3. The source of all sovereignty resides essentially in the nation. No body, no individual can exercise authority that does not expressly proceed from the latter.
4. Liberty consists in the power to do anything that does not injure others; accordingly, the exercise of the rights of each man has no limits except those that secure the enjoyment of these same rights to the other members of society. These limits can be determined only by law.
5. The law has only the right to forbid such actions as are injurious to society. Nothing can be forbidden that is not interdicted by the law, and no one can be constrained to do that which the law does not order.
6. The law is the expression of the general will. All citizens have the right to take part personally, or by their representatives, in its formation. It must be the same for all, whether it protects or punishes. All citizens, being equal in its eyes, are equally eligible to all public dignities, places and employments, according to their capacities, and without other distinction than that of their virtues and talents.
7. No man or woman can be accused, arrested or detained, except in the cases determined by the law and according to the forms it has prescribed. Those who procure, expedite, execute or cause arbitrary orders to be executed, ought to be punished. But every citizen summoned or seized by virtue of the law ought to render instant obedience; he makes himself guilty by resistance.
8. The law ought only to establish penalties that are strictly and obviously necessary, and no one can be punished except by virtue of a law established and promulgated prior to the offence and legally applied.
9. Every man or woman being presumed innocent until he has been pronounced guilty, if it is thought indispensable to arrest him, all means that may go beyond what is strictly necessary to secure his person ought to be strictly suppressed by law.
10. No one should be bothered on account of his opinions, even religious, provided their presentation does not upset the public order established by law.
11. The free communication of ideas and opinions is one of the most precious rights of man. Every citizen can therefore speak, write and print freely, subject to responsibility for the abuse of this freedom in cases as determined by law.
12. The guarantee of the rights of citizen requires a public force; this force is therefore instituted for the advantage of all and not for the personal benefit of those to whom it is entrusted.
13. A general tax is indispensable for the maintenance of the public force and for the expenses of administration; it ought to be equally apportioned among all citizens according to their means.
14. All citizens have a right to ascertain, by themselves or by their representatives, the necessity of the public tax, to consent to it freely, to follow the employment of it and to determine its amount, basis, collection and duration.
15. Society has the right to call for an account of the administration of every public agent.
16. Any society in which the guarantee of the rights is not secured, or the separation of powers is not determined, has no constitution at all.
17. Property being a sacred and inviolable right, no one can be deprived of it, unless a legally established public necessity demands it, under the condition of a just and prior indemnity.

*source: declaration of the rights of man (French revolution)*

### Section Two: Laws of the land

#### **Punishable offenses:**

1. Murder
2. Torture
3. Vandalism
4. Abduction
5. Pet Abduction
6. Livestock theft
7. Unauthorized building in restricted areas
8. Manufacture and distribution of illegal items (without legal permission)
9. Ownership of illegal items (without legal permission)
10. Theft of property
11. Desertion
12. Lying under oath
13. Fraud
14. Discrimination
15. Corruption
16. Slavery of fellow citizen
17. Sabotage
18. Terrorism

#### **Punishment of said crimes if found guilty:**

1. Death
2. Life in prison
3. Decided by court
4. Decided by court
5. Decided by court
6. Decided by court
7. Decided by court
8. Decided by court
9. Decided by court
10. Decided by court
11. Death (unless forced or the under extreme circumstances)
12. Decided by court
13. Decided by court
14. Decided by court
15. Decided by court
16. Life in prison
17. Decided by court
18. Death

#### **"Decide by court" punishments:**

1. Fines
2. Confiscation of property
3. Community service
4. Jail time
5. Life in prison
6. Banishment
7. Death

These are the punishments in which the court can decide to implement. The jury vote whether the accused is guilty or innocent and the judge decides the punishment.

### Section Three: Elections

Presidential elections occur once every two weeks (2 Minecraft years), the elected president can server up to 4 terms. Elections can only be postponed or canceled during a national emergency or if the election has been sabotaged. Any citizen can vote in elections including convicted criminals. No person can be prevented from voting regardless of their species, gender, age, religion or background.

### Section Four: Symbols

National flag - The national flag consists of two strips of dark green at the top and bottom with a mangrove tree in the middle.

### Section Five: Cities, regions and colonies

All cities with in the Mangrove Republic have to be legally recognized by government. All colonies of the Republic also have to adhere to the constitution of the Republic. All capital cities have to be legally recognized by the government. Names of cities, regions and colonies can be changes in the the senate.

### Section Six: The Constitution itself

The constitution can only be changed in the senate. If anything is to be changed, 50% of the house must agree.