Notes: i and ii allow taxes to be either as needed, or monthly, or both. To keep everyone happy.Chapter XIII: Economy
I. Taxation.
1. The Ministry of Trade shall be empowered to conduct national taxation with one weeks notice to the general populous. It announce its intention to conduct taxation when one of two conditions are met:
i. The Crown Account is under 500 erb.
ii. Taxes have not been levied for a month.
2. The Kaiser may stop a tax after it is announced but before it is levied.
3. The Amount of taxation shall be 100 erb from each Duchy. Where possible, this will be taken directly from the Duke zirself. Where the Duke has less than 100 erb, this shall be taken from the richest citizen, and so on. Where the entire Duchy has less than 100 erb, all the erb they have shall be taken, and it is at the discretion of the Ministry of Trade and the Kaiser about whether the remaining sum will be taken when it becomes available.
4. Dukes are empowered to conduct taxation within their Duchy in order to recoup their loss from the National Taxation.
5. The amount and timing of taxation may be changed by the Kaiser of Act of Landsraad.
3. Is worded in such a way as to avoid possible fraud. That is, we take the money one way or another. If the Duchy has no money, we can cancel your debt (if no money is legit) or merely remove money from you as you add it back into your account until you pay it all off (if you're trying to fraud us). That means a Duchy can fraud to avoid tax ... only if it never wants to vote in the Landsraad again.
