Preamble

This Constitution is established in the name of peace, unity, law, and order. It seeks to establish the foundations from which the country of the Kingdom of Union Jacks and her people shall use to build a State that upholds the values of freedom, justice, equality, and international cooperation.

Article I: Systems of Governance

1. The Country is ruled by a Monarch, hereby known as “His Majesty the King” or “Her Majesty the Queen”.
2. The Houses of Parliament is to be the organisation housing the various departments of the democratically elected Parliament.
   1. Each department of Parliament is to be considered one seat in Parliament.
3. Each City of the Kingdom of Union Jacks is hereby ruled by an elected Mayor.
   1. Any Citizen may choose to run for Mayor in the City within which they reside, provided they lack criminal convictions and do not intend to move to another City or emigrate from the KUJ.
   2. Every three years, each City runs an election within which all Candidates for Mayor are named on a Ballot and each Citizen may visit a Polling Station and anonymously select a Candidate.
   3. The Candidate with the most votes is selected as Mayor. In the case of a tie, the Monarch must decide on a candidate.
4. Each City is divided into sections known as Regions, to be governed by a Council led by a Council Leader.
   1. Any Constituent of a Council may choose to run for Council Leader, provided they lack criminal convictions and do not intend to move to another Council, City, or emigrate from the KUJ.
   2. Every five years, each Council runs an election within which all Candidates for Council Leader are named on a Ballot and each Constituent may visit a Polling Station and anonymously select a Candidate.
   3. The Candidate with the most votes is selected as Council Leader.
5. Any Citizen has the right to form a political Party, and any Citzen has the right to join a Party.
   1. Every four years, a General Election is to be called, and each Party may choose to run in said General Election.
   2. Each Citizen of the Kingdom of Union Jacks may visit a Polling Station and vote for a Party (or Coalition) they wish to select as the Country’s leading Party (or Coalition).
   3. The Party (or Coalition) with the most votes is selected as the Leading Party.
      1. The leader of the Leading Party is declared to be Prime Minister.
      2. Seats of the Parliament are divided proportionally to the total votes each Party received during the election.
   4. Each Party is to allocate its won seats between its members.
   5. All members of a political Party reserve the right to leave said party at any time.
      1. If they are a Member of Parliament, the Party must select a different Party member to resume the leaving member’s duties.
6. The Monarch has the right to ban any Party for any reason at any time.
7. The Monarch has the right to call for a new General Election at any time.

Article II: Bill of Rights

1. All Invididuals have the right to express any opinion, speech, or other form of discourse as they so desire, without fear of repercussion of any kind from Monarch, their local Council, Parliament, or any of the named bodies’ Members.
2. All Individuals have the right to follow any Religion they desire, if they desire to follow any Religion. All Citizens also have the right to choose not to follow any Religion.
3. All Academic Institutions and their Tutors have the right to teach any material they see fit, and their Students reserve the right to learn said teachings.
4. Works of art of any medium are not permitted to be censored in any way by any party other than the Artist(s) that created the work(s).
   1. A medium is to be considered artistic based on common consensus and established precedent.
5. All Citizens have the right to enter, leave, and move within the KUJ as they wish.
   1. All Non-Citizens have the right to enter the KUJ provided they hold a valid passport and exceptional circumstances do not apply to either the Non-Citizen or the nation issuing his passport.
   2. All Non-Citizens have the right to leave the KUJ at any time and move within the KUJ as they wish.
6. All Citizens have the right to protect their lawfully owned Property.
   1. The Police may only search the Property of a Citizen either with their express verbal or written consent or with the approval of a Search Warrant by a Judge.
   2. The Police may only sieze the Property of a Citizen with the approval of a Search and Siezure Warrant by a judge that explicitly outlines what Property may be siezed for criminal proceedings.
      1. If the Citizen is not found guilty of the infraction that resulted in the Search and Siezure Warrant being signed, the Citizen has the right to receive their property.
7. All Citizens have the right to vote for whichever political Party, mayoral Candidate, Council Leader, etc. that they desire without undue and unwanted influence by any outside Party, including and especially the State.
8. All Citizens have the right to a fair trial heard by a presiding Judge and a Jury consisting of neutral parties.
   1. All Citizens accused of committing an offense are to be presumed to be innocent unless they are proven to be guilty.
   2. All Citizens, upon being arrested must have their rights as outlined in 8.2.1 read to them.
      1. The rights to be read out are as follows: “You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in court. You have the right to a solicitor, and if you cannot afford one, you have the right to have a solicitor be assigned to your case free of charge.”
      2. The rights must be read out from a specially printed sheet of paper and must not be read out from memory, or the arrest is considered null and void.
   3. All Citizens have the right to be represented by an attorney, private or public.
   4. All Citizens have the right to refuse urine, blood, or fingerprint testing upon their arrest.
      1. The Court does not have the right to consider the refusal to provide a urine or blood sample as evidence.
   5. All Citizens have the right to fair treatment by his arrestor(s).
      1. If a Citizen is unlawfully assasulted by his arrestor(s), the arrest is to be considered null and void and the Citizen has the right to leave.
         1. If the Citizen resists their arrest or in any manner provokes or attempts to provoke his arrestor(s), this right is nullified.
9. All Citizens have a right to their Nationality and may not have their Nationality revoked without due cause and the authorisation of a Judge.
   1. No Citizen or Non-Citizen shall be removed from the KUJ without cause and at least 90 days’ notice.
      1. §4.1.3.1 of the Mining Act 2025 is to be hereby repealed.
      2. All Individuals deported under §4.1.3.1 of the Mining Act 2025 have the right to Citizenship and abode in the KUJ.
   2. No Non-Citizen shall be required to rescind any Citizenship or Nationality of any foreign nation to be eligible for Citizenship.
   3. No Citizen shall be prevented from rescinding their Citizenship if they so desire.
      1. A Citizen who wishes to rescind Citizenship must provide a sufficient reasoning for the decision, as well as proof that the Citizen will not become stateless.
      2. If the Home Office finds the reason or proof to be insufficient, the Monarch has is obligated to make the final decision and reserves the right to drop the case.
   4. No Citizen eligible for Citizenship shall have their Citizenship application rejected.
10. All Non-Citizens have the right to seek and enjoy asylum from any other Nation in times of crisis, be it geopolitical or personal.

Article III: Citizenship

1. Any Individual who meets any of the following conditions is to be considered a Citizen:
   1. Any Individual born in the KUJ is to be granted automatic Citizenship;
   2. Any Individual born of another nation who applies for a passport and receives one is to be granted Citizenship;
   3. Any Individual born of another nation who resides in the KUJ for longer than six months is to be eligible for Citizenship.
      1. Individuals under this condition do not have the right to automatic Citizenship.
   4. Any Individual seeking asylum from another nation is to be eligible for Citizenship as soon as they enter the KUJ.
      1. Leaving the KUJ to another country during the enjoyment of asylum is to be considered rescindment of asylum rights.
      2. Individuals under this condition do not have the right to automatic Citizenship.
2. All Citizens have the right to one vote in all state elections.
3. All Citizens have the right to one vote in all city elections for the city within which they reside.
4. All Citizens have the right to one vote in all council elections for the council they are Constituents of.
   1. This right only applies to one Residential property.
   2. When deciding which Constituency a Citizen owning multiple properties is to be part of, the property he has owned for the longest is to be used as the criterion.

Article IV: Acts, Amendments, Checks, and Balances

1. An Act is a document considered to be law signed by the Monarch.
2. Each Act consists of numbered Sections, which themselves contain Subsections defining individual rules of law.
3. Each Act is to have the following structure to its Sections:
   1. A Preamble, consisting of at least one Subsection defining the purpose of the Act.
   2. A Definitions Section, containing a list of key terms the Act makes use of that require an explicit definition.
      1. The Definitions Section permits an Act to use one or more Definitions from other Acts using terminology described in §5 of the Definitions Act 2025.
   3. One or more Sections containing the actual contents of the Act grouped logically.
   4. An Amendments Section listing all Amendments for the particular Act.
4. If an Act is to have any of its Sections amended or repealed, a numbered Amendment is to be signed into law by the Monarch.
5. An Amendment consists of numbered Sections, which themselves contain Subsections defining individual changes to the corresponding Sections and Subsections in the amended Act.
6. When an amendment is signed into Law, the original Act is to be annotated with language describing how each Section was amended and which Amendment made the change.
   1. When a Section is repealed, the text is to be retained in strike-through format, with an annotation describing which Amendment repealed the Section.
7. Subsections of Acts and Amendments are to be considered a kind of Section.
   1. Subsections may contain Subsections with up to five levels of total recursion (including the top-level Section) permitted.
8. The Prime Minister has the right to call a Vote of Confidence at any time, which all Members of Parliament must vote in.
   1. If an M.P votes in favour of the Prime Minister, he has voted to keep the Prime Minister in office.
   2. If an M.P abstains, their vote is nullified.
   3. If an M.P votes against the Prime Minister, he has voted to remove the Prime Minister from office.
9. The Official Oppision has the right to call a Vote of No Confidence at any time.
   1. If an M.P votes in favour of the Prime Minister, he has voted to keep the Prime Minister in office.
   2. If an M.P abstains, their vote is nullified.
   3. If an M.P votes against the Prime Minister, he has voted to remove the Prime Minister from office.
10. If the Prime Minister resigns, dies, or fails a Vote of Confidence or No Confidence, an Emergency General Election is called.
    1. The political Party or Coalition the Prime Minister was part of MUST select a new Party Leader before the Emergency Election begins.
    2. In the intermediary period between the Emergency General Election is called and when the new Party is selected, the Monarch presumes the temporary role of Prime Minister.
    3. Once the Emergency General Election ends and a new Leading Party is selected and seats are reallocated as per the results of the E.G.E, the four-year interval between General Elections is to be reset.

Article V: Departments of Parliament

1. Parliament is to consist of the following Departments:

   1. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport is to be tasked with establishing schemes for creating and celebrating KUJ cultural exports.

      1. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport is to use its budget to construct cinemas, museums, sports stadiums, and other establishments in order to further this goal.
      2. The Department of Culture, Media and Sport is to use its budget to pay out grants to independent creators of cultural media.

   2. The Department of Education is to be tasked with establishing, inspecting, maintaining, and improving the KUJ’s education system at all levels.

      1. The Department of Education is to use its budget to construct schools at the primary, secondary, and tertiary education levels.
      2. The Department of Education is to use its budget to inspect existing schools and provide ratings for quality of education and the availability, maintenance, and standard of facilities.
      3. The Department of Education is to use its budget to fund the operation of schools by providing each school with a fixed annual budget.
         1. If a school runs out of budget the DoE may permit the school to exceed its budget by up to one hundred percent, and MUST take action to prevent future budgeting issues.
      4. The Department of Education may permit private companies to establish registered tertiary education institutions.
         1. The DoE MUST NOT fund privatised tertiary education institutions.
         2. The DoE is permitted to nationalise private tertiary education institutions if the institution permits it.
            1. The institution MUST NOT receive any form of payment for this nationalisation.

   3. The National Archives is to be tasked with the archival and preservation of all print publications.

      1. The National Archives is to use its budget to maintain the National Archives facility(ies).
      2. The National Archives is to use its budget to ensure no publications stores in the National Archives facility(ies) is not lost.
      3. All entity trading in the KUJ MUST send through mail ALL publications it sells, gives away, or otherwise distributes to the National Archives.
         1. Any entity who fails to submit any publication to the National Archives is guilty of an offense.
         2. Any entity guilty of the offense described in 5.3.3.1 is to receive a maximum fine of $1,000,000 per publication not properly sent for archival.

   4. The Department of Environmental, Food, and Rural Affairs is to be tasked with ensuring the safety of the agricultural industry, the health of rural populations, and the health of the environment.

      1. The Department of Environmental, Food, and Rural Affairs is to use its budget to draft standards for food safety, production, distribution, consumption, processing, and sale.
      2. The Department of Environmental, Food, and Rural Affairs is to use its budget to ensure the healthy growth of the agricultural and fishery industries.
      3. The Department of Environmental, Food, and Rural Affairs is to use its budget to ensure rural populations have sufficient access to infrastructure to permit the healthy production of crops and livestock.
      4. The Department of Environmental, Food, and Rural Affairs is to use its budget to track, prevent, mitigate, and eliminate diseases affecting crops and livestock.

   5. The Department of Transport is to be tasked with establishing, improving, extending and innovating upon local, national, and international transport links.

      1. The Department of Transport is to use its budget to fund the creation and expansion of new and existing nationalised rail networks.
      2. The Department of Transport is to use its budget to fund the creation and maintenance of new and existing road networks.
      3. The Department of Transport is to use its budget to ensure all regions of the KUJ are accessible by road, rail, or road and railu.
      4. The Department of Transport is to use its budget to invest in the development, testing, and adoption of new rail technologies.

   6. The Department of Work and Pensions is to be tasked with ensuring the working population of the KUJ are paid a fair wage and a livable pension.

      1. The Department of Work and Pensions is to use its budget to ensure companies pay out livable pensions to retired workers.
         1. A ‘livable pension’ is to be defined by independently estimated living costs as calculated per the region the worker resides in.
      2. The Department of Work and Pensions is to use its budget to ensure fair working conditions for all workers.
      3. The Department of Work and Pensions is to use its budget to pay out a Jobseekers’ Allowance to individuals who were previously in employment.
         1. The Jobseekers’ Allowance is to be capped at £92.05 per calendar week.
         2. The Jobseekers’ Allowance is to be paid for a period totalling up to 182 days.
      4. The Department of Work and Pensions is to use its budget to pay out an Employment and Support Allowance to individuals below the State Pension age who are unable to or who struggle to find employment due to an underlying chronic illness or disability.
         1. The Employment and Support Allowance is to pay out an amount equaling £73.10 per week.

   7. The Department of Health and Social Care is to be tasked with funding publicly available health services and social work.

      1. The Department of Health and Social Care is to use its budget to fund the creation, expansion, and maintenance of a National Health Service (NHS), a taxpayer-funded public healthcare system.
         1. The NHS MUST NOT charge fees for healthcare services and MUST NOT be privatised in any way.
            1. The NHS is permitted to sign contracts with private companies in order to procure medicine, equipment, and equipment services.
            2. The NHS is permitted to sign contracts with private companies in order to outsource medical duties it cannot perform at cost.
               1. This is not an exception to § 5.7.1.1.

   8. The Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development (“FCDO”) office is to be tasked with the furtherance of international relations, foreign policy, diplomacy, and peace.

      1. The FCDO is to use its budget to erect Embassies of the Kingdom of Union Jacks in as many foreign countries as possible, and must invest in the maintenance of said embassies.
         1. Each Embassy of the Kingdom of Union Jacks is to follow a standardised design (the Standardised Embassy Design) as designed by the FCDO.
            1. If the Standard Embassy Design is to change, embassy designs must be changed to reflect this within one year of the change to the Standard Embassy Design.

   9. His Majesty’s Treasury is to be tasked with allocating Budgets for each Department and ensuring no Department is significantly over- or under-allocated.

      1. The total Government Budget must not exceed fifty per cent of the KUJ’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as measured by nonpartisan and unaffiliated groups.
      2. No one Department is to receive a Budget higher than sevent point five per cent of the KUJ’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
      3. The government Budget is to be reviewed at the beginning of each calendar year, with factors such as Department activities, inflation, GDP changes, and any other factor the Treasury considers to be important.

   10. The Home Office is to be tasked with the allocation of Citizenship, the issuing, reissuing, and revocation of Passports, the issuing, reissuing, and revocation of Visas, emergency services, border protection, and intelligence.

       1. The Home Office is to use its budget to issue Citizenship to all eligible Citizens.
          1. The Home Office MUST keep track of all Citizens in a centralised manner and must not lose track of any Citizen.
       2. The Home Office is to use its budget to design Passport documents, issue them to Citizens, reissue expired Passports, and revoke Passports as necessary.
          1. Passports must use a standardised serialised Design; the Passport Design Series are to be designated ascending letters for their series (A, B, C, etc.).
          2. Passports are required to have a duration equal to ten years following the Passport’s date of issue.
          3. The Home Office may not refuse to issue a Passport to a Citizen without sufficient cause, including but not limited to a materials shortage or administrative failings.
          4. The Home Office must accept expired Passports in the process of issuing a replacement Passport.
             1. Citizens are permitted to renew a passport starting 90 days before the passport expires.
                1. If a Citizen renews a Passport, the existing Passport is to be revoked and marked as such in order to prevent its further use.
             2. Only the most recently expired Passport is to be accepted in this manner.
                1. In the case of exceptional circumstances, the Monarch is permitted to grant exceptions.
       3. The Home Office is to use its budget to issue Visa documents to foreign nationals wishing to visit the KUJ.
          1. Visas are to be structured in the following manner:
             1. A Work Visa is to be issued to individuals who wish to work in the KUJ.
                1. A Work Visa is only to be issued if the individual is able to provide proof of their future employment.
                2. A Work Visa is permitted to last between 30 days and three years.
                3. A Work Visa may be renewed an unlimited times providing the total duration of the stay does not exceed five years.
                   1. The Home Office is to grant Citizenship to any individual who is no longer able to renew their Visa after the five year period has elapsed and who do not wish to return to their home country.
             2. A Holiday Visa is to be issued to individuals who wish to visit the KUJ for the purposes of tourism.
                1. A Holiday Visa is permitted to last up to 30 days.
                2. A Holiday Visa may be renewed up to two times, extending the stay for up to 90 days.
                3. Any person who works while under a Holiday Visa is guilty of visa fraud, which carries a sentence not exceeding one year in prison.
                4. Any person who attempts to work while under a Holiday Visa is guilty of visa fraud, which carries a sentence not exceeding the duration of their visa.
             3. A Temporary Visa is to be issued to individuals who wish to enter the KUJ for less than seven days.
                1. A Temporary Visa may not be renewed under any circumstances.
       4. The Home Office is to use its budget to provide Emergency Services to citizens.
          1. The Home Office is to provide an Emergency Phone Number providing police, firefighting, and medical assistance to those in emergencies.
             1. The phone numbers 999 and 112 are to be reserved for the Emergency Phone Number.
             2. Cell phone carriers MUST provide routing of Emergency Phone Number calls to all individuals, including non-subscribers, free of chage.
             3. Cell phone carriers MUST provide at least 99.999% uptime for this service.
                1. Failure to meet this uptime goal is to be enforced with a fine of £100,000 per unrouted call above the threshold.
          2. The Home Office is to invest in modern technology to improve the speed, reliability, accuracy, and location tracking of the Emergency Phone Number.
             1. No investment in technology may affect the uptime of the Emergency Phone Number service.
       5. The Home Office is to use its budget to protect, enforce, and maintain the border between the KUJ and its neighbouring countries.
          1. The Home Office is to operate a Border Force tasked with achieving this goal.
          2. The Border Force is permitted to tighten or loosen border control or entry requriements in response to geopolicical occurrences.
          3. The Border Force is permitted to erect temporary or permanent structures such as fences along the KUJ border.
       6. The Home Office is to use its budget to fund the operation of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (“Military Intelligence”), an intelligence organisation.
          1. Military Intelligence is to be split into numbered Military Intelligence Sections in the following manner:
             1. MI5, the Security Service, is to be tasked with counterintelligence and covert security operations.
             2. MI6, the Secret Intelligence Service, is to be tasked with confidential intelligence operations.
          2. Military Intelligence may not employ non-KUJ nationals.
             1. Any individual who holds or previously held foreign citizenship is ineligible for employment in Military Intelligence.
          3. Military Intelligence employees are not permitted to discuss the details of their employment with any individual who is not an employee of Military Intelligence.
             1. Military Intelligence employees may not discuss their work with Military Intelligence employees of a different Section to theirs.
             2. Married Military Intelligence employees are permitted to discuss the details of their employment with their partner.
       7. The Home Office is to use its budget to construct, operate, and maintain Fire Departments.
          1. Fire Deparrtments are to be tasked with fighting fires within their assigned area.
          2. No Fire Department is to be assigned an area too large for the Fire Department to handle.
          3. Fire Departments are permitted to collaborate with other Fire Departments in cases of dire emergency when such help is required.
          4. Fire Departments are to be designed such that a Fire Engine may be operational within ten seconds of being required.
             1. An Exception is to be granted if services are required while a Fire Engine’s water tank is being refilled.
          5. The Home Office is to use its budget to construct, operate, and maintain Fire Hydrants, which provide water to Fire Engines on demand from the municipal water supply.

   11. The Ministry of Defense is to be tasked with the operation of the KUJ’s military.

   12. The Ministry of Justice is to be tasked with executing judicial operations and operating the prison system.

   13. The Charity Commission is to be tasked with tracking and regulating registered charities.

   14. The Competition and Markets Authority is to be tasked with regulating the free market to prevent monopolistic behaviour.

   15. The Crown Prosecution Service is to be tasked with providing legal advice pertaining to prosecution.

   16. The Food Standards Agency is to be tasked with inspecting establishments selling food and beverages to the public to ensure safety standards are met.

   17. His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs is to be tasked with the collection of taxes from individuals and corporations and the prevention tax evasion.

       1. HMRC is to use its budget to establish a Minimum Wage for persons aged sixteen and up.
          1. HMRC is required to enforce the Minimum Wage by prosecuting companies that fail to pay wages higher than the National Living Wage.

2. No Department is to exceed its allocated budget under any circumstances.

Article VI: Structure of Government

Article VII: Economics

Article VIII: Defense Policy

Article IX: Legal Process and Structure

Article X: Miscellany