Government

Amadeus Republic Government
The Amadeus Republic government, as mandated by Article 002 of the Book of Law, has four branches; the Senatorial branch, the Council of Prime Ministers, the Economic/Trade branch, and the Judicial branch, which are presided over by a Presidential Committee, of which one member of each branch (except the Economic/Trade branch)  is elected to by each branch internally.

No member of any branch of the government is paid for office, office expenses are paid by need, and all are barred from accepting any external monetary gain or gifts during their term in office.

Senate of the Republic
The Amadeus Republic 's senate is comprised of elected representatives by majority vote of the population of their home world in the Amadeus territory, whether controlled or not, and represents the voice of the people through local officials.

Each world of the Amadeus Republic is allowed one Senator plus one for every quarter-billion people in its world’s population. Sovereign worlds are allowed a single Senator with full Senatorial powers to represent their own world.

There are currently 791 Senators making up this body, of which only 3 represent worlds not part of the Amadeus Republic and one of which is elected as President of the Senate.

Senatorial Duties
Propose new amendments to articles in the Book of Law by majority vote that will be handed off to the Judicial Branch. Propose local statutes that lie outside of the jurisdiction of the Book of Law by majority vote are handed off to the Council of Prime Ministers.

For sovereign governments, statutes are handled by local officials rather than by the Council of Prime Ministers.

In general, statutes are laws that apply only to a single world, Laws are applied universally.

Senatorial Election
Senators are elected for terms of 4 Standard Years, can only be elected into the Senatorial branch once in there lifetime, and can be voted out of office by a two thirds majority vote of the Senate.

Voted out members of the Senate are barred from running for any office in the future. Only 2 Senators are allowed to be voted out in any period of 100 Standard Days.

Council of Prime Ministers
The Amadeus Republic 's Council of Prime Ministers is comprised of ambassadors that represent the local political head of each one of Amadeus Republic  's land holdings, and are placed in office by the recommendation of a the local holdings Prime Minister, and remain in office at the discretion of the Prime Minister.

There are currently 41 members of this branch, one of which is elected as President of the Council.

Council of Prime Ministers Duties
Determine if statutes handed to them by the Senate are legal and enforceable and rewrite all or portions of the statute to remove legal conflictions with the Book of Law or current statutes, or reject the statute outright. A rewritten statute is then handed back to the Senate to be approved and then resubmitted, or to reject the rewritten statute outright. If the statute is legal and enforceable and it passes a majority vote of the Council, it is approved and handed to the Presidential Committee to be signed.

Economic / Trade Branch
This branch of the government is in charge of any matters that pertain to economics; trade, monetary systems, interest rates, commodity values, and the Amadeus Republic 's overall budget. And is made up of one representative from each Amadeus Republic land holding, and is placed in office by the head of a lands holding local chamber of commerce for a period of one Amadeus year (920 Standard Days). There are currently 41 members to this branch.

Economic / Trade Branch Duties
Oversee the general health and balance of trade throughout the Republic, adjust interest rates due to inflation/deflation, approve questionable business dealings and mergers, negotiate trade disputes, produce currency, adjust values of commodities, oversee the stability of the stock market, make recommendations to the Senate about new economic laws and statutes, etc…

All decisions made by this branch must be ratified by Senate majority vote and signed by the Presidential Committee. Decisions handed down from this branch and approved are generally applied to and enforced by the Baliss Interstellar Commerce Trade Organization (BICOTO).

Judicial Branch
This branch of government oversees, interprets, enforces, and is the only body of government that can make changes to the Book of Law, and is made up of elected officials.

Judicial Branch Election
Each world of the Amadeus Republic is allowed one judicial representative plus one for every quarter-billion people in its world’s population. There are currently 788 Judges making up this body, one of which is elected as President of the Judiciary. Judges serve for life, but can be removed by two thirds majority vote of the Senate. Only 10 Judges are allowed to be voted out in any period of 100 Standard Days.

Judicial Branch Duties
Determine if Laws handed to them by the Senate are legal and enforceable and rewrite all or portions of the Law to remove legal conflictions with the Book of Law or current statutes, or reject it outright. A rewritten Law is then handed back to the Senate to be approved and then resubmitted, or to reject the rewritten Law outright. If the statute is legal and enforceable and it passes a majority vote of the Judiciary, it is approved and handed to the Presidential Committee to be signed.

The eight senior judges (time in office + age in Standard Days) of the Judiciary also act as officials of the Book of Law and have veto power (by unanimous vote only) over any decision, statute, or Law approved by any branch of the government.

The Judicial branch is also in charge of appointing local magistrates. A world’s representative Judge will appoint all local magistrates for that world in numbers necessary by local need. Local magistrates also

Presidential Committee
The Presidential Committee is made up of the President of the Senate, the President of the Council of Prime Ministers, and the President of the Judiciary. Once elected to the post, a Presidential Committee member can serve for life, but can be voted out of office by a unanimous vote of the Senate.

Presidential Committee Duties
To sign into law any statutes or Laws passed through to their office by unanimous decision or to reject them outright. Act as heads of the military. Create governmental departments by approval of the senate.

Diplomatic Immunity
An implied but limited status of diplomatic immunity is granted to all members of government. This gives any members of government immunity from local laws when those laws conflict with those of the planet of their seat.

In all cases, when visiting or residing on planet Amadeus or planet Baliss, all laws will be considered valid and followed by government members unless found in direct confliction with a members home world, in which case the final determination of whether a law applies to a member, or not, is decided by a vote of the Presidential Committee.

Court System
Throughout the regulated worlds of the Amadeus Republic, trials are overseen by local magistrates. A suspect is tried by a 9 man jury from a pool of authorized legal officiates and is represented by a legal council that is either assigned by the local magistrate or hired by the defendant, and the whole trial is overseen by a single presiding magistrate.

Innocence or guilt is determined by a majority vote of the 9 officiates after due representation by the defendants legal council and questioning by the 9 officiates and legal council of any witnesses allowed by the magistrate.

The penalty for murder  is always execution, and usually by whatever execution method is traditional or mandated by local law. The penalty for manslaughter or negligent homicide varies greatly from world to world.

Prison System
Individuals convicted of minor crimes are held in local detention centers for the period of their prison term, and upon their release are required to remain in the district of their conviction until reparations to the victim and/or government are repaid, and will also have a temporary loss of citizenship for a period of 5 years per conviction.

Individuals of a dangerous nature may be exported to the Rudderbin Prison for the period of their prison term, and will have a temporary loss their citizenship for a period of 20 years per conviction, or if they cannot be rehabilitated, are generally put to death. Prisoners must also work in prison workshops and work camps to earn CR to pay reparations to their victims and/or government for their crime. Prisoners given a death penalty, have 20 Standard Days to appeal the sentence. If no appeal is accepted by the magistrate, the prisoner will usually be executed within 45 Standard Days of the conviction. Only 1 out of 5144 appeals is accepted generally. All losses of citizen status due to criminal conviction are cumulative, begin counting down upon moment of release, and can be reduced for good behavior by decree of local magistrate. BUT citizenship can not and will not be returned to the individual until ALL reparations have been repaid in full.

Criminal Reparations
As per Article 166, which deals and details treatment of prisoners and terms of release of criminal liability, it is the legal right of the victim and state to collect reparations for real value loss due to damages caused by a criminal act.

Reparations ONLY represent real and measurable losses; damage caused during the commission of the crime, value of damaged property, loss of business revenue due to the criminal act, and the appraised value of missing property after the commission of a crime. The value of any and all law enforcement and/or military resources to investigate, bring to trial, convict and to house during incarceration are absorbed by the government. Any citizen who has had their citizen status revoked, must by Article 166 pay ALL reparations before having ANY citizenship status returned, regardless of extent of revocation, nature of original crime or amount of reparation.