Directives of the Sovereign Confederation

The Directives of the Sovereign Confederation are laws regarding all matters not covered in the provisions of Union law, Sovereign law, or codified within the Omnibus. They are prepared and published by the Gæta uis Korïaneï and are executed by officers of the Szodanadtz.

Index

Edict	Published	Status
On Seat Allocation for the Miþuï	1731	Superseded (see article text)
On Requirements for Candidacy	1731	Partially superseded
On Defining Terms of Merit	1732	In force
On Establishing the CFRF	1733	In force
On the Preparatory and Apprenticeship System	1755	In force
On the Reform of Subject Protections and Institutional Continuity	—	In force

Directive Texts

On Seat Allocation for the Miþuï (1731)

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Article 1: The Miþuï shall consist of no less than 90 seats.

Article 2: The party receiving the highest number of votes in the most recent general election shall be designated the Ras Ufrus and allocated 45% of seats, rounded up.

Article 3: The party receiving the second highest number of votes shall be designated the Fænn and allocated 45% of seats, rounded down.

Article 4: The Cult of the Sacred Detonation, recognized in the Miþuï hereafter as Gæta uis Baïm Darn, shall be allocated 10% of seats, regardless of their share of votes.

Article 5: The Cult of the Sacred Detonation's 3 compensatory seats may only vote to break a tie.

Article 6: Members elected from Gæta uis Baïm Darn shall maintain full independence and not caucus with either the Ras Ufrus or Fænn.

On Requirements for Candidacy (1731)

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Article 1: A candidate for a seat in the Miþuï must be sponsored by a Liveried Company of the Chamber of Guilds and Corporations to assume the office of Speaker.

Article 2: A candidate for any Governorship must have served as a Speaker in the Miþuï to be appointed to that office.

Article 3: No subject may serve as both Governor and Speaker simultaneously.

On Defining Terms of Merit (1732)

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Article 1: In 1732 AN, all subjects over the age of 15 years are mandated to have "Meritorious" status.

Article 2: Review of a Sovereign's merit will be conducted every 15 years after their birth, without delay.

Article 3: A premature review may be conducted on the advice of the subject's Bailiff.

On Establishing the CFRF (1733)

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Article 1: Purpose and Objectives

1. The purpose of this directive is to establish a Collaborative Fiscal Responsibility Framework (CFRF) to ensure sustainable and transparent deficit financing, enhance public trust, and mitigate conflicts of interest among senior Speakers in the Miþuï.
2. The objectives are to:
   • Promote fiscal responsibility and stability.
   • Ensure the equitable involvement of Speakers in the financial matters of the realm.
   • Foster transparency and accountability in public office.
   • Integrate holdings into a sovereign wealth fund to benefit the economy of the realm.

Article 2: Establishment of Zælkrupp

1. A sovereign wealth fund, dubbed Zælkrupp, shall be established by the Miþuï and managed through the Sovereign Bureau.
2. The Sovereign Bureau shall consult economists, financial experts, and representatives from the Trazd uis Uvnkoïsoß, appointed by the Uvngætz and confirmed by the Miþuï.
3. Zælkrupp shall operate with the highest standards of transparency, accountability, and professional management.

Article 3: Eligibility and Conditions for Speakers

1. Speakers assuming a second term in the Miþuï must comply with the following conditions:
   • They shall surrender any ownership and positions which they held within their Sovereign Corporation upon assuming their second term.
   • This transfer of ownership must be completed within 30 days of assuming office.
2. The holdings surrendered shall be evaluated by the Sovereign Commission of the Treasury to ensure fair compensation.
3. Business owners shall receive fair market compensation for their holdings, paid from Zælkrupp's resources.

Article 4: Management and Oversight of Transferred Assets

1. The Sovereign Bureau shall manage the transferred holdings with the objective of maximizing long-term national benefits, including economic growth, job creation, and sustainable development.
2. The Miþuï shall publish annual reports on the performance and management of Zælkrupp, including detailed accounts of the transferred holdings.
3. Zælkrupp shall be subject to regular audits by the Commission for the Sacred Treasury to ensure transparency and accountability.

On the Preparatory and Apprenticeship System (1755)

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Promulgated by the Gæta uis Korïaneï, with Advice and Consent of the Staggusgæta

Governing the Instructional Mandate of Document Nine, Article 2

Pursuant to the curriculum authority vested exclusively in the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs by Document Nine, Article 2, Clause 1, and the directive authority of the Gæta uis Korïaneï under Document Two, Article 3, Clause 9, this Directive establishes the organizational structure through which the instructional mandate of the Sovereign Confederation is discharged, and reconciles that mandate with the practice of guild apprenticeship.

MISSION

Known before knowing. Faithful before formed. Ready before released.

The Sovereign Confederation raises its subjects in this order because it is the order of trust. A child is first welcomed into the sight and care of the institutions that will guide them; then rooted in the Documents that bind the Confederation together, so that loyalty is not asked of them but already theirs; and only then equipped with the skill and standing to take their place among the guilds and the Trazd uis Uvnkoïsoß. Literacy, conviction, and a trade all follow naturally from this foundation — not because the subject is made to serve it, but because a subject who is known, rooted, and prepared serves the Confederation and themselves as one and the same.

Article 1 — Establishment and Scope

1. This Directive establishes the preparatory and apprenticeship system administering the instructional mandate of Document Nine, Article 2, for all subjects of the Sovereign Confederation between the ages of three and eighteen.
2. This Directive governs the organization of instruction into stages, the criteria and conduct of mandatory selection, the coordination of guild apprenticeship with the instructional mandate, and the credentialing of educators, Bailiffs, and Circuit institutions administering the system.
3. Nothing in this Directive diminishes the Union-level requirements of mathematics, natural sciences, and Union Covenant instruction reserved to Union authority by Document Nine, Article 2, Clause 1, nor the educator qualifications generally applicable throughout the Benacian Union.
4. Where this Directive is silent, general Union practice respecting the preparatory system shall govern by default, subject to supersession by future directive of the Gæta uis Korïaneï.

Article 2 — Administration

1. The Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs holds exclusive authority over curriculum content, subject to the Union floor specified in Article 1, Clause 3.
2. Bailiffs shall administer schools within their Bailiwicks, including facilities, enrollment records, and coordination with Guild chapters and the Commission for the Panopticon.
3. The Commission for the Panopticon shall record each student's behavioral and academic performance for calculation of Civic Trust Score from age six onward.
4. Disputes between Bailiffs of the same Governorate concerning school administration shall be resolved by their Governor; disputes between Governorates shall be resolved by the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs.
5. All educators shall hold membership in the Guild of Academicians as a condition of instruction within the Sovereign Confederation, consistent with Union-wide requirements for educators.
6. Educator credentials shall additionally require Bailiff certification of no adverse Civic Trust Score finding, renewed every five years.
7. The Uvnalsz of the Treasury shall establish baseline per-student funding for the preparatory and apprenticeship system, disbursed to Bailiffs for facilities, materials, and educator compensation, distinct from and prior to the enhancements specified in Document Nine, Article 4 and Article 9, Clause 3, which apply only above this baseline.

Article 3 — Stages of Instruction

1. Unumþahurunig (ages three to eight) emphasizes civic socialization, Panopticon awareness, behavioral formation, institutional hierarchy, Union Covenant basics, and Circuit cultural identity, with basic literacy introduced before its conclusion. Surveillance chip installation, mandatory at age six under Charter I of the Guild of Neural Engineers, occurs at the conclusion of Huit, marking the transition from purely behavioral instruction to formal Panopticon-integrated schooling.
2. Łæïra Frumst (ages eight to twelve), comprising the Ænst, Tvasz, Þridȝa, and Fiursz Haß, provides literacy, mathematics, and natural sciences per Union mandate, together with complete mastery of the Documents of Governance, culminating in demonstrated recitation competency comparable to that expected of Speakers of the Miþuï.
3. Łæïra Ufrus (ages twelve to fifteen), comprising the Fift and Tuïvaɬ Haß, provides technical specialization through guild-specific tracks — commercial, industrial, agricultural, professional services, hospitality, or technical — selected in coordination with the Guild chapter of the student's Bailiwick, together with household defense instruction administered by the State Guard under the Haldurak's doctrine per Document Eight, Article 3, Clause 5, satisfying the compulsory instruction requirement therein.
4. Advancement between stages and Haß is not automatic. A student's Civic Trust Score and demonstrated competency shall be considered in placement and retention determinations, per criteria published by the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs.
5. Instruction under this Directive is coeducational at every stage, departing from the sex-segregated preparatory structure general to Union practice.

Article 4 — Circuit Variation

1. Instructional content within Łæïra Ufrus, and the cultural components of Łæïra Frumst, may vary by Circuit as the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs determines appropriate to local circumstance.
2. Such variation shall not derogate from the mandatory instruction requirements of Document Nine, Article 2, Clause 2.
3. A Bailiff may petition their Governor for local curricular accommodation reflecting Bailiwick-specific circumstances. Implementation requires the Governor's approval, and the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs retains authority to disapprove.

Article 5 — Selection at Fifteen

1. Upon completion of Łæïra Ufrus, each student shall undergo mandatory selection between continuation to higher instruction and apprenticeship placement.
2. Selection shall be determined by Civic Trust Score, demonstrated academic and technical performance, and recommendation of the student's instructors, weighted according to criteria published biennially by the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs and subject to Panopticon audit under Document Six, Article 2, Clause 3.
3. Students selected for continuation shall be routed according to demonstrated aptitude: those inclined toward constitutional, civic, or Circuit-cultural disciplines shall be enrolled in the Academy of Sovereign Studies; those of aptitude recognized by a guild Supreme Council may be admitted to a guild institute under Article 8A; all others shall be referred to a Humanist Institute for evaluation toward admission to the Benacian Academy, per ordinary Union process. Students not selected for continuation shall proceed to guild apprenticeship placement under Article 6.
4. A student or their guardian may appeal a selection determination to the Bailiff within thirty days of its issuance; further appeal lies to the Gæta uis Korïaneï.
5. No selection determination may be made on algorithmic basis alone. Each determination requires review and approval by a named human official, whose identity shall be recorded, consistent with the principle of Charter Article V.4.

Article 6 — Apprenticeship as Discharge of the Instructional Mandate

1. Guild apprenticeship undertaken pursuant to the Guild Charters Compilation and the Bill of Corporate Rights, for students placed under Article 5, Clause 3, discharges the instructional mandate of Document Nine, Article 2, Clause 2 for ages fifteen through eighteen.
2. Guild chapters accepting apprentices under this Article shall certify annually to the Bailiff of the apprentice's registered Bailiwick that instruction consistent with the apprenticeship's performance metrics is ongoing.
3. Nothing in this Article relieves an apprentice of Union Covenant obligations or Union-mandated civic education requirements, which shall be administered by the Guild chapter in coordination with the Bailiff.
4. Where the Benacian Union Defence Force purchases an apprentice at municipal auction pursuant to established practice, the education component of that service shall likewise be deemed to discharge the instructional mandate for its duration.
5. A student presented for apprenticeship placement under Article 5, Clause 3 who receives no guild sponsorship within one year shall be referred to the Uvnalsz of Works for placement in default labor service, reviewable annually for guild sponsorship as it becomes available.

Article 6A — Default Placement

1. A subject who reaches age eighteen without basic education certification, selection under Article 5, or apprenticeship placement under this Directive shall be referred by the Bailiff to the Sovereign Bureau for default labor service under the Uvnalsz of Works, for a term not exceeding three years.
2. At the conclusion of default labor service, the subject shall be reassessed for basic education certification. A subject failing reassessment remains eligible for Civic Trust Score-based classification under Charter Article I.3, but incurs no separate penalty under this Directive beyond that classification.
3. Default labor service under this Article discharges the instructional mandate for its duration.

Article 7 — Guild Participation in Łæïra Ufrus

1. Guild chapters shall, upon request of a Bailiff, provide journeymen to instruct specialized skills and evaluate candidates during the Fift and Tuïvaɬ Haß.
2. Guilds may identify and cultivate promising students for pre-arranged apprenticeship placement during Łæïra Ufrus, bypassing auction, consistent with Article 5 of the Bill of Corporate Rights.
3. Guild participation under this Article shall not entitle a guild to compel curriculum content, which remains the exclusive authority of the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs.

Article 8 — The Academy of Sovereign Studies

1. The Academy of Sovereign Studies is maintained under the authority of the Sovereign Bureau as a cultural institution pursuant to Document Nine, Article 3, and serves as the Confederation's institution of higher instruction for students selected under Article 5 toward constitutional, civic, or Circuit-cultural disciplines.
2. The Academy of Sovereign Studies does not provide instruction in disciplines proper to the Schools of the Benacian Academy — including Divinity, Law, Medicine, the Sciences, and the Trivium. Students selected under Article 5 for such disciplines shall be referred to a Humanist Institute per ordinary Union process, and this Directive confers no Confederate substitute for that referral.
3. The Academy of Sovereign Studies shall be governed by directors selected by the Gæta uis Korïaneï per Document Nine, Article 3, Clause 2.

Article 8A — Guild Institutes as an Alternate Track

1. A student selected under Article 5 for continuation may, in lieu of enrollment under Article 8 or referral under Article 5, Clause 3, be admitted to a guild-maintained Center of Excellence or research institute recognized by the Gæta uis Korïaneï, upon nomination by the relevant Supreme Council and demonstrated aptitude in the guild's technical domain.
2. Admission under this Article discharges the instructional mandate on the same basis as enrollment under Article 8.
3. A student admitted under this Article remains eligible for later transfer to the Academy of Sovereign Studies or Humanist Institute referral upon petition, subject to the receiving institution's own admission standards.

Article 9 — Certification and the Merit Interface

1. Completion of Łæïra Frumst with certified literacy and demonstrated knowledge of the four sovereign institutions constitutes basic education certification under Document Nine, Article 2, Clause 4.
2. Basic education certification shall be recorded by the Sovereign Bureau and weighed in determinations of merit under Document Six, Article 2.
3. Completion of the Course of the Engaged Subject remains a separate certification, administered subsequent to basic education, required for Bailiwick Assembly franchise per Union law. The two certifications are independent; neither substitutes for the other.

Article 10 — Amendment

1. This Directive may be amended by the Gæta uis Korïaneï with the advice and consent of the Staggusgæta.
2. Amendments touching the instructional mandate itself, rather than its administration, remain subject to the amendment procedures governing Document Nine.

On the Reform of Subject Protections and Institutional Continuity

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Promulgated by the Gæta uis Korïaneï, with the Advice and Consent of the Uvngætz where required, pursuant to Document Two, Article 3, Clause 6

PART I — Office of Subject Advocacy

In furtherance of Article 7, Clause 33 of the Organic Act Establishing the Panoptic Trust

Article 1 — Establishment

1. There is hereby established the Office of Subject Advocacy, subordinate to the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs, to monitor the application of Civic Trust Score determinations and merit classifications to subjects of the Sovereign Confederation.

2. The Office shall be headed by an Advocate, appointed by the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs with the advice and consent of the Gæta uis Korïaneï, for a term of five years, renewable once. The Advocate may be removed before term expiration only for cause — incapacity, dereliction, or malfeasance — stated in writing by the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs, with concurrence of the Gæta uis Korïaneï by simple majority following fourteen days' notice.

Article 2 — Functions

3. The Office shall receive and record subject complaints concerning Civic Trust Score determinations and merit classifications believed to be in error or to have proceeded without the recorded approval of a named human official as required by Article 5, Clauses 25 and 26 of the Organic Act.

4. Complaints implicating the conduct of the Uvnalsz of Internal Affairs, or any determination in which that Uvnalsz was administratively involved, shall be transmitted directly to the Gæta uis Korïaneï rather than processed through the ordinary channel of this Article.

5. The Office shall refer suspected violations of the human-review requirement to the Gæta uis Korïaneï for investigation under that body's existing authority.

6. The Office shall transmit findings to the Sovereign Bureau for the archive, and into the processes of Document Nine, Article 5, and Document Six, Article 2, that such findings may be weighed in determinations of civic duty and merit.

7. The Office shall publish an annual summary of complaints, referrals, and dispositions, redacted only as necessary to protect individual identity.

Article 3 — Limitations

8. The Office has no authority to alter, suspend, or overrule any Trust determination, and creates no obligation upon the Trust, consistent with Article 7, Clause 34 of the Organic Act.

PART II — Constitutional Nullity Petition Channel

Pursuant to the Szodanadtz's authority under Document Two, Article 4, Clause 5

Article 1 — Petition

1. Any subject, Sovereign, or institution asserting that an instrument is void under Document Four, Article 1, Clause 4, may petition the Szodanadtz for a determination of nullity, specifying with particularity the provision contravened and the manner of contravention. Petitions lacking such particulars shall be dismissed without prejudice to renewed filing.

2. The Szodanadtz shall refer petitions to a subordinate court established under Document Two, Article 4, Clause 7, save where the Szodanadtz elects to preside personally. The authority that promulgated the instrument in question shall be afforded thirty days to respond, and a determination shall issue within sixty days thereafter.

3. Where the Szodanadtz promulgated the instrument or holds a material interest in its validity, the petition shall proceed directly to the Gæta uis Korïaneï sitting as a collegiate body, and Clause 2 of this Article shall not apply.

4. Determinations, and denials thereof, shall be recorded in full by the Sovereign Bureau pursuant to Document Seven, Article 9.

Article 2 — Appeal

5. Where the Szodanadtz has presided personally, appeal lies to the Gæta uis Korïaneï sitting as a collegiate body, pursuant to Document Three, Article 3, Clause 4. Where a subordinate court has presided, appeal lies to the Szodanadtz pursuant to Document Three, Article 3, Clause 2.

Article 3 — Limitations

6. This Part creates no ground of nullity beyond Document Four, Article 1, Clause 4, and determines only that Clause's application to the instrument petitioned against. It does not diminish that Clause's self-executing character; an instrument void thereunder is void from inception whether or not a petition is filed.

PART III — Interim Exercise of Uvngætz Functions Pending Union Confirmation

Clarifying Document Two, Article 1, Clauses 5 and 11

Article 1 — Sufficiency of Miþuï Confirmation

1. Confirmation of an appointed Uvngætz by the Miþuï under Document Two, Article 1, Clause 5, is sufficient for the confirmed Uvngætz to assume and exercise the full domestic powers of that office immediately, irrespective of the pendency, delay, or refusal of confirmation as Second Consul under Charter Article VI.3.

Article 2 — Interim Exercise of Union-Level Functions

2. Where Second Consul confirmation is pending, withheld, or delayed beyond forty days of Miþuï confirmation, the most senior Uvnalsz by length of service shall exercise, in the confirmed Uvngætz's stead, only those functions pertaining to representation of the Confederation within Union organs, pursuant to Document Two, Article 1, Clause 11, subject to the same limitations upon Acting Uvngætz authority specified in Document Seven, Article 4, Clause 4, and to the seniority-fallback procedure of Document Five, Article 1, Clause 6 should the most senior Uvnalsz be unavailable. All activities undertaken under this Article shall be reported in the next quarterly report required by Document Seven, Article 7, Clause 2.

3. This interim arrangement terminates automatically upon confirmation as Second Consul, or upon final refusal of confirmation and conclusion of any referral to the Council of Realms under Charter Article VI.3.

Article 3 — No Effect Upon Domestic Authority

4. Nothing in this Part suspends, delays, or conditions the confirmed Uvngætz's exercise of domestic authority during any period addressed by Article 2.

PART IV — Codification of Subject Procedural Protections

Article 1 — Purpose

1. This Part consolidates and extends to subjects generally the procedural protections specified in the Documents of Governance with respect to accused persons and officeholders, that such protections not be understood as limited to those classes alone.

Article 2 — Extension of Protections

2. Any subject party to a proceeding before a court constituted under lawful authority, or subject to an administrative determination materially affecting their status, property, or livelihood, shall be afforded:

a. Written notice of the specific charge, complaint, or basis for determination, citing the law, precedent, or precept relied upon, consistent with Document Seven, Article 3, Clause 3;

b. No less than fourteen days to prepare a response for matters which may result in loss of livelihood, property, or liberty, consistent with Document Seven, Article 3, Clause 5, Item 2;

c. The right to present evidence and call witnesses, subject to denial for compelling reason recorded in writing, consistent with Document Seven, Article 3, Clause 5, Item 3;

d. The right to petition for a different presiding officer or determining official upon demonstration of personal enmity, consistent with Document Seven, Article 3, Clause 5, Item 4;

e. A written statement of disposition and its grounds.

Article 3 — Application

3. These protections apply to proceedings before courts under Document Three, administrative determinations by the Staggusgæta and its Uvnalsz, and Gæta uis Korïaneï directives affecting identified subjects, but not to legislative or policy acts of general application.

Article 4 — Remedy

4. A determination made in material violation of Article 2 is voidable upon petition by the affected subject to the authority next superior to the one that made the determination, or, where no superior authority exists short of the Szodanadtz, under the channel established by Part II of this Directive. A petition under this Article must be filed within sixty days of the determination.

Article 5 — Limitations

5. This Part extends existing procedural protections by implication from the Documents of Governance; it creates no new substantive rights and confers no protection beyond Articles 2 and 4.

PART V — General Provisions

Article 1 — Severability

1. Each Part of this Directive is self-contained and severable. The amendment, rescission, or invalidity of any Part shall not affect the validity or continued operation of any other Part.

Article 2 — Periodic Review

2. This Directive shall be reviewed by the Gæta uis Korïaneï no less frequently than once every ten years, addressing the frequency and disposition of matters arising under each Part, and whether any Part should be proposed for incorporation into the Documents of Governance by ordinary amendment procedure.

Article 3 — Amendment

3. This Directive, or any Part thereof, may be amended or rescinded by further directive of the Gæta uis Korïaneï, with the consent of the Uvngætz where the Part amended or rescinded so requires. A subject who is party to a proceeding commenced under Part IV before its rescission retains the protections of that Part through the proceeding's conclusion.