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The United Commonwealth
Kraviteras Samæna Hemænebestr, Krawiterska, Obyedinyonnaya Domospolita Kravitera, Severoszlavia, The Commonwealth


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Aerial view of the Imperial Castle with Dominarskie Miasto skyline

The United Commonwealth, commonly known as Severoszlavia, is at a geographic crossroads. It links the fertile lowland plains of East Craviter and the sea lanes of the Argent Sea and the Auburn Channel to the mountainous highlands of Central Craviter. Now bounded by six nations, the Commonwealth has waxed and waned over the centuries, buffeted by the forces of regional history. In 43 AD, the Argent conquest of Krawiterska began. In 863, Lech the Szlav liberated much of Krawiterska, made governor by Dominar Andronikas I, and when the Argent Imperium ended in 1137, the wiecze, an assembly of landlords and merchants, elected their own dominarz to lead the Middle Countries, the First Commonwealth. The dominarz's were hereditary rulers until the reign of Hadrien I of Maloria, when an elective monarchy was established. This system ended in the Partitions of the Commonwealth (1659-1678), when the Middle Countries became Nordic Kraviter, a collection of possessions held by the United Kingdom of Goyanes and Andrenne in personal union. Its border territories were parceled out to Callise, Essalanea, and Khastenia. Syrixia took over the Middle Countries after the 1st Nordic-Imperial War. In the Wars of the Callisean Republic (1814-1819), the General Wiecze voted to oust Samprati III in 1815, declared the Middle Countries a sister republic of Callise, and marked the beginning of the short-lived Second Commonwealth. After Callise fell to the Nordic Coalition in 1817, the Second Commonwealth negotiated for its surrender.

Even at times of national crisis, however, the cultures of the United Commonwealth remained strong; indeed, it even flourished. Intellectuals, musicians, filmmakers, and writers came from Krawiterski Alemaners, Arrandalis, Calliseans, Essaleneans, and Lechites. Callisean revolutionary ideals were carried by Regent Kazimierz Pułaski, a Lechite, and Speaker Jarl Herman Bohuslæn, an Alemaner-Prydanian; both founding fathers of the modern Commonwealth. They led the national effort behind the Krawiterski Constitution of 1820, a requirement of Krawiterski surrender in the Wars of the Callisean Republic. The name "Krawiterska" was first mentioned in the document. The new Third Commonwealth incorporated ideals of the Callisean Republic, the Supreme Law of Goyanes, and the Santonian Revolution, and created a parliamentary federation ruled by a hereditary monarchy. Princess Astrid Loðbrók of Prydania became its first monarch.

In the 1930s the exploitation of oil and natural gas became the major industry, with the Commonwealth emerging in the 1940s as one of the world’s leading petroleum exporters. Andrenne, Maloria, and Syrixia were the main benefactors of the oil concessions. The Fascist War was particularly damaging. The Third Commonwealth was ended by the Kovenantnoye, a group of fundamental Messianist officers that sought to join the Dominion alliance. They committed the coup that established the Fourth Commonwealth. It imposed forced Szlavification policies on the Krawiterski Gotic population. In both the Commonwealth and Krawiterski-occupied Khastenia, the Laurenist and Zmeyist religions were banned. Khastenian became the sole official language. The use of the Andrensk, Arrandi, and Lechite languages were prohibited. The Alemaner and Callisean languages gained legal protections. With the defeat of the Dominion in 1951, the Third Commonwealth was restored.

Dominarz George's ill-fated plans for political and economic reforms and bribery from Andrenne led to the 1979 coup, sponsored by Maloria, replaced the Third Commonwealth with the Fifth Commonwealth. 14 years of fascist rule under the Solidarist Party followed, though not without strong challenges on the part of Krawiterski workers, who, supported by a dissident Laurenist Church, called the economic failures of the Solidarist system into question. In the late 1980s, beginning in the shipyards of Gdańsk, Krawiterski workers formed a nationwide movement called Konfederacja (Confederation). Despite the arrest of Konfederacja's leadership, its newspapers kept publishing, spreading its values and agenda throughout the country. In May 1993 the Solidarist Party, under the new leadership of Konfederacja leader Prince Włodokus Bolkonsky, announced a general amnesty, regular party elections, and an end to political oppression, planting the seeds of the Commonwealth's return to more democratic practices.

Although the demise of totalitarian rule brought profound political and economic changes, including the beginnings of the formation of a large middle class, for much of the post-totalitarian era the Krawiterskis had to endure a generally weak economy, high inflation, and a complex of social ills that served to lower life expectancy significantly. The Bolkonsky Government was unable to prevent the Interconfessional Wars (1994-2007). Hundreds of Laurenist and Courantist churches were destroyed and the faithful persecuted in both Szlavic and Gotic-dominated states. As a result, 3 million people were displaced. 2 million left for Oklusia. Allegations of collusion with the Andrennian, Malorian, and Syrixian governments plagued each successive government since the post-1993 parliamentary elections in 1995.

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Flag of Krawiterska
Anthem: Mazurka Craviteru
Head Of State:
Krawiterski Dominarz: Matthew VIII
Head Of Government:
State Chancellor: Ritter Wilhelm von Städtler III
Capital: Dominarskie Miasto
Population:
(2024 est.) 62,775,198
Currency exchange:
1 IBU equals D25,405.02
Total Area (Sq Km):
589,392
Form of Government:
Federal Solidarist constitutional monarchy
with two legislative houses
(Senate [325]; Council of Craviter [418])
Official Languages:
Andrensk; Szlavonic
Official Religion:
Messianism
Official Name:
Andrensk:
Kraviteras Samæna Hemænebestr
Szlavonic:
Obyedinyonnaya
Domospolita Kravitera
(United Commonwealth
of Krawiterska)
Total Area (Sq Km):
589,392
Total Area (Sq Mi):
227,565
Monetary unit:
Krawiterski draak (D)
Density: Persons Per Sq Km: (2024)
106.5
Literacy: Percentage Of Population
Age 15 And Over Literate:

Male: (2021) 92% Female: (2021) 85%
GDP (Nominal):
(2024) 645.1 billion IBU
GDP per capita (Nominal):
10,276 IBU​
 
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The full name of the Commonwealth is the "United Commonwealth of Krawiterska." It used to be the "Commonwealth of North Szlavs, South Gotics,Tavastites, and Tristainese" until 1927, on the 100th Anniversary of the Third Commonwealth. "Krawiterska", the Lechite name, is the preferred spelling in Mercanti. "Severoszlavia" is the best known name of the Commonwealth, preferred by the Szlavic peoples, first coined by Szlavic nationalist Baron Wawrzyniec Cezari. "Krawiterska" is popular with the Gotic peoples of the Commonwealth. Alternatively, it can be simplify referred to as "The United Commonwealth", "The Commonwealth, or "Domospolita." The name "Domospolita" is a compound of the terms "domos" from "dominium", the name citizens used to call the Argent Imperium, and "pospolita" or "common."
Andrensk and Szlavonic are the official languages of the Commonwealth. The two other predominant languages are Alemaner and Lechite. There are eight other languages from five language families—Gotic, Kylian, Tavastite, Oghuz, Semitic, and Szlavic—that are commonly spoken. These languages are Arrandsči, Aydini, Ereionese, Kursi, Lietaviu, Norsian, Rechvikish, and Tristainese.
The United Commonwealth is a federation of 2 kingdoms, 4 grand principalities, 1 archduchy, 3 grand duchies, 2 duchies, and 3 Ganzianer cities:
  • Kingdoms: Lechia, Tristain
  • Grand Principalities: Mindaǔzem, Taǔragorsca, Volhynia, Turov
  • Archduchy of Mittelreich
  • Grand Duchies: Brunswick, Drusselstein, Lietava
  • Duchies: Silesia, Kurzeme
  • Margraviates: Grefanland, Klænsland, Skalindowia
  • Ganzaner Cities: Nowogród, Gdańsk, Hintzenhaven
Michal Pucilowski was the first Solidarist leader in the Third Commonwealth. He was elected as head of government from 1917 until his dismissal in 1924 after his nationalization of the oil industry failed due to international pressure. Grand Duke Leopold IV of Brunswick, founder of the Covenanter Party, defeated the National Syndicalist Party (SDP) in the 1924 election before he suspended future elections and banned opposition parties. The Kovenantnoye became the sole ruling party. This ended the Third Commonwealth. Leopold and his son, Ernst, from 1949, led the new Fourth Commonwealth under a totalitarian, Gotic supremacist regime until Ernst's capture by Allied forces in 1951. Elections held in 1952 were won by Yuliy Kopsov of the Conservative Party of Craviter (CPC), leading from 1953 to 1957 for a term and a half, known for his secularization program.

Wilhelm Städtler I was another prominent leader, serving from 1957 to 1960. His tenure was marked by the creation of the Mittelkraviter Öl Gesellschaft, a multinational consortium invested by Maloria and Syrixia, led by the Andrennian National Energy Company. The CPC and the SDP alternated in governing the country in an ineffective two-party system, formed 11 different ministries, the last 3 collapsed within a year, before the 1979 coup. General Eugeni Bazhenov forced Emperor Henryk II to appoint him as prime minister. Another totalitarian one-party state was established under the Solidarist Party. After Bazhenov, he was succeeded by Yuriy Zhurov, Matvey Rayt, Prince Gilbert Lodewiyg, Baron Izydor Dembe, Panteley Dimitry, and Vladiszlav Yanayev. In 1993, Prince Włodokus Bolkonsky introduced political, civil rights, and economic reforms. It made the Solidarist Party more democratic, the government less oppressive, and the economy more open.
 
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Szlavonic bulletin at United Commonwealth referendum, 1993

On November 23, 1992, the Declaration and Treaty on the Formation of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska was adopted by the Conference of Plenipotentiary Delegations from the Prinsverbund (Gotic) and the Soviet Argentskikh Knyazey (Szlavic) countries of Krawiterska and the Solidarist Kingdom of Tristain. The Declaration and Treaty were confirmed by the 316th General Wiecze on March 6, 1993, and signed by heads of the delegations, including Krawiterski Dominarz Matthew VI, the guarantor of the original Union Treaty of 1979, David von Städtler, the de facto leader of the Gotic countries, and Prince Włodokus Bolkonsky, the de facto leader of the Szlavic countries. The divisive debates in the conference extended reactionary and separatist violence to the individual referenda to approve a new treaty in each Commonwealth States. In the end, they agreed to a confederation of independent countries with a common head of state, foreign policy, and military. However, after the events of the 1994 Krawiterski constitutional crisis, the 1995 Constitution of the United Commonwealth retained almost all of the aspects of the previous centralized federation. Plans to create a new declaration for the New Union Treaty were abandoned and the original declaration from the 1979 Union Treaty was re-adopted.

LAW ON THE RATIFICATION OF THE NEW UNION TREATY
We, Oslo the Third, by the Will of the High and Mighty Princes of the General Wiecze, Krawiterski Dominarz, King of Lechia and Tristain, Archduke of Mittelreich, Duke of Lesser Lechia, Moravia, and Gothia, Thane of Hołmogród and Wiepsia, Count of Kraków, Cieszyn, Racibórz, Bytom, Colonhac, Mervelha, Rieselfeld, and Uttingen-am-Kiel, and Jarl of Nowogród, Ruzia, Białojeziero, Cichwin, and Wielkie Łuki, and Sovereign of the Mountain Princes, and Grand Duke of Maloria and Prince of Prydania,

hereby decree in the name of the United Solidarist Commonwealth of Krawiterska, after the consent of the Senate and the Council of Craviter, the following:

Section 1.
In place of the Constitution of the United Solidarist Commonwealth of Krawiterska agreed between the USCK and the Kingdoms of Lechia and Tristain on accession to the attached

Text of the Constitution of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.

Section 2.
The laws enacted in the United Solidarist Commonwealth of Krawiterska referred to by special federal law shall be declared to be laws of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, and as such shall be introduced into the whole territory of the United Commonwealth, with the effect that, where these laws refer to the United Solidarist Commonwealth of Krawiterska, its constitution, territory, members or states, indigenous persons, constitutional organs, relatives, officials, flag, etc., these are to be understood to refer to the United Solidarist Commonwealth of Krawiterska and its corresponding relations. The laws designated there are imperial laws.

Section 3.
The agreements in the Treaty of Landereau on February 15, 1993, and the Pacta Conventa of Krawiterski Dominarza Elisa II on May 28, 1820, are not affected by this Act.

Certified under Our Signature and the affixed Imperial Seal.

Given at Cesarkie Miasto, March 17, 1993.

DECLARATION ON THE FORMATION OF THE UNITED SOLIDARIST COMMONWEALTH OF KRAWITERSKA
Prior to the formation of the Solidarist Commonwealth States, the states of the world were split into two camps: the camp of capitalism and the camp of communism.

There, in the camp of capitalism, there is national inequality, colonial slavery, pogroms, and atrocities.

There, in the camp of communism, there is international enmity, chauvinism, oppression, and wars.

Here, in the camp of Solidarism, there is mutual trust and peace, national freedom and equality, peaceful coexistence and fraternal co-operation of the peoples.

The attempts of the capitalist world for decades to resolve the question of nationality by combining the free development of the peoples with the system of exploitation of man by degenerate men and the attempts of the communist world to resolve it by suppressing nationalism and free development with the promotion of internationalism and the system of exploitation of labor by thuggish labor proved fruitless. On the contrary, the tangle of national and international contradictions, whether by pluralism and factionalism, is becoming more and more entangled, threatening the very existence of capitalism and communism. The disunited peasants, workers, capitalists, and nobles proved powerless to establish cooperation among the peoples.

Only in the camp of social feudalist Solidarism, under the conditions of pan-Craviterian nationalism, national republicanism, and national syndicalism, led by the noble estate, which rallied around itself the capitalist, worker, and peasant classes, was it possible to abolish national inequality, national oppression, and post-nationalism at their roots, to create an atmosphere of mutual confidence and to lay the foundations of fraternal co-operation among the peoples. It was only thanks to these circumstances that the Solidarist Commonwealth States were able to repel the imperialists of the capitalist and communist worlds, internal and external. Only thanks to these circumstances did they manage to successfully prevent total war, ensure their existence and begin peaceful economic construction and political reform and the preservation of ancient traditions and Messianist values.

But the years of civil unrest did not pass without a trace. Exhausted economic resources inherited from the brief insurgencies and riots make the individual efforts of individual states for economic construction insufficient.

The very structure of Solidarist power harnesses the irremediable, fruitful, and beneficent inequality of men to push the classes of the Solidarist Commonwealth States to the path of unification into one family, to ensure the success of the Solidarist Revolution.

All these circumstances imperatively demand the unification of the Solidarist Commonwealth States into one commonwealth state, capable of ensuring both external security and internal economic prosperity, and the freedom of the development of the peoples.

We, the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Princes of the General Wiecze, on behalf of the peoples of the Solidarist Commonwealth States, have adopted the decision to form a union of Craviterian nations, a reliable guarantee that this Commonwealth is a voluntary association of equal peoples, that the right of free secession from the Commonwealth is guaranteed to each states, that access to the Commonwealth is open to all Solidarist states, both existing and those that will arise in the future, that the new commonwealth state is a worthy crowning of the foundations of peaceful coexistence and fraternal co-operation of the peoples, laid back in February 1979, that it will serve as a true bulwark against capitalist and communist worlds.

Declaring all this before the whole world and solemnly proclaiming the inviolability of the foundations of Solidarist power, which have found expression in the constitutions of the Solidarist Commonwealth States which have authorized us, on the basis of the powers vested in us, decide to sign a treaty on the formation of the "United Solidarist Commonwealth of Krawiterska."

TEXT OF THE TREATY
I. Basic Principles

1. Each country that is a party to the Treaty is a state of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska (abbreviated as the KSH in Andrensk or ODK in Szlavonic). The UCK is a sovereign federal democratic state formed as a result of the unification of equal states and exercising federal power that the parties to the Treaty voluntarily grant it.
2. The states forming the Commonwealth reserve the right to independently resolve all issues of their development, guaranteeing equal political rights and opportunities for socio-economic and cultural development to all peoples living on their territory. The parties to the Treaty will proceed from a combination of universal and national values, resolutely oppose racism, chauvinism, and any restriction to the rights of the Commonwealth States.
3. The states that form the Commonwealth see the most important condition for the well-being of the people and each person in the formation of civil society. They will strive to meet the needs of the people on the basis of a free choice of forms of ownership and methods of management, the development of the all-Commonwealth market, the implementation of the principles of social justice and security.
4. The states that form the Commonwealth have full political power, independently determine their national-state and administrative-territorial structure, and the system of authorities and administration. They may delegate part of their powers to other Commonwealth States. Each Commonwealth State recognizes democracy based on a representative expression of the will of the peoples as a common fundamental principle and strive to create a federation based on the rule of law, which would serve as a guarantor against any tendencies towards totalitarianism and arbitrariness.
5. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska acts in international relations as a single sovereign state, a subject of international law, the successor of the United Solidarist Commonwealth of Krawiterska. Its main goals in the international arena are lasting peace, cooperation among other sovereign states, and solidarity of the peoples in solving the global problems of mankind.

II. Structure of the Commonwealth
Article 1: Membership of the Commonwealth
Membership of states in the Commonwealth is voluntary.

Relations between the Commonwealth States are regulated by treaties between them, the Constitution of the states in question and the Constitution of the UCK In the case of the Solidarist Kingdom of Lechia, by a federal treaty or the Constitution of the United Commonwealth.

Membership in the Commonwealth is open to all the sovereign states of Craviter that recognize the Treaty.

The states forming the Commonwealth retain the right to freely withdraw from it in accordance with the procedure established by the parties to the Treaty and enshrined in the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth.

Article 2: Citizenship of the Commonwealth
A citizen of a Commonwealth State is at the same time a citizen of the Commonwealth.

Citizens of the United Commonwealth have rights and obligations enshrined in the Constitution, laws and international treaties of the Commonwealth.

Article 3. Territory of the Commonwealth
The territory of the Commonwealth consists of the territories of all states that form it.

The Parties to the Treaty recognize the boundaries existing between them at the time of signing the Treaty.

The borders between the states forming the Commonwealth may be changed only by agreement between them that does not violate the interests of the other parties to the Treaty.

Article 4: Relations between the states forming the Commonwealth
Relations between the states forming the Commonwealth shall be regulated by the present Treaty, the Constitution of the UCK, and treaties and agreements that do not contradict them.

The parties to the Treaty build their relations within the Commonwealth on the basis of equality and respect for territorial integrity, non-interference in internal affairs, settlement of disputes by peaceful means, cooperation, mutual assistance, conscientious fulfillment of obligations under the Union Treaty and agreements between several Commonwealth States.

The states forming the Commonwealth undertake: not to resort to force and the threat of force in their relations with each other; not to encroach on the territorial integrity of each other; not to conclude agreements contrary to the objectives of the Commonwealth or directed against the states forming it.

The use of troops of the Ministry of Defense of the O.D.K. within the country is not allowed, except for their participation in the solution of urgent national economic problems in exceptional cases, in the management of natural and environmental disasters, as well as in cases provided for by the special federal law on the state of emergency.

Article 5. Sphere of competence of the Commonwealth
The parties to the Treaty vest the O.D.K. with the following powers:

– Protection of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Commonwealth and its subjects; declaration of war and conclusion of peace; ensuring the defense and management of the Armed Forces, border, special (government communications, engineering and other), internal, railway troops of the Commonwealth; organization of the development and production of weapons and military equipment.

– Ensuring the federal state security of the Commonwealth; establishment of the regime and protection of the federal border, economic zone, sea and airspace of the Commonwealth; management and coordination of the activities of the security bodies of the Commonwealth States.

– Implementation of the foreign policy of the Commonwealth and coordination of the external policy of the Commonwealth States; representation of the Commonwealth in relations with foreign states and international organizations; conclusion of international treaties of the Commonwealth.

– Implementation of foreign economic activity of the Commonwealth and coordination of foreign economic activity of the Commonwealth States; representation of the Commonwealth in international economic and financial organizations, conclusion of foreign economic agreements of the Commonwealth.

– Approval and execution of the Commonwealth budget, implementation of monetary emission; storage of gold reserves, diamond and currency funds of the Commonwealth; management of space research; air traffic control, all-Commonwealth communication and information systems, geodesy and cartography, metrology, standardization, meteorology; nuclear energy management.

– Adoption of the Constitution of the Commonwealth, amendments and additions to it; adoption of laws within the powers of the Commonwealth and regulation of any special federal law on issues agreed with the Commonwealth States; supreme constitutional control.

– Management of the activities of federal law enforcement agencies and coordination of the activities of law enforcement agencies of the Commonwealth and the states in the fight against crime.

Article 6. Sphere of Joint Competence of the UCK and the Commonwealth States
The bodies of federal state power and administration of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States jointly exercise the following powers:

- Protection of the constitutional system of the Commonwealth based on the present Treaty and the Constitution of the UCK; ensuring the rights of citizens of the UCK.

– Determination of the military policy of the Commonwealth, implementation of measures for the organization and provision of defense; establishment of a unified procedure for conscription and military service; establishment of the border zone regime; resolving issues related to the activities of troops and the deployment of military facilities on the territory of the Commonwealth States; organization of mobilization preparation of the national economy; management of defense enterprises.

- Determination of the strategy of the federal state security of the Commonwealth and ensuring the local state security of the Commonwealth States; change of the federal state borders of the Commonwealth with the consent of the relevant party to the Treaty; protection of state secrets; determination of the list of strategic resources and products that are not subject to export outside the Commonwealth, establishment of general principles and standards in the field of environmental safety; establishment of procedures for the receipt, storage and use of fissile and radioactive materials.

- Determination of the foreign policy of the UCK and control over its implementation; protection of the rights and interests of citizens of the UCK, the rights and interests of the Commonwealth States in international relations; establishment of the foundations of foreign economic activity; conclusion of agreements on international loans and credits, regulation of the external public debt of the Commonwealth; unified customs business; protection and rational use of the natural resources of the economic zone and the continental shelf of the Commonwealth.

– Determination of the strategy for the socio-economic development of the Commonwealth and the creation of conditions for the formation of the all-Commonwealth market; implementation of a single financial, credit, monetary, tax, insurance and pricing policy based on a common currency; creation and use of gold reserves, Diamond and Currency funds of the Commonwealth; development and implementation of all-Commonwealth programs; control over the execution of the Commonwealth budget and the agreed monetary issue; creation of all-Commonwealth funds for regional development and elimination of consequences of natural disasters and catastrophes; creation of strategic reserves; maintenance of unified all-Commonwealth statistics.

– Development of a unified policy and balance in the field of fuel and energy resources, management of the country's energy system, main gas and oil pipelines, all-Commonwealth railway, air and sea transport; establishment of the foundations of nature management and environmental protection, veterinary medicine, epizootics and plant quarantine; coordination of actions in the field of water management and inter-Krawiterski-state resources.

– Determination of the foundations of social policy on employment, migration, working conditions, remuneration and protection, social security and insurance, public education, health care, physical culture and sports; establishment of the basis for pension provision and the preservation of other social guarantees, including when citizens move from one Commonwealth State to another; the establishment of a unified procedure for indexation of incomes and the guaranteed subsistence minimum.

– Control over compliance with the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth, decrees of the Krawiterski Dominarz, decisions taken within the framework of the Commonwealth competence; creation of an all-Commonwealth criminalistic accounting and information system; organization of the fight against crimes committed on the territory of several Commonwealth States; determination of a unified regime for the organization of correctional institutions.

Article 7. Procedure for exercising the powers of the State Bodies of the Commonwealth and Joint Powers of the State Bodies of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States
Issues related to joint competence are resolved by the authorities and administration bodies of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States through coordination, special agreements, adoption of the Fundamentals of Legislation of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States and the corresponding local state laws. Questions referred to the competence of the Commonwealth bodies shall be resolved by them directly.

Powers not directly attributed by Articles 5 and 6 to the exclusive competence of the bodies of power and administration of the Commonwealth or to the sphere of joint competence of the bodies of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States, remain under the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth States and are exercised by them independently or on the basis of bilateral and multilateral agreements between them. After the signing of the Treaty, a corresponding change in the powers of the governing bodies of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States is made.

The parties to the Treaty proceed from the fact that with the formation of the all-Commonwealth market, the sphere of direct state management of the economy is shrinking. The necessary redistribution or change in the scope of powers of the governing bodies will be carried out with the consent of the states forming the Commonwealth.

Disputes on the exercise of the powers of the Commonwealth bodies or the exercise of rights and the performance of obligations in the field of joint powers of the bodies of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States shall be resolved by means of conciliation procedures. In case of failure to reach an agreement, disputes shall be submitted for consideration by the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth.

The states forming the Commonwealth participate in the implementation of the powers of the Commonwealth bodies through the joint formation of the latter, as well as special procedures for coordinating decisions and their implementation.

Each Commonwealth State may, by concluding an agreement with the Commonwealth, additionally delegate to it the exercise of its individual powers, and the Commonwealth, with the consent of all the Commonwealth States, transfer to one or more of them the exercise of certain of its powers on their territory.

Article 8. Commonwealth property
The Commonwealth and the states forming it ensure free development, protection of all forms of ownership and create conditions for the functioning of enterprises and economic organizations in the markets of the single all-Commonwealth market.

The land, its subsoil, waters, other natural resources, flora and fauna are the property of the Commonwealth States and the inalienable property of their peoples. The procedure for their possession, use and disposal (the right of ownership) is established by the local state laws of the Commonwealth States. The right of ownership in relation to resources located on the territory of several Krawiterski states is established by the federal state laws of the Commonwealth.

The states forming the Commonwealth assign to it the objects of state property necessary for the exercise of the powers vested in the Commonwealth bodies of power and administration.

The property owned by the Commonwealth is used in the common interests of its constituent Commonwealth States, including in the interests of accelerated development of lagging regions.

The states forming the Commonwealth shall have the right to their share in the gold reserves, the diamond and currency funds of the Commonwealth available at the time of the conclusion of this Treaty. Their participation in the further accumulation and use of treasures is determined by special agreements.

Article 9. Commonwealth taxes and fees
In order to finance the expenditures of the Commonwealth budget related to the implementation of the powers delegated to the Commonwealth, uniform Commonwealth taxes and fees shall be established at fixed interest rates, determined in agreement with the Commonwealth States, on the basis of expenditure items submitted by the Commonwealth. Control over the expenditures of the Commonwealth budget is carried out by the parties to the Treaty.

All-Commonwealth programs are financed at the expense of share deductions of the interested Commonwealth States and the Commonwealth budget. The scope and purpose of all-Commonwealth programs are regulated by agreements between the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States, taking into account the indicators of their socio-economic development.

Article 10. Constitution of the Commonwealth
The Constitution of the Commonwealth shall be based on this Treaty.

Article 11. Laws of the Commonwealth
The laws of the Commonwealth, the constitutions and laws of the Commonwealth States forming it shall not contradict the provisions of this Treaty.

The federal laws of the Commonwealth on issues of its jurisdiction have supremacy and are binding on the territory of the Commonwealth States.

The local laws of a Commonwealth State have supremacy on its territory in all matters, with the exception of those that fall within the competence of the Commonwealth.

The Commonwealth shall have the right to suspend the application of a law of the Commonwealth on its territory and to protest against it if it violates the present Treaty or contradicts the Constitution or the laws of a Commonwealth State adopted within the limits of its powers.

The Commonwealth shall have the right to protest and suspend the operation of a law of a Commonwealth State if it violates the present Treaty, contradicts the Constitution or the laws of the Commonwealth adopted within the limits of its powers.

Disputes are referred to the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth, which makes a final decision within one month.

III. Bodies of the Commonwealth
Article 12. Formation of the Bodies of the Commonwealth
Bodies of power and administration of the Commonwealth are formed on the basis of the free expression of the will of the peoples and the representation of the states forming the Commonwealth. They shall act in strict accordance with the provisions of this Treaty and the Constitution of the Commonwealth.

Article 13. General Wiecze
The legislative power of the Commonwealth is exercised by the General Wiecze of the UCK, consisting of two chambers: the Senate and the Council of Craviter.

The Senate consists of representatives of the Commonwealth States delegated by their supreme bodies of power. The Commonwealth States and national-territorial formations in the Senate retain a number of seats no less than the number of seats in the Council of Craviter at the time of signing the Treaty.

All senators directly included in the Commonwealth have one common vote in resolving issues. The procedure for electing senators and their quotas shall be determined in a special agreement of the legislature of a Commonwealth State and the electoral law of the UCK.

The Council of Craviter is elected by the members of all federal syndicates. At the same time, representation in the Council of Craviter of all Commonwealth States participating in the Treaty is guaranteed.

The Chambers of the General Wiecze jointly introduce amendments to the Constitution of the UCK; accept new states into the UCK; determine the foundations of Commonwealth domestic and foreign policy; approve the Commonwealth budget and the report on its implementation; declare war and conclude peace; approve changes in the borders of the Commonwealth.

The Senate adopts special federal state laws on the organization and procedure for the activities of the Commonwealth bodies; considers issues of relations between the Commonwealth States; ratifies international treaties of the UCK; gives consent to the appointment of the Council of State of the UCK.

The Council of Craviter considers questions of ensuring the rights of citizens of the UCK and adopts laws on all issues except those that fall within the competence of the Senate. Federal laws adopted by the Council of Craviter shall enter into force after approval by the Senate.

Article 14. Krawiterski Dominarz
The Krawiterski Dominarz is the head of the Commonwealth, who has the highest executive and administrative power.

The Krawiterski Dominarz acts as a guarantor of the observance of the Union Treaty, the Constitution and laws of the Commonwealth; is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth; represents the Commonwealth in relations with foreign countries; exercises control over the implementation of international obligations of the Commonwealth.

The Krawiterski Dominarz is hereditary in the House of Severyn-Loðbrók. It passes by absolute primogeniture.

Article 15. State Chancellor of the UCK
The State Chancellor of the UCK shall be appointed by the Krawiterski Dominarz with the consent of the General Wiecze. The State Chancellor exercises individual functions of the Krawiterski Dominarz as empowered by him, and deputizes for the Krawiterski Dominarz in the event of his absence or inability to perform his duties.

Article 16. Council of State of the UCK
The Council of State of the Commonwealth is the executive body of the Commonwealth, subordinate to the Krawiterski Dominarz and responsible to the General Wiecze.

The Cabinet of Ministers is formed by the Krawiterski Dominarz in coordination with the Council of Senate of the General Wiecze of the United Commonwealth.

The heads of state of the Commonwealth States participate in the work of the Council of State of the Commonwealth with the right of decisive vote.

Article 17. Supreme Court of the UCK
The Supreme Court of the UCK shall be formed on an equal basis by the Krawiterski Dominarz and each of the chambers of the General Wiecze.

The Supreme Court of the UCK considers issues of conformity of the legislative acts of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States, decrees of the Krawiterski Dominarz and the heads of state of the Commonwealth States normative acts of the Council of State of the Commonwealth with the Union Treaty and the Constitution of the Commonwealth, and also resolves disputes between the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States, and between several Commonwealth States.

Article 18. Commonwealth Courts
Commonwealth (federal) courts are the Supreme Court of the UCK and courts in the Armed Forces of the Commonwealth.

The Supreme Court of the Commonwealth exercise judicial power within the powers of the Commonwealth.

Article 19. Procurator's Office of the UCK
Supervision over the implementation of legislative acts of the Commonwealth is carried out by the Procurator-General of the Commonwealth, procurators-general (procurators) of the Commonwealth States and procurators subordinate to them.

The Procurator-General of the Commonwealth is appointed by the General Wiecze and is accountable to it.

The Procurators-General of the Commonwealth States are appointed by their supreme legislative bodies and are ex officio members of the Collegium of the Supreme Procuratorate of the Commonwealth. In their activities to supervise the implementation of Commonwealth laws, they are accountable both to the supreme legislative bodies of their states and to the Procurator-General of the Commonwealth.

III. Final Provisions
Article 20. Languages of Interethnic Communication in the UCK
The Commonwealth State independently determine their state languages. The parties to the Treaty recognize the Andrenske and Szlavonic languages as the languages of interethnic communication in the UCK.

Article 21. Capital of the Commonwealth
The capital of the UCK is the city of Dominarskie Miasto.

Article 22. State Symbols of the Commonwealth
The UCK has a state coat of arms, a flag and an anthem.

Article 23. Entry into force of the Treaty
This Treaty shall be approved by the supreme bodies of state power of the states forming the Commonwealth, and shall enter into force from the moment of their signing by plenipotentiary delegations.

For the Commonwealth that signed it, the Treaty on the Formation of the OSDK of 1979 is considered invalid from the same date.

With the entry into force of the Treaty, the most-favored-nation regime applies to the Commonwealth States that have signed it.

Relations between the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska and the Commonwealth States that are part of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska but have not signed the present Treaty shall be regulated on the basis of the legislation of the UCK and mutual obligations and agreements.

Article 24. Liability under the Contract
The Commonwealth and the Commonwealth States forming it shall bear mutual responsibility for the fulfillment of the obligations assumed and compensate for the damage caused by violations of this Treaty.

Article 25. Procedure for amending and supplementing the Agreement
This Treaty or its individual provisions may be canceled, amended or supplemented only with the consent of all states forming the Commonwealth.

If the need arises, appendixes to the treaty may be adopted by agreement between the Commonwealth States which have signed it.

If necessary, annexes to the Treaty may be adopted by agreement between the signatory States.

Article 26. Succession of the supreme bodies of the Commonwealth
In order to ensure the continuity of the exercise of state power and administration, the supreme legislative, executive and judicial organs of the United Solidarist Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall retain their powers until the formation of the supreme state organs of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska in accordance with the present Treaty and the new Constitution of the UCK.
 
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Flag of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska
Kraviterianskiy Trikolor, Kraviterískr Tréklidr, Craviterian Tricolor


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A horizontally striped white-red-purple tricolor with a red and yellow star. Ratio is 2:3.

Prior to 1815, Krawiterska did not have a national flag. Since Argent rule, it had various flags under the different rulers and dynasties that ruled it, often personal or representative of the dynastic house. The House of Lech, the founding dynasty of the First Commonwealth, had a coat of arms, a black eagle on a red shield. It is called the Orzeł Dominarskiej (Lechite for "Imperial Eagle"). After Sigric of Kippernoch was elected dominarz, they kept the Orzeł Dominarskiej by putting their white dynastic shield on the breast of the eagle. The imperial banners of the 17th and 18th centuries were usually divided into two or three horizontal stripes, often swallow-tailed, of red and white.

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Imperial banner of Dominarz Maximilian III Dagsson-Uttingen

In the Wars of the Callisean Republic, the Second Commonwealth was established as a constituent republic of the planned Grand Republic of Craviter. In solidarity, the General Wiecze adopted the Callisean Tricolor but reordered, top to bottom, to white-red-purple instead of red-white-purple. The color "white" represents Messianism, "red" represents the people who died for Krawiterski independence, and "purple" represents the Krawiterski nobility. It is locally referred to as the Craviterian Tricolor. In 1819, two years after the defeat of Jacques Chevalier, Consul Friedrich Wilhelm Brunswick-Augustenburg led the effort to establish a constitutional monarchy to appease the victorious Nordic Coalition. The tricolor fell into disuse due to its association with Chevalier. Either the personal banner of arms of the Krawiterski Dominarz and the Krawiterski Naval Jack were typically used to represent the country in embassies, books, and ships until 1867, when the Craviterian Tricolor was formally re-adopted.

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The Craviterian Tricolor in the Third Commonwealth

The tricolor remained the sole national flag, even under the Szlavic supremacist Kovenantnoye Party and when they led the country in the Fascist War. In 1979, the Solidarist Party established the Fourth Commonwealth, a fascist dictatorship that claimed its ideology to be a branch of Social Feudalism with "Krawiterski characteristics." They imposed a re-designed Craviterian Tricolor with their official symbol, a hammer, sword, and sickle in a red five-pointed star on a five-spoked cogwheel. This version served as the national flag of Krawiterska until 1993, when the symbol was reduced to a red star in the tricolor of the current Fifth Commonwealth.

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The Craviterian Tricolor in the Fourth Commonwealth
 
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Dominarz's and Dominarzas of Krawiterska

The fascist United Commonwealth, at its center, is a monarchy, in which the monarch shares power with a supposedly constitutional government. The reigning dominarz or dominarza is the country’s head of state. They share political power with the State Chancellor and the cabinet.

The following table provides a chronological list of the sovereigns of Krawiterska.

name
dynasty or house
reign
claim
relationship with predecessor(s)
other title(s)
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Lech I​
Lechia​
863-875​
founder of the First Commonwealth​

founder of the House of Lechia​
none​
King of the Argents​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
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Krak I​
Lechia​
875-888​
son​
son of Lech I​
King of the Argents​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
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Krak II​
Lechia​
888-905​
inherited​
son of Krak I​
King of the Argents​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
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Lech II​
Lechia​
905-924​
inherited​
deposed as a result of the Pagan Rebellion​
son of Krak II​
King of the Argents​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Ottone_I_di_Sassonia.png
Sigric​
Kippenberg​
924-973​
usurped Lech II​

elected​
none​
King of the Alemaners​
Duke of Megenland​
Otto_II_%28HRE%29.jpg
Matthew I "The Red"​
Kippenberg​
973-992​
inherited​
son of Sigric​
King of the Alemaners​
Duke of Megenland​
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Matthew II​
Kippenberg​
992-1025​
inherited​
son of Matthew I​
King of the Alemaners​
Duke of Megenland​
Jindra2_cisar.jpg
Henry I​
Kippenberg​
1025-1031​
elected​
cousin of Matthew II​
King of the Alemaners​
Duke of Megenland​
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Conrad​
Lieserburg​
1031-1039​
inherited​
2nd Great-grandson of Matthew I​
King of the Alemaners​
Duke of Lieserburg​
Henry_III%2C_Holy_Roman_Emperor.jpg
Henry II "The Black"​
Lieserburg​
1039-1046​
inherited​
son of Conrad I​
King of the Alemaners​
Duke of Lieserburg​
Szvjzpw.jpg
Casimir I "The Restorer"​
Piast​
1046-1058​
elected​
none​
King of the Argents​
Duke of Silesia​
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Casimir II "The Wrymouth"​
Piast​
1058-1079​
inherited​
killed in battle​
son of Casimir​
King of the Argents​
Duke of Silesia​
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Władysław I "The Fair"​
Piast​
1079-1102​
inherited​
son of Casimir​
King of the Argents​
Duke of Silesia​
Jindra4Salsky.jpg
William I​
Kesterburg​
1102-1106​
inherited​
deposed as a result of William's Rebellion​
none​
King of the Alemaners​
Duke of Kesterburg​
Jindra5Salsky.jpg
Frederick I​
Kesterburg​
1106-1125​
elected​
son of William I​
King of the Alemaners​
Duke of Kesterburg​
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Reinhard
Reinhard VIII in Alemriche
Dieter-Schtottz​
1112-1140​
elected​
none​
King of Alemriche​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
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Armen "The Clockmaker"​
Dieter-Schtottz​
1140-1186​
inherited​
son of Reinhard​
King of Alemriche​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
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Lech III​
Piast​
1186-1194​
elected​
abdicated​
descendant of Casimir "The Restorer"​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Silesia​
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Mieszko​
Piast​
1194-1209​
elected​

killed in battle​
deposed by the Peasant Revolt of Kraków​
brother of Lech III​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Silesia​
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Władysław II "Spindleshanks"​
Piast​
1209-1215​
usurped Mieszko​

deposed by the Alemaner Revolt​
son of Mieszko​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Silesia​
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Matthew III​
Hohenreislingen​
1215-1250​
elected​
descendant of Henry I​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Count of Reislingen​
Ottokar_II_Premysl.jpg
Svatopluk​
Přemyslid​
1250-1278​
elected​
none​
King of the Argents
King of Tristain
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Moravia​
Bacciarelli_-_Vaclav.jpeg
Casimir III "The Iron Dominarz"​
Přemyslid​
1278-1301​
inherited​
son of Svatopluk​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Moravia​
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Casimir IV​
Přemyslid​
1305-1306​
inherited​
murdered​
son of Casimir III​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Moravia​
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Sigismund​
Přemyslid-Rieselfeld​
1306-1310​
inherited​

killed in battle​
cousin of Casimir IV​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Moravia​
Count of Rieselfeld​
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Frederick II "The Good"​
Přemyslid-Rieselfeld​
1310-1346​
inherited​
son of Sigismund​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Moravia​
Count of Rieselfeld​
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William II "The Blind"​
Přemyslid-Rieselfeld​
1330-1346​
inherited​
son of Frederick II​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Moravia​
Count of Rieselfeld​
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Frederick III​
Přemyslid-Rieselfeld​
1346-1378​
inherited​
son of William II​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Moravia​
Count of Rieselfeld​
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Frederick IV​
Přemyslid-Rieselfeld​
1378-1419​
inherited​
son of Frederick III​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Moravia​
Count of Rieselfeld​
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Frederick V​
Přemyslid-Rieselfeld​
1419-1437​
inherited​
son of Frederick IV​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Moravia​
Count of Rieselfeld​
Albrecht_II._von_Habsburg.jpg
Frederick VI​
Přemyslid-Rieselfeld​
1437-1440​
inherited​
deposed by the 1st Szlavic Revolt​
son of Frederick V​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Moravia​
Count of Rieselfeld​
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Hadrien I​
Severyn​
1440-1509​
elected​
none​
Emperor of Maloria​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke Consort of Silesia​
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Lukas​
Severyn​
1509-1519​
elected​
deposed by the 2nd Alemaner Revolt​
grandson of Hadrien​
Emperor of Maloria​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Duke of Silesia​
Margrave of South Skalindowia​
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Matthew IV​
Dagsson-Uttingen​
1519-1556
elected​
none​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Jarl of Hołmogród​
Count of Uttingen-am-Kiel​
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Matthew V​
Dagsson-Uttingen​
1556-1564​
elected​
son of Matthew IV​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Jarl of Hołmogród​
Count of Uttingen-am-Kiel​
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Maximilian​
Dagsson-Uttingen​
1564-1576​
elected​
deposed by the 2nd Szlavic Revolt​
son of Matthew V​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Jarl of Hołmogród​
Count of Uttingen-am-Kiel​
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Pavel​
Severyn​
1576-1582​
elected​

abdicated​
grandson of Lukas​
Emperor of Maloria​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
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Anna I​
Dąbrowski​
1582-1596​
elected as co-monarch with William III​
cousin of William III​
King of the Argents​
Queen of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Grand Prince of Volhynia​
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William III​
Trencavel​
1582-1587​
elected as co-monarch with Anna​
cousin of Anna​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Count of Colonhac​
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Alexei "The Great"
Alexei II in Khastenia
Aksakov​
1596 -1612​
usurped​
none​
Emperor of Khastenia​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
 
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name
dynasty or house
reign
claim
relationship with predecessor
other title(s)
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Yaroslav​
Aksakov​
1612-1646​
elected​
son of Alexei "The Great"​
Emperor of Khastenia​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
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John I​
Sobieski​
1646-1659​
elected​

deposed by the 1st Partition of Krawiterska​
none​
King of the Argents​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
King of Lechia​
Duke of Lesser Lechia​
Count of Kraków​
Count of Cieszyn​
Count of Racibórz​
Count of Bytom​
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John II
Johannes VIII in the
United Kingdom of
Goyanes and Andrenne
Tages​
1659-1698​
usurped John I​

inaugurated as co-monarch with Elisa​
none​
Grand Emperor of Goyanes​
Grand King of Andrenne​
King of the Argents​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
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Elisa I
Elisa II in UKAG
Kjellner​
1659-1689​
usurped John I​
inaugurated as co-monarch with​
Johannes VIII​
none​
Grand Empress of Goyanes​
Grand Queen of Andrenne​
King of the Argents​
Queen of the Alemaners​
Queen of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
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Oslo I "The Great"
Oslo III in UKAG
Kjellner-Tages​
1698-1747​
inherited​
son of John II and Elisa​
Grand Emperor of Goyanes​
Grand King of Andrenne​
King of the Argents​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Monarch-emp.png
Otto "The Unsung Hero"
Otto III in UKAG
Kjellner-Tages​
1747-1748​
inherited​

assassinated​
son of Oslo​
Grand Emperor of Goyanes​
Grand King of Andrenne​
King of the Argents​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Monarch-emp.png
Jonas "The Fool"
Jonas IV in UKAG
Kjellner-Tages​
1748-1751​
inherited​
deposed by Shaktinatha​
nephew of Otto​
"The Unsung Hero"​
Grand Emperor of Goyanes​
Grand King of Andrenne​
King of the Argents​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
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Shaktinatha​
Syrixia​
1751-1800​
usurped​
none​
Emperor of Syrixia​
King of the Argents​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
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Kumaranatha​
Syrixia​
1800-1815​
inherited​

deposed by the Second Commonwealth​
interregnum until 1820​
none​
Emperor of Syrixia​
King of the Argents​
King of the Alemaners​
King of Tristain​
Grand Prince of Kraków​
Marie_of_Saxe-Altenburg.jpg
Elisa II​
Loðbrók-Severyn​
1820-1884​
elected as founding monarch​
of the Third Commonwealth​
none​
King of Lechia​
Queen of Tristain​
Archduchess of Mittelreich​
ERNSTAUGUSTofHannover1.jpg
Hadrien II​
Loðbrók-Severyn​
1884-1923​
inherited​
son of Elisa II​
King of Lechia​
King of Tristain​
Archduke of Mittelreich​
800px-Ernstaugusthannover.jpg
Henry III​
Loðbrók-Severyn​
1923-1933​
inherited​

abdicated​
son of Hadrien II​
King of Lechia​
King of Tristain​
Archduke of Mittelreich​
qCn3i8m.jpg
John III​
Loðbrók-Severyn​
1933-1951​
elected​

abdicated​
son of Henry III​
King of Lechia​
King of Tristain​
Archduke of Mittelreich​
LbwxGgO.jpg
Oslo III​
Loðbrók-Severyn​
1951-1979​
restored​
as monarch of the Third Commonwealth​

abdicated​
son of Henry III​
King of Lechia​
King of Tristain​
Archduke of Mittelreich​
SOBuNQT.jpg
John IV​
Loðbrók-Severyn​
1979-1981​
inherited​
as founding monarch of the​
Fourth Commonwealth​
son of Oslo III​
King of Lechia​
King of Tristain​
Archduke of Mittelreich​
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Matthew VI​
Loðbrók-Severyn​
1981-1999​
inherited​
abdicated​
son of Henry III​
King of Lechia​
King of Tristain​
Archduke of Mittelreich​
Ernst_August_Prinz_von_Hannover_%281983%29.jpg
Matthew VII​
Loðbrók-Severyn​
1999-2010​
inherited​

assassinated​
son of Matthew VI​
King of Lechia​
King of Tristain​
Archduke of Mittelreich​
l5pCX0u.jpg
Henry IV​
Loðbrók-Severyn-Mavoia​
2010-2017​
usurped​
son of Oslo III​
King of Lechia​
King of Tristain​
Archduke of Mittelreich​
fMHQBFM.jpg
Matthew VIII​
Loðbrók-Severyn-Mavoia​
2017-present​
inherited​
son of Henry IV​
King of Lechia​
King of Tristain​
Archduke of Mittelreich​
 
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Declassified Report on "Government Structure of the United Commonwealth"
By Generaldirektoratet vrá Uttanundurrættilse
Distributed December 3, 1995



THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UCK
1. The formal basis of the new Krawiterski government structure is the Constitution of the UCK ratified on 1995-06-15, approved by the General Wiecze. It was mandated by the people on 1995-06-3, through individual referendas across all the 15 constituent Commonwealth States of Krawiterska. The ratification date of the constitution became a holiday in the UCK known as the "Day of the Bolkonsky Constitution."

THE GENERAL WIECZE
2. The governing body in the UCK is the General Wiecze. Citizens can participate in elections and vote at the minimum age of 21. It consists of two chambers:
(a) The Senate of the UCK comprises of representatives from the 15 Commonwealth States. The Constitution allows each state to send 25 senators. The selection of a senator varies according to the local laws of a Commonwealth State.​
(b) Council of Craviter, which is elected by corporate bodies of an economic, cultural, social, trade, welfare, and other nature, each represented by one councilor.​
3. Formally, all decisions of the General Wiecze must have the approval of both Chambers. In the event of a disagreement between the two Chambers on the federal budget, the Krawiterski Dominarz or the State Chancellor mediates. If both Chambers still cannot reach an agreement, the Krawiterski Dominarz can dissolve the General Wiecze and call for new elections.
4. The General Wiecze is a legislative organ which forms and controls all higher organs of administration and justice and carries out supervision over adherence to the law.
5. The powers of the General Wiecze are as follows:
(a) Proposes bills for federal legislation, including the federal budget;​
(b) Forms the UCK Government, Council of State, which is the council of ministers of the country;​
(c) Elects the UCK Supreme Court;​
(d) Appoints the UCK Procurator-General;​
(e) Exercises control over the organs of power, which primarily consists of the right of the deputies to address questions to the Government, to appoint committees of investigation and audit, and to remove all officials of the UCK Government;​
(f) Introduces amendments to the Constitution of the UCK by a two-thirds majority vote in each Chamber.​
(g) Each Chamber establishes the conduct of its business, elects its organs, etc.​
6. The Senate, dominated by the Krawiterski aristocracy, has distinct powers separate from the Council of Craviter, to protect ancient feudal privileges that formerly belonged to the whole Wiecze when it only represented the aristocracy. They are as follows:
(a) Ratifies and denounces treaties;​
(b) Proclaims a state of war;​
(c) Orders partial or general mobilization;​
(d) Proclaims martial law;​
(e) Appoints and removes the high command of the Armed Forces of the country;​
(f) Impeaches deputies of the General Wiecze.​
7. The General Wiecze of the UCK convenes for sessions twice a year at the summons of the Krawiterski Dominarz. Extraordinary sessions may be convened by the Krawiterski Dominarz at his discretion or on the demand of a Commonwealth State. The sessions of both Chambers begin and terminate simultaneously.
8. Each Chamber establishes the conduct of its business. Upon decision of both Chambers, they may hold joint sessions which are presided over by the Lawspeaker of the Senate.
9. Elections of the Council of State and the appointment of the Procurator-General of the UCK take place at a joint session of both Chambers.
10. Each Chamber elects its Lawspeaker and two Deputy Lawspeakers, a Credentials Commission, which verifies the validity of the credentials of the deputies, a committee for drafting bills, the duty of which consists in a preliminary study and preparation of bills; a Budget Committee, and a Foreign Affairs Committee. In addition, each Chamber may also elect temporary editorial commissions for individual bills. The right to initiate legislation belongs to both Chambers in the persons of deputies, to the Committees of both Chambers, and to the Council of State of the UCK.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UCK – THE COUNCIL OF STATE OF THE UCK
11. The executive and administrative organ of State power in the UCK is the Government of the UCK, the Council of State of the UCK. The Council is appointed by the General Wiecze of the UCK at its first session after elections, which remains in power until a newly elected General Wiecze elects a new Council of State. The Wiecze assigns to one of its deputies who is being considered for the post of State Chancellor, the pro-tempore president of the Council of State, the task of submitting the General Wiecze his suggestions on the composition of the Government. The General Wiecze of the UCK must confirm the appointment of each member of the Government individually, beginning with the State Chancellor. Members of the Government have to be members of the General Wiecze, except the Krawiterski Dominarz, who is the ex-officio chairman of the Council. The Council consists of:
(a) The State Chancellor, chairman pro-tempore of the Council;​
(b) The First Deputy State Chancellor;​
(c) The Deputy State Chancellor whose number equals the number of Commonwealth States;​
(d) The Ministers of the UCK;​
(e) The Chairman of the National Economic Planning Committee.​
(f) The Chief Executive Officer of the Krawiterski State Corporation.​
12. The Council of State of the UCK:
(a) Is accountable to the General Wiecze and carries full responsibility for the legality and expediency of its activities. Every member of the Council of State is at all times subject to dismissal by the General Wiecze of the UCK.​
(b) Is the cabinet [council of ministers] of the country.​
(c) Must consist of members of both Chambers of the General Wiecze of the UCK, with a provision ensuring the representation of all Commonwealth States.​
13. Attached to the Council of State of the UCK are main administrations, committees, councils, and other central departments.
14. The Ministries of the UCK are divided into all-Commonwealth Ministries, which are entirely within the jurisdiction of the Commonwealth, and Commonwealth State Ministries, which are within the joint jurisdiction of the Commonwealth and of the Commonwealth States. The first group consists chiefly of the Ministries controlling or regulating various branches of industry having a decisive influence on the national economy, while the second group consists of Ministries dealing with problems of general policies and administration.
15. The Council of State of the UCK is accountable to the General Wiecze of the UCK and reports to them. Specifically, the Council of State as a whole or an individual state councilor is obligated to give an answer within three days to the question of a deputy.
16. The decrees and regulations of the Council of State of the UCK are issued in accordance with and in execution of the law, and can be revoked by the Imperial Council of the UCK or by the General Wiecze of the UCK.

THE KRAWITERSKI DOMINARZ
17. The Krawiterski Dominarz is the head of state. They exercise the highest executive power under the Constitution. The Krawiterski Dominarz is endowed with the following powers:
(a) In the field of foreign relations, he appoints and recalls political representatives of the UCK, receives letters of accreditation and recall of foreign diplomatic representatives. In the intervals between the sessions of the General Wiecze of the UCK, he ratifies and denounces treaties, proclaims a state of war, orders partial or general mobilization, proclaims martial law, appoints and removes the high command of the Armed Forces of the country.​
(b) In the conduct of business of the General Wiecze of the UCK, he orders elections, convenes regular and extraordinary sessions of the General Wiecze, signs laws in the persons of the president pro-tempore (State Chancellor) and Secretary of the Council of State of the UCK, dissolves the General Wiecze. In the intervals between the sessions of the General Wiecze, he grants its consent to the prosecution or arrest of a deputy of the General Wiecze of the UCK and, likewise, to the conduct of a referendum.​
(c) In the control over executive and administrative bodies, he exercises control over the actions of the Council of State, annuls orders of the Council of State of the UCK and of the Councils of Ministers of the Commonwealth States if they do not conform to the law, hears the reports of the Government and the individual departments, releases and appoints officials of the Government in the interval between sessions of the General Wiecze of the UCK.​
(d) Issues Imperial Decrees to establish general standards, regulate urgent problems in the life of the State, etc. Decrees specified in this paragraph ("d"), as well as Decrees dealing with the dismissals and appointments of government officials, are submitted by the Krawiterski Dominarz to the General Wiecze of the UCK for discussion and ratification.​
(e) In its capacity as the head of the state, the Krawiterski Dominarz interprets the laws of the UCK in operation; this interpretation is binding on all Krawiterski organs and on the citizens of the UCK.​
(f) The Krawiterski Dominarz institutes medals of the UCK, honorary titles of the UCK, military titles, diplomatic cranks, and other special titles.​
(g) The Krawiterski Dominarz is also endowed with the following rights; to grant citizenship, to grant permission to renounce citizenship, to award decorations, to grant pardons, etc.​

SUPREME ORGANS OF POWER AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE COMMONWEALTH STATES
18. The organs of power and administration of the Commonwealth States are established in absolute conformity with the principles of the establishment of the organs of power in the UCK. Most organs, administrations, and central offices originated from medieval court positions. In the 1830s-1850s, main state and court offices, hierarchies, and competencies were merged and equalized in all Commonwealth States. Most organs have an equivalent body in every Commonwealth.
19. A unicameral legislature, a Wiecze in a Szlavic state and a Landtag in a Gotic state, elected by the entire population of a Commonwealth, is the highest organ of the State power in each Commonwealth State. All the citizens of the UCK, 21 years of age or over, having a right to vote, may be deputies to the legislature of a Commonwealth State. They advise the rulers of the 10 sovereign Commonwealth States of Krawiterska.
21. The legislature of a Commonwealth appoints the Government of the Commonwealth, the Council of Ministers of the Commonwealth, consisting of:
(a) Grand Chancellor of the Council of Ministers of the Commonwealth​
(b) Vice-Chancellor of the Council of Ministers of the Commonwealth​
(c) Ministers of the Commonwealth State​
(d) Chairman of the State Economic Planning Committee​
(e) Representative of the Krawiterski State Corporation​
22. The Ministries of the Commonwealth States have fall into two groups:
(a) The Federal-Commonwealth, and​
(b) Commonwealth.​
The Federal-Commonwealth Ministries of Commonwealth States have jurisdiction over the fields entrusted to them, and are subordinate both to the Government of the Commonwealth and to the corresponding Ministry of the UCK. The Commonwealth Ministries of Commonwealth States are subordinate only to the Governments of the Commonwealth States. Despite this division, there are still conflicts of interest due to the retention of the original functions of certain state and court offices that have always been subordinate to the Commonwealth State, the oldest of which originated from medieval times.
23. The central state offices or ministerial positions found in all Commonwealth States are the following:
Federal-Commonwealth
(a) Vice Chancellor; corresponding ministry is the People's Collegium of State Finances of the UCK​
(b) Court Marshal; corresponding ministry is the Supreme Procuratorate of the UCK​
(c) Grand Chieftain; corresponding ministry is the People's Collegium of War of the UCK​
(d) Grand Marshal; corresponding ministry is the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the UCK​
(e) Referendar; corresponding ministry is the Ministry of Agriculture of the UCK​
(f) Grand Scribe; corresponding ministry is the Ministry of Education of the UCK​
(g) Grand Ensign; corresponding ministry is the Ministry of Culture of the UCK​
(h) Equerry; corresponding ministry is the Ministry of Communications​
(i) Grand Huntmaster; corresponding ministry is the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of the UCK​
(j) State Economic Planning Committee; corresponding ministry is the National Economic Planning Committee​
Commonwealth
(a) Grand Chancellor, presides over the Council of Ministers of the Commonwealth​
(b) Court Treasurer, in charge of the state budget​
(c) Crown Custodian, chief fiscal officer of the Commonwealth​
(c) Instigator, the state procurator-general​
(d) Field Chieftain, commander of the local Territorial Defense Force​
(e) Grand Secretary, special state diplomat on federal affairs​

LOCAL ORGANS OF STATE POWER
24. The organs of state power in the provinces (Szlavic: Thanatswo; Gotic: Burgraviate), counties (Szlavic: Castellany; Gotic: Ritterschaft), cities, burgravates, and villages are the Public Assemblies (Szlavic: Wiecze; Gotic: Ting). Provincial and county Public Assemblies are elected by both resident aristocrats and magnates. Civic and burgravate Public Assemblies are elected by resident magnates and propertied citizens. Village public assemblies are elected by all residents. Often, the chairmen of both province and county public assemblies are appointed or elected as senators by a Commonwealth State. Before 1979, the chairmen of the provincial public assemblies were formerly entitled to a seat in the Senate.
25. The provincial and county Public Assembly hold four sessions a year; the civic and village Public Assemblies hold 12 sessions a year. They elect a chairman and a secretary at each session.
26. The executive and administrative organ of a Public Assembly is the Executive Committee elected by it, commonly consisting of, varying in the Szlavic and Gotic territories:
Thanatswo (Szlavic province)
(a) Than, chairman of the Committee​
(b) Deputy Than, deputy chairman of the Committee​
(c) Chamberlain, secretary of the Committee​
(d) Starosta, lieutenant rulers appointed by the Than​
(e) Members of the Executive Committee​
Burgraviates (Gotic province)
(a) Burgrave, chairman of the Committee​
(b) Vice Burgrave, deputy chairman of the Committee​
(c) Chamberlain, secretary of the Committee​
(d) Members of the Executive Committee​
Castellany (Szlavic county)
(a) Castellan, chairman of the Committee​
(b) Deputy Castellan, deputy chairman of the Committee​
(c) Members of the Executive Committee​
Ritterschaft (Gotic county)
(a) Hauptritter, chairman of the Committee​
(b) Deputy Hauptritter, deputy chairman of the Committee​
(c) Members of the Executive Committee​
City
(a) Governor​
(b) Vice Governor​
(d) Notary​
(e) Members of the Executive Committee​
Village
(a) Mayor​
(b) Advocate-Mayor​
(c) Council Clerk​
(d) Clerk​
(e) Constable​
(f) Treasurer​
(g) Members of the Executive Committee​
27. The executive organs of a Public Assembly are subordinate and accountable to the respective Public Assemblies. Various branches of the administration are set up as sections which are subordinate to an Executive Committee of the Public Assembly and to a Public Assembly itself on one hand, and to the sections of the higher Public Assemblies, including the respective Ministries, on the other
28. Correspondingly, Executive Committees of a Public Assembly are subordinate to the respective Public Assemblies on one hand and, on the other hand, to the Executive Committees of the higher Public Assembly, including the Council of State of the UCK or the Council of Ministers of the Commonwealth, the two highest executive and administrative organs in the respective jurisdictions.

THE JUDICIAL ORGANS AND THE PUBLIC PROCURATORS IN THE UCK
29. Formally, all judicial organs of the UCK are either elected by the General Wiecze of the UCK, or the legislature of a Commonwealth State; or appointed by the Council of Ministers of a Commonwealth State.
30. The Supreme Court of the UCK is elected by the General Wiecze of the UCK for a term of five years.
31. The Supreme Court of a Commonwealth State is elected by the respective legislature of a Commonwealth State.
32. The courts of thanatwas, burgraviates, castellanies, ritterschafts, cities, and villages are elected by the respective Public Assemblies for a term of five years.
33. Formally, all the courts of the UCK are independent of any organ of Government and are subordinate only to the law and to higher courts.
34. Supervision to ensure the strict observance of the law in the UCK is carried out by the public prosectors of the villages, cities, counties, provinces, Commonwealth State, and the UCK.
35. The Procurator-General of the UCK is vested with the supreme supervisory power to ensure the strict observance of the law by all Ministries and institutions subordinated to them, as well as by individual officials. It is to be noted that the supervision over the observance of law by the Council of State of the UCK is carried out by the General Wiecze of the UCK. The Procurator-General of the UCK is appointed by the General Wiecze of the UCK for a term of seven years.
36. The Instigator-General of a Commonwealth State is appointed by the Procurator-General of the UCK for a term of five years.
37. The Instigators of provinces, counties, cities, and villages are appointed by the Instigator-General for a term of five years, but such appointments are subject to confirmation by the Procurator-General of the UCK.
38. Formally, the public procurators of the UCK are independent of any organ of government and are subordinate only to the law and to higher offices.
 
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"The Law on the Universal Military Service received imperial assent" | Imperial Library (www.dobib.sz/istoriya/619624)

The Law on the Universal Military Service received imperial assent
12 October 1980

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Cover of the Voenizdat publication of the 1980 law

ON THIS DAY, 12 October 1980, the "Law on the Universal Military Service" was signed by Prince Regent Matthew (future Mathew VI) due to the absence of Krawiterski Dominarz William V. It declared that "the defense of the Krawiterski Nation is the sacred duty" of every KSH citizen. It accentuates the universality of mass conscription by including, "regardless of origin, social and property status, race and nationality, education, language, religion, occupation, place of residence", all KSH citizens, in the national obligation to do their active military service in the Armed Forces of the KSH.

According to the law, a draft is done twice a year: In March–April (estimated from May 1) and in September–October (estimated from November 1). The registration of the citizens is conducted in the period of January–February. Men subject to this must be at least 18 years of age by the day of the draft but not older than 27.

The terms of service:
  • In all land units of all types – 2 years;
  • In all land units of all types for soldiers and sergeants with higher education – 1.5 years;
  • In naval units, units of coast security and sea units of frontier troops – 3 years; and,
  • In naval units for seamen and sergeants major with higher education – 2 years.
Conditions for deferment of military service:
  • Due to marital status;
  • to continue education; and,
  • due to physical disability or poor health – for three years or more, even permanently, based on the severity.
Citizens serving a criminal sentence and those under investigation or on trial for a criminal case are not subject to conscription.

From Grods to National to Universal

In the First Commonwealth, when vassal lords heed the call to arms by the Dominarz or local overlord, they, including other noblemen and their peasants and resident freemen, have to perform military duties for the ruler. The bailiffs, officers who administer and enforce justice in an assigned territory, were ordered by the monarch to gather and assemble local men. The levied men had to pay for their own weapons, armor, and other equipment, and depended on their own skills and training. In 1655, the General Wiecze required the public assemblies of all provinces to organize and maintain a standing army to strengthen the defenses of the Commonwealth. The men of these armies were referred to as the "Powiat Guard." The magnates were able to organize mercenary armies for their own protection. In the villages, in accordance with pre-medieval Lechite traditions of Grod or stronghold, continued to build and maintain new strongholds, made out of dirt and wood, in the most defensive part of the settlement, often on a hill and surrounded by palisades or moats. There, every man could gather to defend themselves and hide their families, livestock, and other valuables and possessions. This has been referred to as an earlier, localized form of mass mobilization.

In 1815, after the Second Commonwealth allied with the Callisean Republic, the General Wiecze assumed control over the Powiat and Grod Guards and placed them under the Krawiterski high command, which combined them and the Army of the Wiecze to form the Army of Central Craviter, one of the five armies of Grand Consul Jacques Chevalier. Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm of Brunswick was appointed the first Consul of Krawiterska, a sister republic in the envisioned Grand Republic of Craviter. However, he became its last when the Callisean Republic capitulated in 1821. To appease Syrixia and the Nordic Coalition, he successfully campaigned for the creation of a permanently neutral Krawiterska, ruled by a resident monarch who will be chosen from the monarchies of the Nordic Coalition. Friedrich Wilhelm, as the first State Chancellor of the Third Commonwealth, enshrined conscription in the "Mass Levy Act of 1830" to better defend the country against its enemies. The new law, adopted from the Santonian Constitution, laid down in its first article, "Any Krawiterski man is a soldier and owes himself to the defense of the Nation." It was compulsory for men between the ages of 21 and 45. It restored the Grod Guards, modernized to allow citizens to form communal militias, many in the cities and counties. They elected their own leaders. Weapons and training were provided centrally by the small, professional Krawiterski Army. The Mass Conscription Act of 1864, drafted by Predicean military advisers, moved conscripts into national military service. The term of service in the Krawiterski Army was 3 years and it was 4 years in the Imperial Krawiterski Navy. Criminals avoided prison by serving for 8 years in the navy.

The Mass Conscription Act of 1930 expanded conscription to a new minimum age of 16-year-old and included "all Krawiterski citizens, regardless of race, nationality, religion, educational qualification, social origin and situation." This meant women were also conscripted. However, most of them were assigned to non-combat roles. Only a few volunteered to fight in battle. This ended when the Szlavic supremacist Kovenantnoye came to power in 1936. The "Law on the Universal Military Service" of 1937 excluded women, married men between the ages of 21 and 25, and restricted the promotion of non-Courantists, discouraging Gotics from becoming officers, unless they converted to Courantism.

The "Law on the National Military Service" of 1953 was a modernized version of the Mass Conscription Act of 1930. It replaced the Fascist War-era conscription law and excluded the new Imperial Krawiterski Air Force, which is designed to be a highly professional voluntary service. By the 1980s, in spite of numerous amendments, the 1953 law did not take into account the numerous social-economic changes that occurred under the Solidarist Party.
 
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Online excerpt from "Krawiterski imperial family - Edipedia" (me.edipedia.org/wiki/Krawiterski_imperial_family#Dynastic_lineage)

Dynastic lineage


In 1827, shortly after the inauguration of Krawiterski Dominarz Elisa II, there was an intense debate over the titles of the Krawiterski imperial family. Because Anna was a Prydanian princess, her title was subject to their unique male-preference system of inheritance. It did not allow female members to inherit and pass on titles, unless the incumbent holder had male heirs. Therefore, her male-line descendants would bear the title "Prince of Prydania." Through her consort, Grand Duke Yuri of Maloria, his male-line descendants would inherit the title "Prince of Maloria" in addition to the Prydanian title.

There was a proposed title, "Prince of Krawiterska", in an upcoming bill, a gift from the General Wiecze to the imperial couple. It was authored by the United Progressive Party, a Pan-Craviterian democrat grouping. The bill failed to pass the first reading, however, when Severoszlav Landowners' Union deputies, a pan-Szlavic aristocratic grouping, pointed out that the title "Prince of Krawiterska" suggested that the Krawiterski throne is based on divine right to hereditary lands, which does not exist because the dominarz reigns over Krawiterska by the will of the General Wiecze. It also might be misinterpreted as a Chevalieresque claim to all of Craviter. Krawiterska is the Lechite translation of the name "Craviter." This especially since Krawiterska supported the Callisean Republic in its failed conquest of the continent.

It was suggested to use titles based in any of the three constituent states directly ruled by the Krawiterski Dominarz: Lechia, Mittelreich, and Tristain. This was initially popular until it divided the deputies from the respective three states. It reached to the point of violence and threatened political gridlock. As a compromise, the General Wiecze rejected any titles geographically associated with Krawiterska or any of its states and authorized the use of both the Malorian and Prydanian titles. All male-line and female-line descendants of Elisa II and Grand Duke Yuri of Maloria bore the title "Prince of Maloria and Prydania."

Because Henry IV married Princess Lavinia of Predice, the current title for children of the Dominarz has become "Prince of Maloria, Predice, and Prydania."

Special dispensation was granted to allow the foreign press to use "Krawiterski Prince" or "Prince of Krawiterska" to avoid misidentification. Since 2024, the Solidarist state media have used this when reporting about the Krawiterski imperial family in an international setting.
 
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Constitution of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska
Updated: December 13, 2024 | gen-wiecze.gov.sz



SECTION I
Preamble

We, Oslo III, by the Will of the High and Mighty Princes of the General Wiecze, Krawiterski Dominarz,

Honoring Her Late Majesty, Elisa II, by the Will of the Perpetual 128th Convocation of the General Wiecze, Krawiterski Dominarz, who, conscious of their responsibility before Almighty God and man, decided to unite as one, sovereign Craviterian people in the Middle Countries, in the exercise of their constituent power, and adopted the Constitution of May 7, 1820,

Inspired by the same determination of our royal ancestor and the illustrious forebears of our present Princes Spiritual and Temporal and other Gentlemen of Quality,

To declare independence as the inalienable right of all nations; Therefore, colonialism must be abolished in the world as it is not in conformity with humanity and justice.

To achieve unity, the North Szlavic princes in Gdańsk, Lechia, Mindaǔzem, Nowogród, Skalindowia, Taǔragorsca, Turov, and Volhynia; the South Gotic princes in Brunswick, Drusselstein, Grefanland, Hintzenhaven, Klænsland, Mittelreich, and Schlesien; and the princes of Tristain, Lietava, and Kurzeme, in free self-determination, have consented, once more, to join together in commonwealth,

To form a government of the commonwealth which will protect all of the peoples of Krawiterska and the independence and land that has been struggled for, and to improve public welfare, to educate the life of the Krawiterski Nation and to participate toward the establishment of a world order based on freedom, perpetual peace, and social justice,

Therefore, the independence of Krawiterska is formulated into a constitution of a Craviterian commonwealth which is built into a sovereign state based on the belief in the One God, loyalty to the Princes of Krawiterska, brotherhood among the peoples of Craviter, wisdom in popular council, and justice according to custom and divine law for all of the peoples of Krawiterska,

Thus, we proclaim and announce to all and everyone that the General Wiecze of the 179th Convocation, in Dominarskie Miasto, at the 3rd Session on June 2, 1979, has resolved and do hereby confirm the Constitution of the commonwealth of North Szlavs, South Gotics, Tavastites, and Tristainese.


SECTION II
General Provisions

Article 1. The commonwealth of North Szlavs, South Gotics, Tavastites, and Tristainese is a constitutional, Solidarist, parliamentary and hereditary monarchy governed by a people’s democratic dictatorship that is led by the noble estate and based on an alliance of peasants, workers, capitalists, and nobles. The official name of the Commonwealth is: The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.
(2) The Solidarist system is the fundamental system of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska. Leadership by the League of Solidarists is the defining feature of Social Feudalism with Krawiterski characteristics. It is prohibited for any organization or individual to damage the Solidarist system.
(3) No political parties, cultural associations, economic unions, social classes, and other groups and individuals can exist outside the Solidarist system.

Article 2. All power in the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska belongs to the General Wiecze.
(2) The General Wiecze, local legislatures, and public assemblies exercise state power.
(3) They shall, in accordance with the provisions of law, manage state affairs, economic and cultural undertakings, and social affairs.

Article 3. The General Wiecze, local legislatures, and public assemblies at all levels shall be created through the Imperial People's Syndicates and local people's syndicates and shall be responsible to the Krawiterski Nation and subject to their oversight.
(2) All administrative, supervisory, and procuratorial organs of the Imperial Government shall be created by the General Wiecze, local legislatures, and public assemblies and shall be responsible to them and subject to their oversight.
(3) The division of functions and powers between the imperial and local state institutions shall honor the principle of giving full play to the initiative and motivation of local authorities under the unified leadership of the central authorities.

Article 4. Pan-Craviterianism, part of the Solidarist system, recognizes the unity and equality all Craviterian ethnic groups of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska. The Imperial Government shall protect the lawful rights and interests of all Craviterian ethnic groups and uphold and promote relations of equality, unity, mutual assistance and harmony among all Craviterian ethnic groups. Oppression against any Craviterian ethnic group and any act that undermines the unity of Craviterian ethnic groups is prohibited.
(2) The Imperial Government shall, in light of the characteristics and needs of all Craviterian ethnic minorities, assist all the Confederated States in accelerating their economic and cultural development.

Article 5. All Confederated States shall practice autonomy, establish autonomous organs, and exercise the power to self-govern. All constituent states are inseparable parts of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.
(2) All Craviterian ethnic groups shall have the freedom to use and develop their own spoken and written languages and to preserve or reform their own traditions and customs.

Article 6. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall practice law-based governance and build a Solidarist state under the rule of law.
(2) The Imperial Government shall safeguard the unity and sanctity of the Solidarist legal system.
(3) No imperial or local law, decree, and regulation shall be in conflict with the Constitution of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.

Article 7. All imperial and local state organs and armed forces, all political parties and social organizations, and all enterprises and public institutions must abide by the Imperial Constitution and imperial law. Accountability must be enforced for all acts that violate the Constitution of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska or imperial law.
(2) No organization or individual shall have any privilege beyond the Imperial Constitution or imperial law.

Article 8. The foundation of the Solidarist economic system of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska is the Social Feudalist and National Syndicalist organization of the means of production, that is, the supremacy of the nobility and the unity of the capitalists and the working people by compulsory membership in corporative systems, abolishing the system of exploitation of man by man through the collaboration between workers and owners on each productive branch, in which divergent interests are coordinated and harmonized.

Article 9. The state sector of the imperial economy, that is, the sector of the Solidarist economy under ownership by the Krawiterski Nation, shall be the leading force in the economy. The Imperial Government shall ensure the consolidation and development of the state sector of the imperial economy.

Article 10. The rural sector of the economy, that is, the sector of the Solidarist economy organized on the basis of rural local people's syndicates, its subordinate organizations, and its other organs, including those for production, supply, credit, and consumption, shall operate under the guidance of the Imperial Government and contribute to the agrarian vitality and social stability of the countryside.
(2) Rural households may be granted usufruct rights over land allocated for cultivation, pasture, and homestead purposes, in accordance with imperial law. They are encouraged to engage in supplementary activities, including artisanal production and the raising of livestock, provided such endeavors serve the common good and support imperial productivity.

Article 11. The urban sector of the economy, that is, the sector of the Solidarist economy organized on the basis of urban local people's syndicates, its subordinate organizations, and its other organs in the crafts, industry, construction, transport, commerce, and service sectors, shall be coordinated through the framework of a corresponding Imperial People's Syndicate. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall ensure harmony between labor and capital under the leadership of the Imperial Government.

Article 12. All mineral resources, waters, forests, mountains, grasslands, unreclaimed land, mudflats and other natural resources are owned by the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, that is, by the state sector of the imperial economy, unless prescribed otherwise by imperial law.
(2) The Imperial Government shall ensure the rational use of natural resources and protect rare animals and plants. It is prohibited for any organization or individual to unlawfully seize or damage natural resources by any means.

Article 13. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall practice a Solidarist market economy.
(2) The Imperial Government shall strengthen economic legislation and improve macro regulation.

Article 14. State-owned enterprises shall, within the scope prescribed by imperial law, have the right to operate autonomously.
(2) State-owned enterprises shall, in accordance with the provisions of imperial law, practice democratic management through employee congresses and other means.

Article 15. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall permit foreign enterprises, other economic organizations and individuals, to invest in Krawiterska and to enter into various forms of economic cooperation with Krawiterska enterprises or other economic organizations in accordance with the provisions of imperial law of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.
(2) All foreign enterprises, other foreign economic organizations and Krawiterski-foreign joint ventures in the territory of Krawiterska shall abide by the law of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska. Their lawful rights and interests shall be protected by the imperial law of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.

Article 16. The official imperial languages are Andrensk and Szlavonic.
(2) The Imperial Government shall develop Solidarist education to raise the literacy, scientific, and cultural level of the whole nation.
(3) The Imperial Government shall promote the imperial languages used nationwide.

Article 17. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall run schools of all types, provide universal compulsory primary education, develop secondary, vocational and higher education, and also develop preschool education.
(2) The Imperial Government shall develop different types of educational facilities, eliminate illiteracy, provide political, cultural, scientific, technical and field-specific education for workers, peasants, state employees and other working people, and encourage people to become accomplished individuals through self-study.
(3) The Imperial Government shall encourage state enterprises, public institutions, the private sector of the economy, and other social actors to run education programs of various types in accordance with the provisions of imperial law.

Article 18. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall promote Solidarist cultural-ethical advancement through widely accessible education on ideals, morality, culture, discipline and law, and through the formulation and observance of different forms of rules of conduct and public pledges among different urban and rural populations. To these ends, the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall:
  1. champion core Solidarist values;
  2. advocate the civic virtues of love for the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, for the Krawiterski Nation, for work, for science and for Solidarism;
  3. educate the people in Craviterian nationalism, in class collaborationism, and in national syndicalism, and in dialectical and historical materialism; and
  4. combat capitalist, communist, liberal, and other forms of anti-Solidarist and degenerate thought.
Article 19. The Imperial Government shall determine the organization of the different branches of the administration, the salaries of all civil or military officers, and make all appointments and dismissals of the aforementioned.
(2) All civil and military officers, when assuming office or service, must recite the pledge of loyalty to the General Wiecze in Article 110, in accordance with the provisions of imperial law.
(3) The service regulations of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall be determined by an imperial law.

Article 20. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall maintain public order, suppress treason and other criminal activities that jeopardize imperial security, punish criminal activities, including those that endanger public security or harm the Solidarist economy, and punish and reform criminals.

Article 21. The armed forces of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska belong to the Krawiterski Nation. Their missions are to strengthen imperial defense, resist aggression, defend the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, safeguard the people’s peaceful work, participate in imperial development, and work hard to serve the Krawiterski Nation.

Article 22. The constituent states, special administrative regions, subdivisions, and other territories of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall be delineated as follows:
  1. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska consists of the constituent Confederated States and subdivisional provinces, special administrative regions, counties, and cities directly under imperial jurisdiction or territories of a Confederated State ruled by the Krawiterski Dominarz as its constituent monarch;
  2. Confederated States and special administrative regions consist of provinces, counties, and cities;
  3. Cities consist of districts; and
  4. Counties consist of villages.
Article 23. Special administrative zones shall be delineated as prescribed by imperial law.

Article 24. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska consists of the territory of the former United Solidarist Commonwealth of Krawiterska.
(2) If a Confederated State shares the same head of state with a foreign state, the Confederated State shall have a separate constitution, government, and administration from the non-Krawiterski state. Only Krawiterski citizens may be appointed to the government and administration of the Krawiterski constituent state.
(3) The Imperial Constitution and imperial legislation shall have the same binding force in such a Confederated State as in the other Confederated States.

Article 25. The Imperial Government may establish special administrative regions when necessary. The systems instituted in special administrative regions shall, in light of specific circumstances, be prescribed by imperial laws enacted by the General Wiecze.

Article 26. The Imperial Government shall protect the lawful rights and interests of foreigners in the territory of Krawiterska. Foreigners in the territory of Krawiterska must abide by the law of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.
(2) The Imperial Government may grant asylum to foreigners who request it on political grounds.


SECTION III
Powers and Jurisdiction of the Imperial Government

Article 27. The powers and jurisdiction of the Imperial Government is divided between the General Wiecze, the Krawiterski Dominarz, and the Supreme Court.

Article 28. The Imperial Government exclusively exercises the international representation of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska and the individual Confederated States.

Article 29. The Imperial Government appoints imperial envoys and consuls. It conducts diplomatic relations, concludes alliances and treaties with foreign countries, particularly trade and navigation treaties, as well as extradition agreements. It issues all measures under international law.

Article 30. The individual Craviterian governments do not have the right to receive or maintain permanent envoys.
(2) The individual Craviterian governments are not permitted to maintain separate consuls. Consuls of foreign states receive their exequatur from the Imperial Authority.

Article 31. The dispatch of representatives to the Head of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska is not prohibited to the individual governments.

Article 32. The individual Craviterian governments are authorized to conclude treaties with other Craviterian governments.
(2) The authority of individual Craviterian governments to conclude treaties with non-German governments is limited to matters of private law, neighborly traffic, and policing.

Article 33. All treaties not purely of a private law nature, concluded by a Craviterian government with another Craviterian or non-Craviterian government, must be submitted to the Imperial Government for notification and, if imperial interests are involved, for confirmation.

Article 34. The Imperial Government alone possesses the right to declare war and make peace.

Article 35. The Imperial Government has at its disposal the entire armed forces of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.
(2) The Krawiterski Army consists of the entire land forces of the individual Confederated States designated for the purposes of war. The size and structure of the Imperial Army shall be determined by the imperial law on military organization.

Article 36. The Imperial Government exclusively holds legislative power and organizational control over military matters. It supervises the implementation of these laws in the individual states through continuous oversight.
(2) The individual Confederated States retain the right to train and administer their military forces, based on imperial laws and the directives of the Imperial Govermment, and within the limits established by the agreements between the Imperial Government and the Confederated States. They may command their own armed forces, insofar as these are not requisitioned for imperial service.

Article 37. The governments of the individual Confederated States retain the right to appoint commanders and officers of their troops, to the extent that their size requires.

Article 38. The naval and air forces are the exclusive responsibility of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska. No individual Confederated State may maintain its own navy or air force.

Article 39. The Imperial Navy and the Imperial Air Force, each, constitute a distinct part of the armed forces of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska and are independent from the land forces.

Article 40. The Imperial Government holds the right of legislation and supreme oversight over territorial sea and coastal areas or any body of water such as rivers and lakes that are navigable and flow through or form boundaries between multiple states, as well as over the mouths of their tributaries, including matters concerning navigation and commerce on these waterways.
(2) All other waterways shall remain under the care of the individual Confederated States. However, the Imperial Government is entitled, if it deems it necessary in the interest of general traffic, to issue general regulations concerning navigation and commerce on those waterways, and may declare certain individual rivers, under the same conditions, equivalent to the aforementioned waterways in this article, paragraph 1.

Article 41. The Imperial Government holds the right of legislation and supreme oversight concerning railways, highways, and their operation, insofar as is required for the defense of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska or in the interest of general traffic. An imperial law shall determine which matters are to be included under this provision. An imperial law shall determine which matters are to be included.

Article 42. The Imperial Government shall have exclusive legislative power over the entire customs system
(2) The collection and administration of customs duties shall be carried out by order of and under the supreme oversight of the Imperial Government.
(3) A certain portion of the revenue, as determined in the ordinary budget, shall be allocated to cover imperial expenditures, while the remainder shall be distributed to the individual states. It shall be determined by special imperial law.

Article 43. The Imperial Legislature shall determine which goods the individual states may tax for state or municipal purposes, and under what conditions or restrictions such taxes may be levied.
(2) The individual Confederated States shall not be permitted to impose customs duties on goods entering or leaving through the imperial border.

Article 44. The Imperial Government holds the right to legislate on trade and navigation and to oversee the execution of the imperial laws issued in this field.

Article 45. The Imperial Government has the right to enact imperial laws on trade and industry (crafts and professions) and to supervise their implementation.

Article 46. Patents for inventions shall be granted exclusively by the Imperial Government on the basis of imperial law. The Imperial Government also holds exclusive legislative power against the unauthorized reproduction of books, artistic works, industrial trademarks, patterns and designs, and other violations of intellectual property.

Article 47. The Imperial Government shall have the right of legislation and supreme oversight over the postal system, particularly regarding its organization, tariffs, transit arrangements, postal fee distribution, and relations between individual postal administrations.
(2) The Imperial Government ensures the uniform application of the laws through implementing regulations and supervises their enforcement in the individual states through ongoing control.
(3) The Imperial Government is entitled to regulate mail routes crossing multiple postal regions in the interest of general communication.
(4) Postal agreements with foreign postal administrations may only be concluded by the Imperial Government or with its consent.

Article 48. The Imperial Government shall have the exclusive right of legislation and supreme oversight concerning the monetary system. It is responsible for introducing a uniform coinage system throughout Krawiterska.
(2) The Imperial Government has the right to mint imperial coins.
(3) The Imperial Government has the right to regulate the banking system and the issuance of paper money by means of imperial legislation. It supervises the implementation of the imperial laws issued on these matters.

Article 49. The nobility and knighthood of the Confederated States and the provinces, special administrative regions, counties, and cities under imperial jurisdiction, whose institutions shall be regulated in such manner as shall be deemed necessary by them, are subject to the Imperial Constitution, and ratified by the approval of the General Wiecze.

Article 50. All expenditures for measures and institutions carried out by the Imperial Government shall be borne by it out of the imperial budget.
(2) The Imperial Government has the right, insofar as other revenues are insufficient, to collect matricular contributions (i.e., financial contributions from the individual states).
(3) The Imperial Government is empowered, in exceptional cases, to levy and collect imperial taxes, or to have them collected, as well as to contract loans or incur other forms of debt.

Article 51. The extent of jurisdiction of the Supreme Court shall be determined by the section on the Supreme Court.

Article 52. The preservation of the peace of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska is the responsibility of the Imperial Government. It must take the measures necessary to maintain internal security and order in the following cases:
  1. when a Confederated State is disturbed or endangered in its peace by another Confederated State;
  2. when security and order in a Confederated State are disturbed or endangered by domestic or foreign actors. In such a case, the Imperial Government shall only intervene if the concerned state government itself calls upon it to do so, unless said government is demonstrably incapable of acting, or the general peace of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska appears to be threatened; and
  3. when the constitution of a Confederated State is forcibly or unilaterally suspended or altered, and prompt assistance cannot be secured through appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.
Article 53. The measures which the Imperial Government may employ to preserve the peace of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska include:
  1. Decrees;
  2. Dispatch of commissioners;
  3. Use of armed force; and,
  4. An imperial law shall determine the principles by which the costs incurred by such measures are to be borne.
Article 54. It is the responsibility of the Imperial Government to determine, by imperial law, the circumstances and procedures under which armed force may be used against disturbances of public order.

Article 55. It is the duty of the Imperial Government to establish the legal norms governing the acquisition and loss of imperial and state citizenship.

Article 56. The Imperial Government shall have the right to enact laws concerning rights of domicile and to supervise their execution.

Article 57. The Imperial Government has the power to legislate on the right of association and punlic assembly.

Article 58. The Imperial Government is empowered to enact general measures for the protection of public health in the interest of the common good.

Article 59. Imperial laws take precedence over the laws of the individual Confederated States, unless the imperial law explicitly assigns itself only subsidiary validity.

Article 60. All laws and decrees of the Imperial Government acquire binding force through their promulgation by imperial means.
(2) The Imperial Government has legislative power insofar as it is necessary for the exercise of the powers constitutionally assigned to it and for the protection of the institutions entrusted to it.
(3) Imperial legislation shall determine the requirements for the recognition of the authenticity of public documents throughout Krawiterska.

Article 61. The Imperial Government is empowered, when it deems joint institutions and measures necessary for the general welfare of Krawiterska, to enact the required laws according to the procedures prescribed for constitutional amendments.


SECTION IV
The General Wiecze
Article 62. The General Wiecze is the highest state organ of power.
(2) The Imperial Council is the permanent organ of the General Wiecze.
(3) The General Wiecze and the Imperial Council exercise the legislative power of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.

Article 63. The General Wiecze consists of two houses, the Senate and the Council of Craviter.

Article 64. The Senate is formed by the representatives of the Confederated States.

Article 65. Half of the Senators shall be appointed by the governments of the Confederated States, and the half by the legislatures of the respective states.

Article 66. Membership in the Senate is restricted to those who are citizens of the Confederated States that sends them, have reached the age of 30, and a former member of a provincial or county public assembly.

Article 67. The Council of Craviter is formed by the representatives of the Imperial People's Syndicates.

Article 68. Deputies of the General Wiecze receive a uniform allowance from the Imperial Treasury and compensation for their travel expenses. Its duties and responsibilities shall be codified and specified by imperial law.

Article 69. The General Wiecze shall be composed of deputies elected or appointed from the Confederated States, provinces, counties, and cities directly under imperial jurisdiction, special administrative regions and armed forces. All Craviterian ethnic groups should have an appropriate number of deputies.
(2) The election of deputies to the General Wiecze shall be presided over by the Imperial Council.
(3) The manner in which the number of members allotted to these states is to be distributed among the individual provinces shall be determined by the respective state laws.

Article 70. The General Wiecze shall be dissolved by the Krawiterski Dominarz at a minimum of once every four years for the citizens and Confederated States to determine new representatives.

Article 71. The Krawiterski Dominarz may postpone or truncate a rest period at his discretion for the public benefit.

Article 72. The General Wiecze must be convoked every year, and shall be divided into two sessions, one for the spring, and one for the fall.
(2) There shall be a period of rest in between sessions not lasting more than two months. The time of rest periods is to be determined by the Krawiterski Dominarz..

Article 73. The Imperial Council must complete the election or appointment of senators and deputies to the next General Wiecze two months prior to the completion of the term of office of the current General Wiecze. If extraordinary circumstances prevent an election from going ahead, the election may be postponed and the term of office of the current General Wiecze may be extended by the Imperial Council. The election or appointment of senators and deputies to the next General Wiecze must be completed within one year of said extraordinary circumstances coming to an end.

Article 74. The opening, closing, prolongation, or proroguing of a session must apply to both houses simultaneously.

Article 75. A session of the General Wiecze shall be held twice every year and shall be convened by the Krawiterski Dominarz. If the Krawiterski Dominarz deems it necessary, or one-fifth or more of General Wiecze so propose, a session of the General Wiecze may be convened in the interim.
(2) When the Senate holds a session, it shall elect a Lawspeaker to conduct that session.
(3) When the Council of Craviter holds a session, it shall elect a presidium to conduct that session.

Article 76. When the Krawiterksi Dominarz dissolves the General Wiecze, the election of new representatives must happen within one month of dissolution.
(2) The Krawiterski Dominarz shall open the General Wiecze no more than three weeks after the conclusion of elections.
(3) The Imperial Council shall set up a department in conjunction with the people's collegia, imperial ministry, or imperial commission in charge of internal affairs for the stable administration of all elections across the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska when both the General Wiecze is convoked or dissolved.

Article 77. No votes or deliberations may take place in either house unless at least one third of members are present. In addition, the Lawspeaker of the Senate and the Council Presidium and the appointed clerks of their choosing must be in attendance.

Article 78. Votes shall be taken by the members of the houses to decide on issues. Simple majority is required. In case of a tie, the Lawspeaker of the Senate or the Presidium of the Council of Craviter is to cast a deciding vote.

Article 79. The deliberations of both houses must be held in public, and any citizen may be present to observe, provided they behave in good conduct in the presence of the General Wiecze.
(2) The deliberations of the General Wiecze may be conducted in secret upon the explicit authority of the Krawiterski Dominarz;

Article 80. Both houses of the General Wiecze shall jointly exercise the following functions and powers:
  1. amending the Imperial Constitution;
  2. overseeing the enforcement of the Imperial Constitution;
  3. enacting and repealing imperial laws;
  4. levying taxes and duties which shall not remain valid longer than the 31st of December, unless expressly renewed by the General Wiecze;
  5. taking loans;
  6. supervising the monetary affairs of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska and to establish an Imperial Bank;
  7. appropriating the funds for imperial expenditure;
  8. deciding, based on nomination by the Krawiterski Dominarz, on the successful candidate for the State Chancellor of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  9. deciding, based on nominations by the State Chancellor of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, on the successful candidates for vice state chancellors, state councilors, members of the people's collegia, executives of imperial ministries, chairmen of imperial commissions, the Auditor-General of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, and the Secretary-General of the Council;
  10. electing the President of the Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  11. electing the Procurator-General of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  12. determining the annual salary of the Krawiterski Dominarz and any members of the General Wiecze that he determines eligible, of which any compensation may not include real estate;
  13. reviewing the lists of pensions and salaries of the General Wiecze;
  14. requiring anyone to appear before it on matters of state;
  15. having communicated with it the conventions and treaties which the Krawiterski Dominarz has concluded with foreign lands;
  16. submitting to it the logs of the government events;
  17. appointing auditors who will annually examine the imperial accounts and state accounts and publish the findings in print both to the public and to the General Wiecze, and make recommendations for improvement and correction;
  18. To appoint a Scrutineer, who is not a member of the General Wiecze, to ensure that no injustice is committed against the Subjects by the General Wiecze and to supervise both houses of the General Wiecze;
  19. reviewing and approving the plan for imperial economic and social development and the report on its implementation;
  20. reviewing and approving the imperial budget and the report on its implementation;
  21. approving the establishment of provinces, counties, and cities directly under imperial jurisdiction;
  22. deciding on the establishment of special administrative regions and the systems to be instituted there;
  23. presenting addresses to the Krawiterski Dominarz;
  24. receiving petitions of grievances from the Confederated States;
  25. enacting, besides what is prescribed in this Supreme Law and any subsequent laws, rules for the internal affairs of the General Wiecze; and,
  26. other functions and powers that the highest state organ of power should exercise.
Article 81. Every bill or law may start in either house of the General Wiecze, and once passed, shall proceed to the other house to be reviewed and edited.
(2) Should the other house reject the bill or law, it shall be passed back to the original house with suggestions. Once amended, it may proceed.
(3) A bill may proceed thrice through the other house before they may motion to reject such legislation, at which point it must be tabled until the next session.
(4) If a bill or law has been tabled the General Wiecze may appeal directly to the Krawiterski Dominarz and his Imperial Council, who may pass the law as decree if they accept.

Article 82. Once a bill passes both houses, it is taken to the Krawiterski Dominarz who shall provide his assent by affixing his signature and seal to the bill or law, in the presence of the second most senior member of the Council of State and the Secretary-General of the Council of State. If the Krawiterski Dominarz denies, the bill or law may be entered by a four-fifths majority in both houses.
(2) If a bill is rejected by the Krawiterski Dominarz and is not passed with a four-fifths majority, the bill must be tabled until the next session.

Article 83. The Senate shall have the sole power over the following functions:
  1. making war and peace;
  2. deciding on imperial or local mobilization
  3. deciding on entering a state of emergency nationwide or in particular provinces, autonomous regions or cities directly under imperial jurisdiction;
  4. calling forth the armed forces to execute imperial laws, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
  5. organizing, arming, and disciplining, the armed forces of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  6. naturalize aliens as prescribed by law;
  7. Provide that authors and inventors may have for a limited time, exclusive right to their creations;
  8. enumerate and enforce the laws of the high seas belonging to the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska through inferior tribunals;
  9. providing for the discipline of the armed forces of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska; and,
  10. trying all impeachments of deputies of the General Wiecze.
Article 84. Senators are responsible to their constituent states, and members of the Council of Craviter are responsible to their constituents.

Article 85. The General Wiecze shall have the power to remove from office the following imperial officials:
  1. the State Chancellor of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  2. vice state chancellors, state councilors, members of the people's collegia, executives of imperial ministries, chairmen of imperial commissions, the Auditor-General of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska and the Secretary-General of the Council of State;
  3. the President of the Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  4. the Procurator-General of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.
Article 86. Amendments to the Imperial Constitution must be the Imperial Council or proposed by one-fifth or more of the General Wiecze deputies and be adopted by a vote of at least two-thirds of General Wiecze deputies.
(2) Laws and other proposals shall be adopted by a majority vote of the General Wiecze deputies.

Article 87. The Krawiterski Dominarz shall have a privy council assembled permanently by the General Wiecze. The official name of the council is: The Imperial Council.

Article 88. The Imperial Council shall be composed of the following most senior officers:
  1. the Krawiterski Dominarz, as chairman;
  2. the State Chancellor of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, as vice chairman;
  3. a secretary-general; and,
  4. members.
Article 89. The General Wiecze shall elect the Secretary-General and members of the Imperial Council.
(2) The General Wiecze shall have the power to remove the Secretary-General and members of the Imperial Council.

Article 90. The Imperial Council shall exercise its functions and powers in between sessions of the General Wiecze.

Article 91. The Imperial Council shall exercise the following functions and powers:
  1. interpreting the Imperial Constitution and overseeing its enforcement;
  2. enacting and amending laws other than those that should be enacted by the General Wiecze;
  3. when the General Wiecze is out of session, partially supplementing and amending laws enacted by the General Wiecze but without conflicting with the basic principles of those laws;
  4. interpreting laws;
  5. when the General Wiecze is out of session, reviewing and approving partial adjustments to the plan for imperial economic and social development and the imperial budget that must be made in the course of implementation;
  6. overseeing the work of the Council of State, the people's collegia, imperial ministries, imperial commissions, the Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, and the Procurator-General of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  7. revoking administrative regulations, decisions and orders formulated by the Council of State that are in conflict with the Imperial Constitution or imperial law;
  8. revoking local regulations and resolutions formulated by the state organs of power in provinces, special administrative regions, counties, and cities directly under imperial jurisdiction that are in conflict with the Imperial Constitution, imperial laws, or administrative regulations;
  9. when the General Wiecze is out of session, deciding, based on nominations by the State Chancellor of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, on successful candidates for the executives of imperial ministries, chairmen of imperial commissions, the Procurator-General of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska and the Secretary-General of the Council of State;
  10. appointing or removing, based on recommendations by the President of the Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, vice presidents, judges and Adjudicatory Committee members of the Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, and the President of the Military Court;
  11. appointing or removing, based on recommendations by the Procurator-General of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, deputy procurators-general, procurators, and Procuratorial Committee members of the Supreme Procuratorate, and the Chief Procurator of the armed forces of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  12. approving the appointment or removal of the Procurators-General of the Confederated States or provinces, special administrative regions, counties, and cities directly under imperial jurisdiction;
  13. deciding on the appointment or removal of plenipotentiary representatives abroad;
  14. deciding on the ratification or abrogation of treaties and important agreements concluded with foreign countries;
  15. stipulating national medals and titles of honor and deciding on their conferment;
  16. deciding on the granting of pardons in criminal matters, except in cases concerning crimes against the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  17. when the General Wiecze is out of session, in the event of an armed attack on the country or in fulfillment of international treaty obligations concerning common defense against aggression;
  18. deciding on imperial or local mobilization;
  19. deciding on entering a state of emergency nationwide or in particular provinces, autonomous regions or cities directly under imperial jurisdiction; and
  20. other functions and powers accorded to it by the General Wiecze.
Article 92. The chairman of the Imperial Council shall preside over the work of the Imperial Council and convene meetings of the Imperial Council. The vice chairman and the secretary-general shall assist the chairman in his work.
(2) The chairman, vice chairman, the secretary-general, and members who are state councilors constitute an Executive Committee of the Imperial Council, which handles the important day-to-day work of the Imperial Council.

Article 93. The Imperial Council shall be responsible to the General Wiecze and shall report to the General Wiecze on its work.

Article 94. The General Wiecze shall establish an Ethnic Affairs Committee, a Constitution and Law Committee, a Financial and Economic Committee, an Education, Science, Culture and Public Health Committee, a Foreign Affairs Committee, an Overseas Krawiterski Affairs Committee and such other special committees as are necessary. When the General Wiecze is out of session, all special committees shall work under the leadership of the Imperial Council.
(2) The special committees shall research, discuss and draw up relevant proposals under the leadership of the General Wiecze and the Imperial Council.

Article 95. When the General Wiecze and the Imperial Council deem it necessary, they may organize investigation committees on specific issues and, based on investigation committee reports, adopt appropriate resolutions.
(2) When an investigation committee is conducting an investigation, all state organs, social organizations and citizens concerned shall have the obligation to provide the committee with the necessary data.

Article 96. Deputies to the General Wiecze and members of the Imperial Council shall have the power, in accordance with procedures prescribed by imperial law, to submit proposals within the scope of the respective functions and powers of the General Wiecze and the Imperial Council.

Article 97. Deputies to the General Wiecze, when the Wiecze is in session, and members of the Imperial Council, when the Council is meeting, shall have the power, in accordance with procedures prescribed by imperial law, to submit inquiries to the Council of State or the people's collegia, imperial ministries, and imperial commissions under it. Organs that receive such inquiries must take responsibility for answering them.

Article 98. Deputies to the General Wiecze shall not be arrested or placed on criminal trial without the consent of the Lawspeaker of the current session of the General Wiecze or, when the Wiecze is out of session, the consent of the Imperial Council.

Article 99. The statements and votes of General Wiecze deputies at meetings of the General Wiecze shall not be subject to legal liability.

Article 100. Deputies to the General Wiecze must play an exemplary role in abiding by the Imperial Constitution and imperial law and keeping state secrets and, in the production, work and public activities they participate in, assist in the enforcement of the Imperial Constitution and imperial law.
(2) Deputies to the General Wiecze should maintain close contact with the organizations and people that elected them, listen to and convey the opinions and demands of the people, and work hard to serve them.

Article 101. Deputies to the General Wiecze shall be subject to the oversight of the organizations that elected them. Organizations that have elected deputies shall have the power to remove them from office in accordance with procedures prescribed by imperial law.

Article 102. The organization and working procedures of the General Wiecze and the Imperial Council shall be prescribed by imperial law.

Article 103. All events in both houses and in the Imperial Council are to be notated in the log, and major events are to be communicated in a gazette to the general public.


SECTION V
The Krawiterski Dominarz

Article 104. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall be reigned over and governed by the Krawiterski Dominarz and his lineage, unbroken.

Article 105. The office of Krawiterski Dominarz is and shall remain entrusted to the lawful descendants of Elisa II as a hereditary possession, in accordance with the provisions set by the Pacta Conventa of Elisa II.

Article 106. The person of the Krawiterski Dominarz shall not be held accountable for acts of government, which shall be countersigned by responsible ministers.

Article 107. The Krawiterski Dominarz is the head of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska. In himself, lies the highest executive authority of the General Wiecze, to be exercised in accordance with the Constitution and by the advice of the Council of State.
(2) The Krawiterski Dominarz is bound to act in strict adherence to the laws and shall ensure their implementation across all levels of government.

Article 108. The Krawiterski Dominarz may, however, conduct interim foreign negotiations and implement temporary measures in the interest of national security and public order, provided the General Wiecze is promptly informed.

Article 109. The heir to the throne shall succeed upon the death or abdication of the reigning Krawiterski Dominarz, following the constitutional oath and attaining the age of majority.

Article 110. The Krawiterski Dominarz, immediately after succeeding his predecessor, shall take following pledge of loyalty in a joint session of the General Wiecze: "I swear that, by virtue of the Constitution of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, I do homage and accept the General Wiecze, the lawful representatives of the Krawiterski People, as the sovereign princes of United Krawiterska; that I shall be faithful and dutiful to them in the protection of their rights and the well-being of the Krawiterski Nation, and furthermore do all that just and loyal citizens are bound and ought to do."

Article 111. The Krawiterski Dominarz, pursuant to decisions of the General Wiecze and the Imperial Council:
  1. sanctions, promulgates, and executes imperial laws;
  2. convokes, opens, closes, prorogues, and dissolves the General Wiecze;
  3. issues official documents, coinage, and other public acts of the Imperial Government, as designated by imperial law;
  4. engages in affairs of state and receives foreign diplomatic envoys on behalf of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska and, pursuant to decisions of the Imperial Council;
  5. appoints or recalls plenipotentiary representatives abroad and ratifies or abrogates treaties and important agreements concluded with foreign countries;
  6. appoints or removes the State Chancellor of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, the vice state chancellors, state councilors, executives of imperial ministries, chairmen of imperial commissions, the Procurator-General of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska and the Secretary-General of the Council of State, and other public officials in accordance with imperial law;
  7. confers national medals and titles of honor;
  8. possesses the right to order amnesty, pardon, and commutation of punishment or rehabilitation;
  9. oversees the people's collegia; State Finances, Supreme Procuratorate, War, and the General Holy Order of the Dominarz's Inquisition, whose organization is formed and elected by the General Wiecze and are subordinate to the Council of State;
  10. Hold supreme command of the armed forces of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska in wartime and appoint senior military commanders, subject to the oversight of the General Wiecze and the People's Collegium of War;
  11. concludes all treaties presented before the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  12. declares a state of emergency; and
  13. issues mobilization orders.
Article 112. The Krawiterski Dominarz shall open in joint session on the first day after return from the winter rest period, and shall lay out his wishes for governance to all members in attendance.

Article 113. The Krawiterski Dominarz shall issue, or cause to be issued, imperial decrees necessary for the execution of laws, or for the maintenance of public peace and order, or for the welfare of the citizens.
(2) No decree of the Krawiterski Dominarz may supersede any imperial law.

Article 114. In the event of the incapacity of the Krawiterski Dominarz, the State Chancellor of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall become Regent and shall temporarily act on behalf of the new Krawiterski Dominarz until they have reached the lawful age of majority or recovered from the illness causing their incapacity.
(2) The Regent is afforded all the powers and rights of the Krawiterski Dominarz.

Article 115. The Krawiterski Dominarz shall choose and dismiss, at his sole discretion, the members of his Imperial House.


SECTION VI
The Council of State

Article 116. There shall be a government, a Council of State, composed of the Krawiterski Dominarz and the senior ministers of the General Wiecze and their party.

Article 117. The Council of State of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska is the executive organ of the General Wiecze. It is the highest state administrative organ.

Article 118. The Krawiterski Dominarz shall be the executive of the General Wiecze and will be the senior representative of the Council of State, and is entitled to represent and execute government business and laws in the name of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.

Article 119. The Council of State is composed of the following most senior officers:
  1. Krawiterski Dominarz;
  2. State Chancellor of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  3. vice state chancellors;
  4. state councilors;
  5. executives of imperial ministries;
  6. chairmen of imperial commissions;
  7. Procurator-General of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska; and,
  8. Secretary general of the Council of State.
Article 120. The Council of State is collectively responsible and exercises overall leadership of its work.
(2) The individual executives of imperial ministries and chairmen of imperial commissions shall each be responsible for their respective organs and exercises overall leadership of their respective work.

Article 121. The organization of the Council of State shall be prescribed by imperial law.

Article 122. The Council of State shall have the same term of office as that of the General Wiecze.

Article 123. The Krawiterski Dominarz shall direct the work of the Council of State. The State Chancellor of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall assist the Krawiterski Dominarz in his work.
(2) The Krawiterksi Dominarz shall convene and preside over Council of State executive meetings and Council of State plenary meetings.

Article 124. The Council of State shall exercise the following functions and powers:
  1. stipulating administrative measures, formulating administrative regulations and issuing decisions and orders in accordance with the Imperial Constitution and imperial law;
  2. submitting proposals to the General Wiecze and the Imperial Council;
  3. stipulating the missions and responsibilities of the people's collegia, imperial ministries, and imperial commissions, exercising unified leadership over their work, and directing national administrative work that does not fall within the responsibilities of the people's collegia, imperial ministries, and imperial commissions;
  4. exercising unified leadership over the work of local state administrative organs at all levels nationwide and stipulating the detailed division of functions and powers between the Council of State and state administrative organs in the Confederated States, provinces, special administrative regions, counties, and cities directly under imperial jurisdiction;
  5. drawing up and implementing plans for imperial economic and social development and state budgets;
  6. directing and managing economic work, urban and rural development and ecological conservation;
  7. directing and managing education, science, culture, health, sports and family planning work;
  8. directing and managing work such as civil affairs, public security and judicial administration;
  9. managing foreign affairs and concluding treaties and agreements with foreign countries;
  10. directing and managing the development of national defense;
  11. directing and managing ethnic affairs and protecting the equal rights of ethnic minorities and the self-governing powers of Confederated States and special administrative regions;
  12. protecting the legitimate rights and interests of Krawiterski nationals overseas and protecting the lawful rights and interests of returned overseas Krawiterski nationals and the family members in Krawiterska of Krawiterski nationals overseas;
  13. changing or revoking inappropriate orders, directives and regulations issued by imperial ministries or imperial commissions;
  14. changing or revoking inappropriate decisions and orders issued by local state administrative organs at all levels;
  15. approving the geographic division of provinces, special administrative regions, counties, and cities directly under imperial jurisdiction and approving the establishment and geographic division of provinces, special administrative regions, counties, and cities;
  16. deciding, in accordance with the provisions of imperial law, on entering a state of emergency in parts of Confederated States, provinces, special administrative regions, counties, and cities directly under imperial jurisdiction;
  17. reviewing and deciding on the staff size of administrative organs and, in accordance with the provisions of imperial law, appointing or removing, training, evaluating, and awarding or punishing administrative personnel; and,
  18. other functions and powers accorded to it by the General Wiecze and the Imperial Council.

SECTION VII
The Rights and Duties of the Krawiterski People

Article 125. All persons born to at least one parent who is a citizen within the bounds of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska is a citizen.
(2) Those born in foreign lands to parents of whom both are citizens, may elect to become a citizen of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska if they please, and shall be entitled to exercise the rights of citizens.

Article 126. Aliens who have resided in the realm for at least ten continuous years may appeal to the Imperial Government to be promoted to citizen.
(2) Additional qualifications may be imposed by the General Wiecze.

Article 127. Citizens, according to the provisions laid herein and in any applicable laws, may be appointed to civil and military offices.

Article 128. It is the sacred duty of every citizen of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska to defend the Krawiterski Nation and resist aggression.
(2) All male citizens between the ages of 18 and 26 shall be entered into a registry of men who, in times of war and or disaster, may be called up to serve the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska.
(3) The Imperial Government respects the memory of the soldiers of the Krawiterski Nation. It is not allowed to diminish the significance of the service of the people in fighting for the Krawiterski Nation.

Article 129. Citizens are amenable to paying all duties and taxes as imposed by the Imperial Government, according to the provisions of imperial law.

Article 130. All citizens are born with unique rights and dignity in accordance with their social distinctions. They must fulfill the obligations prescribed by the Imperial Constitution and imperial law.
(2) All citizens shall be guaranteed judicial protection of his rights and freedoms.
(3) Decisions and actions, or inaction, of bodies of imperial authority, public associations and officials may be appealed against in court.

Article 131. The noble estate shall be recognized as a historic pillar of the Krawiterski Nation, entitled to all freedoms, prerogatives, and precedence traditionally associated with their estate in both public and private life.
(2) All members of the nobility shall be equal in rank and status, regardless of lineage or title.
(3) Anyone who is elevated to the nobility by the General Wiecze or the local legislature of a Confederated Estate, or by lawful monarchs or legislatures of the past, and shall immediately enjoy all the privileges attached to such status, particularly the eligibility to be enrolled in the knighthood, provided that they meet the requirements established for it.

Article 132. Every nobleman shall enjoy the natural and imprescriptible rights of liberty, security, resistance to oppression, and property, whether movable or immovable, without interference.
(2) Liberty consists in the power to do anything that does not injure others and, accordingly, the exercise of the rights and privileges of each noble has no limits except those that secure the enjoyment of these same rights to the other members of the nobility, and such limits can only be determined only by imperial law.

Article 133. The rights of the noble estate shall not be subject to annulment or limitation by executive action, including under the claim of imperial prerogative or the interest of the United Imperial Government, without legislative action.

Article 134. The aim of every political association is the preservation of the Krawiterski Nation and Solidarism.

Article 135. The source of all sovereignty in the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska resides essentially in the General Wiecze and the legislatures of the Confederated States.
(2) No court, body, or individual may exercise any state authority that does not expressly proceed from the General Wiecze or the legislatures of the Confederated States.

Article 136. Imperial law has the right to forbid such actions as are injurious to society.
(2) The protection of society and the guarantee of the rights and duties of all citizens requires a public force.

Article 137. Imperial law is the expression of the general will.
(2) All citizens have the right to be represented by their lawfully appointed or elected deputies.

Article 138. The right to vote and to enter public dignities, places, and employments, according to their social distinctions, are granted to citizens who demonstrate dedication to Krawiterski and Solidarist values and goals, as outlined by imperial law.
(2) Participation shall be limited for those whose actions consistently undermine the stability of the Krawiterski Nation or the principles of Solidarism.

Article 139. Arrest, detention and remanding in custody shall be allowed only by court decision. A person, without the court's decision, may be detained for a term more than 48 hours.
(2) No one may be deprived of the right to the consideration of his case in that court and by that judge in whose cognizance the given case is according to imperial law.

Article 140. Every citizen summoned or seized by virtue of imperial law ought to render instant obedience or he or her makes himself or herself guilty by resistance.
(4) The accused of committing a crime shall have the right to the examination of his case by a court of jury in cases envisaged by imperial law.
(5) Everyone shall be guaranteed the right to qualified legal assistance and in such cases envisaged by imperial law the legal assistance shall be free.

Article 141. Citizens sworn to the armed forces of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall be held accountable for their deeds by a martial code established for the defense of the Krawiterski Nation, and only upon release from their sacred duty shall they stand before a civic court, as all citizens do.

Article 142. Imperial law ought only to establish penalties that are strictly and obviously necessary, and no one can be punished except by virtue of a law established and promulgated prior to the offence and legally applied.

Article 143. The house and or property of a citizen is sacred, and is not to be searched, seized, or entered without warrant issued by the courts.

Article 144. Every citizen can therefore speak, write and print freely, subject to responsibility for the abuse of this freedom in cases as determined by imperial law.

Article 145. Citizens shall exercise the rights of property and free enterprise. Measures necessary to be taken for the public benefit shall be provided by imperial law, with just compensation.

Article 146. Everyone is presumed innocent until he has been pronounced guilt.
(2) The accused shall not be obliged to prove his guilt.

Article 147. All existing Krawiterski religious communities are recognized by the Imperial Government.
(2) If new religious communities of different denominations are formed, the Imperial Government reserves the right to recognize them and to determine their rights.
(3) The regulation of relations between the religious communities of Krawiterski and their highest spiritual leaders shall be the subject of special agreements to be concluded between the Imperial Government and these leaders.

Article 148. Citizens may raise concerns about governance through designated channels, provided they act in good faith and respect the stability of the Krawiterski Nation.
(2) Unfounded or disruptive accusations may face consequences to maintain trust.

Article 149. All citizens have the right to use his labor skills and to choose the type of activity and occupation so as long as they contribute their skills and energy to the productive life of the Krawiterski Nation, in accordance with their abilities and the needs of the State.
(2) All citizens may be called upon to participate in public works when deemed necessary by the competent authorities.
(3) The resolution of labor disputes shall take place exclusively within the framework of Imperial People's Syndicates and local people's syndicates, which unite workers and employers under the guidance of the Krawiterski Nation and, therefore, the rights to strike and form independent unions are prohibited.

Article 150. Men and women are valued for their unique contributions to the Krawiterski Nation. Women are especially recognized for their role in raising future generations.
(2) The sole right of marriage between man and woman and the fundamental status of the family as the basic unit of society are supported as foundations of a strong Krawiterski Nation. The Imperial Government may guide family policies to meet collective needs.

Article 151. All citizens have a right to ascertain, by themselves or by their representatives, the necessity of the public tax, to consent to it freely, to follow the employment of it and to determine its amount, basis, collection and duration.
(2) Society has the right to call for an account of the administration of every public agent.

Article 152. Property being a sacred and inviolable right, no one can be deprived of it, unless a legally established public necessity demands it, under the condition of a just and prior indemnity.


SECTION VIII
Religion

Article 153. The Krawiterski Nation is based upon the belief in the One God.

Article 154. The Imperial Government guarantees the freedom of religion for each citizen and to practice such religion and belief accordingly.


SECTION IX
The Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition

Article 155. There shall be Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition, the public forces of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska and the supervisory organs of the Council of State and the League of Solidarists, which shall provide for general public security, the guarantee of rights, oversight of the Imperial Government and the Confederated States, and serve all warrants and wishes of the Commonwealth Courts and the Supreme Party Court.
(2) The officer of a Holy Order of the Dominarz's Inquisition may be any citizen fit for the role, as determined by the laws of the Order of the Eclipse in Krawiterska.

Article 156. The Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition shall exercise the following functions and powers:
  1. answers to a joint commission of the Supreme Procuratorate, the Priory of the Order of the Eclipse in Krawiterska, and the individual governments of the Confederated States;
  2. should the joint commission see fit, forms a Holy Order of the Dominarz's Inquisition which shall provide for the general public security in any level;
  3. executes the enforcement of laws in the jurisdiction of their patrol;
  4. serves the Krawiterski Dominarz and the Imperial Council, and no other prince or man; and,
  5. forms a posse comitatus where able-bodied subjects may be conscripted to enforce public security in times of calamity or great need, or resistance of a fugitive;
Article 157. The Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition are the enforcement and supervisory organs of the Council of State and the League of Solidarists.

Article 158. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall establish a General Holy Order of the Dominarz's Inquisition and a Holy Order of the Dominarz's Inquisition at all levels.

Article 159. The Council of a Holy Order of the Dominarz's Inquisition shall be composed of the following most senior officers:
  1. Grand Inquisitor;
  2. Deputy Grand Inquisitor;
  3. Representative of the Supreme Party Court; and,
  4. members.
Article 160. Officers of the Order shall be appointed by the Priory Council of the Order of the Eclipse in Krawiterska.
(2) The organization of the Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition shall be prescribed by the laws of the Order of the Eclipse in Krawiterska. The functions and powers shall be prescribed by imperial law.

Article 161. The General Holy Order of the Dominarz's Inquisition is the highest enforcement and supervisory organ of the Council of State.
(2) The General Holy Order of the Dominarz's Inquisition shall direct the work of local Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition at all levels.
(3) Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition at higher levels shall direct the work of those at lower levels.

Article 162. The General Holy Order of the Dominarz's Inquisition shall be responsible to the General Wiecze and the Imperial Council. Local Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition at all levels shall be responsible to the state organs of power that created them and to the Holy Order of the Dominarz's Inquisition at the next level up.

Article 163. Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition shall, in accordance with the provisions of imperial law, independently exercise enforcement and supervisory power, and shall not be subject to interference from any administrative organ, social organization or individual.
(2) The Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition, in handling cases of duty-related malfeasance or crime, shall work together with adjudicatory organs, procuratorial organs and other law enforcement departments.
(3) The Holy Orders of the Dominarz's Inquisition, adjudicatory organs, procuratorial organs, and other law enforcement departments shall act as a mutual check on each other.


SECTION IX
The Imperial Judiciary

Article 164. The Commonwealth Courts are the adjudicatory organs of the Imperial Government.
(2) Judicial power may be vested in inferior courts as the General Wiecze may establish and ordain.

Article 165. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall establish the Commonwealth Courts, consisting of:
  1. Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska;
  2. military courts;
  3. people's courts;
  4. special courts; and,
  5. other courts established by law.
Article 166. The Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska is to be the court of final review for all cases in the Krawiterski Nation, and may review any law that has been passed by the General Wiecze, the local legislatures, or by local or imperial decree, and regulation for compatibility with the Imperial Constitution.
(2) Further procedures governing their affairs are to be prescribed by the Treaties of Confederation and imperial law.

Article 167. The Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall comprise no less than ten justices, of which one is to be their president and appointed by the Krawiterski Dominarz.
(2) The justices of the Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska are to be appointed by the Supreme Procuratorate.
(3) The Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska may remove any government official from their position if they find them to be in violation of the imperial laws governing them.

Article 168. The President of the Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth shall have the same term of office as that of the General Wiecze.

Article 169. The organization of the Commonwealth Courts shall be prescribed by imperial law.

Article 170. Except in special circumstances as prescribed by imperial law, all cases in the people’s courts shall be tried in public. The accused shall have the right to defense.

Article 171. The Commonwealth Courts shall, in accordance with the provisions of imperial law, independently exercise adjudicatory power, and shall not be subject to interference from any administrative organ, social organization or individual.

Article 172. The Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska is the highest adjudicatory organ.

Article 173. The Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall oversee the adjudicatory work of inferior Commonwealth Courts at all levels.
(2) Commonwealth Courts at higher levels shall oversee the adjudicatory work of those at lower levels.

Article 174. The Supreme Court of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska and the Commonwealth Courts shall be responsible to the General Wiecze and the Imperial Council. Courts of the Confederated States shall be responsible to the state organs of power that created them.

Article 175. The Commonwealth Courts are the legal oversight organs of the Imperial Government.

Article 176. The United Commonwealth of Krawiterska shall establish a Supreme Procuratorate, imperial procuratorates at all levels, military procuratorates, people's procuratorates, and other special people’s procuratorates.
(2) The Procurator-General of the Supreme Procuratorate shall have the same term of office as that of the General Wiecze.
(3) The organization of the imperial procuratorates shall be prescribed by the Law on the People's Collegia.

Article 177. The imperial procuratorates shall, in accordance with the provisions of imperial law, independently exercise procuratorial power, and shall not be subject to interference from any administrative organ, social organization or individual.

Article 178. The Supreme Procuratorate is the highest imperial procuratorial organ.
(2) The Supreme Procuratorate shall direct the work of imperial procuratorates at all levels and imperial procuratorates at higher levels shall direct the work of those at lower levels.

Article 179. The imperial procuratorates shall be responsible to the General Wiecze and the Imperial Council. Imperial procuratorates at lower levels shall be responsible to the imperial procuratorates at higher levels.

Article 180. Citizens of all Craviterian ethnic groups shall have the right to use their own spoken and written languages in court proceedings. The Commonwealth Courts and the imperial procuratorates should provide translation services for any party to court proceedings who does not have a good command of the local languages.

Article 181. In handling criminal cases, the Commonwealth Courts, the imperial procuratorates, and public security organs should each be responsible for their respective tasks, work together with each other, and act as checks on each other to ensure the faithful and effective enforcement of imperial law.


SECTION X
Supreme Organs of the Confederated States

Article 182. The functions and powers of the ancient legislatures of the Confederated States shall be preserved as the supreme state organs of power of their respective Confederated States.

Article 183. The civil and military offices of a Confederated State shall be filled by a citizen belonging to and residing in the Confederated State.

Article 184. The Confederated States shall exercise the power to self-govern according to the authority invested in them as prescribed by the Constitution, the Law on Confederated States, the Treaties of Confederation, and other laws, and, based on local circumstances, shall implement imperial laws and policies.

Article 185. The Confederated States shall have explicit authorities as prescribed by the Imperial Constitution and subsequent acts of imperial law. The explicit authorities are as follows:
  1. The Confederated States have exclusive right over their finances and over the organization of their territory. The collection of certain duties is provided;
  2. The Confederated States shall maintain a civil registry, which shall be compiled by the Imperial Government for a national census every 5 years;
  3. The Confederate States shall provide for the social needs of their subjects;
  4. The Confederated States shall exclusively manage the natural resources, including the water; and,
  5. The Confederated States shall exclusively manage the education of their subjects.
Article 186. The General Wiecze may prescribe and dismiss the authorities in Article 183 to a Confederated State to make expedient the administration of imperial government as it sees fit.

Article 187. Each Confederated State is to have a unicameral legislature.
(2) Each legislature is to be headed by a government in a similar fashion to the Krawiterski Nation, however the leader is to be made Chancellor, and he is to be answerable to the citizens of the Confederated State.
(3) Each legislature must conduct itself in a Solidarist manner, answering to the people through elections of the local people's syndicates.

Article 188. Each Confederated State is to both appoint and elect deputies in the Senate in accordance with imperial law.

Article 189. The Confederated States are to cooperate as brother-nations of the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska, and are to engage perpetually in friendly ambition with each other. Therefore:
  1. No Confederated State may levy taxes on traffic to or from another Confederated State;
  2. No Confederated State may produce a law in violation of the Imperial Laws or the Imperial Constitution;
  3. No Confederated State may represent itself as a sovereign entity to foreign entities;
  4. No Confederated State may print its own notes or mint its own coins; and,
  5. No Confederated State may leave the United Commonwealth of Krawiterska unless its citizens and the General Wiecze have come to agreeable terms, which must then be approved by the Krawiterski Dominarz.
Article 190. The Confederated States shall have the power to formulate local laws, regulations and other local-specific regulations in accordance with the political, economic and cultural characteristics of the Craviterian ethnic groups in their areas.
(2) The local laws, autonomous regulations, and other local-specific regulations of Confederated States directly under imperial jurisdiction shall go into effect after submission to the Imperial Council and receipt of approval.

Article 191. The state organs of the Confederated States shall have the autonomy to manage their local finances. All fiscal revenue which, according to the imperial financial system, belongs to a Confederated State should be allocated and used by the organs of that Confederated State.

Article 192. State organs of the Confederated States shall, under the guidance of imperial state plans, autonomously plan for and manage local economic development.
(2) When the Imperial Government is exploiting resources or establishing enterprises in a Confederated State, it should be attentive to the interests of that Confederated State.

Article 193. State organs of the Confederated States shall autonomously manage the educational, scientific, cultural, health and sports undertakings of their areas, protect and restore the cultural heritage of their Craviterian ethnic groups, and promote the development and a thriving of Craviterian ethnic cultures.

Article 194. State organs of the Confederated States may, in accordance with the military system of the Imperial Government and local needs, and with the approval of the Council of State, organize local public security units to maintain public order.

Article 195. In performing their duties, state organs of the Confederated States shall, in accordance with the laws and regulations of that Confederated State, use the spoken and written language or languages commonly used in that area.

Article 196. The Imperial Government shall provide financial, material and technical assistance to Craviterian ethnic minorities to accelerate their economic and cultural development.
(2) The Imperial Government shall assist ethnic autonomous areas in training, on a large-scale, officials at all levels, different types of specialized personnel and technical workers from among that Confederated State's Craviterian ethnic groups.

Article 197. The General Wiecze may enact additional provisions relating to the Confederated States as they see fit.

(This Mercanti version is provided by the League of Solidarists Central Committee Institute of Party History and Literature.)
 
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