Imperial Decree 217

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Imperial Decree #217: Fare Thee Well

Issued by Kaiseress Semisa I

I hereby proclaim the following:

First- I name my newborn daughter, Semisa II, to be my heir. Seeing as she is not yet of the required age, Erik Mortis Brookshire shall serve as her Steward until she reaches the age of eight. At that age Nick Foghorn Leghorn shall take the Steward's position until she is sixteen years of age. She will reign as Kaiseress once she is sixteen, until a time of her choosing.

Second- The post-based economy will come into being as soon as possible with the following regulations, to be changed as needed by the Kaiser, the Landsraad, and the Minister of Trade:

Ministers and employees of the state (such as the Praetor) shall receive 3 Unit of currency per post. Dukes shall receive 2 Unit of currency per post. All other positions shall receive 1 Unit of currency per post. Fiefdoms are to be taxed at the following rates:

Duchies: 30 Unit of currency per week plust 5 Unit of currency for each County over 5. Baronies: 15 Unit of currency per week while within a Duchy; 2- Unit of currency per week while outside a Duchy. Independent counties: 5 Unit of currency per week.

Taxes are due to the Minister of Trade on Fridays, prior to midnight PST. Taxes will be waived for the first two weeks of the new economy.

Third- The following citizens are inducted into the Order of Kampioens at the lowest rank:

Greg Russell Rakesh Ackbar Scott Alexander Delphi Augustus Eoin Dornan

Fourth- A number of halls shall be created within the Sir John Metzler III University:

Sorto Hall: History Shakespeare Hall: Performance Arts Escher Hall: Studio Arts Tolkien Hall: Literary Arts

Fifth- A tourism campaign shall be run within the next two weeks, in an effort to bring in new citizens. I hereby commission the Ministry of Immigration, Naturalization, and Tourism to take all steps needed to do so, up to and including the assistance of the populous.

Sixth- A new Ministry shall be created: the Ministry of Cartography. It is responsible for maintaining relations with the MCS, commissioning maps of the Lands of Shireroth (including maps of individual Counties), and maintaining the Map of the Fiefdoms. Its first Minister shall be Bill Dusch.

Seventh- I hereby step down from the Imperial Throne of Shireroth. Erik Mortis Brookshire Metzler, Nick Foghorn Leghorn, reign in the stead of my newborn daughter and make my nation great.