Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution are amended as follows:
2. The Monarchy
There shall be a Monarch who shall assume the Throne of Carcassonne and shall serve as head of state. The Monarch shall hold the title of Emperor or Empress.
There shall be an Imperial House, comprised of the Crown Prince and the other Princes, who shall be Peers appointed by the Monarch with the consent of the Senate by two-thirds majority vote. The Senate may remove any Prince by two-thirds majority vote, and any Prince who ceases to be a senator forfeits the title of Prince. The title of Prince may be substituted by Princess.
The Monarch shall hold the office of World Assembly delegate and shall be responsible for regional security. The Monarch may will assign regional Border Control powers to senators in good standing all members of the Imperial House .
The Senate Monarch shall establish among its members an order of seniority among the Princes. The Crown Prince is always the most senior Prince. Should circumstance require it, the most senior available senator Prince shall serve as Regent.
Should the Monarch abdicate, cease to exist or forfeit the office of World Assembly Delegate without the advice and consent of the Senate, the Senate shall elect a new Monarch from among its members. the Regent shall assume the powers and duties of the Monarchy until a new Monarch assumes the Throne.
The Monarch may temporarily forfeit the position of World Assembly delegate with the advice and consent of the Senate. Should the Monarch do so, the Regent shall assume the onsite position of World Assembly Delegate until the Monarch reassumes the office of World Assembly Delegate.
The Monarch shall receive representatives from foreign regions and dispatch the Government’s representatives to them.
The Monarch shall receive declarations of war and shall command the armies of the Region.
The Monarch may issue decrees on matters of regional security. Such decrees shall have the force of law but may not contradict the Laws adopted by the Ecclesia.
The Monarch shall forfeit the office of senator upon assuming the Throne, but should the Monarch abdicate they shall receive the office of senator be created a Peer, with the title of Emperor or Empress Emeritus .
Any and all powers privileges essential to the necessary functioning and security of the Region are reserved to the Monarch.
3. Peers and the Senate
There shall be a Senate composed of distinguished citizens all Peers who are concurrently citizens, which shall be responsible for the continuation of the State.
The Senate may admit citizens in good standing, who have continuously held their citizenship for six months, as senators Peers by a two-thirds majority vote. Should a senator Peer forfeit their citizenship, they shall forfeit the office of senator. However, no Peerage may be revoked except by a two-thirds majority vote of the Senate. The Monarch will determine the noble style of every Peer.
Senators shall possess a World Assembly nation and shall endorse the Monarch unless on campaign while serving as member of the army. Should a senator cease to meet this requirement, they shall forfeit the office of senator.
Should the Monarch abdicate, cease to exist or forfeit the office of World Assembly Delegate without the advice and consent of the Senate, the Senate shall elect a new Monarch from among its members.
The Senate shall hear appeals of criminal trials and shall determine the constitutionality of both decrees of the Monarch and laws of the Ecclesia.
The Senate may compel the Monarch to abdicate by an absolute two-thirds majority vote.
Any and all powers and privileges essential to the necessary functioning of the Senate are reserved to the Senate.
The Regional Security Act is amended as follows:
Chapter I. Endorsement Caps
The Senate Imperial House may impose limits on the number of World Assembly endorsements resident nations may receive, hereafter referred to as “endorsement caps”.
a. Such endorsement caps shall be enforced by the Monarch and the Senate Imperial House .
b. Any endorsement cap changes must first receive approval by the Ecclesia before going into effect.
Endorsement caps may discriminate between nations on the basis of the endorsements they have given, their citizenship status or the public offices they hold, but no nation may be subject to an endorsement limit of less than five (5).
The Senate Imperial House shall ensure that information on all current endorsement caps is easily and publicly accessible, and shall promptly and publicly announce any changes made to them.
Chapter II. States of Emergency
Should there exist a threat to the continuity of the State, the Monarch or Senate may declare a state of emergency under the terms of this act. A threat to the continuity of the State exists when:
a. Foreign or domestic enemies depose or attempt to depose the legitimate Monarch or Regent of Carcassonne by usurping the position of World Assembly delegate;
b. the Monarch of Carcassonne refuses to relinquish the position of World Assembly delegate following a vote of the Senate to force the Monarch’s abdication; or
c. The Monarch or Regent of Carcassonne has been inactive for 14 or more days.
Should the Senate be unable to establish contact with the Monarch of Carcassonne, the Senate may declare a state of emergency by a minimum 2/3 (rounded up) majority of its total membership under the terms of this act if either:
a. The Monarch is subject to forced abdication following a vote of the Senate and has not communicated with the Senate in 4 days;
b. Or the Monarch has forfeited the office of World Assembly Delegate without the advice and consent of the Senate and has not communicated with the Senate in 48 hours
Upon the declaration of a state of emergency, the Monarch or Senate will inform all residents of Carcassonne via telegram that legitimate directives and laws will only originate on the regional Discord or forums.
During a state of emergency, the Monarch and Senate Imperial House shall be authorized to take any and all actions necessary to restore regional security, including:
a. Ejecting or banning nations endorsing a hostile nation;
b. Ejecting or nations not endorsing the Monarch, senators or other designated friendly nations;
c. Establishing a regional password; and
d. Seeking a liberation or injunction from the World Assembly Security Council without the approval of the Ecclesia.
During a State of Emergency, the Monarch and Senate Imperial House shall not voluntarily move their nations out of Carcassonne, except temporarily in the course of opposing occupying forces.
During a state of emergency, the government of Carcassonne shall:
a. Approach regional allies for assistance;
b. Inform citizens and allies of the legitimate line of succession;
c. If ejected, establish a government-in-exile in a new region; and
d. Undertake whatever other actions are required to oppose occupying forces.
Should there no longer exist a threat to the continuity of the State, or should the Government of Carcassonne be reconstituted elsewhere, the Monarch and Senate may declare that the current state of emergency has ended. Should the Monarch or Senate make no such declaration, the current state of emergency shall instead end after seven (7) days unless a new threat to the existence of the State appears in which case it may be re-declared.
After the state of emergency has ended, all laws present before the state of emergency was declared shall again come into full effect.
I am presenting this bill to consolidate several suggestions that have been raised in regards to the future composition of the Senate. As Carcassonne continues to expand as a region, the role the Senate has played in this development is somewhat out of sync with the institution’s constitutional responsibilities.
Specifically, the Senate has a dual gameside security and political role. This separates those two roles into the “royalty” - which is to say, those holding high endorsement counts and border control - and “nobility,” who retain the rest of the Senate’s current powers. This also grants the Monarch the ability to add new titles of nobility for Senators.
Might want to add something that allows for gender-neutral royalty titles instead of just Emperor and Empress. Royal, Ruler, or Sovereign mayhaps? Otherwise I support what I’ve read from this so far, I’ll give more feedback if I think necessary.
I think this is an elegant solution to the question of how the Senate should evolve. My only comment is that I believe we should keep an explicit instruction that the Senate should formally elect a new Monarch in the event the current one can no longer serve. In Section 2.5, I propose something like “the Regent shall assume the powers and duties of the Monarchy until the Senate may hold an Imperial Election from among its members” (or something).
EDIT: Apparently, under Napoleon, the Crown Prince was styled the Prince Imperial.
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I like this. I would like provisions for granting lesser titles as well but that might be better as Law for the details.
Related, how would this interface with the new Vanguard Act?