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Crohlin Constitution
The Crohlin People, having discovered new lands and having settled themselves in settlements around the island, undertake to establish a constitution in order to protect rights and freedoms and to create a stable, just government.All persons shall be treated equally under the law. No law shall be enacted that impedes the freedom of expression, peaceable assembly, the right to move around and out of the nation, claim citizenship in a foreign nation, the freedom to bear arms, the freedom to raise and live in a united families or the right to life from conception to natural death. No person shall be held in forced labour or subjected to excessive, cruel or unusual punishment. Persons shall have the right to own property, which may only be seized upon probable cause under a warrant that specifies the location and object of the seizure. Likewise, the established government shall make efforts to protect these aforementioned inalienable rights.
All persons have the right to an impartial, speedy trial in which a fair hearing is given to all parties and in which all parties are made aware of the nature of the accusation and to be confronted with any witnesses. Those accused shall be assumed innocent until proven guilty.
Any child born to parents who are citizens of Crohlia, or on Crohlian territory, shall be considered a citizen of Crohlia. Those who have resided in Crohlia for six years and not committed any major criminal offences shall be considered citizens. Citizenship shall not be removed from any current citizen.
Crohlia shall be considered a unified single nation, comprising of nine counties: Askos, Utrana, Osha, Uston, Guscua, Awhon, Osmyae, Iesnye and Edrein.
All power to pass, amend and repeal law shall be vested in the National Council. Every year, a different county will select nine new councilors to represent its people in the National Council. Voters in Councillor elections can rank the candidates in order of preference. Votes shall initially be counted for each elector's top choice, losing candidates are eliminated, and ballots for losing candidates are redistributed until one candidate is the top remaining choice of a majority of the voters. When the field is reduced to nine, those nine candidates are elected. All citizens above the age of sixteen shall be allowed to vote in and nominate themselves for an election.
The Council shall meet at least once every week. It shall be able pass resolutions for raising revenue
