Laws of Drak-Modan

Laws of Drak-Modan are passed by The Fury, the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Drak-Modan. It was first convened in 1671 following the Declaration of Drakorda that separated Drak-Modan from Shireroth. During its first session it passed a core set of laws that formed the Drak-Modani government. The laws and government of Drak-Modan are purposefully modeled on that of Natopia.

In 1679, the Fury repealed the Core Act and replaced them with a Constitution. The Regular Acts were amended and codified into the Drakic Code to reflect the new republican form of government as well.

The Constitution of the Supreme Bovic Republic of Drak-Modan

We, the learned and common peoples of Drak-Modan, hereby establish and ordain this Constitution so that we may prosper and live in peace, so that we may protect our ideals and dreams, so that we may provide stability for posterity. It is by public opinion that our personal sovereignty is to be entrusted to the government of this Supreme Bovic Republic of Drak-Modan.

Article One - Establishment

1. The people of Drak-Modan are represented by this government, the Supreme Bovic Republic of Drak-Modan.
2. The Supreme Bovic Republic recognizes Kaiseress Salome as the Kaiseress of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth.
3. The Benacian Bovic Church is the official religion of Drak-Modan. All public officials and civil servants must be registered Bovics and regular attendees of Herds.

Article Two - The Executive

1. The Supreme Bovic Republic of Drak-Modan's Head of State and Head of Government shall be the Grand Chancellor. The Grand Chancellor shall have total executive control of the government. The executive shall have total control of foreign affairs. Verbal decrees made by the Grand Chancellor shall have the force of law.
2. The Grand Chancellor shall create a cabinet to aid him in executive matters. This Cabinet will be the Ministry of Natopian Affairs, and a Prime Minister will lead it. The Grand Chancellor and Prime Minister shall decide upon the structure and other positions of this cabinet.
3. The Grand Chancellor will serve for life. At any time the Grand Chancellor may appoint a Natopian citizen of good standing to the office of Vice Chancellor. Upon the evacuation of the Grand Chancellor's office the Vice Chancellor will assume the role and title of Grand Chancellor. While the Grand Chancellor is in office they may delegate any number of powers to the Vice Chancellor.

Article Three - The Legislature

1. The legislative branch will be embodied in the Fury. The Grand Chancellor will appoint a Speaker of the Fury to lead discussion. Fury laws must be passed by a simple majority vote. A three-fourths majority vote is needed for the Fury to overturn a chancellorial decree.
2. The Grand Chancellor has one vote in the Furye and may vote in ties. The Grand Chancellor may not vote when overturning decrees.
3. Fury Members will serve for life. The Demesne Governors appoint Fury Members to represent their Demesnes. The Grand Judge may veto these appointments but a majority vote by the Fury may override the Grand Judge's veto. A Governor may appoint up to 100 citizens to represent their Demesne.
4. The Fury will be responsible for establishing its own parliamentary procedures. Only the Fury may remove a serving Fury Member from their seat with a vote of two-thirds majority.

Article Four - The Judiciary

1. The Grand Judge of All Laws and Rights heads the judicial branch. The Grand Judge is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Grand Chancellor. They may remove the Grand Chancellor from office at any time by using an Imperial Recall.
2. It is the Grand Judge's responsibility to declare laws, decrees, or policies unconstitutional with Judicial Reviews. The Grand Judge may also establish a system of lower courts to process common matters of law.
3. The Grand Judge is appointed by the Grand Chancellor and will serve for life. A vote by the Fury with three-fourths majority may remove the Grand Judge from office.

Article Five - The Demesnes

1. Drak-Modan shall be divided into Demesnes. Only the Grand Chancellor may divide land into Demesnes of the Republic.
2. The Grand Chancellor will appoint an inhabitant of the Demesne to serve as Governor.
3. The Governor shall head the demesne's executive branch. Any verbal command may be made into law that is only enforceable in the Governor's Demesne.
4. The Governor will serve for life. If the Governor were to resign or evacuate their office suddenly, the Grand Chancellor will appoint a permanent replacement.
5. Each demesne shall have an assembly of 100 random citizens to pass laws in support of the Governor's decrees.

Drakic Code

The Demesnes

So be it enacted by the Fury of the Drak-Modani People, assembled here in Drakorda, elected by Our countrymen, with the blessing of Our god Bous, and ruling in the name of Our king, That:

1. There shall be four demesnes of the Bovic Kingdom: Kizshire, Sehmlshire, Capeshire, and So-Sara.
2. The demesnes shall each have an elected representative council, and an elected governor.
3. The councils create local laws and ordinances, and may devolve powers to municipalities.
4. The governor enforces the laws of the demesne and appoints various officials as required.

The Raspur Pact

So be it enacted by the Fury of the Drak-Modani People, assembled here in Drakorda, elected by Our countrymen, with the blessing of Our god Bous, and ruling in the name of Our king, That:

1. The Bovic Kingdom of Drak-Modan asserts its status as an inheritor to full membership in the Raspur Pact.
2. The Bovic Kingdom of Drak-Modan, nevertheless, in its own right ratifies the Raspur Pact and recommits itself to that alliance.

The Defense Force

So be it enacted by the Fury of the Drak-Modani People, assembled here in Drakorda, elected by Our countrymen, with the blessing of Our god Bous, and ruling in the name of Our king, That:

1. The military of the Kingdom is the Drak-Modani Defense Force and the King is Grand Commander.
2. The King's Secretary for Defense shall administer the Defense Force and serve as military representative as needed to the Joint Military Commission of the Raspur Pact.
3. Various local militias of the demesnes may, by decree of the King, be integrated into the Defense Force for temporary periods of time.
4. The Defense Force shall maintain a standing Army, Navy, and Air Force capable of defending the territorial integrity of the kingdom and the kingdom's security.
5. The Defense Force will be organized to allow for the formation of combined armed corps and interoperability with the military units of other Pact allies.

The Subordinate Courts

So be it enacted by the Fury of the Drak-Modani People, assembled here in Drakorda, elected by Our countrymen, with the blessing of Our god Bous, and ruling in the name of Our king, That:

1. The Subordinate Court of Criminal Law is established with jurisdiction over felonious cases, heinous crimes, when the kingdom is plaintiff on behalf of victims, and other high crimes.
1.1 This court shall sit in Lyhigh, it is composed of a Presiding Justice and three Assistant Justices.
2. The Subordinate Court of Civil Law is established with jurisdiction over minor cases, financial crimes, non-violent offenses, and other misdemeanors.
2.1 This court shall sit in Modan Hamlet, it is composed of a Presiding Justice and three Assistant Justices.
3. The Subordinate Court of Constitutional Law is established with jurisdiction over cases between the kingdom's agencies, and its citizens, and all other cases outside the jurisdiction of the other subordinate courts.
3.1 This court shall sit in Kurpla, it is composed of a Presiding Justice and three Assistant Justices.
4. The Justices of these court are appointed by the governor of the demesne in which they sit from a list of 16 candidates provided to him by a commission of 60 attorneys practicing in that demesne.
4.1 After one full year, at the next available election, the justices shall be retained or ousted according to the will of the voters.

The Order of the Emberbark

So be it enacted by the Fury of the Drak-Modani People, assembled here in Drakorda, elected by Our countrymen, with the blessing of Our god Bous, and ruling in the name of Our king, That:

1. There shall be an order of chivalry established within the kingdom to honor and reward those people who serve this Bovic Kingdom and its people.
2. The name of this order is: The Radiant Order of the Emberbark, and the king shall be Sovereign of this order.
3. The King shall name various members of this order, who shall have the title of Knight or Dame of the Emberbark.
4. Certain individuals shall have automatic membership in this Order ex officio, as follows:
4.1 The Avatar of the House of Waffel-Paine.
4.2 The Patriarch of the House of Ayreon-Kalirion.
4.3 The Patriarch of the Benacian Bovic Church.

The Symbols of the Kingdom

So be it enacted by the Fury of the Drak-Modani People, assembled here in Drakorda, elected by Our countrymen, with the blessing of Our god Bous, and ruling in the name of Our king, That:

1. The flag of Drak-Modan shall be the same red and blue flag of the county of Lachmodan.
2. The coat of arms and achievement of Drak-Modan shall be emblazoned: Party per pale Gules and Azure, overall an escutcheon of the arms of Waffel-Paine; for a Crest, upon the royal crown Proper thereon a cow statant Or; for Supporters, two dragons rampant Vert
3. The motto of the kingdom is Lo facciamo nostro derived from the motto of the House of Waffel-Paine.
4. The anthem of the kingdom if the Bovic hymn "The Spirit of Cow Like Butter is Melting."
5. Salome Ayreon-Kalirion, the Kaiseress of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, is a living symbol of unity. We recognize the Kaiseress, and her future heirs, as having primacy in status over the King of Drak-Modan, who shall grant the Kaiseress of Shireroth a yearly tribute.

The Naval Defense Procurement Act, 1674

So be it enacted by the Fury of the Drak-Modani People, assembled here in Drakorda, elected by Our countrymen, with the blessing of Our god Bous, and ruling in the name of Our king, That:

1. The Drak-Modani Defense Force is authorized to order and purchase several naval vessels from the West Bay NDF Shipyards.
2. The Drak-Modani Navy shall have at least one Gustav Lindstrom-class aircraft carrier with a full complement of N-1 fighters, 2 Natopia-class destroyers, 1 Unterdu-class submarine
3. The aircraft carrier will be christened as the Drak-Modani Ship Drak Attack; the destroyers as the DMS Sehml's Revenge and DMS Enforced Peace, and the submarine as DMS Prince John.
4. The Navy shall choose an appropriate hull paint scheme to differentiate Drak-Modani vessels from others.
5. The Navy, along with consultation with the Raspur Pact Benacia Command, shall review the needs for further expansion of the Navy every 3rd year.

The Sanama Treaty and 5 Isles Cessation Act

So be it enacted by the Fury of the Drak-Modani People, assembled here in Drakorda, elected by Our countrymen, with the blessing of Our god Bous, and ruling in the name of Our king, That:

1. The Treaty of Amity and Cooperation between Sanama and Drak-Modan is hereby ratified.
2. The Kingdom commits itself to peaceful interactions and fruitful cooperation with the Democratic Federation of Sanama in all mutual beneficial endeavors.
3. The five So-Saran islands closest to Sanama are hereby separated from the demesne of So-Sara and formally ceded to the Democratic Federation of Sanama.

The Treaty of Mutual Defence between the Raspur Pact and Sanama Act

So be it enacted by the Fury of the Drak-Modani People, assembled here in Drakorda, elected by Our countrymen, with the blessing of Our god Bous, and ruling in the name of Our king, That:

1. The Treaty of Mutual Defence between the Raspur Pact and Sanama is hereby ratified.
2. The Kingdom commits itself to peaceful interactions and fruitful cooperation with the Democratic Federation of Sanama in all mutual beneficial endeavors.