Constitution of the North American UnionEnacted 1st of August, 2077
Article 1: Congress1.1 The NAU is a parliamentary republic. Congress holds the final say in all matters of the state.
1.2 Congress may, as it wishes, delegate part of its authority.
1.3 All decisions of Congress are taken by simple majority vote, with the exception of amendment to the Constitution or indictment of a President, which require a supermajority of two thirds of the entire Congress.
1.4 All votes shall last at minimum until one of the following three conditions has been met:
- the proposal has been approved by a majority of all members of Congress,
- the proposal has been rejected by a majority of all members of Congress, or
- twenty-four hours have passed.
1.5 A member putting a matter to the vote must label the vote with a short, descriptive, unique name. Voting is by adding your name to a codeblock, which MUST NOT be enclosed within a quote, and should include the name of the vote, the option(s) that have been voted for, the names of all previous voters associated with what they voted for, and your name.
Article 2: The Presidency2.1 The President is the representative of the nation. However, he does not exercise executive authority unless that authority is specifically granted by Congress.
2.2 The President is elected by Congress for a ten year term. There is no term limit. The President may be dismissed from that post at any time by a supermajority vote of Congress.
2.3 When a Congressional vote is a tie, the President's vote is decisive.
2.4 The President must nominate a vice-President. If the President dies or is incapacitated (is absent from the game), the vice-President will replace him and complete the term. When a tie needs to be resolved and the President didn't cast a vote, the vice-president's vote breaks the tie.
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Explanatory note:
It is useful for votes to be visually set apart from debate, but in this forum software quotes cannot be quoted. Therefore we will use codeblocks instead. The markup for this is [ code]Vote name - name of supporter, name of supporter[/ code].
e.g. This is a valid vote.
Amended Constitution
Aye: DIT_grue
This is also a valid vote.
(Grand Strategy) Isolationism:
(Grand Strategy) Balance-of-Power: DIT_grue
(Grand Strategy) Primacy:
(Grand Strategy) Chaos:
BillsA Bill to create the position of AmbassadorsIn order to facilitate negotiations with foreign power, Congress can appoint three ambassadors (to the FSA, to the RUS and to Non-Aligned Countries).
The Ambassador try to foster good relation with the nation he is appointed in, and negotiate treaties within the limit of what Congress decided.
If necessary, a single Congressman may be appointed to several Ambassadorship.
Current Posting:
President: Point-Rouge (Red Dot)
Vice-President: Jonathan von Sheb (Sheb)
Ambassador to the RC: KKS
Ambassador to the FSA and non-aligned states: Jonathan von Sheb (Sheb)
Director of Intelligence (Also a fluff position): FrederickAlexander