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Miestrā Schivā | Azul:
Only minor changes here from the debate; I've softened the "annexation" language slightly, and put all the stuff about provincial territory into Article Nine (the "Points of State" article), coming up soon.
Once we approve of this, we have 70% of our constitution done!
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ARTICLE SEVEN. THE PROVINCES
Territory and assignment of citizens
1. The Republic of Talossa shall be composed of those provinces, whose territorial boundaries are set out in Article Nine of this Constitution.
2. a) Every citizen of the Republic who lives outside the territory of any Province shall be assigned to a Province by act of Parlamint.
b) The "citizens of a Province" shall include all citizens resident in the territory of that province, as well as any non-resident citizen assigned to that Province.
3. Parlamint shall assign non-resident citizens to provinces on the basis of geographical residence at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, or at time of naturalisation, whichever comes first. A non-resident citizen's provincial assignment can only be changed by act of Parlamint and with the consent of that citizen.
4. Each Province's executive, legislative and judicial powers shall be exercised in accordance with a Provincial constitution, adopted by a majority in referendum of no less than two-thirds of the citizens assigned to that Province.
5. New provinces may be formed by Parlamīnt from any territory which may be claimed in future by the Republic under Article Nine of this constitution.
6. New provinces may be formed out of the territory of existing provinces by Parlamīnt, with the consent of the legislature of those existing Provinces.
THE POWERS OF THE PROVINCES
7. a) The provinces have the power to legislate or take executive decisions on any subject concerning which this Constitution does not bestow exclusive legislative powers on the Republic.
b) If the Republic does not exercise its executive or legislative authority in an area which this Constitution entitles it to do so, the right of authority remains with the provinces. This does not apply in cases where the Republic is granted exclusive authority.
8. Each Province shall have the exclusive authority over:
a) its forms of government;
b) its cultural, social and linguistic identity.
9. THE REPUBLIC HAS THE EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OVER:
a) Foreign affairs as well as defense;
b) Citizenship;
c) Freedom of movement, immigration and emigration, and extradition;
d) Currency, money, and coinage;
e) Postal and telecommunication services;
f) The employment of those in Republic organizations;
g) Industrial and intellectual property rights.
10. In all other matters, decisions of the Federal Government and Parlamint shall take precedence over decisions of the Provinces. The High Court shall arbitrate in any dispute between Federal and Provincial governments or legislatures, and its decision shall be
final.
11. The officers directly charged with the administration of Republic affairs in any province shall, as a rule, be citizens of that province.
Miestrā Schivā
"Russia, China, Romania, they can have all the democracy they want, they can have a great big democracy cakewalk right down the middle of Tiananmen Square, and it won't make a lick of difference because we've got the Bomb. All right?"
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