Constitution of Nydia

The **Constitution of Nydia** is the original constitution which formally established the Kingdom of Nydia in the year 1170. Its provisions were debated at length that year by the Revolutionary Council.

## Full Text

We here assembled in the Revolutionary Council of Nydia invoke our mandate from the Nydian people, who followed us through eighteen years of the most ghastly war to ascertain their freedom, to establish the free and independent Kingdom of Nydia as the only legitimate nation-state of Nydia. It shall be a unitary state led by the Monarch and ruled by laws created by the people's representatives. This document may only be altered with the consent of the Monarch, the Prime Minister, and two-thirds of all voting members of the Senate.

### Article I - The Crown

1. The Nydian state is hereby a constitutional monarchy which shall be ruled, by the grace of God and the support of his subjects, by King Gaioz I of House Tesentan and by his chosen heirs after him.
2. The Monarch may grant titles of nobility at will. Those who hold noble titles may not stand for elected office.
3. The Monarch holds the power to veto legislation that otherwise would have been passed into law by the legislature and the executive. The legislature may override the King's veto with no less than 2 out of every 3 votes cast among its members in favor of doing so.
4. The Monarch shall have a Privy Council of nobles which he appoints. This Council may be called upon by the Monarch whenever he feels their advise is necessary.
5. The Monarch is the Commander-in-Chief of the Nydian Armed Forces.
6. The Monarch is the Head of State of Nydia.

### Article II - The Executive

1. The executive branch of the Nydian government shall consist of a Council of Ministers led by the Prime Minister.
2. The Prime Minister shall be elected in a national plebiscite of the voting public for a term of six years.
3. Should no candidate for Prime Minister receive an absolute majority of the vote, the top two vote-getters shall compete in a second-round election to determine the winner.
4. The Prime Minister may appoint whichever ministers he wishes to his Council of Ministers in order to set the executive branch's policy agenda. These Ministers must be approved by a simple majority of voting members of the legislature.
5. The Prime Minister is the Head of Government of Nydia.

### Article III - The Legislature

1. The Senate is the sole legislative body of Nydia.
2. The Senate is elected by a national plebiscite of the various political parties. The representation of each political party in the Senate shall be directly proportional to the share of the vote that it received.
3. The Senators shall elect a leader known as the President of the Senate who will set the legislative agenda of the Senate.
4. The Senate serves for a three year session before new elections must be held.

### Article IV - The Judiciary

1. Judges for all national courts are nominated by the Prime Minister and confirmed by a simple majority of voting members of the Senate
2. The High Court shall be established as the very highest judicial authority in the nation. It shall be presided over by a panel of five judges who shall serve lifetime appointments.
3. The High Court's rulings shall have the force of law and can only be overturned by the High Court itself in a later decision.
4. The High Court is charged with ensuring the law's adherence to this constitution.

### Article V - Constitutional Rights of Citizenship

1. This constitution guarantees the right to physical security.
2. This constitution guarantees the freedom of speech, thought, and expression.
3. This constitution guarantees the right to a free and open press.
4. This constitution guarantees the right to assemble freely within the provisions of peace, order, and security.
5. This constitution guarantees the right to be free from imprisonment or state punishment without lawful judgment of his peers, in junction with the law of the land.
6. This constitution guarantees the right to the due process of law.
7. This constitution guarantees the right to receive just punishment, after conviction, which fit's one's crimes.
8. This constitution guarantees the right to participate in democracy through free, independent, and open elections or other means of vote.
9. This constitution guarantees the right to possess, protect, and maintain property and land, without fear of being deprived thereof, without lawful judgment by the law of the land.