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| The
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| Charter of the Grand Commonwealth is the supreme law of the land
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| throughout the [[Grand Commonwealth]]. It is the contract that unites
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| together the nations five memberstates.
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| ----
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| == Preamble ==
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| We, the delegates of the [[Republic of Aerlig]], the [[Kingdom of
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| Alteria]], the [[Kingdom of Babkha]], the [[Republic of Karnali]], the
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| [[Empire of Lemuria]] and the [[Sovereign Order of Treesia]], do hereby
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| ratify and confirm this Charter, and that
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| == Article I ==
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| The name of this union shall be the Grand Commonwealth.
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| == Article II ==
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| Each member of this Commonwealth retains every Part of its Sovereignty,
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| Freedom, and Independence, and every Power, Jurisdiction, and Right not
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| expressly delegated to the government of the Grand Commonwealth by this
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| Charter. Member Nations shall, in turn, be expected to fulfil the
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| obligations upon them expressed in this Charter of the Grand
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| Commonwealth.
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| ==Article III==
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| The said Member Nations hereby enter into a firm League of Friendship,
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| for their common defence and mutual welfare, binding themselves to
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| assist each other, against all force offered to or attacks made upon
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| any member, irrespective of whatsoever might be their pretext.
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| ==Article IV==
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| All Citizens of each Member Nation shall have the right to pass over
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| state borders, without let or hindrance in any Member Nation they
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| should enter.
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| Each individual Member Nation shall have the right to receive
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| prospective immigrants to the Commonwealth as it sees fit, and shall
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| grant their Citizens the Rights to Freedom of Assembly, Communication
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| and Expression, except where such Rights would result in Acts of Force
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| or Fraud being committed against other Citizens.
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| ==Article V==
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| The central body of State in this Commonwealth shall be the
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| [[Majlis-i-Dharma]] of the Grand Commonwealth.
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| Each Member Nation shall be represented in the Majlis-i-Dharma by a
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| minimum of one Delegate, and a maximum of two Delegates. Delegates
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| shall be chosen every three months in such a manner as each Member
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| State shall individually determine.
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| They shall assemble on the first day of the month that begins their
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| term; Delegates shall have been selected at least one (1) week before
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| this, at most three (3). There shall be no restrictions on the number
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| of term for which each Delegate may sit. Each Delegate shall have one
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| vote in all proceedings.
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| Each Member Nation shall maintain its own Delegate in a meeting of the
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| Majlis-i-Dharma, as well as when they act as Members of other
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| Committees that may be established from time-to-time.
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| Member Nations also have the right to recall their Delegates at any
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| time and replace them as they see fit.
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| Freedom of speech and debate in Majlis-i-Dharma shall not be abridged
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| or otherwise threatened in any Court or Authority outside the
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| Majlis-i-Dharma, and the Members of Majlis-i-Dharma shall be protected
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| from arrest or imprisonment during their terms in Majlis-i-Dharma,
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| except for cases of alleged treason, felony, or breaching of the peace.
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| The titular Head of the Commonwealth shall be the [[Shahan-Ri]]. The
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| scope and duration of the position shall be reviewed from time-to-time
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| by the Majlis-i-Dharma. The Shahan-Ri shall generally have ceremonial
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| powers on behalf of the Commonwealth, and shall ensure the impartial
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| and equitable operation of all parts of the Commonwealth. The first
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| Shahan-Ri shall be the [[Shah of Babkha]].
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| ==Article VI==
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| The Commonwealth represents the United Sovereignties of each Member
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| Nation, and therefore may, with the consent of the Majlis-i-Dharma,
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| send an Embassy to, or receive an Embassy from, or enter into any
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| Treaty or Alliance with, any foreign power or assembly. However, each
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| Member Nation has the right to individually exclude itself from any
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| such Treaty or Alliance.
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| Conversely, no Member Nation may, of its own accord, and without the
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| consent of Majlis-i-Dharma, send an Embassy to, or receive an Embassy
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| from, or enter into any Treaty or Alliance with, any foreign power or
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| assembly. In the event that more than one Member Nation wishes to do so
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| with the same foreign power or assembly, then it shall be proceeded
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| with in the name of the Commonwealth as a whole instead.
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| Each Member Nation shall only be allowed to keep and maintain a
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| military force for the use of the Commonwealth, and no Member Nation
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| shall have the power to engage in war independently of, and without the
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| consent of all of the Member Nations, as represented in
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| Majlis-i-Dharma. In the event that Member Nation is actually invaded or
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| assaulted by a foreign power, the whole of the Commonwealth shall be
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| required to come to its defence.
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| The Majlis-i-Dharma shall alone hold the right to declare war, and this
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| shall be accomplished through a unanimous vote of all Delegates.
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| ==Article VII==
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| The Delegates of the Majlis-i-Dharma, shall, following their assembling
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| on the first of the month, elect by a majority vote a Taoiseach from
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| their numbers, who shall act as Speaker, and shall lose their vote in
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| its affairs for the duration. If they be the only representative of any
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| Member Nation, a replacement must be supplied, or else the
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| [[Taoiseach]] must forfeit his post in favour of being his Nation's
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| Delegate.
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| The Taoiseach shall be the Commander-in-Chief of all Defence Forces:
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| army, navy, and air-force, of the Grand Commonwealth, and shall hold
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| the power to appoint or remove all personnel thereto and therefrom.
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| The Majlis-i-Dharma shall furthermore have the sole power to determine
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| the funding and departments of the military. The Taoiseach shall have
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| the right to grant letters of marque on powers, which this Commonwealth
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| is already at war with, and otherwise direct attacks.
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| The Majlis-i-Dharma shall reserve the right to remove the Taoiseach by
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| a vote of No-Confidence, which must pass by a two-thirds (2/3rds)
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| majority to take effect.
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| The Taoiseach shall direct all foreign relations, except those directly
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| undertaken by the Member Nations and approved by Majlis-i-Dharma, and
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| shall have the power to make and approve treaties, subject to
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| Majlis-i-Dharma's approval before taking effect, as well as any
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| department created by Majlis-i-Dharma which is not made a subcommittee
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| of Majlis-i-Dharma.
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| The Taoiseach shall be required each month to answer the questions of
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| the legislature, and inform them about the Commonwealth's affairs.
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| Every member nation shall abide by the determinations of the
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| Majlis-i-Dharma and the Taoiseach in the areas from which they have
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| ceded to their authority under this Charter.
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| ==Article VIII==
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| The Majlis-i-Dharma shall have the power to request taxes from all the
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| Member Nations with working economies as a whole for the purpose of the
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| necessary funding all its functions and operations.
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| The Majlis-i-Dharma shall have the right to regulate the values of the
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| Currencies of the individual Member Nations, and to establish a
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| Commonwealth-wide economic and monetary system, from which individual
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| Member Nations may choose to exclude themselves.
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| ==Article IX==
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| The Majlis-i-Dharma shall be the final mediator in all Disputes between
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| Member Nations concerning boundaries, jurisdictions, or any other case
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| whatsoever. A Dispute shall be presented by a Delegate of one of the
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| concerned Nations in the form of a Petition, and upon hearing from all
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| sides in the said Dispute, the Majlis-i-Dharma shall address the said
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| Petition, and its decision shall be final. The decision must receive a
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| two-thirds (2/3rds) majority to pass, and shall come into effect on a
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| date specified therein.
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| ==Article X==
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| The Majlis-i-Dharma may issue laws which shall be binding throughout
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| the Commonwealth. Any Member Nation may opt out of any law passed by
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| the Majlis-i-Dharma except insofar as they regulate relations among
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| Member Nations or between the Commonwealth and third parties.
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| If a Person is guilty of a Crime in one Member Nation, and flees to
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| another Member of this Commonwealth, the State into which They have
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| fled shall be required to return Them to the State wherein They has
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| committed Their Crime. Full credit and faith shall be given to the
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| Criminal Records and Acts of Court found in one State by all the
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| others.
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| ==Article XI==
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| The admission of additional Members to this Commonwealth shall be
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| accomplished by a unanimous vote of a Committee of Nations.
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| ==Article XII==
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| Secession from the Commonwealth, subject to the approval of two-thirds
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| (2/3rds) of the Majlis-i-Dharma, may be accomplished by any Member
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| Nation, provided a majority of its populace are in favour of it.
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| ==Article XIII==
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| The Majlis-i-Dharma may appoint a Committee of Nations, which shall
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| have one delegate from each state, to address the amending of any part
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| of this Charter.
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