User:Reximus55/Sandbox

38 States of America
C. Etzel Pearcy's plan for 38 states works out, changing US internal politics entirely.

Arthurian Empire
The tales about King Arthur prove to be true, and he leads to an empire Britons that leads Western Europe in even greater greatness.

Conquistas de Alejandro Severo
Alexander Severus goes into Persia and conquers the Sassanid Empire instead of failing in wars in Germany.

Finland

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Constitution Act
Proposed by: Reximus55

Text:

The Senate,

Recognizing that any government that aims to aid in the develop of its citzenry must act with regard to the rights and priveleges entitled unto that citizenry,

Asserting that the most responsible way for a nation to operate is within a limited set of functions, or at the very minimum within a set of codified regulations,

Recalling the earlier, and succint collection of rules by which this government has operated in the past,

Reminding the Senate and greater community that only three nationstates (being Israel, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom) lack a codified constitution,

Declares that the following text shall be adopted as the legal and binding Constitution of the Government Simulation of Althistory Wikia.

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Article 1 - The Constitution

 * 1) All conditions stated in this text are to be effective and accepted a period two (2) weeks following the official introduction of this legislation unto the Senate.
 * 2) This text shall be called the Constitution of the Government Simulation of Althistory Wikia.
 * 3) This text shall be the inviolable covenant upon which all future operations within the Government Simulation shall draw authority.
 * 4) The Constitution, as proposed, shall have Seven (7) Principles, of which six (6) shall be Articles and one (1) shall be the Preamble.
 * 5) Each numerical division within an Article shall be referred to as a section, and when citing from this section, the proper format shall be: Article , Section . Should a section have a further numerical division, then this shall be referred to as a sub-section, and when citing from this section, the proper format shall be: Article , Section , Sub-Section .
 * 6) The Constitution shall replace any and all parts of previously passed legislation that contradicts with the text of the Constitution. The Constitution shall similarly take precedence over any and all legislation to be passed by the Government Simulation.
 * 7) Upon passage of this text, the Constitution shall be given its own page, under the namespace: User:Mscoree/Constitution (Government Simulation).

Article 2 - The President

 * 1) The President is to be the Head of State of the Government Simulation.
 * 2) As such, the President will have the responsibility of representing the interests of the Government Simulation to the TSPTF, notably the Brass and Lieutenancy.
 * 3) The President shall have the authority to oversee any and all events that transpire in the Senate and shall have the duty to report upon these actions at the end of each term in the form of a written address.
 * 4) The President shall be elected by the following method:
 * 5) At the start of a term of the new President, the Senate shall set a schedule which determines the start date of nominations, a one week period of nominations, a final date of nominations, at least one but up to two days for debate, a date of election to follow the final date of debate imediately, and a date for the Inauguration of the President-elect to take place no more than one week after the end of the Presidential Election.
 * 6) Any user of the wiki, regardless of Edit Count or Experience, can be nominated during the week-long nomination period by either: a recognized political party that holds at least one seat in the Senate, or three users with a cumulative Edit Count of 1000 edits OR a cumulative total of 1 year on the wiki.
 * 7) All duly nominated Presidential Candidates must then nominate an individual as the corresponding Vice Presidential candidate.
 * 8) All duly nominated Presidential Candidates shall then arrange a time on the date(s) set for debate, at which point they shall meet on Chat and answer questions from the present audience in a manner that is to be specified by the Senate.
 * 9) The day following the last Debate, a page shall be made with the name: User:Mscoree/ Election, . This page shall list all duly nominated Presidential Candidates as well as their chosen Vice Presidential candidates. Additionally, any and all endorsements or nominations from recognized political parties shall be included alongside the names of the Presidential Candidates.
 * 10) All members of the wiki who have been members for over 2 days will then post in response to the blog "". Voting shall last exactly 24 hours; any votes cast before this period shall not be counted and any votes cast after this period shall not be counted. The page is to be locked after voting closes.
 * 11) The day following the Election Day, a page shall be made with the name: User:Mscoree/ Election, . The page shall indicate the total votes for each Presidential/Vice Presidential ticket.
 * 12) The President-elect and Vice President-elect shall then be inaugurated at some point during the next week on a date that was selected by the Senate. Should the President-elect be unable to take the oath, the Vice President-elect shall be sworn in as Acting President unitl the President can be inaugurated as soon as possible.
 * 13) The role of the President will also serve to act as a judge and interpreter of the Constitution. To this ends, the President shall ensure that any and all legislation being considered by the Senate shall be in accordance to the Constitution. If legislation is not keeping with this Constitution, the President shall have the impetus to suggest changes to the legislation in the Senate.
 * 14) The President may not be a member of the Senate, nor may he be nominated by his Party to be a member of the Senate. Additionally, the President may not be allowed to be nominated or elected as the Prime Minister.
 * 15) An incumbent President may seek only one re-election, after which he must stand down for at least one other election cycle before being eligible to seek the Presidency again.
 * 16) When a President is removed from office, dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to discharge the powers of the presidency, the Vice President will immediately become President.
 * 17) When the President transmits a written declaration to the Prime Minister, stating that he is unable to all powers and duties of the Presidency, and until the President sends another written declaration to the Prime Minister declaring himself able to resume all powers and duties, the Vice President serves as Acting President.
 * 18) The Vice President is allowed, together with a majority of the Senate and with the assent of the Prime Minister, to declare the President disabled by submitting a written declaration to the Prime Minister. The Vice President would then become Acting President.
 * 19) If the President then submits to the Prime Minister a written declaration stating that he may resume all duties and powers of the Presidency, then he should resume all duties and the Acting President shall return to his post of Vice President.
 * 20) Should the Vice President, and the majority of the Senate with the assent of the Prime Minister, continue to find that the President is incapable of performing all duties and powers of the Presidency, then the Vice President may suggest impeachment to the Senate.
 * 21) Impeachment shall begin as a proposal to the Senate by either the Vice President or by the Prime Minister. After the proposal is introduced to the Senate, the Senate must then assemble within 48 hours, if not already in session. Within 21 days of assembling or of the proposal of impeachement (whichever is later), a two-thirds vote of the Senate shall suffice to impeach the President from his office, at which time the Vice President is to become the President for the remainder of the term.
 * 22) ​The text of the impeachment proposal shall read: "Due to apparent inability of the President to execute all duties and obligations of the Presidency, as demonstrated in the following instances: , it is the findings of this Senate that the President shall be removed from office effective imediately following the passage of this document of impeachment."
 * 23) Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of Vice President, the President shall be allowed to nominate a successor who becomes Vice President if confirmed by a majority vote of the Senate.

Article 3 - The Senate

 * 1) The Senate shall be the Legislative Branch of the Government Simulation.
 * 2) As such, the Senate shall have the ability to legislate in any way, shape, or form so long as it does not conflict with the Constitution, which is to be the ultimate law of the Simulation.
 * 3) All actions taken by the Senate must be in keeping with Wikia's Terms of Use, Althistory Wikia's Conventions, and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
 * 4) All proposals shall be located here: User:Mscoree/Government Simulation#Proposals. They shall follow this format:
 * 5) The short name of the Act, which shall be used as the fourth-level heading under the Proposals section.
 * 6) The long name of the Act, which shall be indicated by a line that begins with the bold-faced text, "Long Name:" and then concludes with the full and long name of the act.
 * 7) The proposer of the Act, which shall be indicated by a line that begins with the bold-faced text, "Proposed by:" and then concludes with the full name of the proposer, linked to his User Page, and to be followed with the post-nominals MS (for Member of the Senate), PM (for Prime Minister), VP (for Vice President) or LO (Leader of the Opposition).
 * 8) The text of the Act, which shall be indicated by a line that begins with the bold-faced text, "Text:" and then concludes with the full text of the act, to begin with introductory and preambulary clauses and followed by numbered Articles (if applicable), listed and numbered Sections, and listed and numbered Sub-sections (if applicable).

Article 6 - The Amendments
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