Alexandros was ecstatic. With Reno sheriffs department joining the war, the Cymiopolitan business deal with the Cartel de la letra was about to become even more lucrative. Having obtained the news before the official transmission was even broadcasted towards the Sistonians and the Ventuans, Minister Ypsilantis rushed for the phone.
Aphrodite: Minister Ypsilantis, what a pleasure it is to hear you. How may I assist you today? Alexandros: Aphrodite?!? What the ... Where is Mr. Beltrán Fuentes? Aphrodite: Rafael is in bed. I think I tired him out Alexandros: I promoted you to be our liaison with the Cartel, not to be his παιχνίδι... Wake him up please. Aphrodite: Alright, but he may be a bit of a Mr Grumpyface.
Rafael: Ugh... what is it now cabrón? Do you even know who I am? Alexandros: Do you even know who the [redacted] I am, μαλάκα? Wake the [redacted] up and listen. Have have you heard of what happened with the RSD. Rafael: Of course, the Cartel has eyes and ears everywhere. Let me guess: you want us to start selling "rocket fuel" to their soldiers as well? Alexandros: You know Rafael, we really do think alike... at least when your mind isn't distracted by women. On that note, you can go back to sleep. Send my regards to my former secretary.
Alexandros hung up and reclined his chair. Now he just had to figure out a way to hide this all from the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mr. Kapodistrias isn't too keen on this whole "selling drugs abroad" affair, but then again, who doesn't like increasing the size of the treasury? And with the Cartel acting as the middleman, it's not like our reputation will be ruined, right?
Reno sheriffs department, North italian union, and Frellor
North italian union
Official message from the Royal Ministry of Defence of the North Italian Union
As a neutral nation we kindly reject the proposal of Reno sheriffs department to join as a third-party for two main reasons:
1) We are bound by the Treaty of Aosta signed with New sistonia to remain neutral in this war.
2) We believe that opening a third front will not contribute to stop the humanitarian crisis provoked by this war but will instead heightened it.
We are however ready to send neutral humanitarian aid to the civillian populations. We also announce that all the refugees of this war can find a new home in our colony on Kepler-62. Contact our Department of Immigration to ask for asylum in the colony.
Cymiopolis and New united carolinas
Celestiam
Venice Marco Polo Airport - North italian union
Jan Sandsson was uselessly looking around, hoping not to be spotted. Sandsson was the most anonymous Celestial you would meet until you realise he was not in Venice for the Carnival, the Grand Canal, or even because it had recently become easier to travel to the North Italian Union. If anything, the successful Treaty of Nørdheim meant those Italians would have to get used to swarms of Celestial tourists, like the small group of distinctively Celestial backpackers trying to purchase souvenir carnival masks at the duty-free shop, of all places.
In fact, Sandsson was only connecting, waiting for a domestic flight to take him to Rimini, a town he had never heard of before, and would never have heard of if he had not been ordered to fly to San Marino and attend the Cartel de la letra's auction. Biting in his umpteenth Fritole that the lounge gracefully provided, he could not help but wonder what information he would find there, or whether it would be worth missing La Serenissima. Maybe the Ministry would let him stop in Venice on the way back if he could purchase the right info from the guild of fraudsters and much worse that was the Cartel.
What an uncomfortable position really: Sandsson had the obligations of a diplomat, but remained desperately civilian. The Celestial Government did not want anyone to know it was partaking in the auction. What image would it give, what would the taxpayers think if their money was being spent funding a mafia, even if the information was worth its weight in Celestial Pounds? Recognising the familiar face of a Celestial journalist, Sandsson grabbed the closest newspaper and hid his face behind it, hoping he did not look to conspicuous. The journalist whizzed by, probably coming for some cultural documentary on Venice or whatnot. Taking a closer look at the newspaper that had saved him from being spotted, Sandsson saw the picture of Queen Emilia and King Nicola of the North Italian Union, waving at crowds from the balcony of the Royal Palace. From what he grasped of the Italian - or was it Venetian- the article was simply describing the state visit, the wonderful time everyone had, the opportunities, whatever. A footnote indicated the King was headed for New united carolinas, and that readers could benefit from an article on that if they were so kind and distinguished as to pay for a subscription.
On another page, a picture of spaceships blasting each other was being described by another column. The war between New Sistonia and Ventus Prime, surely. That's when his eyes hit the name Reno sheriffs department. His Italian must be betraying him, for he understood that this island-nation off the Eastern coast of Africa had declared war. No, that was impossible, surely he had misread a conjugation or something. A nation without a single space possession, declare war on multisystem Empires? No, must be a mistake. He promised to himself to check that info out, hopefully on a newspaper written in a more familiar language. Hearing the final call for the flight to Rimini, he folded the newspaper, grabbed a fistful of Fritole for the flight, and headed out of the lounge and to the gate.
Cymiopolis, New united carolinas, North italian union, and Cartel de la letra
Cartel de la letra
San Marino, Casino El Dorado People were always wandering about astronomical signs. Venus always held special place in history – it was worshipped and feared, it was guiding killers in the thin air of early mornings and telling alchemists what to do, it helped calculations of distance between Sun and Earth and finally it caused a lot of pregnancies during transit of Venus, which happens every 8 years. May all of this be part of some lost prophecy? Well, only if alchemist were open-minded enough to imagine black Congolese beauty named Venus running auction in San Marino. Branches of Cartel working together and openly occurs less often than Transit of Venus. But now there was an important cause – auction. Casino was opened for visitors as usually and elderly from all around the world were spending their grandchildren college money. Waiters were pretty, dealers were polite, chips were changing hands. But one with trained eye could notice something uncommon. Instead of usual security Direptus people were everywhere. Some of them pretended to play, but most were doing what they do best – controlling areas and preventing anything unusual from happening. Among players were some of Cartel medium level bosses, who were burning salaries at poker table, giving dealer tips above average salary here in San Marino for every success. Above this, at the upper floor, PRISM Risk and Intelligence department tops were discussing auction. -So what do we have to offer about Idiocarasia? I heard that Oleg brought here some data. -This man is a mess… He shot a rocket with some extra proofs into our ship! -He did what? -When I say this I mean this! He shot a rocket with some physical evidences. -God, we needed him during this mess with Habsburg-Medici infant terrible. He would fix little brat attitude faster! -John, Clark, that is a problem. Everyone needs Oleg and Oleg needs no one but M-1. People looked at each other uncomfortably. Saying this name, even assuming he exists, was a demonstration. Demonstration of stupidity or of reaching such planes of reality none of them could ever think. Venus looked at them, showing her perfect white teeth, corresponding with her white dress. She liked to show that world could be white and black only for these who can afford this. -Relax, you all had done hell of a work! Now to New united carolinas. Mark, what do you have on them? -Gioacchino… -I know about this small cazzo cheating lying bastard problems! – Venus showed little more emotions than she should, but once again – she could afford this. – So, now he will cost us Cullingham. Such a waste! But this doesn’t mean that we could not sell some of his data to third party, does it? -Yes, ma’am. And one more thing… -Yes? -We have opportunity to predict low performance of Reno sheriffs department soldiers. Fuel they use is even more improved version of what we tested in Sistonia. Only once, but this could cost a lot for Ventus Prime. We will strike New sistonia later, but now we must remain loyal partners, until Gioacchino is out. -This is all I’m interested in, but for the sake of your bonuses and bones – do not make those only ones we have! – Venus rose up a glass. – Plata o plomo! -Plata o plomo!
This is a reminder that today is the last day of submission for the NWI National Flag Competition. If your flag is not there and you want to participate, please send it to me via Telegram or Discord DM (if it was already sent, but still missing, please just send it again). We already have a bunch of beautiful flags. Voting commences tomorrow and results will be announced on Sunday March 1st. May the best flag win.
Twelve titans, Karteria, Mordusville, and North italian union
New nazis
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Twelve titans
Welcome to the NWI! Feel free to join the Discord and apply for citizenship. All of us here are happy to help and answer whatever questions you may have. However, to work in our regional government you must obtain citizenship first.
New nazis
Reno sheriffs department
From the Office of the President of the General Assembly:
Please cast your votes for GAR#32. This bill would greatly reform our judicial system procedures, and adds additional powers afforded to the Judicial Branch!
Make the High Court’s authority to institute bans and revoke certain rights more clear.
Remove §8 protections for political ideologies, and add protections for race.
Prohibit the Chief Justice from simultaneously holding office in any other branch of Government.
Prohibit the President from simultaneously being a member of the High Court
Correct several typographical errors.
Prohibit the Chief Justice from voting on a Resolution that would overturn a Judicial Decree.
Reduce the time it takes to try cases.
Define Judicial Offenses, which are Criminal Offenses like Perjury and Contempt that are committed against the Court, and the Chief Justice is permitted to file charges (but not prosecute them).
Designate Judicial Perjury, Contempt of Court, and Evasion of a Lawful Sentence as Judicial Offenses.
Define Government Offenses, which are Offenses committed by a member of the Government, and which it would be more proper for the Public Attorney to prosecute.
Designate Abuse of Power and Diplomatic Misconduct as Government Offenses.
Enact stricter conflict of interest regulations for the Region’s Attorney and the Public Attorney.
Change Discovery procedures and allow for Witnesses to be ordered to testify.
Tweak the definitions of certain Criminal penalties to couple Full Bans with Citizenship Suspension (instead of Ineligibility) and to prohibit officials sentenced to Region Bans for Felonies from executing the powers of office.
Eliminate Preliminary Hearings in Criminal cases and streamline procedure in all 3 Court divisions.
Implement a special procedure for Summary Suppressions that would allow the Executive more flexibility while protecting the rights of the Accused.
Affects: All Citizens and Residents of the NWI, The High Court
Acknowledging the great reforms implemented by GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) and the recent passage of the detailed GAR#22 (“Criminal Code of the New West Indies”),
Noting however that the aforementioned legislation created certain questions of constitutionality and legality that must be promptly addressed,
Adding that certain additional judicial powers would be beneficial to the integrity and functionality of our Judicial System,
Assuring that this Resolution is in line with the intentions and spirit of the aforementioned legislation,
The General Assembly of the New West Indies hereby enacts the following:
Amendments to the Constitution
Chapter II Amendments
The following is hereby adopted as Chapter II, §7, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution: “A nation may have the rights defined in this Section revoked, either temporarily or permanently, as the sentence for crimes committed by that nation.”
Chapter II, §8 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: “The right to freedom of expression is guaranteed. Freedom of expression entails the right to express, distribute, and receive information and opinions without prior prevention by anyone and to every nation's own conscience. However, nations players are not allowed to post anything that is either:
obscene or illegal;
instigative or encourages sedition or rebellion;
malicious or defamatory towards another nation within or outside the New West Indies as well as their real-life players;
malicious or defamatory towards anyone because of theira religious, political, national or ethnic groupsreligion, ethnicity, race, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity; malicious or defamatory towards others because of their sexual orientation or gender identity;
threatening towards regional security; or
that containscontaining (sensitive) personal information about individual players using the NationStates website; or that violates the NationStates terms of service.
This right to freedom of expression shall be disregarded if a resident or citizen has been convicted of a crime and is sentenced to an applicable restriction of their expression.
This right to freedom of expression granted to the members of the New West Indies by this constitution does not replace or undermine the general terms of service laid down by the moderators and administrators of the NationStates website.”
Chapter II, §9, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: “The right to freedom of opinion is guaranteed. Every nation may choose their own ideology, flag, motto, classification, currency, national animal, leader, faith and banners. Neither the regional government nor the High Court may not deprive any nation of this freedom, except if it would violate the criteria set forth in §8 para. 1, or if they suspect the relevant nation to violate the general terms of service of NationStates.”
Chapter III Amendments
Chapter III, §12, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: “The following nations are not eligible to serve as President of the General Assembly:
the Secretary-General;
any Cabinet member; and
any member of the High Court; and
any other nation that is controlled by the player who also controls either the Secretary-General, or any Cabinet member, or any member of the High Court.”
Chapter III, §13.5, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: “If the targeted officeholder was an elected official, and there are more than fourteen days remaining in their term, the Founder shall promptly call a Special Election to fill the duration of the term. The shortened term will not count against any term limit. The impeacehdimpeached official may not run in the Special Election. At least five days shall be allotted for campaigning, and the election itself shall last seventy-two hours. Regular elections shall not take precedence.”
Chapter VI Amendments
Chapter VI, §26, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: “The High Court shall be housed in a dependency region, to be founded by a puppet of the Founder, Achipel, entitled “High Court of the New West Indies”, subject to the same laws of the New West Indies. Court information and records will be in pinned dispatches or on the World Factbook Entry to the dependency region, and the members of the Court shall have appropriate administrative authorities as determined by the Court.”
The following is hereby adopted as Chapter VI, §28, Paragraph 5 of the Constitution: “The Chief Justice may not concurrently hold any office or position, leadership or subordinate, in any other branch of government.”
The following is hereby adopted as Chapter VI, §28, Paragraph 6 of the Constitution: “The Chief Justice shall not vote on any Resolution of the General Assembly that would overturn a Judicial Decree.”
Chapter VI, §29, Paragraph 1 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: “Any nation accused of a Criminal or Civil offense shall retain the following rights:
The right to refuse to testify against oneself.
The right to be presumed not guilty until proven otherwise at trial.
The right to present a defense.
The right to not be tried twice for the same offense.
The right to a public trial.
The right to be notified of the charges against them at least one weekthree days before trial commences.”
The following is hereby adopted as Chapter VI, §31 of the Constitution, to be entitled “Authority”: “The Court may impose bans or otherwise suspend or revoke the rights of nations as the sentence for commission of an Offense or for noncompliance with judicial proceedings where permitted by this Constitution and authorized by Resolutions of the General Assembly.
The Court may adopt additional institutional procedures, rules, definitions, and policies through an administrative Judicial Decree, which may be overturned by a Resolution of the General Assembly.”
Creation and Implementation of Judicial Offenses
The following is hereby adopted as Section III, Subsection D of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “Judicial Offenses are hereby defined as a Criminal, Civil, or State Offense committed against the judicial system. A Criminal, Civil, or State Offense may be additionally designated as a Judicial Offense by Resolution of the General Assembly. No Offense may be solely classified as a Judicial Offense.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section III, Subsection D, Clause i of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “This designation shall not affect the jurisdiction or potential remedies for the Offense.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section IV, Subsection E, Clause viii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “If a Judicial Offense may have been committed before the Court, the Court may file charges for the Judicial Offense against the nations responsible.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section IV, Subsection E, Clause viii, Subclause a of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “If the nation suspected of a Criminal Judicial Offense is the accused in a pending or ongoing pre-conviction Criminal case, and at least one week remains before trial, the Court may simply add the Criminal Judicial Offense charges to that case.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section IV, Subsection E, Clause viii, Subclause b of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “While the Court may file charges, it may not prosecute them.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section VI, Subsection C, Clause iii, Subclause a of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “Recusal shall not be required in cases of Judicial Offenses.”
The following is hereby appended to Section I, Subsection J of GAR#22 (“Criminal Code of the New West Indies”): “This Offense shall be designated as a Judicial Offense.”
The following is hereby appended to Section I, Subsection Q of GAR#22 (“Criminal Code of the New West Indies”): “This Offense shall be designated as a Judicial Offense.”
The following is hereby appended to Section I, Subsection R of GAR#22 (“Criminal Code of the New West Indies”): “This Offense shall be designated as a Judicial Offense.”
The following is hereby appended to Section I, Subsection S of GAR#22 (“Criminal Code of the New West Indies”): “This Offense shall be designated as a Judicial Offense.”
Creation and Implementation of Government Offenses
The following is hereby adopted as Section III, Subsection E of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “Government Offenses are hereby defined as a Criminal Offense which is alleged to be committed while acting as in an official Executive, Legislative, or Judicial capacity. A Criminal Offense may be additionally designated as a Government Offense by Resolution of the General Assembly for Criminal Offenses which by definition can only be committed in an official capacity, however this shall not preclude other Criminal Offenses from being considered Government Offenses due to the situational factors of the specific allegation. No Offense may be solely classified as a Government Offense.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section III, Subsection E, Clause i of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “This designation shall not affect the jurisdiction or potential remedies for the Offense.”
Section II, Subsection A of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “The Department of Internal Affairs shall appoint a Region’s Attorney, to serve as the sole Prosecutor in Non-Government Criminal cases, to defend the Accused in cases of Government Offenses if requested by the Accused, and to defend the Government in state cases.”
Section II, Subsection A, Clause i of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “The Region’s Attorney shall be the sole nation permitted to prosecute a Non-Government criminal offense.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section II, Subsection B, Clause i of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “The Public Attorney shall be the sole nation permitted to prosecute a Government Offense.”
Section IV, Subsection A, Clause iii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “Upon receipt of a valid form for filing charges, the Court shall notify all parties involved of the accusations, including the Region’s Attorney in Criminal and State CasesState Cases and Non-Government Criminal Cases, and including the Public Attorney in cases of Government Offenses.”
Section IV, Subsection B, Clause i of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “Any nation may file criminal charges against another nation, however, the Region’s Attorney shall solely prosecute the case beyond that point, except in cases of Government Offenses, in which the Public Attorney shall solely prosecute.”
The following is hereby appended to Section I, Subsection H of GAR#22 (“Criminal Code of the New West Indies”): “This Offense shall be designated as a Government Offense.”
The following is hereby appended to Section I, Subsection O of GAR#22 (“Criminal Code of the New West Indies”): “This Offense shall be designated as a Government Offense.”
On Bans and Citizenship Status
Section III, Subsection A, Clause vii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “A Full Ban is hereby defined as a combination of a Region Ban, an Offsite Ban for all offsite Systems, and IneligibilityCitizenship Suspension, either permanently, or for a set period of time, up to a Maximum of three years.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section III, Subsection A, Clause xiv of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “Any nation sentenced to a Region Ban of at least 14 days for a Felony offense shall also receive Citizenship Suspension for the duration of the ban.”
On the Duties and Limitations of the Region’s Attorney and Public Attorney
Section II, Subsection B of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “The Department of Internal Affairs shall appoint a Public Attorney to defend the accused in Non-Government Criminal cases, if requested by the accused, to prosecute in cases of Government Offenses, and to represent the accuser in state cases, if requested by the accuser.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section VI, Subsection A, Clause v of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “The Public Attorney shall not hold any other position within the Executive, the General Assembly (except as Member of the General Assembly), and/or the High Court.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section VI, Subsection A, Clause vi of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “Neither the Region’s Attorney nor the Public Attorney nor any of their respective staff may serve as such in any case in which they are the Accuser, the Accused, a witness, or otherwise party to the case outside their statutorily prescribed duties of representation. In such cases they must recuse themself.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section VI, Subsection A, Clause vii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “Neither the Region’s Attorney nor the Public Attorney nor any of their respective staff may serve as such in any case in which there is a present conflict of interest, or in which they would stand to personally and improperly benefit from a particular outcome of the case. In such a case, the official must recuse themself.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section VI, Subsection A, Clause viii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “The Region’s Attorney, the Public Attorney, and/or any of their respective staff may, if there is a potential conflict of interest, recuse themself from a particular case, and the Department of Internal Affairs shall appoint a replacement.”
On Witnesses and Discovery
The following is hereby adopted as Section IV, Subsection E, Clause ix of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “The Court shall be authorized to issue subpoenas to witnesses to order them to participate in the judicial proceedings.
Either the Accuser or the Accused must first request the Court to issue the subpoena before the Court may issue it.
No witness shall be permitted to testify without first having been issued a subpoena.
All witnesses may be cross-examined by the opposing party (the party that did not file the subpoena request) in the case.
No witness shall be required to submit self-incriminating testimony.”
Section IV, Subsection B, Clause iv of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “The Court shall devise a standard discovery filing, in which the Region and the accused can submit their evidence and name witnesses by the set discovery deadline.”
Section IV, Subsection C, Clause ii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “The Court shall additionally schedule a discovery deadline, no less than fivetwo days after the complaint deadline, by which both parties must submit their evidence and name witnesses using the Court’s standard discovery deadlinefiling.”
Section IV, Subsection D, Clause ii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “The Court shall additionally schedule a discovery deadline, no less than fivetwo days after the complaint deadline, by which both parties must submit their evidence and name witnesses using the Court’s standard discovery deadlinefiling.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section IV, Subsection E, Clause x of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “Should new evidence arise or witnesses come forward after the discovery deadline, parties to the case may request that the Court admit the new evidence or witnesses.
The requesting party must sufficiently prove or explain as to why the evidence or witness could not be properly included previously in discovery.
If the Court accepts the request, the Court shall issue a 72-hour recess to permit the opposing side to review the new information.”
Streamlining of Judicial Proceedings
Section IV, Subsection B, Clause ii (not including Subclauses) of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby struck and replaced by the following: “After the Court issues notifications pursuant to Section IV, Subsection A, Clause iii of this Document, it shall promptly schedule a complaint deadline, no less than two days after the notification, by which the accuser must submit a written account of the alleged offense, including a citation to the statute defining the offense. The complaint must be specific and detailed enough for the Accused to make an informed plea decision, and if the Court finds a complaint to be insufficient or invalid, it shall reject it, and extend the complaint deadline if necessary.”
Section IV, Subsection B, Clause ii, Subclause a of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby struck and replaced by the following: “Following the submission of a sufficient and valid complaint, the Court shall compose a Telegram to the Accused, in which they shall be read the charges against them, informed of the statutes and sentences for each charge, provided with the complaint, and asked to enter a plea for each charge.”
Section IV, Subsection B, Clause ii, Subclause b of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby struck and replaced by the following: “At any time between the notification and the complaint deadline, the Accuser may file to add or drop charges.”
Section IV, Subsection B, Clause iii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “If there are any charges to which an accused has pleaded not guilty, at the preliminary hearing the Court shall schedule a discovery deadline, for at least fivetwo days after the preliminary hearingplea entry, and a fact-finding trial, at least fivetwo days after the discovery deadline.”
Section IV, Subsection B, Clause iii, Subclause a of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby struck and replaced by the following: “At any time between the scheduling of a discovery deadline and the adjournment of trial the Accuser may file to drop charges.”
Section IV, Subsection B, Clause vii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “After either a preliminary hearing in which the accused has pleaded guilty to all charges, or after a trial in which the accused was not found not guilty of allat least one charges, the Court will schedule a sentencing hearing for at least one day later but no longer than three days later.”
Section IV, Subsection C, Clause i of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “After the Court issues notifications pursuant to Section IV, Subsection A, Clause iii of this Document, it shall promptly schedule a complaint deadline, no less than fivetwo days after the notification, by which the accuser must submit a written account of the alleged offense, including a citation to the statute defining the offense, and a statement outlining the alleged damages and requested remedy. The complaint must be specific and detailed, and if the Court finds a complaint to be insufficient or invalid, it shall reject it, and extend the complaint deadline if necessary.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section IV, Subsection C, Clause i, Subclause a of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “At any time between the notification and the complaint deadline, the Accuser may file to add or drop charges.”
Section IV, Subsection C, Clause iii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “The Court shall additionally schedule a trial for no less than fivetwo days after the discovery deadline.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section IV, Subsection C, Clause iii, Subclause a of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “At any time between the scheduling of a discovery deadline and the adjournment of trial the Accuser may file to drop charges.”
Section IV, Subsection D, Clause i of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “After the Court issues notifications pursuant to Section IV, Subsection A, Clause iii of this Document, it shall promptly schedule a complaint deadline, no less than fivetwo days after the notification, by which the accuser must submit a written account of the alleged offense, including a citation to the statute defining the offense or the law(s) violated, and a statement outlining the alleged damages and the requested remedy. The complaint must be specific and detailed, and if the Court finds a complaint to be insufficient or invalid, it shall reject it, and extend the complaint deadline if necessary.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section IV, Subsection D, Clause i, Subclause a of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “At any time between the notification and the complaint deadline, the Accuser may file to add or drop charges.”
Section IV, Subsection D, Clause iii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “The Court shall additionally schedule a trial for no less than fivetwo days after the discovery deadline.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section IV, Subsection C, Clause iii, Subclause a of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “At any time between the scheduling of a discovery deadline and the adjournment of trial the Accuser may file to drop charges.”
A New Process for Summary Suppressions
Section II, Subsection D of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby amended as follows: “If a nation is suspected of committing a Criminal Offense that would present an immediate threat to the security or well-being of the region if that nation were permitted to continue residing in the region during Criminal Proceedings, the Secretary-General may, pursuant to Sections 1 or 3 of the Constitution, the Secretary of Defense and Information may, pursuant to Section 3 of the Constitution, or the Founder may, pursuant to Section 23 of the Constitution, impose an indefinite Region Ban and/or Offsite Ban onto the suspected nation, and may suppress posts. These actions shall be known as Summary Bans and Summary Suppressions.”
Section II, Subsection D, Clause iii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby struck and replaced with the following: “Within two days of the summary suppression of posts, the Region shall file a Notice of Summary Suppression with the Criminal Court.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section II, Subsection D, Clause iii, Subclause a of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “The Court shall then issue a notification to the suspected nation informing them of the notice and asking them to the Court within seven days as to whether they consent to the suppression or wish to contest it, explaining the meaning of each choice as described under this Clause.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section II, Subsection D, Clause iii, Subclause b of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “If the suspected nation consents to the suppression, the Founder or Secretary-General may continue suppressing the post at its discretion, and shall be informed of such.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section II, Subsection D, Clause iii, Subclause c of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “If the suspected nation contests the suppression, the Founder or Secretary-General must either unsuppress the post within one day or charge the suspected nation for the offense, and shall be informed of such.”
The following is hereby adopted as Section II, Subsection D, Clause iii, Subclause d of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “Consenting to a summary suppression in this manner shall not constitute an admission of guilt.”
Other Amendments
Section I, Subsection Q, item i of GAR#22 (“Criminal Code of the New West Indies”) is hereby amended as follows: “Publishes malicious, discriminatory, or defamatory content related to any person's religion, sexual orientation, political beliefs, gender identity, age, nationality, ethnicity, race, skin tone, or any other factor of differentiation outside the control of the victim;”
Section IV, Subsection E, Clause iii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby struck and replaced with the following: “The Court shall admit private counsel
to represent the accused in Criminal Cases, if provided by the accused;
to represent the accuser in State Cases, if provided by the accuser; or
to represent either the accuser or the accused in Civil Cases, if provided by the represented party”
Section VI, Subsection C, Clause i of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby struck and shall be left blank. The Clauses that follow shall not be renumbered.
Section VI, Subsection C, Clause ii of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”) is hereby struck and shall be left blank. The Clauses that follow shall not be renumbered.
The following is hereby adopted as Section VI, Subsection D, Clause iv of GAR#21 (“Establishment of a Judicial System”): “The Court shall assemble no jury to rule in or advise any ruling in any case.
This shall not preclude the Court from permitting interested parties to file amicus curiae briefs.”
Appendix 1: Summary of Modifications to Chapter II of the Constitution
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§07 - World Assembly Motions and Election of the World Assembly Delegate (as amended on January 07, 2019)
The World Assembly delegate, abbreviated as WAD hereinafter, represents the New West Indies to the NationStates World Assembly.
The role of the WAD is purely representative and it does not endow the incumbent nation with any administrative or executive authority within the region.
Any nation, provided it is a member of the World Assembly, may allocate endorsements to other WA member nations according to its own discretion. Any nation may request other nations to endorse it, as long as it does not force other nations into doing so.
The WAD must vote on WA General Assembly resolutions according to the opinion of the region's members. Such opinion polls are open for all citizens of the New West Indies and their voting period is twenty-four (24) hours. The WAD is encouraged to create said polls. In the event that the opinion polls result in no consensus, the WAD must vote according to the opinion of the WA members within said polls. If the polls result in WA members having no consensus, only the WAD voting, or no votes, the WAD must vote on resolutions according to the current voting record of WA members on each resolution. If said voting record also has no consensus, the WAD may vote at its discretion.
A nation may have the rights defined in this Section revoked, either temporarily or permanently, as the sentence for crimes committed by that nation.
§08 - Freedom of Expression (as amended on June 14, 2019)
The right to freedom of expression is guaranteed. Freedom of expression entails the right to express, distribute, and receive information and opinions without prior prevention by anyone and to every nation's own conscience. However, nations players are not allowed to post anything that is either:
obscene or illegal;
instigative or encourages sedition or rebellion;
malicious or defamatory towards another nation within or outside the New West Indies;
malicious or defamatory towards anyone because of their religion, ethnicity, race, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity;
threatening towards regional security; or
containing (sensitive) personal information about individual players;
This right to freedom of expression does not replace or undermine the general terms of service laid down by the moderators and administrators of the NationStates website.
This right to freedom of expression shall be disregarded if a resident or citizen has been convicted of a crime and is sentenced to an applicable restriction of their expression.
§09 - Freedom of Opinion and Ideology
The right to freedom of opinion is guaranteed. Every nation may choose their own ideology, flag, motto, classification, currency, national animal, leader, faith and banners. Neither the regional government nor the High Court may deprive any nation of this freedom, except if it would violate the criteria set forth in §8 para. 1, or if they suspect the relevant nation to violate the general terms of service of NationStates.
This right to freedom of opinion granted to the members of the New West Indies by this constitution does not replace or undermine the general terms of service laid down by the moderators and administrators of the NationStates website.
Appendix 2: Summary of Modifications to Chapter III of the Constitution
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§12 - Presidency (as amended on May 17, 2019)
[...]
The following nations are not eligible to serve as President of the General Assembly:
the Secretary-General;
any Cabinet member;
any member of the High Court; and
any other nation that is controlled by the player who also controls either the Secretary-General, any Cabinet member, or any member of the High Court.
[...]
§13.5 - Motions of No Confidence
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If the targeted officeholder was an elected official, and there are more than fourteen days remaining in their term, the Founder shall promptly call a Special Election to fill the duration of the term. The shortened term will not count against any term limit. The impeached official may not run in the Special Election. At least five days shall be allotted for campaigning, and the election itself shall last seventy-two hours. Regular elections shall not take precedence.
Appendix 3: Summary of Modifications to Chapter VI of the Constitution
§26 - Establishment
The High Court shall be housed in a dependency region, to be founded by a puppet of the Founder, Achipel, entitled “High Court of the New West Indies”, subject to the same laws of the New West Indies. Court information and records will be in pinned dispatches or on the World Factbook Entry to the dependency region, and the members of the Court shall have appropriate administrative authorities as determined by the Court.
[...]
§28 - Chief Justice
[...]
The Chief Justice shall place a puppet in the High Court dependency region, which shall be granted Border Control and Communications authority.
The Chief Justice may not concurrently hold any office or position, leadership or subordinate, in any other branch of government.
The Chief Justice shall not vote on any Resolution of the General Assembly that would overturn a Judicial Decree.
§29 - Fundamental Rights of the Accused
Any nation accused of a Criminal or Civil offense shall retain the following rights:
The right to refuse to testify against oneself.
The right to be presumed not guilty until proven otherwise at trial.
The right to present a defense.
The right to not be tried twice for the same offense.
The right to a public trial.
The right to be notified of the charges against them at least three days before trial commences.”
[...]
§31 - Authority The Court may impose bans or otherwise suspend or revoke the rights of nations as the sentence for commission of an Offense or for noncompliance with judicial proceedings where permitted by this Constitution and authorized by Resolutions of the General Assembly.
The Court may adopt additional institutional procedures, rules, definitions, and policies through an administrative Judicial Decree, which may be overturned by a Resolution of the General Assembly.
The planet of Macbeth was an industrial planet which contained a shipyard for the Praetor and Nebula-class ships of the Ventuan Navy as well as a large space station and multiple smaller defense stations.
Currently, there were two fleets stationed, the Seventh and Twelfth Fleets though other fleets were stationed nearby in the system.
Admiral Holdo of the Agitator of the Seventh Fleet had just received new orders and upon turning off her the holoprojector in her cabin, she could only let out a sigh. She hadn’t known Trench for long but heard he was a very capable leader. The events of Alpha Centauri V clearly showed High Command hadn’t prepared properly for what the enemy had in store. Now it seemed they were getting their act together. As for her, she was not going to let the same thing happen to her fleet, or anyone else’s for that matter.
She then contacted her second-in-command. “Commodore Issa?”
“Yes Admiral?” the young woman’s voice came through.
“Command has just sent us new orders. I want the fleet to be on full alert. No doubt the other fleets have been contacted as well.”
“Is there an attack coming?”
“Unclear, but it sounds like the Imperials may counterattack. What other fleets are in the area?”
“I believe the Fifth and...the Fourteenth.”
“Tell them I wish to have them brought here...maybe I’m being paranoid but I want us to be prepared and ready. The Imperials are not afraid to put their chips into one big gamble.”
“I’ll notify them at once Admiral.”
New sistonia, Reno sheriffs department, North italian union, and Frellor
Reno sheriffs department
OOC: Droid Poppers sound like a tasty treat
Karteria and New sistonia
Cymiopolis
Department of Internal Affairs
The poll is now open: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8N7JMNP
Results will be announced on March 1st
Karteria and North italian union
North italian union
Malpensa Airport, Milan, North italian union
The private Airbus of the New united carolinas had just arrived at the airport. President Ariana Thompson walked nervously along the red carpet. Along the carpet many north italian soldiers saluted her. She walked near King Nicola and both leaders shoke hands. The moment was captured by thousands of cameras and a crowd of journalist had quickly formed nearby. A troop of Bersaglieri marched in front of the two leaders. They are the only military corps in the world to march while running with trumpets. They stopped and started playing the national anthem of the New united carolinas while both flags were being displayed. After the welcoming cerimony they headed to the limousine, that was decorated with the symbols of the two nations. Behind the bullet-proof windows of the car you could see the two leaders talking and knowing each others.
Palazzo Reale, Milan, North italian union
After a ride across the metropoly, followed by security cars, diplomats and journalists they finally arrive to the Royal Palace giant gardens. There Miss Thompson was greeted by Queen Consort Eleonora, and many north italian nobles. Between them there were even some of the monarchs of the constituent states of the North Italian Union that had come to bring gifts. Ariana was also greeted by Chancellor Furlan, Miss Colombo (president of the National Assembly), all the ministers and some officials. The Royal Guards of the Corazzieri, together with the personal sicurity of President Thompson escorted the leaders inside the Palace. In the enormous dining room a long table was waiting for all the hosts. The long table was laid for the state dinner with thousands of italian food, wine and any kind of delicacy a leader could desire.
Ariana was impressed, these North Italians spare no expense.
Cartel de la letra
Nordic states of europe
Hi! This is a bad version of the message i tried to lodge yesterday. Background: a Nordic space company called 'space exp.' Found a planet about 10 years ago and researchers from the space exp. Company have proved that the planet that they call 'T-53397' is very much like Mars but this planet still has water on it and there may be life on that planet like microscopic creatures. Space exp. Is now sending out a spaceship called 'Freedom exp.' To the planet and try to get more things like rocks from the planet so that scientist's can research the matter. And finally, the story: "Stockholm, launch successful." Says captain of the freedom exp. Jack Andersson." Now we have 30 days left till the landing on T-uhh what was it again?" You could hear Jack ask something in the background and an answer." Ahh yes, T-53397! But yeah i just wanted to inform you that the launch was successful!" The call ends and the whole space exp. Team starts clapping, knowing that everything might go to plan." Hej Stockholm!" Says Peter Smith." It has now been a day since the launch and i just wanted to say, next time you make us go in a spaceship for a month MAKE SOME BETTER FOOD!?" Call ends."Stockholm? Can you hear me?" Says Vanessa Peterson." Uhh yeah our computer isnt working And i can't watch Netflix now..." She sounds a bit sad "ehh, now Jack put on the 'self fly' mode so we can all go to the okay-gym, its pretty boring here..."call ends." Hello Stockholm! "Says Jack." Only fifteen days till' landing! As you know already an- "call ends, we don't think that Jack knew that he had accidentally pressed the "end call" button. "Hello Stockholm?, Jack seems a bit scared and he thinks something is going to happ-something just happened... The lights went out and im scared..." Says Vanessa and you could hear some talking in the background." O-oh, so Peter accidentally hit the light switch for all of the lights in the ship so... Yeah" call ends." Hej Stockholm!? "Says Peter in the microphone, he sounds a bit worried."Jack is acting strangely... But oh look at that view!" Call ends." Hello, Stockholm! We are one hour away from landing so expect a call soon!" Call ends" Hello! Im so excited!" Says Jack" we have just landed on T-53397 and look at that! Im recording and im going to step out of the aircraft. One small step for man-" you could hear Peter talk to Jack via radio that it was Armstrong's words."oh.. Well one achievement for me and a massive one for the NSE!" Call ends."Hello this is Peter! We are currently on our way home! It has been a successful mission, by the way, Vanessa took some rocks from the planet too!"call ends and they made it home safe.
The anarchist communist, North italian union, Frellor, and Cartel de la letra
New nazis
yea sure but for some thing i can't do you know what is bad?
Karteria
Hopefully I can fully answer your question. Our Criminal Code outlines what you cannot do in our community. If you join our discord or forum, they have similar codes of conduct.
Cymiopolis
Department of Internal Affairs
Just a friendly reminder that polls for the NWI Flag Competition close tomorrow at 12pm UTC-5 (EST).
If you have not yet voted, here is the link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/8N7JMNP
-Cymiopolis, Secretary of Internal Affairs
Twelve titans, Karteria, and North italian union
Karteria
Welcome Hekc and Moja kwa to the New West Indies! We hope you enjoy your stay. :)
Twelve titans, Celestiam, North italian union, and Frellor
Department of Internal Affairs It is with great pleasure that the DIA announces the winner of the flag competition: North italian union
Here are the top 5 entries: 1- North italian union (25%) 2- Celestiam (16.7%) 2- New sistonia (16.7%) 2- Portinabia (16.7%) 5- New united carolinas (8.33%) 5- Karteria (8.33%) 5- Shakadia (8.33%)
The above nations are to be rewarded with a 100 000 km2 expansion to their map claim.
The DIA wishes to thank all nations who participated and voted.
-Cymiopolis, Secretary of Internal Affairs
Twelve titans, Celestiam, Karteria, New united carolinas, and 2 othersNorth italian union, and Frellor
Karteria
RIP my flag. But they were all solid choices.
New united carolinas and North italian union
North italian union
Thank you everyone for the votes! Didn't really expected this 😅
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