Constitution of the Waffle Republic
ARTICLE I
Powers of Supreme Overlord
SECTION I.
WafflesAreBetter and no other is the sole Supreme Overlord of the Waffles Survival Multiplayer Server, the Overseer of all Lands. All must answer to him.
SECTION II.
The Supreme Overlord of the Waffles SMP possesses the power to veto laws he finds unfair, corrupt, and/or unconstitutional.
SECTION III.
The Supreme Overlord may put in place his own laws with no restriction, but if Republic officials or popular opinion in the country disagrees with them, they must be put to popular vote.
SECTION IV.
The Supreme Overlord and all others must follow the laws of the Waffle Republic whilst in the land under its jurisdiction, unless granted explicit case by case permission from the Supreme Overlord.
SECTION V.
The Supreme Overlord possesses any and all powers granted to the Chancellor, although usage of these powers should be kept to a minimum to most closely follow the will of the people through their elected officials.
SECTION VI.
The Supreme Overlord has the right to suspend elections if they deem it necessary.
ARTICLE II
Election
SECTION I.
All government actions and laws shall be proposed and carried out by the Chancellor of the Waffle Republic and their staff.
SECTION II.
The Chancellor of the Waffle Republic shall be put in place by direct democratic election starting on the 10th of every odd-numbered month and ending on the 17th of that same month. These months are: January, March, May, July, September, and November. Chancellors’ terms last a total of two months, starting on the 17th of the month they are elected and ending the 17th of the month that their replacement is elected. There is no limit for the amount of terms that a Chancellor can have.
SECTION III.
Only Waffle Republic citizens may vote for Chancellor. No person may vote if they have been banished from the Waffle Republic or have obtained any other significant criminal record, unless excused by the Supreme Overlord. No person may vote if they do not live in land subject to the rule of the Chancellorship. Players may vote only once and alternate accounts may not vote.
SECTION IV. (REMOVED)
Elections shall be held anonymously unless the Supreme Overlord thinks it is not necessary. As a result, each candidate will submit their campaign plan to the Supreme Overlord, who will post them anonymously. Candidates who tell people which campaign plan is theirs during an anonymous election will be disqualified.
SECTION V.
The result of the Chancellor’s election will be decided by means of direct democracy, each vote counted individually. If two or more candidates win with an equal amount of votes, a voting committee of five people shall be chosen by random chance by the Supreme Overlord from a list of all voting citizens not running for Chancellor. If they cannot come to a definitive position within five days, the Supreme Overlord will choose which candidate of the ones that are still tied becomes Chancellor.
SECTION VI.
No person may become Chancellor if they have not been active on the server for at least one real-life month before the election starts, and no person may hold any government position if they are not eligible to vote in elections, as outlined in Section III.
SECTION VII.
The Chancellor may choose their staff, and appoint them to help with decisions or do specific tasks. It is not required for the Chancellor to appoint staff. The Chancellor may also appoint ministry officials, and ministers may appoint officers within their ministry.
SECTION VIII.
If no person chooses to run for Chancellor in an election, the previous Chancellor will remain Chancellor of the Waffle Republic until their next opposed election. If the current Chancellor does not wish to remain Chancellor for another term, then the position will be taken by the Supreme Overlord until the next election that another person chooses to run in. The Supreme Overlord cannot be removed from office of Chancellor by any means other than normal election.
ARTICLE III
Laws
SECTION I.
The Chancellor of the Waffle Republic and the Supreme Overlord are the only individuals who possess the right to pass, amend, and repeal laws. Other members of the Republic government may write and propose laws to the Chancellor, but have no power in passing them.
SECTION II.
To pass, amend, or repeal a law, the Chancellor or Supreme Overlord must post the law in its entirety, or a link to a Google document containing the law if it exceeds two paragraphs in length, to the correct channel in the Waffle Republic Discord server, and publish it to following channels. Voting shall be held in the discord by means of reaction emojis to the post in the Waffle Republic Discord by players eligible to vote, the requirements for eligibility being the same as stated in Article II Section III of this Constitution. No person may vote more than once on a single proposal.
SECTION III.
Any proposal by the Chancellor or Supreme Overlord to pass a law will pass if it gains a majority vote by the end of the fifth day following the post of the proposition, which is when the voting will end.
SECTION IV.
Any proposal by the Chancellor or Supreme Overlord to amend or repeal a law will pass if it gains a supermajority (⅔ of the vote) by the end of the fifth day following the post of the proposition, which is when the voting will end.
SECTION V.
Any proposal to pass, amend, or repeal a law that seems unconstitutional must be reported to the Chancellor or Supreme Overlord. If the proposal is found to be unconstitutional by the Chancellor, one half or more of their staff, or the Supreme Overlord, the proposal will not be passed.
ARTICLE IV
Powers of the Chancellor
SECTION I.
The Chancellor shall hold the right to pass, amend, and repeal laws (see Article III). The Chancellor has the power to appoint staff to their government and to create positions for their staff to fill.
SECTION II.
The Chancellor shall hold the power to establish, modify, and remove government-controlled establishments such as national banks or other government buildings.
SECTION III.
The Chancellor shall share the power to establish, modify, and remove taxes with the Ministry of Wealth’s Internal Revenue Service. The Waffle Republic may impose any kind of tax with no restriction, but may not collect taxes (see Bill of Rights), which makes paying all taxes an expected but impossible act.
SECTION IV.
The Chancellor and their staff shall hold the power to spend government owned resources for government projects, and not for personal needs. Any materials or items may be used whenever seen fit.
SECTION V.
The Chancellor shall hold the power to form armed forces of players to keep peace, enforce the law, and defend from and attack any other nations. The Chancellor shall be Commander in Chief of the Waffle Republic and determine the usage of its weapons and resources in a time of war, if this ever should occur.
SECTION VI.
The Chancellor shall hold the power to declare war on and make peace with any other nations that may arise on the server for good purpose and with a two thirds vote from the voters of the country, conducted in the same manner as passing laws, as established in Article III of this Constitution.
SECTION VII.
The Chancellor shall have the power to carry out punishments as defined by the Law Code of the Waffle Republic.
SECTION VIII.
There must be a record kept of all decisions made and other government proceedings, whether in the form of video or audio recording, or in a written document, or written books inside the game itself, or any other form of record. These records must eventually be converted to written books inside the government archives.
ARTICLE V
Removal from Office
SECTION I.
The Chancellor has the right to remove any staff that they have appointed from office. They may also remove ministry officers with the relevant minister’s or the Supreme Overlord’s permission, and may replace ministers with the Supreme Overlord’s permission.
SECTION II.
The Chancellor or any member of their staff may be removed from office if they continuously attempt to perform unconstitutional actions, waste resources, are found guilty of a significant crime, break any universal server rules, or in any other way become so publicly unfavored or corrupt that they are found to be unworthy of office. If found guilty of treason, accepting bribery, conspiring against the server overall, or any other equally serious charges, the Chancellor or any member of their staff may be removed from office by the Supreme Overlord without a popular vote, and the Supreme Overlord will become Acting Chancellor.
SECTION III.
Proposals for removal from office can be submitted by any person eligible for voting (see Article II Section III), if approved by the Supreme Overlord. They must post their argument against the government official in its entirety, or a link to a document containing the argument if it exceeds two paragraphs in length, to the correct channel in the Waffle Republic Discord server, and publish it to following channels. The requirements for eligibility to vote on these proposals are the same as stated in Article II Section III of this Constitution.
SECTION IV.
Any proposal to remove an official from office will go through if the votes are over two thirds against the specified official by the end of the fifth day following the post of the proposition, which is when the voting will end. At least one third of all Republic citizens must vote for the removal from office to be official.
SECTION V.
The international government or server staff may hold a vote to remove a Republic official from office if agreed to by the Supreme Overlord.
SECTION VI.
SECTION VII.
SECTION VIII.
SECTION IX.
Removal from office disqualifies a player from being eligible to hold any position in the Republic government at any time in the future, unless they are pardoned by the Supreme Overlord.
ARTICLE VI
Amending the Constitution
SECTION I.
The Chancellor has the right to propose amendments to this Constitution, the Bill of Rights of the Waffle Republic, and any other legal document, using the same procedure as amending a law, as defined in Article III of this Constitution. At least one third of the Waffle Republic Discord server must vote for the amendment to be valid.
SECTION II.
The Supreme Overlord has the right to write or veto amendments.