[X] Starchilds Federation
-[X] Fractal-esque Councils
--[X] Multiple tiers of Councils, currently planetary and polity wide.
--[X] a Council is made up of Benches which have a number of Seats and a number of Voices. The Seats of a Bench vote on how the Bench uses its Voices in the Councils. (Councils decisions are made by counting the voices supporting/opposing the decision)
--[X] Planetary Councils must have a seat and Voice for the military, a greater number of seats for the Civilian Administration, and a number of seats between the two for Faith representatives. Local Choirs have an advisory seat without a Voice, but a Veto over relevant topics.
---[X] Only the polity-wide Choir-Voice can override a Veto on matters relating to the Psykana.
--[X] Planetary Councils may have additional seats for special interest groups, ala the Lamenters, a Sisters of Battle chapter if they have them, and so on, but these must be a single Voice each, subject to adjustment.
--[X] For Planetary Councils, the Civilian Admin Voices may be selected by any number of ways in part, but at least 50% of all such seats and Voices must be democratically elected using proportionality systems and universal adult suffrage, restrictions may apply but not many. (IE, if there are 8 seats in the Droma III Civilian Administration, at least 4 must be elected) In the case of a tie with all Councils, whichever side has more Civilian Administration Voices wins, breaking the tie.
--[X] At a Polity-Wide Council, the following will be the division, subject to change in the future.
---[X] Military: Seats for the different Branches, has 1 Voice, representing the majority opinion among their seats.
---[X] Faith: Seats for different denominations and bodies, has 2 Voices, Voices aredetermined after discussion among them, etc.
---[X] Choir: Seats decided by the local choirs, if the planet has any, empty otherwise. No Voice, only Veto and advisory.
---[X] Civilian Administration: 10 Seats democratically elected using a proportionality system, 5 Voices, seats each have "1/2" Voice, used directly. use their Voice directly. As with the rest, In case of a tie, which side has more Civilian Administration Voices is used as tie-breaker.
---[X] Lamenters: 1 Seat representing local chapter if any, empty otherwise. No Voice, only Veto and advisory. Higher Councils Lamenters Bench still made up by standard rules.
--[X] Unless noted otherwise: the Benchs Seats vote with simple majority and all Voices of the Bench are used in the Councils according to that vote. Analog for a Benches Veto right.
--[X] Benches for Higher Councils will be elected by varying methods. Civilian Administration seats are to be selected by separate free and fair universal-suffrage election, whereas local religious bodies are to aid in the selection of the seats for the Faith Voice(s), and so on.
---[X] The most local (=lowest) Council possible deals with issues. Higher Councils set tasks like minimum standards, reacting to emergencies (e.g. demanding production of a voidfleet against Ork Invasion)
---[X] Remember, ye, the Droman Creed! "This light is prodcued by knowledge and understanding" and therefore all lower councils are to provide summaries, access to data, and notifications on growing issues from lower until higher, so that understanding might grow.
---[X] As per the Droman Creed, all regardless of "species, appearance, prior faith or creed" who have embraced the Droman Creed are coequal members, with the right to learn and grow, to be nurtured and fed by the Community of Faith, to speak their own mind with their own individual Voices, to gather and organize in any fashion they desire so long as it does not embrace the heresies of Chaos or Hatred.
---[X] Those aristocrats embracing the Droman Creed are required not only to make the usual public profession of faith, but to swear on their sacred honor to respect the equality before the Five in building an "Empire... of opened hands" and "bright signal-fires." Any interference in the elective processes, or any attempt to monopolize access to seats or to buy ecclesiastical seats for relatives, or any such actions, are therefore to be regarded as heresy and to be punished with a firm hand, for sacred honor once breached is inviolable.
--[X] In any planet in which there is a viable PDF, an aristocrat cannot hold those seats. In any planet where the aristocratic military tradition is strongest, they must share seats and thus Voices with non-aristocrats.
--[X] Those aristocrats who refuse the Droman Creed (or break their sacred oaths) and cannot make a full, convincing, and earnest declaration of Faith are, henceforth, stripped of all Title, Rank, and Power, and their property and authority is to be reverted to that of the commonwealth.
--[X] Chocolate and its production is shared, but efforts should be made to encourage local production whenever possible of this wonder plant.
--[X] Different currencies may be used, with taxation and other things paid not in currency but in goods, deemed and judged in worth by a special body, the Taxation Analysis and Registration Department of Intergalactic Services.
--[X] A Decent, Holy Minimum Standard of Living is to be implemented and reached for all citizens within one century of the acession of a planet to this system. This is a promise and a duty from the Polity Council to the Planetary Council, a shared burden of holy service.
--[X] Joining the polity may be ratified by any legitimate means necessary.
--[X] Taxation is to be five percent of all produced by the planet in the first fifty years as well as two regiments for galactic service, and 7.5% (and three regiments) after, however in emergency situations, the Polity Council reserves the right to increase its Tithe to 15% and an equivalent number of military units for a period of no less than five years, and no more than fifty years, as any crisis lasting beyond that length necessitates changes in policies.
---[X] Taxes may be paid in kind, there is also required military service.
--[X] All planets must respect the value of learning, and the worship of none of the Five is to be restricted in any way, even as the worship of Chaos remains banned.
--[X] Mandate a Constitutional Convention/Conference to consider revisions/etc every 200 years. It may be called earlier by the agreement of 3/4ths of the fully reconstructed Planetary Councils paying full taxes, etc.
So, a variation...
