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We the people of Northsea do hereby establish this Constitution.
Name of the State
Art. I
The official name of the state shall be the Federation Of Northsea, known commonly as Northsea.
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🔒 common name
Art. II
This Constitution may be amended only by a supermajority vote of
greater than two thirds of all seats of the National Assembly
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No amendment shall take effect within 2 years of any previous amendment, nor may any amendment be proposed while another remains under debate.✏️
The constitution was last changed on the 4th of October 2024 (2 months ago).
Amendments need 60% of all seats in the National Assembly
66.6% of all seats
60% of all seats
Amendments must be at least 3 years apart
2 years
3 years
Suffrage
Art. IV
Northsea does not have a monarchy.
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Art. V
The Supreme Court of Northsea shall be the final arbiter of the law of Northsea. Any party may appeal to it on the ground that a law in force is unconstitutional, that a cabinet member or the holder of an elected office is acting illegally, or that a constitutional amendment is invalid. The Court shall hear the parties of Northsea, and its justices shall rule by majority. Its rulings take direct effect and are not subject to appeal.
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Art. VI
The National Assembly🔒 shall comprise 100 seats (300 from the next election), directly elected by the people every 24 months. The National Assembly shall be the confidence chamber, responsible for the formation and dissolution of government.✏️
The National Assembly shall be responsible for: No powers currently assigned — drag a power here to assign it.
The National Assembly is elected every 36 months (currently 24)
every 24 months
every 36 months
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Art. VII
The Prime Minister shall be chosen by a majority vote of the National Assembly.
This office holder shall be the Head of Government.
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The Prime Minister is renamed the President
Prime Minister — Head of government, leads the cabinet and sets the policy agenda
President — Head of government, leads the cabinet and sets the policy agenda
Art. VIII
The Chancellor of the Exchequer shall be chosen by a majority vote of the National Assembly.
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Art. IX
The Home Secretary shall be chosen by a majority vote of the National Assembly.
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Art. X
The Foreign Secretary shall be chosen by a majority vote of the National Assembly.
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The Foreign Secretary shall be responsible for: No powers currently assigned — drag a power here to assign it.
Abolish the Foreign Secretary
Foreign Secretary
The office is abolished.
Art. XI
The Secretary of State for Defence shall be chosen by a majority vote of the National Assembly.
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Art. XII
The Minister of Justice shall be chosen by a majority vote of the National Assembly.
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Art. XIII
The The Minister of Health and Education shall be chosen by a majority vote of the National Assembly.
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Art. XIV
The following powers shall be reserved for independent officials, administered by permanent non-partisan civil servants:All powers shall be assigned to cabinet members and none shall be held by civil servants.
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Art. XV
This amendment provides for the establishment and perpetual maintenance of a federal republic in which sovereignty is shared between the national government and the constituent states, provinces, or other lawful subdivisions thereof. The national government shall exercise only those powers granted to it by this Constitution, while all remaining powers shall be reserved to the constituent governments and the people. The government of the nation and every constituent government shall be republican in form, deriving all lawful authority from the consent of the governed through free and democratic elections. No state, province, territory, or other constituent government shall be deprived of equal standing within the federation except as provided by this Constitution. The territorial integrity and unity of the federation shall be preserved, and no constituent government may secede, dissolve, or withdraw from the federation except through a constitutional process approved by the national government and the people. The federal government shall guarantee to every constituent government protection against invasion, insurrection, unlawful overthrow, and any attempt to replace republican government with dictatorship, monarchy, or any form of government not based upon the consent of the governed. All disputes concerning the division of powers between the federal government and the constituent governments shall be resolved according to this Constitution and the rule of law.
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Art. XVI
§1 Northsea is a sovereign, democratic, constitutional republic founded on popular sovereignty, rule of law, federal continuity, territorial integrity, security, liberty and general welfare. All public authority derives from and operates under this Constitution.
§2 English is the official language of the Federation and governs Federal Government, National Assembly, courts and public-authority acts, proceedings and communications as prescribed by law. Lawful private use of other languages shall not be prohibited solely for that reason. The Northsea Flag and national anthem, “Our Northern Shores,” are official symbols protected by law.
§3 Citizens comprise persons holding Northsea citizenship upon adoption of this Amendment and their lawful descendants; subsequent acquisition, including by non-descendants, is regulated by law. Citizens enjoy constitutional and equal legal protection. No person may be deprived of life, liberty, property or legal protection except by law and due process.
Fundamental rights include expression, conscience, religion, peaceful assembly and association, free democratic elections, movement and residence, fair and impartial hearing, private and family life, and lawful property.
The exercise of political expression, assembly, association and organised political activity may be regulated, conditioned, temporarily restricted or suspended by law where the competent public authority determines such measures are necessary to protect public order, national security, constitutional stability, continuity of government, the effective functioning of public institutions, or the rights and safety of others.
Restrictions under this section need not depend upon proof of criminal conduct or imminent violence, provided they are authorised by law and directed toward a legitimate constitutional purpose.
§4 Within their constitutional competences, the Federal Government and National Assembly shall safeguard independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, constitutional order and security, including protection against foreign aggression, invasion, armed insurrection and unlawful overthrow. Public authorities shall, subject to law and available resources, maintain essential goods and services, energy, healthcare, infrastructure, economic activity, and lawful circulation of persons and goods.
§5 Federal finances shall follow legality, responsibility, sustainability and fiscal balance. Expenditure shall ordinarily balance revenue; temporary deviation requires legal authorisation, public necessity and measures restoring balance within a reasonable period.
All public authority is subject to the Constitution and law. Government members, elected representatives and public officers are accountable for entrusted powers and answerable under law; no office exempts anyone from constitutional review, judicial accountability or ordinary law.
§6 The Constitution is one coherent, continuous order. Amendments must be interpreted consistently with provisions remaining in force and expressly identify provisions repealed, replaced or modified. No implicit repeal or diminution of guarantees is presumed. All federal organs shall preserve constitutional continuity, authority and supremacy.
§7 No amendment is valid if, without lawful constitutional replacement under Article II, it abolishes the Federation, dissolves its constitutional order, destroys territorial integrity, establishes non-republican/non-democratic government, or removes essential rule-of-law and fundamental-rights guarantees. The constitutional order must preserve the Federation’s existence and continuity, public security, lawful authority, and territorial, institutional and economic integrity.
§8 Northsea shall pursue an equidistant, independent foreign policy based on national independence, strategic autonomy, sovereign equality, non-interference and peaceful dispute settlement, maintaining balanced relations with all principal powers. It shall not subordinate vital interests or defence policy to any foreign power or permanent military alliance and shall retain full diplomatic and strategic freedom. Any nuclear deterrent shall remain under exclusive national control and solely under the authority of the President of Northsea, never foreign command or control. ✏️
§2 English is the official language of the Federation and governs Federal Government, National Assembly, courts and public-authority acts, proceedings and communications as prescribed by law. Lawful private use of other languages shall not be prohibited solely for that reason. The Northsea Flag and national anthem, “Our Northern Shores,” are official symbols protected by law.
§3 Citizens comprise persons holding Northsea citizenship upon adoption of this Amendment and their lawful descendants; subsequent acquisition, including by non-descendants, is regulated by law. Citizens enjoy constitutional and equal legal protection. No person may be deprived of life, liberty, property or legal protection except by law and due process.
Fundamental rights include expression, conscience, religion, peaceful assembly and association, free democratic elections, movement and residence, fair and impartial hearing, private and family life, and lawful property.
The exercise of political expression, assembly, association and organised political activity may be regulated, conditioned, temporarily restricted or suspended by law where the competent public authority determines such measures are necessary to protect public order, national security, constitutional stability, continuity of government, the effective functioning of public institutions, or the rights and safety of others.
Restrictions under this section need not depend upon proof of criminal conduct or imminent violence, provided they are authorised by law and directed toward a legitimate constitutional purpose.
§4 Within their constitutional competences, the Federal Government and National Assembly shall safeguard independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, constitutional order and security, including protection against foreign aggression, invasion, armed insurrection and unlawful overthrow. Public authorities shall, subject to law and available resources, maintain essential goods and services, energy, healthcare, infrastructure, economic activity, and lawful circulation of persons and goods.
§5 Federal finances shall follow legality, responsibility, sustainability and fiscal balance. Expenditure shall ordinarily balance revenue; temporary deviation requires legal authorisation, public necessity and measures restoring balance within a reasonable period.
All public authority is subject to the Constitution and law. Government members, elected representatives and public officers are accountable for entrusted powers and answerable under law; no office exempts anyone from constitutional review, judicial accountability or ordinary law.
§6 The Constitution is one coherent, continuous order. Amendments must be interpreted consistently with provisions remaining in force and expressly identify provisions repealed, replaced or modified. No implicit repeal or diminution of guarantees is presumed. All federal organs shall preserve constitutional continuity, authority and supremacy.
§7 No amendment is valid if, without lawful constitutional replacement under Article II, it abolishes the Federation, dissolves its constitutional order, destroys territorial integrity, establishes non-republican/non-democratic government, or removes essential rule-of-law and fundamental-rights guarantees. The constitutional order must preserve the Federation’s existence and continuity, public security, lawful authority, and territorial, institutional and economic integrity.
§8 Northsea shall pursue an equidistant, independent foreign policy based on national independence, strategic autonomy, sovereign equality, non-interference and peaceful dispute settlement, maintaining balanced relations with all principal powers. It shall not subordinate vital interests or defence policy to any foreign power or permanent military alliance and shall retain full diplomatic and strategic freedom. Any nuclear deterrent shall remain under exclusive national control and solely under the authority of the President of Northsea, never foreign command or control. ✏️
Repeal the amendment “§1 Northsea is a sovereign, democratic, constitutional republic founded on po…”
§1 Northsea is a sovereign, democratic, constitutional republic founded on popular sovereignty, rule of law, federal continuity, territorial integrity, security, liberty and general welfare. All public authority derives from and operates under this Constitution.
§2 English is the official language of the Federation and governs Federal Government, National Assembly, courts and public-authority acts, proceedings and communications as prescribed by law. Lawful private use of other languages shall not be prohibited solely for that reason. The Northsea Flag and national anthem, “Our Northern Shores,” are official symbols protected by law.
§3 Citizens comprise persons holding Northsea citizenship upon adoption of this Amendment and their lawful descendants; subsequent acquisition, including by non-descendants, is regulated by law. Citizens enjoy constitutional and equal legal protection. No person may be deprived of life, liberty, property or legal protection except by law and due process.
Fundamental rights include expression, conscience, religion, peaceful assembly and association, free democratic elections, movement and residence, fair and impartial hearing, private and family life, and lawful property.
The exercise of political expression, assembly, association and organised political activity may be regulated, conditioned, temporarily restricted or suspended by law where the competent public authority determines such measures are necessary to protect public order, national security, constitutional stability, continuity of government, the effective functioning of public institutions, or the rights and safety of others.
Restrictions under this section need not depend upon proof of criminal conduct or imminent violence, provided they are authorised by law and directed toward a legitimate constitutional purpose.
§4 Within their constitutional competences, the Federal Government and National Assembly shall safeguard independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, constitutional order and security, including protection against foreign aggression, invasion, armed insurrection and unlawful overthrow. Public authorities shall, subject to law and available resources, maintain essential goods and services, energy, healthcare, infrastructure, economic activity, and lawful circulation of persons and goods.
§5 Federal finances shall follow legality, responsibility, sustainability and fiscal balance. Expenditure shall ordinarily balance revenue; temporary deviation requires legal authorisation, public necessity and measures restoring balance within a reasonable period.
All public authority is subject to the Constitution and law. Government members, elected representatives and public officers are accountable for entrusted powers and answerable under law; no office exempts anyone from constitutional review, judicial accountability or ordinary law.
§6 The Constitution is one coherent, continuous order. Amendments must be interpreted consistently with provisions remaining in force and expressly identify provisions repealed, replaced or modified. No implicit repeal or diminution of guarantees is presumed. All federal organs shall preserve constitutional continuity, authority and supremacy.
§7 No amendment is valid if, without lawful constitutional replacement under Article II, it abolishes the Federation, dissolves its constitutional order, destroys territorial integrity, establishes non-republican/non-democratic government, or removes essential rule-of-law and fundamental-rights guarantees. The constitutional order must preserve the Federation’s existence and continuity, public security, lawful authority, and territorial, institutional and economic integrity.
§8 Northsea shall pursue an equidistant, independent foreign policy based on national independence, strategic autonomy, sovereign equality, non-interference and peaceful dispute settlement, maintaining balanced relations with all principal powers. It shall not subordinate vital interests or defence policy to any foreign power or permanent military alliance and shall retain full diplomatic and strategic freedom. Any nuclear deterrent shall remain under exclusive national control and solely under the authority of the President of Northsea, never foreign command or control.
Art. XVII
Political Organisations and Public Authority
All public authority is subject to the Constitution and law. Government members, elected representatives and public officers are accountable for entrusted powers and answerable under law; no office exempts anyone from constitutional review, judicial accountability or ordinary law.
Political organisations are subject to regulation by law in the interests of constitutional stability, public order, national security and the effective functioning of democratic institutions.
Where the Government, or another authority designated by law, determines that the activities of a political organisation materially threaten public order, constitutional stability, institutional continuity, national security, or the effective functioning of public institutions, it may impose temporary restrictions on that organisation’s public activities, including rallies, demonstrations, public campaigning, access to public venues and other organised political events.
Such restrictions may be imposed without proof that the organisation has committed a criminal offence, provided the Government states the constitutional or public-order grounds relied upon.
Long-term prohibition, dissolution, or exclusion from participation in public authority shall remain subject to Article IV judicial determination and due process. Temporary restrictions on public activities shall be subject to judicial review after imposition, as prescribed by law.
Organisations pursuing violent overthrow, abolition of the democratic or republican Federation, or systematic destruction of constitutional fundamental rights may, by law, be dissolved, barred from public activities or excluded from participation in public authority. ✏️
All public authority is subject to the Constitution and law. Government members, elected representatives and public officers are accountable for entrusted powers and answerable under law; no office exempts anyone from constitutional review, judicial accountability or ordinary law.
Political organisations are subject to regulation by law in the interests of constitutional stability, public order, national security and the effective functioning of democratic institutions.
Where the Government, or another authority designated by law, determines that the activities of a political organisation materially threaten public order, constitutional stability, institutional continuity, national security, or the effective functioning of public institutions, it may impose temporary restrictions on that organisation’s public activities, including rallies, demonstrations, public campaigning, access to public venues and other organised political events.
Such restrictions may be imposed without proof that the organisation has committed a criminal offence, provided the Government states the constitutional or public-order grounds relied upon.
Long-term prohibition, dissolution, or exclusion from participation in public authority shall remain subject to Article IV judicial determination and due process. Temporary restrictions on public activities shall be subject to judicial review after imposition, as prescribed by law.
Organisations pursuing violent overthrow, abolition of the democratic or republican Federation, or systematic destruction of constitutional fundamental rights may, by law, be dissolved, barred from public activities or excluded from participation in public authority. ✏️
Repeal the amendment “Political Organisations and Public Authority
All public authority is subject…”
Political Organisations and Public Authority
All public authority is subject to the Constitution and law. Government members, elected representatives and public officers are accountable for entrusted powers and answerable under law; no office exempts anyone from constitutional review, judicial accountability or ordinary law.
Political organisations are subject to regulation by law in the interests of constitutional stability, public order, national security and the effective functioning of democratic institutions.
Where the Government, or another authority designated by law, determines that the activities of a political organisation materially threaten public order, constitutional stability, institutional continuity, national security, or the effective functioning of public institutions, it may impose temporary restrictions on that organisation’s public activities, including rallies, demonstrations, public campaigning, access to public venues and other organised political events.
Such restrictions may be imposed without proof that the organisation has committed a criminal offence, provided the Government states the constitutional or public-order grounds relied upon.
Long-term prohibition, dissolution, or exclusion from participation in public authority shall remain subject to Article IV judicial determination and due process. Temporary restrictions on public activities shall be subject to judicial review after imposition, as prescribed by law.
Organisations pursuing violent overthrow, abolition of the democratic or republican Federation, or systematic destruction of constitutional fundamental rights may, by law, be dissolved, barred from public activities or excluded from participation in public authority.
Proposed new amendments
Add an amendment: “Northsea is a sovereign, democratic, constitutional republic founded on popul…”
Northsea is a sovereign, democratic, constitutional republic founded on popular sovereignty, the rule of law, federal continuity, territorial integrity, security, liberty and the general welfare. All public authority derives from and shall be exercised under this Constitution. The Constitution is the supreme law of the Federation, and no law, act, treaty or public authority shall have legal effect to the extent that it conflicts with it. No amendment may abolish the Federation, its republican and democratic character, territorial integrity, constitutional continuity, or the essential guarantees of the rule of law and fundamental rights.
Add an amendment: “All public authority is subject to the Constitution and law. Government membe…”
All public authority is subject to the Constitution and law. Government members, elected representatives and public officers are accountable for the powers entrusted to them and subject to judicial and constitutional review. Political organisations may be regulated by law to protect constitutional stability, public order, national security and the functioning of democratic institutions. Temporary restrictions may be imposed where necessary for those purposes and shall be subject to judicial review. Organisations pursuing the violent overthrow of the Federation, abolition of its democratic or republican order, or systematic destruction of fundamental rights may, by law and judicial determination, be dissolved or excluded from public authority.
Add an amendment: “Cabinet shall exercise executive authority only within the powers granted by …”
Cabinet shall exercise executive authority only within the powers granted by this Constitution and law. The Cabinet shall be responsible for the lawful and continuous administration of the Federation and shall ensure, subject to law and available resources, the maintenance of essential infrastructure, public services, energy, healthcare and communications. Public officers shall exercise their functions impartially and shall remain accountable for the use of public authority.
Add an amendment: “Federal finances shall be governed by legality, transparency, fiscal responsi…”
Federal finances shall be governed by legality, transparency, fiscal responsibility and sustainability. Expenditure shall ordinarily be balanced by revenue. A temporary deficit may be authorised only for strategic infrastructure, major projects or exceptional global decisions showing a national interest and shall not exceed three percent of annual Federal revenue. Such deficit shall be temporary and accompanied by measures to restore fiscal balance within a reasonable period. The Cabinet shall prepare and execute the Federal budget in accordance with law.
Add an amendment: “Northsea shall pursue an independent and equidistant foreign policy based on …”
Northsea shall pursue an independent and equidistant foreign policy based on national independence, strategic autonomy, sovereign equality, non-interference and peaceful dispute settlement. The competent person may conclude open or closed international treaties, including treaties that lock specified laws or establish embargoes against foreign states. A treaty may lock a law for as long as the treaty remains in force, but any locked law that becomes incompatible with a subsequent constitutional amendment shall become unlawful and cease to have domestic effect. Northsea may impose an embargo independently where required by vital national interests, but shall not participate in or conclude a treaty that establishes a joint or collective embargo against the same state by multiple embargoing parties. All treaties remain subordinate to this Constitution.
Add an amendment: “Northsea shall maintain the capabilities necessary to protect its sovereignty…”
Northsea shall maintain the capabilities necessary to protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity, constitutional order and national security. The armed forces shall remain under constitutional civilian authority. Any nuclear deterrent shall remain under exclusive national control and under the authority established by this Constitution; no foreign state, alliance or external authority shall exercise command or control over it.
Add an amendment: “Judicial authority shall be independent and shall be exercised in accordance …”
Judicial authority shall be independent and shall be exercised in accordance with this Constitution and law. Courts shall have authority to review the constitutionality and legality of laws, governmental acts, administrative measures and treaties. No person or public office shall be exempt from judicial jurisdiction except where this Constitution expressly provides otherwise.
Add an amendment: “Federal and constituent authorities shall exercise only powers assigned to th…”
Federal and constituent authorities shall exercise only powers assigned to them by this Constitution or by law. No constituent authority may impair the sovereignty, territorial integrity or constitutional order of the Federation. Disputes concerning the division of federal powers shall be determined by the judiciary. No change of government, vacancy of office, institutional dissolution or emergency shall terminate the constitutional existence or legal continuity of the Federation.
Add an amendment: “Citizens comprise persons holding Northsea citizenship upon the adoption of t…”
Citizens comprise persons holding Northsea citizenship upon the adoption of this Constitution and their lawful descendants. Citizenship shall thereafter be acquired only by descent, naturalisation or other lawful means expressly established by law, and birth within the territory of Northsea shall not by itself confer citizenship. Citizens shall enjoy equal constitutional and legal protection, and no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, property or legal protection except by law and due process. Fundamental rights include freedom of expression, conscience, religion, peaceful assembly and association, free democratic elections, movement and residence, a fair and impartial hearing, private and family life, and lawful property. The exercise of political expression, assembly, association and organised political activity may be regulated, conditioned, temporarily restricted or suspended by law where the competent public authority determines that such measures are necessary to protect public order, national security, constitutional stability, continuity of government, the effective functioning of public institutions, or the rights and safety of others. Such restrictions need not depend upon proof of criminal conduct or imminent violence, provided that they are authorised by law and directed toward a legitimate constitutional purpose.
Add an amendment: “The Federation shall not recognise ideologies that seek to establish totalita…”
The Federation shall not recognise ideologies that seek to establish totalitarian rule, abolish democratic or republican government, eliminate constitutional pluralism, suppress fundamental rights, concentrate unlimited political authority in a person or group, or permanently abolish the constitutional foundations of the Federation's political, social or economic order. Ideologies that seek to eliminate constitutionally established public authority, permanently remove the State's lawful capacity to regulate essential economic activity, or place essential national resources and public functions beyond the authority of the Federation shall be incompatible with the constitutional order. The promotion or organised implementation of such ideologies may be prohibited by law, subject to judicial determination and due process. Peaceful political disagreement concerning the interpretation or development of the constitutional order shall not, by itself, constitute a prohibited ideology.
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