TO ALL AND SINGULAR to whom these Presents shall come, His Majesty the Grand Prince sends greeting!
WHEREAS the dissolution of Minarboria has necessitated the re-assertion of Treisenberg's independence;
AND WHEREAS in the absence of a reigning executive it is necessary to make provision for governance of those territories;
LET IT THEREFORE BE KNOWN that we, Aurelien the First, Prince of Rhaetia, do hereby decree that the territories consisting of Treisen, Leichenberg, Steeria, Highfield (including Volksburg), Tieya and Nordmark be combined into a new state by the name of the United Principalities of Treisenberg;
AND BY THE AUTHORITY AFORESAID we do further decree that the said United Principalities of Treisenberg be constituted henceforth in accordance withe the Basic Law of the Grand Principality of Treisenberg contained in the First Schedule to this Decree.
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FIRST SCHEDULE: THE BASIC LAW OF THE UNITED PRINCIPALITIES OF TREISENBERG
[spoiler][quote]THE BASIC LAW OF THE UNITED PRINCIPALITIES OF TREISENBERG
Chapter 1: The Nature of the State
Article 1
The official name of this state is the United Principalities of Treisenberg in Low Saxon.
Article 2
The United Principalities of Treisenberg is a sovereign necrarchy in which supreme authority is vested in the Grand Prince, who is styled Grand Prince of Treisenberg, Count of Volksburg in Low Saxon and Grossfürst zu Treisenberg, Graf zu Volksburg in High Saxon .
Article 3
The capital of the state is the city of Alttreisen.
Article 4
Low Saxon (English) and High Saxon (German) are the official languages of the state.
Chapter 2: The Nature of Society
Article 5
Subjects of the necrarch belong to one of three estates:
(i) The Estate of Lichknechts or Leichenknechtenstand;
(ii) The Estate of Lichdwarrow or Leichenzwergenstand;
(ii) The Estate of Cibolan Saxons or Siebenberge Sachsenstand.
Article 5.1
The Estate of Lichknechts comprises the undead soldiers, administrators and priests who serve the necrarch.
Article 5.2
The Estate of Lichdwarrow comprises the undead dwarves who mine beneath the mountains on behalf of the necrarch.
Article 5.3:
The Estate of Cibolan Saxons comprises the living human burghers who inhabit the cities.
Article 6
Beneath the three estates, there exists a servile class of non-sapient necrorobotic and necromechanical constructs known as zombots, or Zomboter in the language of the Cibolan Saxons. Zombots are manufactured from the corpses of the living and are the necrarch’s possessions.
Chapter 3: The Rights of the Living
Article 7
All living human beings are free and equal. No living human being shall be held in slavery or servitude.
Article 8
All living human beings who are of age have the right to marry and establish a family, regardless of race or sexual orientation.
Article 9
All living human beings have the right to freedom of thought and conscience.
Article 10
The necrarch’s living subjects have the right to move and settle freely within the cities of Alttreisen, Eiswig, Moorheim and Volksburg.
Article 11
The necrarch’s living subjects have the right to own property within those cities in which free settlement is permitted. They may not be unjustly or arbitrarily deprived of that property.
Article 12
The necrarch’s living subjects have the right to work.
Article 13
The necrarch’s living subjects have the right to a standard of living adequate for their health and well-being.
Article 14
The necrarch’s living subjects have the right to education.
Article 15
The necrarch’s living subjects are exempt from royal taxation, with the exception of such temporary and extraordinary taxes as may be required in times of national emergency.
Chapter 4: The Obligations of the Dead
Article 16
Within the realm, the dead are the property of the necrarch.
Article 17
The corpse of a human being shall be surrendered to the agents of the necrarch upon death.
Article 17.1
The corpse of a Treisenbergish national shall be retained for posthumous service.
Article 17.2
The corpse of a non-national may be redeemed by the next of kin or appropriate foreign government upon payment of a corpse tax.
Chapter 5: The Undead
Article 18
The only undead permitted within the state are:
(i) undead members of the House of Rossheim;
(ii) undead subjects of the necrarch;
(iii) undead possessions of the necrarch.
Article 18.1
Undead members of the House of Rossheim have all the rights of the necrarch’s living subjects.
Article 18.2
All other undead are subject to the necrarch’s will in all things.
Chapter 6: The Administration of the State
Article 19
The state is organised into four principalities, or Fürstentum:
(i) The Principality of Treisenberg, which has its seat of administration in the city of Alttreisen;
(ii) The Principality of Steeria-Highfield, which has its seat of administration in the city of Steerswick;
(iii) The Principality of Leichenberg, which has its seat of administration in the city of Kronstadt;
(iv) The Principality of Tieya, which has its seat of administration in the city of Hecheng;.
Article 20
Each principality is administered by a Prince, or Fürst in the language of the Cibolan Saxons. The princes are lichknechts appointed by the necrarch.
Article 21
The cities of Alttreisen, Steerswick, Kronstadt and Hecheng each have a civic council or Stadtrat which is freely elected by the living citizens of that city who are of age and good character. The civic council:
(i) is responsible for the welfare of the living inhabitants of the city and the provision and maintenance of those public services and facilities required to support them;
(ii) has the authority to appoint and dismiss living public officials within the city, with the exception of those in the necrarch’s service;
(iii) has the authority to levy such taxes as may be deemed necessary for the provision and maintenance of public services and facilities, subject to the oversight of the local bailiff.
Chapter 7: The Symbols of the State
Article 22
The greater arms of the realm are blazoned as follows: Or an Eagle Displayed Gules, beaked and langued Azure. The whole ensigned by a Grand Ducal Crown and encircled by the Collar of the Order of the Golden Skull and for Supporters, on either side a Horse Argent unguled Or.
Article 23
The flag of the realm is a horizontal tricolour of blue, red and yellow. The width of the flag is three-fifths of its length and the width of each stripe is equal to one third of the width of the flag.
Chapter 8: Amendments to the Basic Law
Article 24
The Basic Law may be changed or amended only by the necrarch in person and in accordance with the procedure established by him.[/quote][/spoiler]
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Given by us at Leichenberg on the Third Day of November in the Year Two Thousand and Fourteen,
AURELIEN I
