AA: 002-18-06-2009

[Johann Boyen]

Auflösung Anzahl: 002-18-06-2009
Enact the Citizenship and Simulation Law.

Whereas the Holzer Empire requires a set of guidelines regarding citizenship and simulation,

The nobles of the Holzer Empire here assembled in the Reichstag pass the following document.

CITIZENSHIP AND SIMULATION LAW

I. CITATION

Article 1
This act may be cited as the Citizenship and Simulation Law or the Citizenship and Simulation Act, 2009.

II. CITIZENSHIP

Article 2
Citizenship shall be defined as being registered in the immigration office.

Article 3
Residency shall be defined as being an inhabitant of one of the constituent states of the Empire, not extending to any colonial possessions of the Empire or the Kaiser.

Article 4
Citizenship shall be granted to any resident if the Office of Immigration approves of the application.

Article 5
The Minister of the Interior may veto any application of citizenship. The Kaiser may overturn the veto of the Minister of the Interior, or issue a veto himself.

Article 6
The rights of citizens as detailed in Article 3 of the Constitution shall not be affected by this act.

III. SIMULATION

Article 7
Any citizen of the Empire shall be afforded the opportunity to register Simulated Persons at the Office of Immigration. Simulated Persons will have a separate account on the forum and have any of the following somewhere in their signature: "Simulated Person", "Sim-ID", "Sim" or "SP".

Article 8
Simulated Persons shall be false constructs, people who exist to enhance the micronational experience of each citizen by creating more opportunities and possibilities for roleplaying.

Article 9
All Simulated Persons must be registered at the Office of Immigration, which will keep a list of approved Simulated Persons.

Article 10
Simulated Persons will be afforded the same rights as citizens so long as they remain approved by the Ministry of the Interior.

IV. ENACTMENT

Article 11
This Act shall come into force from the day on which it receives imperial assent.

[Johann Boyen]

Memorandum of Explanation

The delegate from Holstein has proposed this law on the back of the following post. He originally made it in the Office of Immigration, but realised it would be more appropriate to have it in the Reichstag.

vonboyen said:

Here is a proposal which I think the citizens of the nation will approve of.

They are called Sim-IDs and are essentially simulated persons which citizens may use aside from their main account to enhance their roleplaying experience. Holzborg is and always has been a very roleplay-heavy micronation and I think it would help our revival if this concept were instituted.

I have stolen the idea from Stormark in honesty. Here is the Viking Emperor's regulations regarding it:

Beloved Citizens and Friends,

From now it is allowed for Citizens of Stormark to have, aside from their main user account, so-called Additional User Accounts or Sim-IDs provided that such Sim-IDs may only be used for:

• roleplaying "lower" jobs in the government like secretaries, spokespersons or assistants; or
  
• roleplaying holders of non-governmental jobs/positions or other capacities/characters.

The purpose of Sim-IDs is to enhance your micronational experience by creating more opportunities and possibilities for roleplaying.

Dame Gudrun could, for example, create a Sim-ID for her military duties or Crown Prince Thorfinn could create a Sim-ID for for his position as Stormarksgothi.

It goes without saying that Sim-IDs shall not count towards the Citizenship Count of Stormark and therefore the Census may only be signed with your main user account.

Anyone wishing to create one or more Sim-IDs shall send me a Private Message providing me with the name(s) of the proposed Sim-ID(s) and the reason(s) why you would like to create that/those Sim-ID(s). After having received approval by me, you may create your Sim-ID and then I will put the Sim-ID in the special user group will be created for Sim-IDs.

All list of all Sim-IDs will be provided to the Fimmtardómur which will serve as Court of Record and maintain a register of Sim-IDs.

I think this could be of great use to make Holzborg a much more fun place to be.

I also believe we could use this as an opportunity to make Holzborg more of a constitutional monarchy, even based on our current constitution. We could make the Kaiser a Sim-ID and simply have the Reichsklanzer make suggestions for appointments as is done in the UK now (party leaders make suggestions for peers and honours for example). And we could always have the Sim Kaiser die or abdicate if we wanted to revert to autocracy. That is a more extreme idea which people may not warm so much to- but for the whole idea of Sim-IDs, is there support?

[Tim Fleischer]

The bill presented to the Reichstag, I accept. I assign one week discussion of this bill before we vote.

[Tim Fleischer]

As delegate of Presburg, I would like to proffer my support for the concepts of this bill. I think the simulated persons is a good idea, and we need to define how citizens are made. This bill does those things.

[Johann Boyen]

Indeed. Thank you for supporting this bill. I believe it will do our nation a lot of good.

[Tim Fleischer]

Unless we hear an opinion from the delegates of other territories within forty-eight hours, I will open an official vote on this bill then.

[Tim Fleischer]

Voting is now open. Delegates should post here with the territory they represent, the number of votes and of course whether they are in favour of or against the bill. Voting will close in another 48 hours.

[Tim Fleischer]

From Presburg, four votes for this bill.

[Johann Boyen]

Holstein (7) in favour.

[Tim Fleischer]

Voting is now closed.

With eleven votes to none, this bill is passed by the Imperial Diet. I refer it to the Arch-Steward for Imperial assent.

[Johann Boyen]

My Reichsklanzer-

I have issued my Imperial assent. For future reference, as soon as the voting has been concluded and the bill passed, I would suggest that you move the thread to the "Passed Resolutions" sub-forum. I trust you understood all of that technichal film-flam?

[Tim Fleischer]

Off course, Herr Boyen.