People of Fanatica, behold the Three Books!

This is the home for the new DemoGame 4 ruleset. Our nation is governed by three sets of laws --- the Constitution, the Code of Laws(CoL) and the Code of Standards(CoS). All are presented here in their entirety. Take note that due to the length of the CoL and the CoS, their contents have been divided into 2 and 3 posts respectively.

My thanks go out to Ravensfire for formatting this entire document. :)

This is not a discussion thread.

The Constitution of Fanatica

We, the people of Fanatica, in order to create an atmosphere of
friendship and cooperation, establish this Constitution of our
beloved country. We uphold the beliefs that each citizen must
have an equal voice in the government and ruling of our country,
that government itself is a construct of and servant to the people,
that rules, regulations, and laws should be established to
facilitate the active participation of the people and to make
possible the dreams and desires of the citizens.

Article A. All Civfanatics Forum users who register in the Citizen
Registry are citizens of our country. Citizens have the
right to assemble, the right to free movement, the right
to free speech, the right to a fair trial, the right to
representation, the right to seek to redress grievances
and the right to vote.

Article B. Governing rules shall consist of these Articles of the
Constitution, such amendments that shall follow and lower
forms of law that may be implemented. No rule shall be
valid that contradicts these Articles excepting an
amendment specifically tasked to do so.

Article C. The government will consist of the Executive Branch,
Legislative Branch and Judicial Branch.

Article D. The Executive branch is responsible for determining
and implementing the will of the People. It is headed
by thePresident who shall be the primary Designated
Player. The President shall take direction from a
council of 4 leaders and from other elected and appointed
officials via the turnchat instruction thread.
1. The Minister of Internal Affairs shall be
responsible for all domestic and cultural
initiatives, as prescribed by law.
2. The Minister of Foreign Affairs shall be responsible
for matters involving treaties with foreign nations,
as prescribed by law.
3. The Minister of Defense shall be responsible for all
military strategy and troop activities, as
prescribed by law.
4. The Minister of Trade and Technology shall be
responsible for all tech acquisition and trade
initiatives, as prescribed by law.

Article E. The Legislative Branch will be formed of two houses.
The Senate will be formed of the Provincial Governors,
each of whom are responsible for the care, management
and use of the cities and lands of a province in
addition to legislative responsibilities. The Congress
will be formed of the entirety of the citizenry and is
responsible for the drafting of new Laws.

Article F. The Judicial Branch will consist of one Chief Justice
and two Associate Justices. These three justices are
tasked with upholding the Constitution and its supporting
laws (if any) in a fair and impartial manner as prescribed
by law. The Chief Justice shall have the additional
responsibility to organize and conduct the affairs of the
Judicial Branch.

Article G. All elected positions shall have a fixed term. All vacant
elected positions shall be filled by appointment of a
citizen to fulfill the remainder of the term.

Article H. No person shall hold multiple positions of leadership
(President, Department Leader, Judiciary, Provincial
Governor) simultaneously.

Article I. Census, and Amending the Constitution
1. The census shall be defined as the average number
of votes cast, dropping fractions, in each of the
contested elections in the most recent general
election.
2. Ratification of Amendments to the Constitution
shall require each of the following:
a. A poll which is open for at least 48 hours, which
states the text of the proposed new section(s),
the text of the section(s) being replaced, and
posing the question in the form of yes / no /
abstain.
b. A majority of yes votes.
c. A number of yes votes greater than or equal to
2/3 the census current at the start of voting on
the amendment, dropping any fraction therein.

Article J. Elected officials must plan and act according to the will
of the people.

Article K. All irreversible game actions must progress during a
public turnchat, while reversible game actions(ie build
queues) that adhere to legal instruction can be prepared
offline.

Article L. The constitution, laws and standards of Fanatika can never
be contrary to the rules and regulations of the
Civfanatics forums. Moderators may veto any such
constitutional amendments, laws or standards.

Article M. Commission of any game action by any person other than
the Designated Player while carrying out their duties
that is not instantly reversible without reloading the
save is strictly forbidden.
1. Exception: Determining options in the renegotiation
of Peace agreements requires an action of acceptance
or war to exit the bargain screen. This may be done
but the game must be immediately closed without
saving.

Code of Laws(Sections A - C)

A. Citizen Rights
1. Right to Assemble
a. Citizens may form civilian agencies/groups to
perform specific tasks or promote specific agendas.
1. Examples include a history tracking group and
activists for or against war.
2. Citizen groups may lobby for candidates and agendas.
b. Political parties (slate polling) are not permitted.

2. Right to Free Movement
a. Each citizen resides in a city of Fanatika.
b. Citizens choose where they live and may change this
location at will.

3. Right to Free Speech
a. Citizens may post their comments in forum threads
wherever
appropriate.
b. Citizens may post their comments in chats wherever
appropriate.
c. Citizens may create discussion threads on any topic.
d. Citizens may create polls on any topic.

4. Right to a Fair Trial
a. A citizen accused of a crime is considered innocent
unless proven otherwise.
b. Cases will be tried by the Judiciary and citizenry
through discussion, judged by the Judiciary, and
sentenced by the votes of the citizenry.

5. Right to Representation
a. The citizenry forms the Congress and thereby controls
the passage of laws and amendments.

6. Right to Seek a Redress of Grievances
a. Any citizen may call to account any violation of the
Constitution or Code of Laws.
b. Any citizen can request that a departmental leader
post a poll that lies within that leader's
responsibilities.
1. If two other citizens agree with the proposed poll
(proposal seconded and carried) the request becomes
a demand and the leader must comply.

7. Right to Vote
a. All citizens have the right to vote in all public
polls.
b. No citizen will be forced to cast their vote against
their conscience.
c. No citizen will vote more than once in the same poll.

B. The Executive Branch
1. Presidency
a. The Leader of the Executive Branch is the President.
b. The Deputy of the Presidency is the Vice President.
c. Is responsible for determining what to do with Great
Leaders.
d. Is responsible for worker activities.
e. Is responsible for policies, plans and agendas for
departments when these have not been set by a
department.
f. Is responsible for policies, plans and agendas for
items and activities that have not been defined as a
task of an individual department or leader.

2. Council
a. The Council of the Executive Branch consists of the
Leaders of the 4 departments.
b. Each department shall have a deputy.
c. Department Leaders share several powers and
responsibilities, regardless of department.
1. Post polls and discussions to determine citizen
desires for departmental policies, plans and
agendas.
2. Cast a tie-breaking vote in the polls determining
their departmental policies, plans and agendas.
3. Formulate departmental policies, plans and agendas
based on citizen feedback.
4. Formulate departmental policies, plans and agendas
of their own in the absence of citizen feedback
(forum outage, low participation, etc).
5. Convey these policies, plans and agendas to the
President for play in the game.
d. Departmental powers and responsibilities may overlap.
If overlap should cause the creation of non-
complementary plans, departmental precedence shall
be determined by rank in the Chain of Command.
e. Ministry of Internal Affairs
1. Is responsible for settler placement.
2. Is responsible for wonder building, including
prebuilds.
3. Governor of cities that do not have a provincial
governor.
4. Is responsible for the mapping of Provincial
Borders.
5. Evaluate Cultural needs of all cities.
6. Monitor overall happiness of COUNTRY_NAME.
7. Coordinate efforts of Governors on national
projects.
f. Ministry of Defense
1. Is responsible for troop movements.
2. Is responsible for defensive plans.
3. Is responsible for offensive plans.
4. Is responsible for troop upgrades and terminations.
5. Track relative strength of foreign nations
g. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
1. Is responsible for declarations of war.
2. Is responsible for peace treaties.
3. Is responsible for construction of embassies.
4. Is responsible for rights of passage.
5. Is responsible for trade embargoes.
6. Is responsible for mutual protection pacts.
7. Is responsible for placement of spies.
8. Is responsible for intelligence gathering,
spying and sabotage.
9. Track world-wide diplomatic situation.
h. Ministry of Trade and Technology
1. Is responsible for tech research queue.
2. Is responsible for tech trades.
3. Is responsible for tech espionage.
4. Is responsible for trade deals.
5. Is responsible for tracking the status and
expiration of established deals.

C. The Legislative Branch
1. The Senate (Governors)
a. Structure
1. The Senate shall be comprised of all Provincial
Governors
A. Should the number of provinces at the beginning
of a term be less than 3, a number of At-Large
Governors shall be elected.
1. The number of At-Large Governors shall be that
needed to bring the total number of Governors
to 3.
2. Should a new province be formed in mid-term,
and an At-Large Governor exist, the At-Large
Governor receiving the most votes in support
during the election shall become the Provincial
Governor of the new province.
2. The Senatorial President shall be the Vice-President
B. The Senatorial President shall be empowered to
vote only when a Senate vote is tied.
b. A governor organizes the production of their province.
1. A governor organizes the build queues of the cities
in thier province
1. A governor organizes the tile use in their province.
2. If a tile is unused, it may be used by a city in a
neighboring province.
3. A governor organizes tile development in their
province.
4. A governor may determine if population rushing is
to be used in a city within their province.
c. The Senate shall meet prior to each turn chat and
vote on the slider settings for the next game play
session in a Senate Slider poll.
1. The results of this vote shall be posted by the
Senatorial President in the game play session
instruction thread.
2. Should the Senate fail to determine the slider
settings, the Designated Player shall determine the
slider settings.
d. The Senate shall meet prior to each turn chat and vote
on all cash requests in a Cash Request poll.
1. These requests should be made in the Senate thread,
or another designated thread indicated in the first
post of the Senate thread.
2. Each request should be considered individually
unless the requestor specified otherwise.
3. Each request should be voted on seperately.
4. Should more requests be approved than funds
available, requests shall be conducted in the order
determined by the Designated Player.

2. The Congress (Citizens)
a. Comprised of all registered citizens of Fanatika.
b. Provincial borders shall be determined and approved
by the Congress.
1. A province should contain no more than
approximately 126 tiles
2. Provincial borders shall be defined well ahead of
expansion.
3. When a defined province grows to 3 cities in the
middle of an term, and no At-Large Governor exists,
a temporary governor must be appointed by the
President.
A. Any citizen may post a refusal poll for the
appointment.
4. Any citizen may request a redistricting poll be
held by creating a new thread in the Citizen's sub-
forum with the request. Should more than 2 other
citizens second the request, the Minister of
Internal Affairs shall create a redistricting poll.
a. This poll shall ask the question "Shall we
redefine the boundaries of our Provinces?" and
be open for 4 days.
b. If the poll meets a quorum level of 2/3 the
census and 2/3 of the votes support the question,
the Minister of the Interior shall immediately
conduct a discussion on redefining the boundaries
of all Provinces.
c. Once all boundaries have been created, the entire
plan shall be polled for acceptance. There shall
be no quorum level, and the poll shall be open
for 4 days. If 2/3 of the votes accept the
proposal, the new boundaries shall become active
with the next election.

3. Legislative Polls
a. Senate Polls
1. Slider Polls
A. Proposal shall list all slider options under
consideration.
B. Poll shall be in open response format (normal
post option, not a poll).
C. The setting with the most votes shall be the
approved setting.
D. The minimum duration for this poll is 24 hours.
2. Cash Request Polls
A. Proporal shall list all cash requests.
B. Poll shall be in open response format (normal
post option, not a poll).
C. Each request receiving a majority of the total
votes in support shall be considered approved.
D. The minimum duration for this poll is 24 hours.

Code of Laws(Sections D - J)

D. Judiciary
1. The judiciary is comprised of three members, the Chief
Justice, and 2 Associate Justices

2. All members of the judiciary share several rights and
responsibilities.
a. Do not have Deputies but may appoint Pro-Tem
officials if they are unable to fulfill their duties.
Pro-Tem officials have all of the rights and
responsibilities of the officials they are filling
in for but are a temporary position and must
surrender their pro-tem status upon the request of
the official.
b. Participate in Judicial Review to determine the
legality of proposed amendments, laws and standards.
c. Initiate and participate in Judicial Review to
interpret and clarify existing amendments, laws and
standards.
d. Participate in Citizen Complaints.
e. Post Legislative polls that have passed Judicial
Review.

3. The Chief Justice
a. Is responsible for posting the current census at the
beginning of each term.
b. Is responsible for updating and maintaining the
Judicial Log.
d. Is responsible for monitoring investigation threads
to keep them on topic and accurate.

4. Associate Justices
a. Aid the Chief Justice as requested.

E. Forum Moderators
1. Democracy game forum moderators are responsible for
site maintenance.
2. Democracy game forum moderators are responsible for
enforcing Civfanatics Forum rules within the Democracy
Game Forums.
3. Democracy game forum moderators are responsible for
overseeing the election process and determining the
validity of election results.

F. Elections
1. Elections shall be supervised by the Election Office
under guidance from the Moderators.
a. At the conclusion of an election cycle, the Election
Office shall:
1. Determine and post the results of the election in
a thread in the main forum.
2. Determine and post the dates of the next election
cycle in the first post of the Election Office.

2. For the purposes of this clause, all times shall be
expressed in GMT.

3. The following offices shall have one calendar month
terms, beginning on the first day of that month
a. President
b. Minister of Internal Affairs
c. Minister of Defense
d. Minister of Foreign Affairs
e. Minister of Trade and Technology
f. Chief Justice
g. 2 Associate Justice
h. 1 Provincial Governor per Province
i. At-Large Govenors, if needed

4. Elections shall be conducted according to the following
scheduled:
a. Nominations shall start 7 days before the end of the
month and run until the election polls are posted.
b. Debates shall start 7 days before the end of the
month and run until the election polls close.
c. Election polls shall start 4 days before the end of
the month and run for 3 days.

5. The citizen gathering the most votes in an election is
deemed the winner of that election.
a. Should more than one citizen tie with the highest
totals, a run-off election lasting 2 days shall be
immediately posted listing only the tied citizens.

G. Chain of Command
1. Determines the Designated Player if the President is
unavailable for the turn chat.
a. If no citizen in the CoC is present at the game play
session, the session shall be ended.

2. Settles departmental jurisdiction conflicts.

3. COC
a. President
b. Vice President
c. Minister of Internal Affairs
d. Minister of Defense
e. Minister of Foreign Affairs
f. Minister of Trade and Technology

H. Vacant Positions
1. Leader positions that remain unfilled after an election
shall be filled via appointment by the President.
a. Any citizen may post a refusal poll within 24 hours
of the appointment.

2. Deputies
a. Each elected office in the Executive and Legislative
branch shall have a Deputy. This Deputy is appointed
by the office holder.
1. Any citizen may post a refusal poll within 24 hours
of the appointment.
b. No elected official may be appointed a Deputy.
c. A citizen may only be appointed to one Deputy position.

3. Leader positions that become vacant mid-term shall be
filled by appointing the deputy for that position as
Leader.
a. A mid-term vacancy in the Judiciary shall be filled
by a triumvirate vote between the President and the
other two Justices determining and approving the
replacement.
1. Any citizen may request a refusal poll within 24
hours of the appointement.

I. Legal Instructions
1. A legal instruction is any instruction, posted in the
turn chat instruction thread at least one hour prior
to the start of the turn chat, by a citizen empowered
to do so, within the limitations of the office the
citizen is representing.

J. Amending the Code of Laws
1. Polls to amend the Code of Laws shall be posted by the
Judiciary upon succesful completion of a Judicial Review.

2. Polls are to be in anonymous responder format (standard
Forum poll option).
a. Proposal must be in Yes/No/Abstain format.
b. Polls will stay open until:
1. All votes have been cast, or;
2. A quorum has responded and further votes cannot
affect the outcome of the vote, or;
3. The posted poll closing time has been reached.
1. Minimum duration to run a poll is 48 hours.
c. The quorum for changes in the Code of Laws is 1/2 of
the census.
d. A simple majority of support is required to adopt or
alter a law.

Code of Standards(Sections A - G)

A. The Citizen Registry
1. All persons wishing to play the Democracy Game should
register in the Citizen Registry thread.
a. Citizens should edit their post in the registry if
the facts stated there change.

B. Forum Organization
1. Main Forum - Game play related information
a. Intro Thread / Meta Index (sticky)
b. Citizen Registry (sticky)
c. Needed Things (sticky)
d. Nomination index (seasonal) (sticky)
e. Constitution/Code of Laws/Code of Standards (sticky)
f. Game Saves and Chat Log index (sticky)
g. Judicial Log (sticky)
h. Official Absence (sticky)
i. Turn chat schedule / Chat instruction thread index /
Statistics thread
j. Turn chat threads
k. Election threads (nominations, polls)
l. Threads should be opened here only by Mods and
citizens needing to do so for an office.

2. Government Sub-forum - Government related information
a. Government Thread Index (all branches) (sticky)
b. Offices Index (appointed/created positions) (sticky)
c. City Index and Registry (sticky)
d. Creative History Department (sticky)
e. Creative History Department - Storyline (sticky)
f. Senate
g. Government Threads
h. Province Threads
i. City Threads
j. Office Threads
k. Maps (Cartographic Society)
l. Citizens are allowed to post, but not to open their
own threads. Threads should be created by mods,
leaders and those needing to do so for an office.
All discussion should be spawned to the citizen
forum with only a link in the governmental forum to
avoid clutter. The result of the discussion should
be brought back to the government forum thereafter.

3. Citizen Sub-forum - Citizen related information
a. Citizen group Index & Registry (sticky)
b. Discussion Registry (sticky)
c. Citizen groups
d. Discussions

4. Poll Sub-forum - Polls
a. Poll Registry (sticky)
b. Citizen Polls
c. Leader Polls

C. Game Schedule
1. Regular Game Sessions
a. The turn chat schedule shall be created by the
President
b. The schedule shall always have at least two chats
on the schedule, including the chat taking place on
the current date.
c. Once set, the schedule may not be changed expect for:
1. Correct a minor typing error. This change must be
done within 12 hours of the initial post for that
turn chat.
2. Extenuating circumstances within the game requiring
additional discussion time. This change must be
done within 24 hours of the end of the turn chat
producing the circumstance, and may only delay
the turn chat.
3. Extenuating circumstances outside of the requiring
additional discussion time. This change shall only
be done by the Judiciary acting unanimously.
d. All changes shall be posted in the Schedule thread,
the Presidential thread and as a new thread in the
Citizen's sub-forum.

2. Special Game Sessions
a. The President may schedule a special game session to
accomplish a single, specific task.
b. The need for this task must be supported by either a
poll or through significant support in a discussion.
c. The chat shall be scheduled no earlier than 24 hours
from when the chat was added to the schedule.
d. A turn chat instruction thread must be posted for
this special session, and shall include only:
1. The date and time of the chat, in GMT;
2. A link to the save to be used;
3. The reasons and the support for the chat;
4. The specific action to be take.
5. No other instructions from the Executive or
Legislative branches shall be posted.

D. Turn Chat Instruction Thread
1. All instructions to be played out in the turn chat
must be entered in the turn chat instruction thread.
a. Any instructions that are not posted to the turn
chat instruction thread before the start of the turn
chat are not considered official.

2. Thread organization
a. Threads will be created in the Main forum
b. One Thread will be used per Turn-Chat
c. The Thread will be called "Turn Chat Instructions
[save game date] [date of turn chat]"
d. The Thread of the upcoming turn-chat will be stickied
e. Only the upcoming turn chat thread and the last turn
chat thread should be open, the others should be
closed if all info posted to stop misposting of
information.

3. Post organization
a. Specified files should be uploaded with the file
server upload (link at bottom of Forum pages) and a
URL link should be put in the applicable post.
b. First Post:
1. Time and date when the chat will be held
a. Time should be expressed in GMT
2. Save game which will be used
3. Any other information the President considers
relevant
c. Following Posts:
1. Turn chat instructions from the officials, one
post per department and province
d. Game Save Posts
1. Used for uploading the intermittent saves during
the chat.
e. Last Posts
1. Turn Summary
2. Chat-Log
3. Screenshots (if needed)

E. Turn Chat Procedures
1. The Designated Player (see Chain of Command) should be
in the chat room at least 10 minutes before the
scheduled time and begin play at the specified start
time. The Designated Player may conduct any prepatory
activities that can be immediately undone without
reloading the save, at any time prior to the start of
the turn chat, even offline.
a. The primary chat room shall be #Turnchat on
irc.irc-chat.net.

2. If the Designated Player has not shown up 10 minutes
after the scheduled start of the turn chat, a new
Designated Player shall be chosen from the officials
present following the Chain of Command. If none are
present, then the Chat is cancelled.

3. The Designated Player shall upload a save of the game
after turn 0, every 5 turns after that, and a final
save at the conclusion of the chat.

4. If the Designated Player voluntarily relinquishes
control, they shall post a current save of the game in
the TCIT. The next person in the COC attending the
chat shall download this save and resume playing the
game with that save.

5. If the Designated Player disappears and has not
reappeared within 10 minutes, the next person
attending the chat on the COC shall become the
Designated Player using the most recently uploaded
save game.

6. If a game has to be used that is not current, then the
moves from the chat log must be duplicated.

7. Once a player has started playing the save, they are
the Designated Player for that turn chat and shall not
be required to relinquish play to a late arriving/
returning, but higher ranked official.

8. The maximum number of turns to be played per Turn Chat
will be 10.
a. A valid and binding Forum Poll may extend the
number of turns to be played, on a per-chat basis
b. Under extenuating circumstances the chat may be
extended by the DP for up to 3 turns. No other
approval is need for the DP to extend the Turn
Chat if the allowable conditions are met. The
reasons a chat may be extended are:
* to allow research to complete so that next
options can be discussed.
* to allow a specific wonder or production to
complete, so its affects can be determined.
* to complete a military action, so that peace
terms can be discussed, or follow on action
planned.
* to allow a period of anarchy to complete, so the
government change can be assessed.

F. Turn Chat Rules

1. Only citizens of the Democracy game shall be voiced.

2. Citizens are encouraged to provide constructive advice
& positively contribute to the chat.

3. Spaming, lobbying, repetitive questions and any other
unnecessary traffic in the chat is forbidden.

4. Clones are not allowed!

5. Violations of the chat rules shall result in the
offender being de-voiced.

6. The chat operators hold
the right to de-voice all non-officials if the chat
gets too confusing or is disturbed by someone
permanently. The Designated Player makes this decision.

7. De-voicing actions shall be investigated by the
Judiciary.

8. During turn chats, #Demogame is still open for totally
free discussions. Departments or special interest
groups can also open private discussion rooms.

9. The Designated Player retains the right to end the
chat turn at their discretion.

G. Save Game/Log Thread
1. Links to all official game saves and turn chat logs
shall be posted in a thread titled "Games Saves and
Chat Logs" located in the main forum.

2. Each President shall make one post which shall be
updated with a link to the game save and turn chat log
within 12 hours of the beginning of a turn chat session.
a. The post shall have two sections: "Game Saves" and
"Turn Chat Logs".
b. The link text for the game saves and the turn chat
logs shall be the game year at the start of the
turn chat session. For example, the links for the
game save and turn chat log that are posted after
the first turn chat session would be "4000 BC".

Code of Standards(Sections H - K)

H. Naming Rights
1. The first Governor for a province shall name that
province.

2. A City Name List is compiled from names provided by
the citizens of Fanatica.
a. Each citizen was required to provide a name at the
time of registration.
b. Names will be used in the order of citizen
registration. If a city name was not provided, that
citizen is skipped until that citizen provides a
name. That name is placed on top of the remaining
list.
c. A citizen may change or add their choice of city
name any time prior to their choice being used. A
post must be made in the Census Office thread
regarding the change or addition.

3. When a city name is required, the first name available
on the official City Name List shall be used unless
that city's name-giver determines otherwise.
a. The first President shall have rights to name the
first city founded by Fanatica. If the President
exercises this right, the President shall be skipped
in the City Name List the first time they are due to
name a city.

4. When a city has been named using a name from the City
Name List, it shall not be renamed unless the city is
wrongly named .

5. Cities that were captured, flipped, or otherwise
acquired are always renamed. When a city is renamed,
it must follow the points above.

6. Natural terrain features (mountain chains, lakes,
deserts, etc) may be named by Provincial Governors. If
the Provincial Governor does not wish to name a feature
it may be passed to the next Governor

7. Naming rights must pass through all citizens before a
citizen is given a second naming right in the chain.

I. Poll Procedures
1. Forum Poll
a. The following criteria are required for a forum poll
to be binding:
1. Approval levels must be achieved.
A. A simple plurality is required.
B. If "Abstain" ever holds plurality at the end of a
poll, the forum poll is not binding.
b. The following criteria are required for a forum poll
to be valid:
1. Discussion thread open for 24 hours, minimum.
2. Poll type in the header and first post.
3. Forum Poll end dates/times noted in the first post.
A. End dates/times can be conditional. (Example:
poll ends at 1 hour prior to the beginning of the
next chat turn)
4. Link to relevant discussion threads in the first
post.
5. Inclusion of an "Abstain" option.
6. Link to the poll in the Poll Registry.
7. All above criteria must be met within 4 hours of
creating poll, excepting minor typos and corrections.
c. The following criteria are preferred for all forum
polls:
1. Proposed poll, up for 24 hours minimum.
2. Forum poll posted with link from discussion thread.
3. Forum poll duration minimum of 24 hours (48 hours
plus is preferred).
A. If the forum poll runs into the weekend it is
advised that the duration be extended by 24 hours
for each weekend day. Forum participation is much
lower on the weekends.
4. Link to the forum poll in the appropriate Department
thread.
5. Vote options given explanations, if not immediately
apparent.
Example: Yes (I want to build the embassy.)
No (I do not want to build the embassy.)
Abstain (I don't care if we build the
embassy.)

2. Informational polls
a. Do not have restrictions and cannot be used to
justify policy, plans or actions.
1. All polls posted by Leaders are considered Forum
Polls unless specifically noted to be informational
in the header and first post.

3. Refusal Polls
a. Any citizen may request a refusal poll to be posted
within 24 hours of any citizen being appointed to an
elected office.
b. The person who appointed the citizen to the office
must create a poll within 24 hours of the refusal
request.
1. Failure to post the poll shall result in the
appoinment nullified
2. Poll shall only contain Yes, No and Abstain options.
3. Poll shall run for 48 hours.
4. Header and body of poll should state that this is
a refusal poll and the position in question.
5. Should there fail to be a majority of votes in
support of the appointment, the appointment is
immediately nullified upon the poll closing.
c. If the appointment is nullified, the person making
the appointment must appoint a different citizent to
the office.

J. Elections (CoS section)
1. Nominations
a. The Election Office shall create one Nomination thread
for each possible Election poll. These threads shall
be in the main forum.
b. Any citizen may nominate any other citizen, including
themself, for any office.
c. To be listed in the Election poll, a Citizen must post
that they have accepted a nomination.
1. A self-nomination is considered to be automatically
accepted.
e. The Election Office shall create a Nomination Tracking
thread in the main forum summarizing all
nominations and their status.

2. Debates
a. Debates shall be held within the Nomination thread.
b. Any citizen may post a question or statement in this
thread.
c. No candidate shall be forced to respond to a question.
d. The Election Office shall maintain a list of the asked
questions and periodically repost them.

3. Polling
a. Polling threads shall be created by the Election
Office in the main forum.
b. Only accepted nominations shall be listed in the
Election poll.
c. The poll shall list the nominees and abstain.
d. Each office shall have its own poll.
1. Judiciary exceptions:
A. There shall be only 1 multi-select poll for the
Judiciary branch.
i. This poll will list all the candidates and
instruct the citizens that only the recipients of
the three highest vote totals will be elected.
B. The nominee with the most votes shall be the Chief
Justice.
i. Should a tie exist for 1st, the nominees tied for
that position shall be listed in a poll to
determine who shall be the Chief Justice. This
poll shall last for 2 days. The person receiving
the 2nd most votes in the poll if there are two
candidates tied shall be an Associate Justice.
If there are three or more candidates tied, the
2nd and 3rd place candidates shall be Associate
Justices.
C. The nominees with the 2nd and 3rd most votes shall
be the Associate Justices, unless a tie existed for
1st most votes. If there are two tied for 1st, the
3rd place from the original multi-choice poll shall
be Associate Justice. If three or more tie for 1st
in the multi-choice poll, the associate justices
shall be determined as specified in foregoing
section 1.B.i.
D. Should a tie exist for either Associate Justice
position, where there are more candidates tied than
positions available, a run-off poll shall be posted.
This poll shall list only the tied candidates and
the number of positions available. This poll shall
be a single-select poll (standard format), and be
open for 24 hours. The candidate(s) with the most
votes shall be elected to the position(s). This
poll shall run for 2 days.

2. At-Large Governors
A. There shall be only 1 multi-select poll for all
At-Large Governor positions.
i. This poll will list all the candidates and instruct
the citizens that only the recipients of the X
highest vote totals will be elected, where X is
the number of At-Large Governor positions for the
election cycle.
B. The top X candidates, where X is the number of
At-Large Governor positions for the election cycle,
shall be the At-Large Governors
C. Should a tie exist between two or more citizens for
the final At-Large Governor position, a run-off
poll listing only those citizens shall be posted.
This poll shall last for 2 days.
K. Absenteeism
1. The Deputy for a position may post instructions for
that position should no instructions be posted within
24 hours of the scheduled start of the game play
session.
a. The office holder may not post instructions should
they return once the deputy has posted instructions.

2. Should an Executive or Legislative leader fail to post
instructions for 2 consecutive game play sessions,
without posting in the official absence thread, any
citizen may request that the office be declared
abandoned by creating a thread in the Citizen forum.
a. The Chief Justice shall then send a PM to the office
holder, notifying them of the request.
b. The Chief Justice shall then post in the request
thread that the PM has been sent.
c. Should the office holder fail to reply by posting in
the request thread within 96 hours of the PM, the
office holder is removed and the office is
considered vacant.

3. Should a Judicial leader fail to respond to an official
post or message within 96 hours, without posting in
the official absence thread, any member of the
Judiciary may request that the office be declared
abandoned by creating a thread in the Citizen forum.
a. A member of the Judiciary shall then send a PM to
the office holder, notifying them of the request.
b. The Justice that made the request shall then post in
the request thread that the PM has been sent.
c. Should the office holder fail to reply by posting in
the request thread within 96 hours of the PM, the
office holder is removed and the office is
considered vacant.

4. Should an office holder post that they will be absent
for a certain time period, the Deputy is empowered
with all duties and responsibilities of the position
for that period.
a. The Deputy shall relinquish all such powers upon
return of the office holder.
b. Should the Deputy fail to post instructions while so
empowered, the Designated Player shall perform the
actions of that office as they deem to be within the
Will of the People, using such information as is
available to them.
c. A member of the Judiciary, subject to approval by
the other members of the Judiciary, may appoint any
citizen, not already an elected official or deputy
to an elected official, to serve in their office
until they return.

Code of Standards(Sections L - N)

L. Citizen Complaint Process
1. Complaint
a. A Complaint is filed with the Court by a citizen
1. May be filed as a post in the Judicial Thread or;
2. PM to any Justice or;
3. PM to Moderator
b. The Complaint should detail the circumstances for the
accusation, and include some evidence.
c. The Court appoints a Prosecutor for case.
1. The Accuser may represent themselves, arrange for
an Advocate, or request the Court to appoint an
Advocate.
d. Court notifies Accused and determines Defense.
1. Accused may represent themselves, arrange for an
Advocate, or request Court to appoint an Advocate.
e. The Prosecutor and the Defense investigate complaint.
1. May interview witnesses, gather evidence, etc.
2. If complaint made via PM, the Prosecutor and the
Defense shall communicate with Accuser through the
person the Complaint was sent to. The identity of
the Accuser should not be revealed unless they
choose otherwise.
f. The Prosecutor and the Defense then present the
results of the investigation to the Court.
1. The Court should be skeptical of all allegations,
requiring a reasonable chance the allegation is
true and determining that, if the allegation is
true, a violation of Fanatican law has occurred.
g. By majority vote, the complaint is disposed as
follows:
1. Dismissed
A. Complaint dismissed completely.
B. Complaint should not be referenced in future,
non-court events (think arrest record vs court
record).
2. Accepted
A. Complaint accepted for Trial.
3. Partially Accepted
A. Only some parts of the complaint are accepted.
B. Those portions not accepted are Dismissed and
should not be referenced in future discussions.
h. If the complaint is Accepted, the Court should
determine if there is a specific action that can
significantly remedy the harm caused.
1. The Prosecutor, the Defense and the Accused meet
to determine a proposed remedy.
A. If they unable to determine a remedy, the
complaint is Accepted.
2. The court then votes on the proposed rememdy. If
a majority of the Court agrees with proposal, the
remedy is accepted.
A. If not accepted, remedy discussions should
continue, with guidance from Court.
3. The Chief Justice shall post all instructions
needed to carry out the remedy for the next turn
chat.
4. Failure by the Accused to carry out remedy, or
make every effort to see that the remedy is
carried out, is treated as Guilty plea.
5. The Complaint treated as Dismissed if remedy is
carried out.
j. If the complaint is Dismissed for any reason,
including the Accused carrying out the rememdy, the
Chief Justice shall post the disposition and
reasoning in the Judicial Thread and the Judicial
Log. Any remedy should be included in this post.

2. Trial
a. The Prosecutor creates the formal charge.
b. The Chief Justice shall create a trial thread in the
Citizens forum, entitled
"People vs <Accused>".
1. The first post shall be from the Chief Justice
containing formal charge.
2. The second post shall be from the Prosecutor.
3. The third post shall be from the Defense.
4. The Discussion continues until the Chief Justice
declares arguments over.
A. Associate Justices may overrule if both agree.
They may also declare a halt to arguments if
both agree and Chief Justice is not willing.
B. At this time, the Prosecutor and the Defense
should make final, summary posts.
c. The Judiciary shall then confer privately and
determine by a majority vote, Court determines
1. Innocent
2. Guilty

3. Sentencing
a. The Chief Justice shall create a poll to determine
sentence handed down to the guilty party.
1. If there are multiple Guilty verdicts, the Chief
Justice shall determine if multiple polls (one per
charge) or a single, combined sentence poll shall
be used.
2. The poll shall include options determined by the
Chief Justice
A. The Chief Justice shall consult with the
Associate Justices for appropriate options, but
the final decisions shall rest with the Chief
Justice.
B. The options shall be ranked in the order of most
severe to the least severe.
C. There shall be no abstain option.
D. Some of the sentencing option the Chief Justice
should consider are:
1. Expulsion (removal from the current DG)
2. Suspension (time to be determined by Moderators)
3. Impeachment (removal from office)
4. Final Warning
5. Public Apology (wording to be approved by
Moderators)
6. Warning
7. No Punishement
E. The preceding list should not be considered
complete. The Judiciary may add additional
options as needed.
F. Options may be combined at the discretion of the
Judiciary for a single sentencing option.
G. Explusions and Suspensions must be approved by a
Moderator prior to their inclusion in the poll.
3. There shall be a minimum of three options with
varying levels of severity.
4. There shall always be an option of "Warning"
5. The poll shall be open for 2 days (48 hours)
6. The poll shall allow each citizen to select only
one option.
7. Once the poll has been closed, the Chief Justice
shall determine the sentence for the accused.
A. Each vote shall be determined as a vote for
the option selected, and all less-severe
options.
B. The sentence selected shall be the most severe
sentence that a majority of the citizens
supported.
Example:
Option A - 4 Votes
Option B - 12 Votes
Option C - 13 Votees
The sentence carried out is option B.
Option A has 4 total votes.
Option B has 16 total votes.
Option C has 29 total votes.
A total of 29 citizens voted, making Option
B is the most severe sentence that a majority
of the citizens support with a total of 16
votes in support and 29 votes overall.
8. The Chief Justice shall announce the sentence in
the sentencing poll, and PM the accused with it.
9. Sentencing shall commence once the sentence is
announced.
10. The guilty party may appeal the sentence to a
Moderator.

4. Conclusion
a. The Chief Justice shall post a summary in the
Judicial Log and in the Judicial Thread.
1. The post shall include the formal charge(s),
verdict(s) and sentence(s), as appropriate.
2. The post shall include a link to the discussion
thread and the sentencing poll(s).

5. General
a. The Accused is innocent unless proven Guilty.
b. All proceedings should go forth in an expedient
manner.
c. All proceedings started under one Court shall
continue with that Court through the conclusion of
that proceeding.
d. The Accused may plead Guilty at any point,
immediately moving the case to Sentencing.
e. Members of the Court may not initiate a Citizen's
Complaint.
f. Should a member of the Court be the target of a
Citizen's Complaint, a pro-tem Justice shall be
appointed.

M. Judicial Review
1. Judicial Review of an Existing Law
a. Request
1. Any citizen may request a Judicial Review by posting
the request in the Judicial Thread or via PM to any
Justice.
A. The request should contain the question and the
specific law involved.
B. If the request sent via PM, the citizen should
remain anonymous unless they choose otherwise.
2. The Chief Justice shall post a notice in the Judicial
Thread that a Judicial Request has been filed. This
post should contain a summary of the Request.

b. Public Discussion
1. The Chief Justice shall create a new thread in the
Citizen's Forum entitled (Judicial Review - Term <term
number> - Request <request number for that term>)
2. The first post shall contain the formal question and
law involved
A. The Chief Justice may rewrite the question so long
as the meaning is not altered. Any changes should be
discussed with the requestor.
3. All Citizens are then invited to discuss the question.
4. Justices are to post questions, but not conclusions.
5. Discussion continues until the Chief Justice declares
arguments over.
A. The Associate Justices may overrule if they both
agree to do so. They may also declare halt to
arguments if they both agree and Chief Justice is
not willing to end the discussions.

c. Judicial Discussion
1. The Judiciary shall then meet privately to discuss
review
2. The Judiciary shall produce a Majority opinion, and
if needed, a Minority opinion.
3. The Chief Justice shall post both opinions, including
the signers of each, in the Judicial Thread and the
Judicial Log.
A. Each Justice should post a confirmatory message
which may also include an explanatory note. Any
such note is not part of the official record.
4. All Judicial Reviews are part of COUNTRY_NAME’s body
of Law, and may be used for future decisions unless
overridden by future Laws.

d. General
1. All proceedings should go forth in an expedient
manner.
2. All proceedings started under one Court shall
continue with that Court through the conclusion of
that proceeding.

2. Judicial Review of a Proposed Law
a. As citizens, the members of the Judiciary should be
active during any discussion of a new law.
b. Once a final proposal has been made and agreed upon
for a proposed Law, the Chief Justice should post in
the discussion thread that the Judiciary will review
the law and the text of the law to be reviewed.
c. The Judiciary will then meet privately to discuss the
law.
d. If the proposed law passes review, the Chief Justice
shall post the poll for the proposed law in the Poll
sub-forum.
1. A majority of Justices must agree that the proposed
law does not conflict with any existing law or
constitutional article for it to pass review
e. If the proposed law does not pass review, the Chief
Justice shall post in the discussion thread the
reasons for the rejection.
1. Should a poll already be posted for this proposal,
the poll is deemed void.

N. Amending the Code of Standards
1. Polls to amend the Code of Standarsd shall be posted by
the Judiciary upon succesful completion of a Judicial
Review.

2. Polls are to be in anonymous responder format (standard
Forum poll option). and follow the standard Forum Poll
procedures.
a. Proposal must be in Yes/No/Abstain format.
b. Polls will stay open until:
1. All votes have been cast, or;
3. The posted poll closing time has been reached.
A. Minimum duration to run a poll is 48 hours.
c. There is no quorum to amend the Code of Standards
d. A simple majority of support is required to adopt or
alter a standard.