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In 1679, the Fury repealed the Core Act and replaced them with a Constitution.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 Fury of 1684, elected after riots and protests against Teimuraz's tyranny, will amend several sections of the Constitution and Drakic Code.

A major overall of the constitution and laws happened in 1690-91, during the rise of Draconian supremacy.

The Constitution of Drak-Modan

Amended by the Fury in 1690

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 Bovic Draconian State in Modan.

Article One - Establishment

1. The people of Drak-Modan are represented by this government, the Bovic Draconian State in Modan.
   1. The common name of the state is Drak-Modan.
2. The Bovic Draconian State in Modan is proud of its Shirerithian history. It recognizes Salome as the only Kaiseress of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth and places her equal to the co-monarchs in matters of Protocol.
3. The Reorganized Church of Bous of Modern-Day Saints is the state church of Drak-Modan. All public officials and civil servants must be registered Reorganized Bovics and regular attendees of Herds.

Article Two - The Co-Chancellors

1. The Co-Chancellors are the Heads of Government, head of the executive branch, and head of the legislature.
2. The Co-Chancellors will enforce the will of the People by executing the Laws passed by the Fury.
3. The Co-Chancellors will jointly appoint various ministers to their cabinet to carry out the will of the People and the laws of the Fury.
4. Ministers for domestic affairs, internal security, and justice, must be appointed by the Co-Chancellors. Further officers may be appointed at the Co-Chancellors' discretion.
5. The Co-Chancellors are elected by a majority of the members of the Fury and serves for life, until they resign, or are removed from office.
   1. The Co-Chancellors can resign or be removed independent of each other.
6. In times of emergency, panic, or for expediency, the Co-Chancellors may jointly issue decrees that have the force of law.
   1. Emergency chancellorial-decrees can be overturned by a simply majority of the Fury.

Article Three - The Fury

1. The Fury of Drak-Modan is the legislature of the Bovic Draconian State.
2. The Co-Chancellors may preside over the Fury, or appoint a Speaker.
3. Laws are passed by the Fury by a simple majority of Members present.
4. The Drakic Code is the body of enacted and enforced laws passed by the Fury.
5. The Fury may overturn a chancellorial decree with a three-fourths majority of Members present.
6. 400 Representatives are elected from 400 constituencies drawn around equal populations and with compact borders.
   1. Special constituencies may be created without the equal population requirement around Straight Protection Zones.
7. The Fury will establish its own parliamentary procedures.
8. Elections for the Fury occur every six years.

Article Four - The Co-Monarchs

1. The Co-Monarchs are the Heads of State, grand commanders of the Drak-Modani Defense Force, and heads of the judiciary.
2. The Co-Monarchs derive authority by their legal possession of a Crown, each representing important contributors to Drak-Modani history. Each Crown has separate and distinct inheritance histories, lines of succession, and possible heirs.
   1. The Crown of Draconia is inherited through the Drak & Waffel-Paine line, originating from John Hilding Waffel-Paine and still in his possession.
   2. The Crown of Malarboria is inherited through the Drakland line, originating from Kizzy Drakland, to Nathan II, to Andrea Drakland, and now in the possession of Loki Drakspunk.
3. The Co-Monarchs jointly set foreign and military policy of the State.
   1. The Co-Monarchs appoint a Secretary for foreign affairs, defense, and law to assist them.
4. The Co-Monarchs may summon the Co-Chancellors to form an ad hoc Council of the Tetrarchs.
   1. Decisions of the Council of the Tetrarchs require all four signatures and are added to the Drakic Code as laws for 2 years, after which they expire unless approved by The Fury.

Article Five - The Demesnes

1. Drak-Modan is a unitary State divided into Demesnes. Only an Act of the Fury may divide land into demesnes, create new demesnes, or merge existing demesnes.
2. The Royal Family Council shall govern the demesnes according to the Draconian agenda with an aim to be as humane, understanding, and tolerant as heterosexuals have been to queer folx.
3. The demesnes are: the Duchy of Kizshire, the Duchy of Capeshire, the Duchy of Sehmlshire, and the Kingdom of Draconia.

Article Six - The Superior Court

1. The Co-Monarchs shall preside over the Superior Court of the State, which shall be the court of last appeal, and final interpreter of the constitution and laws of Drak-Modan.
2. The membership of the Superior Court is composed of the Co-Monarchs and the Superior Judge of each subordinate court as established by law.
3. The decisions of the Superior Court are made by a simple majority vote and cannot be overturned except by a later decision of the court.

Chancellorial Decrees

1. To Direct the Benacian Bovic Church to establish Missions to the cowless heathens of Shimmerspring, to offer citizenship to Shimmerspringers who bathe in the milk of our lord Bous, and to authorize final baptism to those who insist on their barbarous faith. (Expired)

Drakic Code

Passed	Type	Title	Status	Summary
1671	Treaty	Raspur Pact Ratification	In force	Drak-Modan asserts its status as an inheritor to full membership in the Raspur Pact. Drak-Modan, nevertheless, in its own right ratifies the Raspur Pact and recommits itself to that alliance.
1671	Law	Drak-Modani Defense Force Act	In force, amended 1690	The military of the State is the Drak-Modani Defense Force and the Co-Monarchs are commanders-in-chief. The Co-Monarchs' appointed Secretary for Defense shall administer the Defense Force and serve as military representative as needed to the Joint Military Commission of the Raspur Pact. Various local militias of the demesnes may, by decree of the Co-Monarchs, be integrated into the Defense Force for temporary periods of time. The Defense Force shall maintain a standing Army, Navy, and Air Force capable of defending the territorial integrity of the State and the State's security. 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, with particular integration required for the Natopian Defense Force.
1671	Law	Subordinate Courts Act	In force, amended 1690	The Subordinate Court of Criminal Law is established with jurisdiction over felonious cases, heinous crimes, when the republic is plaintiff on behalf of victims, and other high crimes. This court shall sit in Lyhigh, it is composed of a Superior Judge and two assistant judges. The Subordinate Court of Civil Law is established with jurisdiction over minor cases, financial crimes, non-violent offenses, and other misdemeanors. This court shall sit in Modan Hamlet, it is composed of a Superior Judge and two assistant judges. The Subordinate Court of Constitutional Law is established with jurisdiction over cases between the republic's agencies, and its citizens, and all other cases outside the jurisdiction of the other subordinate courts. This court shall sit in Kurpla, it is composed of a Superior Judge and two assistant judges. The judges of these subordinate courts are appointed by the Co-Monarchs from a list of 16 candidates provided to them by a national organization of attorneys. After one full year, at the next available election, the judges shall be retained or ousted according to the will of the voters in that demesne.
1671	Law	Order of the Emberbark Act	In force, amended 1690	There shall be an order of honor and merit established within the State to honor and reward those people who serve this State and its people. The name of this order is: The Radiant Order of the Emberbark, and the Co-Monarchs shall be Sovereigns of this order. The Co-Monarchs shall name various members of this order into two grades: Knight or Dame of the Order of the Emberbark (KOE/DOE) Commander of the Order of the Emberbark (COE) Certain individuals shall have automatic membership in this Order ex officio, as follows: The Head of the House of Drak & Waffel-Paine, with the rank of Commander. The Avatar of the House of Waffel-Paine, with the rank of Commander. The Patriarch of the House of Ayreon-Kalirion, with the rank of Commander. The current and past Prophet-Presidents of the Reorganized Church of Bous of Modern-Day Saints, as Knight or Dame. Past Co-Chancellors, as Knight or Dame.

The Symbols of the Republic

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, That:

1. The flag of Drak-Modan shall be a field of black with bands of purple and green at the top and bottom edges, with the emblem of a bull's face.
2. The seal of Drak-Modan shall be green and purple triangles with a bull's head.
3. The motto of the republic is Peace Through Silent Oppression derived from the Lindstromist motto.
4. The anthem of the republic 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 on the Benacian continent.

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, 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,, 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, , 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.

Kingdom of Draconia 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, , That:

1. The island of Nel Modan is separated from the demesne of So-Sara and granted autonomous rights as the Kingdom of Draconia.
2. The Kingdom of Draconia shall administer its own internal affairs and protect the Draconian culture with its autonomy.
3. The King of the Draconians is considered a foreign head of state for protocol and customs while in the rest of the republic.

Dead Man's Switch 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, , That:

1. Should the Republic of Drak-Modan fall into such a severe state of chaos and anarchy that the Micronational Cartography society would be forced to reduce or remove the Republic from its map the following provisions shall occur.
2. If Kaiseress Salome or her heirs are on the Golden Mango Throne, then the Republic's territory shall be immediately ceded to the Imperial Republic of Shireroth.
3. If the House of Ayreon-Kalirion does not sit on the Golden Mango Throne, then the territory of the Republic shall be divided among the Elwynnese Republic, the Federation of Sanama, and the Kingdom of Ransenar.
4. The Kingdom of Draconia shall become a condominium under the joint sovereignty and administration of the Emirate of Sathrati and the Bovic Empire of Natopia.