Declaration of Defiance

The Declaration of Defiance is both the foreword of the Law of Defiance and the event where Defiance earned it's name.

## Background

The Declaration of Defiance was done over the ashes of a building that had burnt down during a Coalition attack hours prior. The actual speech consisted of no references to the law, which would be implemented a few days after.

## Wording

We the people of Defiance in order to protect our liberties from Aggressors both foreign and internal, to establish justice, to create a place amicable to our way of life, and to create a better future for us and ours do ordain and establish this document as a declaration of our will to all those who would seek to crush it from the outside or usurp it from within, along with being a framework for all laws that are to be created after.

### Article 1:

#### Section 1.

Defiance shall remain independant of any external force. No major shareholder may join Defiance under the will of any power that does not keep it's seat of power within Defiance itself.

#### Section 2.

If Defiance expands and takes more land to the point of becoming a country, cities underneath may be traded at will but Defiance must remain the capital unless taken by a hostile force or razed.

### Article 2:

#### Section 1.

Defiance's laws will be made by a Board of Directors and approved by the Chief Executive. They will be changed the same way, with a majority vote deciding whether the change goes through. Ties will be broken by the Chief Executive if possible, but the Chief Executive does not have a vote otherwise. To change part of the declaration requires a 3/4 consensus and the personal approval of the reigning Chief Executive.

#### Section 2.

A position on the Board of Directors must be bought. There will be ten directors at any given moment, and each director must personally own atleast 3% of the cities overall assets. Assets handed down from a precedessor are not counted in this, nor are they counted as assets of the city for the sake of the calculations.

#### Section 3.

The Chief Executive is the majority shareholder and is the arbitator of the Board. They have ultimate executive and legislative power. However, from the moment they are elected, they are only allowed to keep 10% of any sources of money they had before hand, the rest being poured into the city treasury. Inexchange the Chief Executives safety and prosperity are guaranteed by the City.

### Article 3:

#### Section 1.

The defence of the city will remain in the hands of the D.C. Rangers and they have executive authority in prosecuting anyone they see fit, outside of the Chief Executive, as long as it is in defence of the city.

#### Section 2.

The D.C Rangers will be provided one fourth of the cities income to equip and train their soldiers. This number cannot be reduced below 25% but can be increased in times of war or conquest.

#### Section 3.

The D.C Rangers have limited legislative authority, and only in the field of declaring new crimes. Any such law must be passed by the Chief Executive before becoming permanent.

### Article 4:

#### Section 1.

No Law will be made that designates a singular person for anything foul or fair, nor will any laws be made that deprive a man of his right to increase his own fortune.

#### Section 2.

The latter half of section 1 can be revoked in the case of condemned criminals, but not the first half.