ARTICLE ONE (1) — GPD & GDP PER CAPITA

_{Y = C + I + E + G}

_where:

_{Y = GDP}

_{C = Consumer Spending}

_{I = Investment made by industry}

_{E = Excess of Exports over Imports}

_{G = Government Spending}

_{Step 1
Get nation's GDP.}

_{Step 2
Determine Population of all adults in Nation.}

_{Step 3
Divide the GDP by the population.}

ARTICLE TWO (2) — CURRENCY VALUE & EXCHANGE RATES

_{Currency Value & Exchange Rates ought to follow the principles of economic theories that we known to be enforceable or practical in real life. (Command Economy, Market Economy, etc etc)}

ARTICLE THREE (3) — IMPORTS & EXPORTS

_{OEC, is a good bases to calculate your Economy. Although if you do not show, IE: Alternate nation. You are free to create your own, based off current market prices of the RP year. Although if you show up in OEC, you are free to create your own as well, this is just a guideline.}

_{Importing = Necessary for Growth and Competition because home companies will try to compete with importers, and lowers the Price of a massive variety of Goods.}

_{Exporting = Excellent for competition, meaning your Industries will try to be better than others in an attempt to dominate their markets.}

_{If Countries suffering from Sanctions do not increase the Prices of Exports/Domestic Sales to make up for the decrease of Imports/exports then they will naturally be losing money, but more importantly it will make Companies literally bankrupt themselves because they cannot sustain themselves (which is why Government set Export Prices are bad). But remember this has an effect on Both Nations, which is why the Nation enacting these Sanctions is (i advise) always a developed country.}

ARTICLE FOUR (4) — GOVERNMENT SPENDING & TAXATION

_{Nations get the right to set their own taxation rules, the only thing is that it must be written down. Based upon whatever system they choose, the Tax comes from a percentage of income and etc of a nation's GDP.}

_{Example of the flat tax equation of 32%: Government budget = 100 million x 0.32
Example of a progressive tax equation: Poor: 60 million x 0.43/Middle Class: 25 million x 0.51/Wealthy: 15 million x 0.67 = 100% of Government budget}

_{The amount of currency of tax goes directly to a nation's budget for the years.}

_{The amount of tax goes into the categories of said nation's budget. Please keep in mind to account for the economy & state of the nation. Government expenditure Categories are made up:}

_{Administration, welfare, healthcare, education, defense, religion, law & order, public transport, commerce/industry, international aid, social equality, and environment.}

_{Nations have the right to borrow money from International Banks and other governments to increase their budget although keeping in mind that their National Debt shall rise.}

ARTICLE FIVE (5) — SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT

_{Scientific Advancement a nation's progress scientifically. All technologies that one's nation can develop (whether they are for public works, private works or military purposes) must be done through roleplay, time-frame and time itself. Project include (but are not limited to); Buildings, Firearms, Artillery, Public Works, Roads, Highways, New Technologies, Vehicles, Naval Vessels, Aircraft, Spacecraft, Satellites, etc.*}

_{*Although some are implied such as the next automobile model and so on, depending on its importance compared to the world.}

_{When roleplaying the creation of something that will advance your nation's Scientific Standings in the world one must take into account the realism that is involved in such a task. For starters, it will COST you SOMETHING. It must always cost you time, resources and money. In order for you to have an actual technology, you must first Roleplay its establishment. What is meant by this statement is if Nation A were to decide on creation Project A then Nation A would need to announce that Project A is going to be in the works. After Project A has been announced to the world in an official roleplay all Nation A has to do is Roleplay Project A's progress towards completion and then its final completion. What is also necessary when roleplaying Project A's upbringing in the world is the actual inter-workings of the Project. Knowing the actual science behind something is worth knowing so you can actually explain why and how it works. If you cannot explain why and how it works then why on Earth would anyone need to recognize Project A's existence? It will be viewed as OP/GM.}

_{IE: A Space Station is possible, a Deathstar, not in this century.}

_{The system of Logical Progression, where by technology progresses in accordance to Alternate History Realism. When creating a project one must take into account what time you are in. Pace is key. Take into account what time you are actually in before you begin building or designing something to bring more modernization to the world. Be realistic with innovation, lest it will not be innovation.}

_{As with all Roleplays, everything takes time. Inherently some countries are more advanced than others on the basis of the availability of knowledge and educational systems, which are obtained through said time and Roleplaying. This is where National Focuses come into play. In accordance to said time and RP from the active year the project began, a nation by Alternate History Realism can work toward achieving things in comparison to those who have already done so.}

IE: Nation A can work towards having the most advanced Naval technology through simply RPing its/one of its National Focuses that way — In accordance to rivals who may be ahead or behind, who abide by the same Logical Progression.

_{If there is a real life project that you want to construct in your own nation, then by all means do it! All IRL advancements occur unless RPed otherwise. If your nation IRL is constructing a Skyscraper and you also would like to build that skyscraper then just take the building's projected due date and use that as a basis as to when it will be completed. Roleplay to either lengthen or shorten the amount of time it will take for the building to be completed. If a building or project should be in the works on the day you find out it exists then you do not need to roleplay its foundation as it is already historic. For example, if the RP year was 2006 and you were in the United Arab Emirates then the Burj Khalifa would be in construction and you would not have needed to RP its construction in order to have it be completed in 2009, you'd just have a good time roleplaying its completion (which you still would not have to do, it'd just be fun!).}

As we are past 2017, it is assumed that certain things have already been created, IE: Roads, etc. If your Alternate History states that a building is there that isn't in RL, that is acceptable too as this would be considered part of natural progression, which is basically: You don't need to RP the upgrading of a Wow of Homes, but one does need to develop and upgrade for example the latest Fighter Jet.

ARTICLE SIX (6) — ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY

_{The philosophy of economics concerns itself with conceptual, methodological, and ethical issues that arise within the scientific discipline of economics. The primary focus is on issues of methodology and epistemology—the methods, concepts, and theories through which economists attempt to arrive at knowledge about economic processes. Philosophy of economics is also concerned with the ways in which ethical values are involved in economic reasoning—the values of human welfare, social justice, and the tradeoffs among priorities that economic choices require. Economic reasoning has implications for justice and human welfare; more importantly, economic reasoning often makes inexplicit but significant ethical assumptions that philosophers of economics have found it worthwhile to scrutinize. Finally, the philosophy of economics is concerned with the concrete social assumptions that are made by economists. Philosophers have given attention to the institutions and structures through which economic activity and change take place.}

_{The dimension of the philosophy of economics that falls within the philosophy of science has to do with the status of economic analysis as a body of empirical knowledge. Primary questions include: What is economic knowledge about? What kind of knowledge is provided by the discipline of economics? How does it relate to other social sciences and the bodies of knowledge contained in those disciplines? How is economic knowledge justified or evaluated? Does economic theory purport to offer abstract theories of real social processes—their mechanisms, dynamics, and institutions? What is the nature of economic explanation? What is the relationship between abstract mathematical models and theorems, on the one hand, and the empirical reality of economic behavior and institutions, on the other? What is the nature of the concepts and theories in terms of which economic beliefs are formulated? Are there lawlike regularities among economic phenomena? What is the status of predictions in economics?}

_{Basically nations are granted the liberty of choosing their own economic path, whether that be based off a RL ideology or a created one.}

ARTICLE SEVEN (7) — MISCELLANEOUS

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ARTICLE ONE (1) — NATIONAL POPULATION

_{That NationStates relays and provides unrealistic populations, as well as several other unrealistic pieces of information, due in part to the website not bei made to fit realistic statistics and policies of population, due to all nations on NationStates being considered "border less".}

_{That the region, the Commonwealth of Liberty attempts to maintain a basis of subjective realism.}

_{That the population statistics provided by NationStates have, to this point, been extremely useful, although reformed to become more realistic still doesn't quite meet Common Sense standards.}

ARTICLE TWO (2) — CIVILIZATIONS

_{Players have the right to RP their territory: Land/Air/Sea/Underground. Keep in mind that warfare/occupation may result in a loss of sovereignty. All land on earth is subject to national claim by request/war excluding Antarctica and the ice sheets which constitute as shifting based off of weather, and thus not considered land.}

_{Annexation/Cession of Territory: Annexation and Cession are acts between two members of the map to solve disputes and give gifts in the form of territory. Annexation and Cession can also occur as a result of a war, in which the victor may keep what land they take following the conclusion of hostilities. For this to occur, all parties must telegram the MC in a group telegram informing the MC of the agreement so that he/she may update it to the map. In the event that one nation has gotten "butthurt" and is not RPing correctly or is whining instead of attempting to find a solution, the Secretary of State or President will be charged to solve the dispute in a fair way, be it through giving the land to the other nation, or proclaiming the land disputed.}

_{LandRights (LRs) & IC Rights (ICPs): LRs is ownership of the territory and its population, the plot of land itself regardless of IC situation. This is a legal OOC enforced settlement as a right to the citizenry of the COL. — IC Rights, the right to RP territory in the IC world; while LRs and ICPs may go hand in hand, they can also be excluded if one owns the LRs and allows another to RP within, and subject to LRs' will and thus considered territorial leasing (TLs)..}

_{Expansion Request: Nations may also expand by requesting new territory from the MC. For this to occur, the nation must telegram the MC with the territory they wish to obtain, and a minimum of 3 valid reasons of why they should be able to have this land. Reasons such as "I border it, and I want it" and “nobody ever goes there” are NOT valid, and will result in immediate rejection. However for example, expansions for resources are valid. It is at the discretion of the MC of weather or not to approve or reject an Expansion Request. That being said, a nation may request intervention from the Secretary of State to review their request and decide on weather the nation's expansion should be approved. In the event the MC rejects an expansion, and the MC did not specify the reasons for the rejection, and offer possible solutions, then the citizen has the right to appeal to the SoS.}

_{Colonial Expansions: See V. COLONIAL MANDATE SYSTEM.}

_{Color Sharing: Recognizing that nations may choose to join together as one larger nation/union, the map shall give the option to the union to have their colors be the same. In which case, nations shall retain their actual map number near where they are located, but color shall all be the same.}

_{Commonwealth of Liberty Roleplay Map}

_{The original Map Cartographer updates the map, although has the right to permit the creation of systems to help map updating and/or transfer/revoke the duties of Cartography to another citizen at his discretion. Thus to ensure efficiency overall.}

_{A player CANNOT move on the map in anyway without cartographer exception, for 30 days RL time. Nations will only be allowed to move an additional 1 time if they really regret moving to their current spot and promise to the MC that they will not move the following month. (In basic, they surrender their right to move in the next month).}

_{Land is always required to trade to unclaimed in order to gain another spot of unclaimed land unless the player willingly went to an area which was already under the jurisdiction of another player when they began to RP it.}

<sub>- Whereas, all citizens of the Commonwealth of Liberty have the right to join the map.
- Whereas, to join the map, a nation must be a citizen and must apply for a spot by telegramming the Map Cartographer (MC), new spot placement requires a first IC/RP RMB post within 72 hours.
- Recognizing that the map is an RP entity, members must maintain a certain level of activity which are divided into 2 classes"</sub>

_{Activity Tiers}

• _{Active: Member should RP (Internal, External, Etc) a minimum of once;
  per 15 days for an RMB post (and/or) 15 days per dispatch/factbook RMB publication post in the form of new/updated/changed work including any forms of text and/or artwork, (and/or) any post in the server's QUOTES and/or SNAPSHOTS channels within the last 72 hours — because RP/IC post announcements are connected directly to an RMB post, those shall not be factored in, and viewed as extensions of RMB source time instead. Channel postings holding legal merit provided there has been an RMB post of RP or dispatchwork in the last 31 days.}

• _{Vacation: Recognizing that real-life mandates more attention then NationStates, members may announce they will be on vacation for an estimated amount of days. During a vacation period, a member is recommended to/ought/should post RP a minimum of once every 15 days ontop of the 10-day minimum. If due to military, internet and/or health purposes, different timeframes may be allowed if Map Cartographer (MC) is informed. Personal affairs are not required to be disclosed out of respect to et al.}

<sub>- Failure to RP under the mandates of your Activity status will result in your removal from the map.
- If a nation consistently RPs the minimum amount, only RPing after being warned, the MC shall have the authority to remove them.</sub>

<sub>- All nations who are in the WA have the right to be on the map.
- No nation may be removed, or their land be taken or their expansion be denied based on the prejudice of any nation and the simple mindedness of "RL Expectations based on Location", nor may they give an excuse if they have "unsound alternate history based on location"
- For as long as nations abide by the rules of the COL, they should not be harassed by the government for how they choose to role-play their spot on the map.
- If a nation feels that their rights have been violated, or they have been treated fairly, they have the right to complain (but not harass) the President over their concerns.</sub>

_{Players have the right to RP cultures of their status on the map based off a RL platform and/or Alternate History platform, or create new ones, in correlation to the histories which would have connected with them. Cooperation is Key.}

_{Certain roleplayers have certain views on what they want their nation to be like. Whether that means a Wahari Morocco or Monarchical Canada or even a Communist India, people are allowed and encouraged to roleplay their nations to their own liking. However, the way you choose to use your nation can and will influence how the nations around you act. For instance in real life relations between South Korea and the United States are fairly good, but let’s say that South Korea decides to join China and North Korea by turning into a Dictatorship. That will instantly change the United States’ opinion on South Korea and likely cause relations with South Korea to decrease extremely. So, in this RP world of ours, if you were to change a government type the opinion and actions of nations around you may change for the better or for the worst. Depending on who the nations around you are and how you go about changing your government. The most popular forms of government in the CoL are; Democracies, Republics, Democratic Republics, Socialist States, Capitalist States, Communist States, Military Juntas and Monarchies.}

_{The Commonwealth of Liberty would insist that instead of a nation scrubbing it’s entire history and changing every aspect of it (If you’ve worked hard on the RPs with others beforehand, if you’ve just moved it’s your call), a roleplayer RP the change in government realistically and logically. Meaning that instead of 1 man calling for Fascist Uprising in Mongolia and having everybody join in and agree with him, roleplay at least some sort of push back or something that gets them a boost in the system. Not just throwing something in there. It’s a bit too sudden, and easy to look over.}

_{Each nation has the right to create a religion that there people can follow and can (with the permission of other nations) have said religion spread far and wide throughout the world. When a religion is created, keep in mind that relative explanation of it’s founding and teachings should be included inside of a factbook so people can have a general idea on what the religion is about.}

_{If a religion is created, people do have the right to RP persecution of the religion or appreciation of it. If someone were to want to have a State Religion (One people under one religion) or State Atheism (No religion whatsoever), they have every right to RP there nation like that. A nation also has every right to persecute and appreciate religions that are real, even if their real life views do not actually line up with said Roleplaying styles. Also, a nation may use whatever religion it so pleases as a popular religion in their nation, within reason. We ask that you at least stick with some aspect of realism and not have Satanism be the core religion of Israel, for example.}

ARTICLE THREE (3) — TRADING

_{In the RP world, unless specifically stated, the entirety of the world trades with one another basic items. Basic items like Toys, Food, Water, Oil, etc. This is purely so that world trade continues, stock markets continue and all other things relating to trade can be continued without need for the player to specify what exactly is going on trade-wise. However, if a nation, for example Nation A decides that Nation B is unworthy of their goods then Nation A is permitted to either 'Sanction' or 'Embargo' Nation B. When Sanctioning a nation the player MUST specify what exactly they are prohibiting. Whether it be Cocoa Beans or Uranium, it must be specified and only that of which is specified will be taken away. When Embargoing a nation it will not only hurt the nation receiving the embargo but it hurts the nation dishing out the embargo and that must be calculated and shown in an economic factbook or shown in some way. There is no direct punishment to one source.}

_{By default when a nation earns their spot on the map they earn the right to all Weapons that their country produces In Real Life. This means that a nation in Russia can have Production Rights and Claims to the AK-47 and a nation in Austria has the Production Rights and Claims to the Glock, etc. When it comes to variants and carbon copies/variants of certain products that your country makes in Real Life like the Chinese Type-56 you must have permission from the original country, in this case Russia, to produce that variant freely. In the case of IRL Carbon Copies & Variants it doesn't necessarily have to be an IC Agreement. Agreements like such can be made through an OOC TG Discussion or whatever. But you must have permission to produce another nation's weapons, distribute a nation's weapons and your spot on the map dictates the default weapons you have.}

_{Any weapon that is given to another nation, after 10 years they have the full ability to play with it, reverse engineer it and work with it. This involves a two-tier system. Restricted and unrestricted, defaulted to restricted meaning that people cannot do the variations but if the two roleplayers agree they may be able to classify it as unrestricted so that they can do variations. 10 years applies for unrestricted, could be earlier if players consent. Restricted remains rightfully restricted if source desires.}

_Example:

_{Russia has the rights to the AK-47 therefore any nation that moves to Russia has the rights to the AK-47
If a nation wanted the AK-47 they'd have to speak to the RP World's Russia about it
If a nation wants to RP a Carbon Copy/Variant's creation they must speak to the owner of the Original Weapon First
No nation can reproduce the weapons of another nation without explicit permission}

_{When it comes to Weapons of Mass Destruction (things like Nuclear Weapons Technology and Anything that causes mass devastation), if your nation has them in real life it is completely irrelevant. Within the laws of the CoL it is stated that you cannot have a Nuclear Weapon or WMD without the technological secrets being given to you by a superior world power. However, it is highly unlikely that you will be given the technology either way simply because giving away the secret to domination is frowned upon and in some cases illegal. So, if I joined the game as India and said that because India has Nuclear Weapons that I should have nuclear weapons, that is irrelevant and false. You must be given the technology by a pre-existing Nuclear Weapons Owning Power. The only case where this is not true is the United State which invented the Nuclear Bomb & Russia which holds the secrets that they stole.}

WMD knowledge cannot be stolen, but projects to discover hidden WMD construction can be conducted by your nation on another one. Discovery of said project is still under the jurisdiction of the two parties involved.

All WMDs beyond nuclear-based weapons are NOT subject to regulations, but their development is discoverable by IC espionage without consent as long as its RPed.

_{Moving around on the map will effect any and all trade agreements made in different ways. Trade for things that are not weapons can be effected by the nation that has moved. So if Nation A moves and Nation B takes its former place but Nation A and Nation C had a deal for Medicine, Nation B could state that such a deal was retconned. When it comes to Weapons Technology, however, if you are given a set of weapons or if you are given the production rights to a weapon and a nation who owns that weapon moves and is replaced, the nation who received those weapons is allowed to keep said weaponry. So if Nation A is replaced by Nation B but Nation A gave the SCAR to Nation C, Nation C can keep the SCARs that they received from Nation A without worry about what Nation B has to say about it. Deals for weapons cannot be retconned by someone moving from their spot. But, if you leave your spot and you have someone else's weapons the deal in it's entirety is erased from RP history.}

Example:

Nation A gives the Glock to Nation C
Nation A moves to a different spot on the map
Nation B moves to where Nation A was
Nation B cannot say that Nation C does not have the Glock anymore unless Nation C agrees to discard the former agreement made between itself and Nation A

ARTICLE FOUR (4) — MISCELLANEOUS

_TBD.

ARTICLE ONE (1) — CHARACTER LEVEL ROLEPLAYER

_{Godmodding and control of another's character in roleplay is disallowed in COL RPs.}

_{Consent of whom you are roleplaying with is required before wounding or killing their character, as doing so without asking them would be deemed "godmodding".}

_{Metagaming, or using OOC knowledge (for example, knowing that an enemy plans to assault you) for IC (such as being able to unrealistically anticipate said enemy) is banned.}

ARTICLE TWO (2) — GODMOD REGULATIONS

_{Actions in war must be clearly defined and understood by both parties to avoid confusion.}

_{Players may develop stories out of canon if they have a logical connection to canon such as a television show. Historical OutCanon is also permitted, such as RPing a historical battle or an alternate version with all participants of said action in agreement. These two categories and any which can be logically connected are premitted. Anything else is GodMode.}

_{Nations are free to accept the history of the previous landowner, but may retcon certain things as well. Vice-Versa System.}

ARTICLE THREE (3) — COOPERATIVE REGULATIONS

_{A nation may not kill or injure an important character from another nation (eg. leader) without that nation's explicit consent.}

ARTICLE FOUR (4) — WARFARE RECOGNITION

_TBD.

ARTICLE FIVE (5) — DEFINING RETCONNING

_{Retconning shall be defined as the cancellation/removal of an event from one's history.}

_{Nations may be able to retcon internal events that have no effect on other nations.}

_{For Example: Nation A wishes to retcon the assassination of his leader, he may do so.}

_{If a nation wishes to retcon an event that pertains to other parties (such as trade agreements, wars, etc.), that nation must have permission from the other party to retcon that event, lest the RP's that both parties were involved with be a waste of time and energy.}

_{For Example: Nation A wishes to retcon the royal marriage between his king and Nation B's queen. Both Nation A and Nation B must reach an agreement to retcon the event before retconning the event.}

ARTICLE SIX (6) — MISCELLANEOUS

• No murdering another persons RP character useless agree upon before hand.

_{• No using another persons RP character without the others permission.}

_{• No teleporting people or troops around the map.}

_{• No Metagaming and all forms of it are banned.
-Acting on any knowledge that the character/nation is not aware of.
-Troops and vessels/aircraft/tanks/spaceships can only be used by their given nation.
-Giving away all of your vessels/aircraft/tanks/spaceships, troops, or land to another nation.
-A nation has the right to give "tech" to a small number of ally nations not the whole COL as a whole.}

_{• Message the other person if you plan on attacking them.}

<sub>• Don't say you've won the battle if you haven't agreed upon it before hand.
- Some people like to decide who wins the battle at the very beginning, be sure to ask how they would like to settle the outcome.</sub>

_{• Be fair and let a number of your troops die in battle.}

_{• Be very, very detailed in your rps.}

_{• There are more factors than just technology to go by.}

_{• Collaborate on wars beforehand so they do not devolve into an annoying OCC fest or rage.}

_{• Godmodding is explicitly banned.}

_{• OOC (Out Of Character) is not IC (In Character) and vice versa.}

_{• Be creative but have one or two facts to back it up anything really advance.}

ARTICLE ONE (1) — (CMS/LS)

_{There will be a core, under that core land expansions can be approved. The Cartographer shall keep a private record of these cores for Imperial Nations. Beyond the core, Historial Expansions will be taken into effect. Under the Colonial Mandate System (CMS), nations both historical and alternate will be able to request a second form of expansion known as the CMS. CMS will allow nations to expand easier, noting, that these expansions are colonies and under the ideals of respecting new nations and so forth, the land gained under CMS will have a secret end date for decolonization if slated before their RL dates, which otherwise RL release dates shall be enforced. The reason why it will be secret is to not spoil anything for the RP world. Once this date is realized, the colony shall be released into unclaimed or a war/independence granted if someone is there. Although some CMS may be considered for official (core) land expansions, which will be filed around the release date for review. CMS are also under special protection, as they are projected to be released, there might not be motivated to protect it and thus CMS are the only system in which such lands, if unclaimed, are protected from war. If a nation occupies a CMS as an active colony, war is naturally an option.}

_{P.S. Nations can submit themselves as a CMS, just as unclaimed, their land right to independence will be granted upon an agreed date, although now set by the CMS who is active. Colonial Empire holders harbor Land Rights (LRs) until the release date.}

_{The LS will be a systematic reduction of territory from actively participating nations in order to add a vibrant and lively feel to the roleplay world. Under this system, nations will be allowed to sacrifice territory to either Roleplayers or unclaimed for a secret amount of time (discussed to the Map Cartographer prior to the creation of the map). Nations will then, after that time is up, be allowed to take that core land back. Core Land being the land that is actually a part of your nation's mainland and not colonies/land acquired via the CMS. Core Land is the only land that can be leased, however. CMS land cannot be leased.}

_{(WORLD WAR)A reminder, land can be agreed to be given up during wars, and regained afterward. This last section is to ensure that when a war occurs if the player doesn't wish to give up land and it is organized, they can agree privately to ensure the host's land rights are respected.}

_{Although naturally land can be taken by force and not returned as per the RP basic law's statements on such types of war which are not organized or organization agreed to conduct such actions — but Land Rights (LRs) are always retained regardless of occupation unless a player surrenders their territory and moves; an action they are only allowed to do with probable cause and after 3 RL weeks of spot residency; anything before is considered possible collusion and barred.}

ARTICLE TWO (2) — (KL)

_{In order for nations to have a common understanding of the Colonial Mandate System, and in the spirit of fairness being the "order of the day", a system for gameplay between Colonizers and Colonies has been developed.}

_{Whenever a time switch occurs, in the event that we revert time to a date in which entire territory possessions must change and other nations become subsequent "colonies" or "administrative regions" of other nations, there must be regulations so that nobody feels left out.}

_{In order to reach this goal, this is the law. If a nation owned a spot PRIOR to the time switch, they retain full autonomous control of their nation, in order to respect their right to lands.}

However, though they retain majority say of what happens in their nation while it is under the subjugation of a foreign power for the time switch, it is still their responsibility to speak to their "subjugator" about independence and what not. Communication is key here, it is a major boon to your nation and your nations standing in the world if you work together in order to find a common sense, realistic and exciting way to end your subjugation.

_{In the event that a roleplayer, who operates as a colonizing nation, gains colonies with the time switch, they will then gain the economic bonuses and resource bonuses of owning said colonies. Colonial powers are allowed to invite anyone whether for ‘main’ account settlement/multi accounts/etc to aid in the management of their Imperial colonial system by RP enjoyment.}

However, this is a privilege. This is not a right. You gain these territories because history dictates you must, you do not gain these territories because you are more important than other people. These spots do not become a part of your nation, they are overseas territories that become massive spots for other roleplayers to operate in as well.

_{Providing an example for how this works, here is a series of scenarios, which are legal/enforceable;}

Scenario 1 — If we go back to a time where Germany owns Tanzania, the player who is operating Germany will gain the territory on the map and the right to roleplay with it as their own. Gaining economic resources from it, having troops within it and being able to use it as an extension of itself. Tanzania, however, is still a spot on the map, however. So another player can come into the mix and become a German colony, without the consent of Germany, only the consent of the Cartographer. In the event, that this player who is playing as Tanzania, starts going against the wishes of Germany, or starts becoming a general nuisance to Germany by being unrealistic, toxic or otherwise harmful to Germany's experience; Germany has the full right to expel the player from that spot. In the event that Tanzania feels misjudged, they may go to the Cartographer and request a case to be opened, and receive a summary verdict. Anyone is allowed to RP within a colonial empire's system with permission from whoever holds the LRs.

_{Scenario 2 — If we go back to a time where the Netherlands owns Indonesia, but there is already a player in Indonesia, the player who operates Indonesia must work together with the player in the Netherlands to determine their independence status (whether or not they are initially independent, or what date they become independent). Once the two players agree, then we move forward with roleplay. At the end of the day, the subjugated player (Indonesia) has the final say in how their status is determined. Though, we of the Commonwealth of Liberty highly encourage the two roleplayers to come to a consensus instead of it becoming a disagreement and a settling. Please, consider your fellow man.}

_{In order to prevent powers from holding onto their colonies for extended periods of time, the spots they hold must be released at minimum by their real life dates of independence.}

_{In order to protect future roleplayers from unrealistic/harmful futuristic roleplay limitations, this system bars any and all forms of alternate; genocide, mass deportation or mass pilgrimage conducted by the Colonizing Entity. Essentially, the colonizing nation may not commit a genocide against the native peoples of their colony, they may not deport the native population, and they may not send in millions of their own citizens into the subjugated nation (this is to prevent the concept of outbreeding or lebensraum).}