Constitution of the Socialist Autonomous Region of Posavaria

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The official name of the proposed region would be “The Socialist Autonomous Region of Posavaria.”, abbreviated to “The S.A.R.P”  and colloquially referred to as “The Sarp” or “Sarpland”.

This proposed region would appear on maps as a part of Posavaria indistinguishable from any other, but would maintain its own Government, laws, military and economy. Its connection to Posavaria would be found in a tax tribute paid to the mother country by the S.A.R.P’s Government in exchange for help in the S.A.R.P’s construction and military protection.

What follows will be an outline of the S.A.R.P’s goals, Government restrictions and constitutional laws, Democratic Process. In addition, there is a glossary defining the terms used throughout the Constitution.

### Goals and Philosophy.

The aim of the S.A.R.P is to create a minarchist, democratic, secularist, market socialist republic that functions as an autonomous region within Posavaria. To keep the Government as small as possible, it will be kept out of the private life of its citizens whenever possible.

### Government Restrictions.

1. The Government, although it may create and regulate them, may not own the Means of Production or the Means of Transportation.
2. The Government may not pass any law on the basis of religious doctrine or fund any religious institutions.
3. The Government may not pass any law that would make people legally unequal to others on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion, nation of origin, weight, appearence, economic status or health
4. Unless in times of war or rising diplomatic tensions, the Government may not pass any law that would limit movement within, without or to the S.A.R.P.
5. Unless in times of war or rising diplomatic tensions, the Government may not restrict the ability for immigrants to enter the region unless they pose a potential of breaking the laws of the region.
6. The Government may not pass any law that would restrict any person from creating or platforming politics or media, unless it unironically encourages contempt, violence or making unequal a group or individual on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, race, religion, nation of origin, weight, appearence, economic status or health
7. Unless in times of war or rising diplomatic tensions, the Government may not take any national action without a majority vote in the National Assembly.
8. Unless in times of war or rising diplomatic tensions, the Government may not take any regional action without a majority vote in the Regional Assembly of the affected region.
9. Any alteration to the constitution or other functioning of the Government may be made, however, it requires a majority in a vote by the public. For any other alteration to the functioning of the Government, such as joining or leaving a regional Government or gaining independence.
10. There can be no head of state, such as a monarch, president or prime-minister.
11. The Government cannot force its citizens into military service.
12. The Government may not act upon any citizen, not only of the S.A.R.P, but of all of Rathnir, unless they first take action to provoke the Government.
13. Unless in times of war or rising diplomatic tensions, the Government may not hold a standing military.

### Constitutional Laws

1. No private or Government entity may own the Means of Production or the Means of Transportation, only the community of the S.A.R.P or a company owned by its workers.
2. Companies may only be owned equally by their workers.
3. Importation of explosive weapons and gunpowder must be overseen by the government, which has the power to restrict it at any time. Gunpowder being harvested domestically must be also overseen by the government.
4. People must be compensated for their labour.
5. All citizens of the S.A.R.P may possess weapons, but if caught with restricted products(i:e TNT and gunpowder) without prior permission from the government, they must provide an adequate excuse or face prosecution for crimes ranging from illegal smuggling to suspected terrorism.

### Democratic Process

The S.A.R.P is a representative democracy, national actions are passed by the National Assembly, which is made of representatives elected to their position by the public, and regional actions are passed by the Regional Assembly of the affected region.

A region is an area within the S.A.R.P that is not part of a pre existing settlement and has five or more citizens, a majority of whom have voted to become an independent region. For every five citizens a region has, it gets one representative who is elected to the National Assembly and Regional Assembly. (for the first five people in the region, an additional representative is to be elected to the Regional Assembly(totaling two representatives), but no additional representative for the Regional Assembly will be gained once the region reaches ten citizens, however once the region reaches a population of 15, the process resumes unimpeded.) The representatives are elected through a Single Transferable Vote election (Single Transferable Vote explained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8XOZJkozfI )

The National Assembly receives National Action Proposals (from anyone) and then votes on whether or not to perform these actions, in order for an action to be taken it must gain a majority of votes from the National Assembly. The total number of votes in the National Assembly is equal to the total population of the S.A.R.P, each representative in the National Assembly has votes equal to the population of their region divided by the number of representatives in that region.

The Regional Assembly receives Regional Action Proposals for its region (from anyone) and then votes on whether or not to perform these actions, in order for an action to be taken it must gain a majority of votes from the Regional Assembly. The number of votes in the Regional Assembly is equal to the number of representatives in the region, each representative has one of those votes.

### Wartime

In the event of Posavaria or the S.A.R.P being attacked, both parties must come to each other's mutual aid in warfare. In such an event, the military of the S.A.R.P would become part of Posavaria’s main military force, but the S.A.R.P’s national assembly must be given a voice in how troops from the S.A.R.P are to be used.

If the S.A.R.P enters a state of war or rising diplomatic tensions, its military is to spring into action from its prior state of dissolution, as mandated by article 13 of Government restrictions. The S.A.R.P automatically enters a state of war if it makes a declaration of war against another nation or another nation declares war against it. If it is perceived by a representative in the National Assembly that diplomatic tensions are rising that could bring about a war in which the S.A.R.P would be involved, then they may call a vote amongst the National Assembly as to whether or not the S.A.R.P has entered a period of rising diplomatic tensions, if a majority votes that this is the case, then the S.A.R.P officially enters a period of rising diplomatic tensions and the military may spring into action.

If the S.A.R.P decides to independently make a declaration of war, then Posovaria must be noted before any public announcement has been made,

### Terms

* The Means of Production - The structures consisting of multiple blocks required to produce more things, E.G - Farms, orchards. Individual items or single blocks and raw materials are excluded.
* The Means of Transportation - The structures consisting of multiple blocks required to transport entities, E.G - Minecart railways. Nether Portals despite them being made from multiple blocks, are excluded.
* Public Life - The actions of an individual that affect others considerably, E.G - The building of openly visible structures, fighting others.
* Private Life - The actions of an individual that do not affect others, or only do so minimally, E.G - The appearance of an individual, the opinions of an individual on media.
* National Actions - Government actions that affect the entire nation, E.G - A new law being passed.
* Regional Actions - Government actions that affect a region only, E.G - construction of a new town hall.
* National Action Proposals - Proposals delivered to the National Assembly that request them to take a National Action, E.G - A request to pass a law giving the S.A.R.P’s citizens Universal Basic Income.
* Regional Action Proposals - Proposals delivered to the Regional Assembly that request them to take a Regional Action, E.G - A request to build a communal farm.