Draft:The Papers of Coalition

The Papers of Coalition
Front page of the current Papers of Coalition Front page of the current Papers of Coalition
Created	6th of February, 2023
Ratified	7th of February, 2023
Authors	The founding state delegates
Signers	The founding state delegates

The Papers of Coalition is the fundamental law of the Coalitionary States of New Saratoga. Adopted on 7th of February, 2023, it dictates the rules and regulations of the Saratogan Coalitionary style governing system. The Constitution is written in English and composed of around 3000 words in total.

Contents

The Bounding Clauses

1. Once a state/territory joins the coalition, leaving the coalition would mean war against all other members. A state/territory cannot leave the coalition unless the coalition is formally abolished*(3). A vote of 75 percent majority or greater in favor of coalition abolishment must be achieved by the Coalitionary Caucus before dissolvement can begin(AC).
2. If an outside force attacks any member of the coalition, all states in the coalition must declare war against the offensive force. This also applies to states rebelling against the coalition. This is to be used as a war deterrence strategy.
3. If two states/territories come into conflict with each other and they are both members of the coalition, an emergency Coalitionary Caucus meeting will be arranged. If the conflicting dispute cannot be resolved by the Caucus, a vote must be cast by all member state delegates to decide which state/territory should be supported in the conflict. The state with less votes will be eliminated from the coalition and declared war on. If the delegate of one member state is unavailable, it must be assumed that the present opposing administration is justified in its actions, and the appropriate response will be made. If both administrations are unavailable, action will be sustained until contact is restored, and the process will begin.

Management of Coalition Matters & Legalities via Coalitionary Caucus

1. In the process of forming the Coalition, a plot of land must be set aside to house the Coalitionary Caucus Building. The building cannot be established on the territory of a member state, it must be situated in its own separate province. The province will be jointly owned by all members of the coalition.
2. The Coalitionary Caucus Building will be used as a seat of government for the coalition. Each member state must elect a single delegate to represent their population. They can be elected via any means chosen by the member state. Democracy or autocracy is permitted on the state level. The Coalitionary Caucus has no authority over the choice of state delegate, nor the states electoral system (or lack thereof).
3. The Papers of Coalition and rulings of the Coalitionary Caucus are law, and all member state governments must obey*(2).
4. A Coalition Minister will be appointed via a vote from all member state delegates. The elected Coalition Minister can also be removed in the same way. Minister appointment elections will happen as soon as the coalition is formed. Minister removal elections can happen at any time. There may only be 1 Coalition Minister in power at a time.
5. The voting process for any decision made by the Coalitionary Caucus goes as follows: a ballot will be cast by all member state delegates either for or against any decision. A ballot cast by the current Coalition Minister will add or subtract 15% of the result of the state vote. A majority of greater than 50 percent must be achieved for any decision to be approved*(5). Example: state ballot is 5 for and 6 against; ~45% for. Coalition Minister votes yes, resulting in a 60% majority. This system will act as a tie-breaker and give influence towards the leading ideology of the coalition. The Coalition Minister vote will not apply to votes concerning the appointment or removal of Coalition Minister.
6. For decisions regarding changes to the Papers of Coalition, a 65% majority must be reached. Only one clause may be edited per vote.
7. No citizen of any member state is permitted to settle on the land housing the Coalitionary Caucus Building.
8. The Coalitionary Caucus will assume all legal obligations of member states' current legal systems. Matters of independent state managed courts will henceforth be assumed by the Coalitionary Caucus.
9. In the event that abolishment is voted for and agreed upon, the terminal caucus meeting will begin. This may be used as a grounds for state delegates to arrange a new coalition between states. The land housing the Coalitionary Caucus Building will be divided among all former member states. After all is done, this document shall become void.
10. The value of a delegate's vote equates to the state's population. There cannot be a split vote for or against on the state level, the entire population vote will either be yes or no. The delegate must decide.
11. There is no limit to the amount of offices one can hold at the same time.
12. Any ruling of a member state government is subservient to a conflicting resolution made by the Coalitionary Caucus.
13. The title of a state delegate will be as follows: Delegate (NAME) of the free (SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT) state of (STATE NAME). Example: Delegate Drank Tillyman of the free totalitarian state of Saratoga.

The Bob of Rights

1. Any citizen of the coalition is permitted to life and freedom (barring any coalition ruling or restrictions placed by state governments).
2. No citizen of the coalition shall be subject to inhumane treatment and punishment (barring any coalition ruling or rulings placed by state governments).
3. No citizen of the coalition shall be tried twice or more for the same crime (barring any coalition ruling or rulings placed by state governments).
4. No citizen of the coalition shall be persecuted for their choice of lifestyle and religious practice (barring any coalition ruling or rulings placed by state governments).
5. No citizen of the coalition shall be arrested and imprisoned without justified reason (barring any coalition ruling or rulings placed by state governments).
6. Powers not relegated to the Coalitionary Caucus are reserved towards member states respectively (barring any coalition ruling).

The Saratogan Amendments

1. Only meeting-present state delegates may be appointed as Coalition Minister.
2. Coalition Ministers may not serve while imprisoned (unless authorized by Caucus vote).
3. Under no circumstances may there be a 50% tie in a Coalitionary Caucus vote. If such a thing is achieved despite the 15% Minister sway, the vote will be repeated until a resolution is found that does not result in a tie. This similarly applies to votes without 15% sway, such as Minister appointment votes.
4. There is a 5 minute grace period after a Coalitionary Minister is elected in which a removal election cannot occur.
5. A delegate vote of more than 50% is required to admit a state into the coalition.
6. If a Minister appointment election is suggested, the delegates must first vote for the election or against before actually voting for their preferred candidate.
7. Delegates can vote to impeach a Coalition Minister or Coalition Senator (or both), which would prevent them from being reelected. First, a valid reason for Impeachment must be presented by a delegate. A vote excluding the impeachment subject must reach 90% approval before the process can begin. The impeachment subject is not excluded from the Impeachment vote itself. The vote requires 60% majority or greater, and is subject to the 15% Minister vote sway.
8. A Coalition Minister once appointed cannot refrain from using the 15% voting sway. It is required.
9. If a delegate is not representing their respective state justly, only by means of that state can they be removed.
10. State delegates may only serve as delegates towards their respective home state. A citizen of the coalition may only have 1 home state.

The Epic Amendments

1. The Fifteen percent clause will henceforth be split between Coalition Minister and Coalition Senator. Coalition Senator will receive ⅓ of Coalition Ministers fifteen percent sway, resulting in ten percent given to Coalition Minister, and five percent given to Coalition Senator.
2. The runner-up of a Coalition Minister election will be made Coalition Senator. In the event of a unanimous voting towards a Coalition Minister, the newly elected Minister will choose a state delegate to receive the position of Coalition Senator, this also applies to any other event in which the position of Coalition Senator is unoccupied.
3. Clause fourteen of “Management of Coalition Matters & Legalities via Coalitionary Caucus” is void.
4. Ties between multiple runner-ups will be resolved via a single vote from the newly elected Coalition Minister.

The Five Eights Compromise

1. Five eighths of the pet population of each state will be added towards the voting population used by each state delegate.

The Self Yielding Act

1. A Coalition Minister or Coalition Senator may wilfully give their position to another state delegate, as long as the particular state delegate consents to the new responsibility. Minister removal elections still apply.
2. A Coalition Minister cannot give his position away if a Minister removal election has already begun.

The Stability Act

1. Fictional characters, impersonators, and impostors such as Pastor Anderson and Fred Couples, are not citizens of the coalition, and will neither represent nor count towards the voting population of any state.

The Blue Albino Tortoise Deportoise Acts

1. The Blue Albino Tortoises blocking our harbor will be relocated to a land west of the 37th parallel.
2. All Blue Albino Tortoises will be unable to become citizens of this country nor vote in the legislature (they are terrorists).
3. The Blue Albino Tortoises that are currently situated in our country will not have their Bob of Rights removed
4. Blue Albino Tortoises do not count towards the population of the country. Because of this, Blue Albino Tortoises may not be conscripted into war.
5. Blue Albino Tortoises are not allowed to be entered into slavery, as they have been shown to be too unruly to be effective in working.
6. Blue Albino Tortoises are not allowed to own property or to maintain private spending.
7. Any change to the current Blue Albino Tortoise Acts must receive a 65% vote and support from either the Coalition Minister or the Coalition Senator. If neither support the change, then an 80% vote must be reached.

The Pontification Certification of Northern & Southern Delegation

1. Pontification is illegal. Casual pontificators will be jailed. Common pontificators will be executed. This will lower the rates of pontification throughout the coalition.

a. Pontificate defined by the Papers of Coalition: “A bigly word, one of unimaginable depth, obtained and construed through the countless of a Saratogan moon pass, perforated with the sins of the common Blue Albino Tortoise, amplified by a lack of pertaining interest in our form of government…– that of the lonesome hare, posits a thought that is struck down by the hand of a founding father, may not decree a pertaining position on the matter. Explanatory, justly a sum grant of 3 populated with our current lifestyle be persecuted and ridiculed by commoner doubt, without any reason towards a retention of said policies.”

The Nag Compromising Resolution of 1910

1. Any use of the word “Pontification” or any variances of the word “Pontificate” is banned, including the accusation of pontification and the approval of pontification.
2. Clause 4 of The Quarter Penny Hay-Penny Economic Regulations and Establishment of the Sand Standard 2 is now void.

The Fair Vote Amendment

1. All votes passed over amendments, adjustments, or elections must have the input from every delegate.
2. If a delegate fails to vote after 24 hours, the vote passes without their input.

The Party Association Accord

1. All who run or vote for the position of Coalition Minister must be associated with a political party.
2. All members of political parties must vote for the candidate chosen by the party.
3. The party candidate can be chosen by any legal means according to the desires of party leadership.

The Termification Limitator Imitation

1. After a delegate becomes Minister, they will have their position secured for three weeks. After the end of this three week period, the Minister will be automatically removed, and a new Minister appointment election will commence.

The Barotrauma Subsidie Accord Compromise

1. It is the Coalition Ministers decision to admit states into the coalition. Clause 5 of the Saratogan Amendments is void.
2. Position of Coalition Treasurer brings a 7 day position security in which they cannot be removed after being appointed.
3. Coalition Senator is head of the Department of Blue Albino Tortoise Management and Affairs.
4. In any event in which the Coalition Minister is unable to exercise and endure the duties that come with the position, the Coalition Senator will adopt the position, and the Coalition Treasurer will fill the now vacant position of Coalition Senator. Line of Succession: Minister > Senator > Treasurer.
5. It is the duty of Coalition Treasurer to record the population count of each state.

The Tax Axis More No Hackses Compromise

1. Clause 3 of the Nag Compromising Resolution of 1910 is void, which means Furmark Cuba must pay taxes.

The Saratogan Currency Reform

1. Clauses one through three of The “How Great!” Tax Laws! are void.
2. Clauses one through four of The Barotrauma Subsidie Accord Compromise are void.
3. Clauses one and two of the The Tax Axis More No Hackses Compromise are void.
4. A new currency is to be created and named the Coalitionary Asker. Foreign Askers are NOT to be accepted as valid currency in Coalition territory. When writing in terms of currency, only the use of numerals is valid.
5. Denominations of the Asker may be minted in bill and coin form. The allowed list of mintable denominations of coinage and their value in Askers is as follows.

Hare-Penny equals .005 Askers Hare Hare-Penny equals 0.01 Spuck equals .10 Askers Yopper equals .25 Askers Cicero equals 1 Asker Founder equals 10 Askers

The allowed list of mintable denominations of bills and their value in Askers is as follows.

Half Asker Bill equals 0.50 Askers Asker Bill equals 1 Asker 5 Asker Bill equals 5 Askers 10 Asker Bill equals 10 Askers

Coalitionary postage stamps are to be assigned the value of 0.01 Askers, or 1 Hare Hare-Penny.

1. By discretion of the Coalition Minister, the responsibility of minting operations is assigned to the Coalition Treasurer. Overseen by the Coalition Senator, the Coalition Treasurer must arrange the minting of currency via any way that is in convenience to the Coalition.
2. For Coalitionary currency to be injected into circulation, the Coalition Minister may approve a “stimulus package” that will give a set amount of Askers to all Coalition citizens. A stimulus package must not exceed 20 Askers.
3. Any Coalition citizens that are in possession of “Legacy Askers” (Askers that were printed by or in association with the Sussy Dome and/or Barotrauma Central) may exchange them for Coalitionary Askers at an exchange rate of 10/1.
4. Any Coalition citizens that are in possession of “United States Dollars” (Currency that was printed by or in association with the United States of America) may exchange them for Coalitionary Askers at an exchange rate of 20/1.
5. In the event that Coalitionary Mints are temporarily unable to mint Coalitionary coinage, emergency bills with the values of coin denominations may be printed by order of the Coalition Treasurer. This only applies to denominations of coins under 1 Asker.

See also

• Coalitionary States of New Saratoga

External links

• [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fJTVqXvVmrlPJeKld2G1QDBANZ4DpSMHlRMTWc9TDgg/edit?usp=sharing The Papers of Coalition