PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF NEW VELOTHIS
We, in establishing the Independent State of New Velothis, seek to accomplish the following:
To do our part to re-enchant and reinvigorate the world through the practice of Fictional Reconstruction.
To establish a state in which the right of all citizens to self-determination is respected.
To establish a home and cohesive national identity for the followers of Tribunal Temple Reconstructionism and those sympathetic to the cause.
To promote the Velothi and Triune way of life through immersive performance art and political simulation.
To steal the pizza rolls of sixth graders everywhere. (Not really, though.)
To leverage our micronational community and power for the promotion of social welfare and human rights.
To do our part to re-enchant and reinvigorate the world through the practice of Fictional Reconstruction.
To establish a state in which the right of all citizens to self-determination is respected.
To establish a home and cohesive national identity for the followers of Tribunal Temple Reconstructionism and those sympathetic to the cause.
To promote the Velothi and Triune way of life through immersive performance art and political simulation.
To steal the pizza rolls of sixth graders everywhere. (Not really, though.)
To leverage our micronational community and power for the promotion of social welfare and human rights.
PROVISIONS FOR STATE AND GOVERNMENT
- A Citizen of New Velothis is one who has been born to or adopted by New Velothi parents, one who was present at the time of New Velothis’s founding, one who has been formally inducted into and confirmed as a faithful member of the Reconstructed Tribunal Temple, or one who has been naturalized as a citizen of New Velothis.
- To apply for citizenship, one must be at least sixteen years old.
- All citizens sixteen years of age or older may vote in general elections. All citizens eighteen or older may vote in emergency elections.
- The official language of New Velothis, assuming we ever see a complete version of it, is Dunmeris. The lingua franca is English.
- We claim for our own the lands known as Bricktown, the Myriad Gardens, and the Paseo Arts District of Oklahoma City, OK, in the macronation of the United States of America. Though it is very unlikely that more than one or two of us shall ever live in or near our claimed territory, we claim this land to give all residents of New Velothis a physical location that they can call their common home, no matter where in the world they are physically located.
- The Constitution of the Independent State of New Velothis shall be the supreme and unbreakable Law of the Realm, superseding all House and Temple Law, and enforceable in all New Velothis.
- The Government of New Velothis shall be governed by a Council of one Lord, Lady, or Magister from each of the Great Houses, named by general election at the end of every six-month period, who shall work alongside each other in matters of state. All decisions must be made by consensus of the Council.
- No Councillor may serve more than three consecutive terms, but any Councillor may serve an unlimited number of non-consecutive terms.
- All citizens above the age of sixteen and in good standing with their respective Houses are permitted to vote in Councillor elections.
- Former Councillors are given the title of Lord/Lady/Magister Emeritus. Councillors who have lost their office due to disgrace or scandal are stripped of all titles and House membership.
- The Great Houses of New Velothis are Indoril, which leads in matters of faith, culture, and philosophy, Redoran, which leads in matters of justice, Telvanni, which leads in matters of scientific and metaphysical research, and Hlaalu, which leads in matters of commerce and trade. House Dres has been declared extinct for our purposes, along with the Sixth House whose name must not be spoken.
- In times of emergency, or when the Council is divided in such a manner that consensus cannot be reached, all four Houses must elect from amongst the people of New Velothis a Hortator, who will act as absolute ruler of New Velothis as a whole for so long as the emergency state persists.
PROVISIONS FOR STATE SYMBOLISM
- The national flag of New Velothis is a blue three-pointed star, symbolizing the power and protection of the Tribunal, encircled in a wreath of laurel, in black, and bordered by two five pointed stars in black on each side symbolizing the four recognized Great Houses, on a background of gray and white.
- In April, the blue three-pointed star is changed to a red three-pointed star, in solidarity with the neurodiversity movement and #RedInstead.
- The symbols of the Houses are as follows: a bee for Indoril, a scarab for Redoran, balancing scales for Hlaalu, and a mushroom for Telvanni.
- The national anthem (CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS) of New Velothis is Morrowind is Risen, which is sung to the tune of Babylon is Fallen.
- The national food of New Velothis is Hungarian mushroom soup.
PROVISION FOR LIMITED POWER
- The following things may never be done by any ruler of New Velothis, even in states of emergency.
- No member of the ruling body of New Velothis may disband New Velothis.
- No member of the ruling body of New Velothis may change the existing governmental structure of New Velothis to accommodate additional Councillors or newly formed Houses without a unanimous consensus from the Council and a five-sixths majority from the general populace.
- No member of the ruling body of New Velothis may seal the borders without a unanimous consensus from the Council and a five-sixths majority from the general populace.
- No member of the ruling body of New Velothis may disband New Velothis.
PROVISIONS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
- As we have chosen to base our structure and culture upon Morrowind prior to the Red Year, the civil religion of New Velothis is Tribunal Temple Reconstructionism, however, freedom of religion is an inalienable right to which all citizens are entitled so long as all beliefs are acted upon in ways that do not harm or infringe upon others’ human rights.
- Citizens of New Velothis have the right to free speech, free assembly, and free press, but are guided by the responsibility to keep New Velothis a welcoming and diverse environment.
- All citizens of New Velothis have the right to free association, so long as no association is established for the purpose of promoting bigotry, discrimination, or abuse.
- Protected categories in New Velothis include but are not limited to age, race/ethnicity, gender both assigned and not, sexual and romantic orientation, religious beliefs or lack thereof, income level, and disability.
- Slavery is not and will never be legal in New Velothis. Anyone campaigning for it to be so will be exiled to Servants of the Tribunal, where we are sure they will fit in much better.
PROVISIONS FOR JUSTICE
- Citizens accused of crimes are innocent until proven guilty.
- Citizens have the right to be free of unreasonable suspicion by the ruling body of New Velothis.
- Citizens accused of crimes against the Independent State of New Velothis or other citizens thereof have the right to a speedy investigative process and a rehabilitation program based upon principles of restorative justice.
- Citizens who, after three experiences with the restorative justice system, show no sign of reforming, will be summarily exiled and allowed to reapply for citizenship only after a period of two years. If, upon return, a former exile returns to their criminal ways, they will be exiled again, without opportunity to petition for citizenship a third time.
- Citizens who, after three experiences with the restorative justice system, show no sign of reforming, will be summarily exiled and allowed to reapply for citizenship only after a period of two years. If, upon return, a former exile returns to their criminal ways, they will be exiled again, without opportunity to petition for citizenship a third time.
PROVISIONS FOR DIPLOMACY
- THE "TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER" CLAUSE
- New Velothis has a policy of rejecting, at first, all requests for diplomatic alliance from other micronations. Those who can take this rejection gracefully move onto the second stage of consideration.
- THE "BASIC HUMAN DECENCY" CLAUSE
- New Velothis will not ally with any Absolute Monarchistic or Fascist states, or any states that place prohibitions on the proliferation of leftist ideology.
- THE "EXCLUDE THE EXCLUSIVISTS" CLAUSE
- New Velothis will not ally with any micronations that enforce or reward belief in any religion or lack thereof over others.
- THE "MICRONATIONALISM FOR A PURPOSE" CLAUSE
- New Velothis will prioritize in our diplomatic relations those micronations that present a mission of social, environmental, or economic justice.
- THE "RECONSTRUCTIVE ALLIANCE" CLAUSE
- New Velothis will prioritize in our diplomatic relations those micronations that focus on reimagination or faithful reconstruction of historical and/or fictional cultures, provided other conditions are met.
- THE "BABY JAIL" CLAUSE
- New Velothis will not open diplomatic relations with any country whose leader is younger than the minimum voting age in New Velothis, considered at time of writing to be sixteen.
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