Excelsior Socio

 () is a Excelsior Socio on the  sphere. It was founded .

History
<Excelsior Socio was founded by Curtis of the Nation, Oraville, on Novemeber 10th, 2009. The alliance had very little growth over the first few months but, in Febuary of 2010, Curtis managed to recruit enough members to make the membership 30. The alliance continued to grow under the recruitment plan of Emperor Caseymus I in March but, in late March, several members rebelled and left the alliance. The only actual war fought by ES was in January of 2010. The war was against Thornhill Communist Federation. ES won the war. Now, ES is planning another growth plan for the NS. The following charter was made by Curtis in late June.


<Charter of Excelsior Socio

Preamble

We, the nations of Excelsior Socio, although young, experienced, and industrious, do declare that the need for a new charter to rule peacefully over us.

I. Government

i. Houses

The government consists of two Houses. The House of Lords and the House of Commons. The House of Commons consists of every member who is not a Lord. The House of Commons may not make bills, but if they do not like any decision the government has maked and a 2/3 majority votes that they don't like what the government did, that act must be repealed.

ii. The Lords

The Lords consist of the Lord of Economic Growth, the Lord of Recruitment, the Lord of Internal Affairs, the Lord of Foreign Affairs, and the Lord of War. These Lords make up the House of Lords. The head of the House of Lords is the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister and all the other Lords gets a vote in the bill or decision process. So if a bill is made by one of the Lords, then all the other Lords vote on it. If a Lord makes a bill then his vote is an automatic "I" since he made the bill. If 3 other Lords say "I" to the bill, it is passed. But if the House of Commons gets the 2/3 majority to vote a repeal on it within two weeks of the bill being made, then the bill is repealed and may not be put before the House of Lords for 2 months. If the 2 months passes and the Lords pass it again, and the Commons don't repeal it within the two week deadline, then the bill is passed. No Lord may make a bill that is not related to their department. For example the Lord of Recruitment cannot make a bill relating economic growth. Any Lord may make a bill relating their department.

Here is a list of what the Lords duties are:

Prime Minister Head of the House of Lords. May veto any decision or bill of the House of Lords as long as the bill or decision he vetoes violates the rights or a right of the members. He may keep his job as long as he likes. If he resigns or his nation is deleted, then an election is held. See the Elections section of this charter. In a time of war with another alliance, the Prime Minister becomes the Commander in Chief of the armed forces. The Lord of War is the second in command.

Lord of Economic Growth In charge of the growth of the members. He may make alliance wide tech deals, trade circles, etc.

Lord of Recruitment In charge of the recruitment of members. May hire men to recruit for him. Or he may recruit himself. No member may recruit without the approval of the Lord of Recruitment. In order for a member to recruit he must get either a recruiters license or a pass. The Lord of Recruitment may make the members applying to become a recruiter take a test or not. He may just let you in and recruit. His decisions cannot be challenged by any member except the House of Commons. If the Commons repeal his decision then he must make un-make or make a member a recruiter depending on the circumstances. This law applies to all other government officals.

Lord of Internal Affairs In charge of informing members about new bills, war declarations, etc. He may come up with an alliance wide team color but it must get approval from the House of Lords.

Lord of Foreign Affairs In charge of making diplomatic ties, may make diplomats, may fire any diplomat but his decision can be repealed by the Commons, and in charge of making a list of alliances our diplomats may go to and which ones not to go to.

Lord of War In charge of making different regiments. He may put any member into any regiment. He is in charge of making the different generals for the different regiments. His decisions may be repealed by the Commons. He is in charge of the armed forces unless it is a time of war, then the Prime Minister becomes the Commander in Chief of the armed forces.

iii. Laws

1. If a person changes his AA to Excelsior Socio then he is automatically eligible for any government office. He is automatically a Common and a Justice.

2. No member may be a Common and a Lord at the same time. You may only be one position at a time. That means that you may not be a diplomat and a recruiter at the same time. But you may be a Common and a diplomat, or a recruiter, etc. at the same time. The Common and Justice postion doesn't apply to the one position law. A Common position and Justice position is a duty that every member holds as long as they haven't been convicted by the Supreme Court. So you may hold a government offical job, except a Lord position then you only become a Justice and a Lord, while being a Common and Justice. But you may not be a recruiter and a Lord at the same time. But you can be a Lord and a Justice at the same time.

3. A member may declare war on any nation he wants as long as that person has no alliance or is the only person in that alliance. If the person is in say NPO for example, you may not attack that nation unless ES has declared war on NPO. If you attack that nation and it attacks you, you will not get help from the military. But if you are attacked (the war is declared on you) the whole alliance helps you and protects you.

4. Treaties with other alliances may not become eligible without the approval of the House of Lords.

5. Tech raiding is not allowed.

6. Elections are held every 7th of December, March, June, and September. The elections go on for 24 hours.

7. If a Lord resigns before an election then an emergency election is held. The election goes on for 24 hours and right at the 24 hour mark, the election ends and the votes are counted. If the emergency election happens on the 14th of April then the newly elected Lord keeps his position until the next election stated in the law above this one.

8. There is no limit to how many times you can run for a Lord position. If you are elected each time you run then you are the Lord. No law may stop that.

9. The Commons must repeal the act or bill they don't like by two weeks after the act or bill was made or else they cannot repeal it.

10. If an act or bill is repealed by the Commons then that bill may not be put out for voting in the House of Lords again for two months and that act may not be done again for two months.

11. War cannot be declared without approval from the House of Lords. If the House of Lords declares war on an alliance, then the war is declared. But no military action is taken or the news about war being declared will not be taken to the alliance that we have declared war on until the two weeks are up. If the Commons haven't repealed it then war is declared and our military attacks, if they have repealed it, then no action is taken and no harm is done.

12. The House of Lords is the ruling body. Any treaties, war declarations, etc. must be approved by the House of Lords. The House of Commons does not have a vote on the matter but they have the power to repeal it.

13. No member may be tried for the same crime twice.

14. You can vote for yourself in an election. Every member gets one vote in an election.

15. No member can declare war on somebody else in the alliance unless they are ghosting the AA. Explanation for this law: We once had a person jumping from our alliance to Patiens Res Publica over and over again. While he was in our alliance he started wars with our own members and then he jumped to PRP (Patiens Res Publica). If this does happen, and he is in our alliance, then the members may attack him.

II. Admentments and Impeachments

i. If a member wants an admentment to the charter then the House of Lords must approve it. If the Commons don't repeal it within the two week deadline then the admentment is passed. If the admentment is repealed then the House of Lords may not put it out for voting again for two months.

ii. If a member wants somebody impeached then it must get a 2/3 majority vote from the Supreme Court. But a member may not be put before the Supreme Court unless it is proven they have violated their duty in the government.

III. Supreme Court

The Supreme Court consists of every single member except the defendent. If a member has broken a law then they are put before the Supreme Court. If 2/3 of the Justices vote that the defendent is guilty then they get their punishment. The punishment is always the same for every crime. The punishment is that you lose your government officals job but if you are a Common and Justice only then you lose your honor of being a Common and Justice and may not be a Common and Justice for two weeks. Once the two weeks are up then you may be a Common and Justice again but your honor is tarnished.

IV. Elections

The time of the election is stated in the 6th law of the Law section of this charter. The election starts at 10:00 AM on the days stated in the 6th law in the Law section of this charter. Any member, if you are currently serving you punishment for the Supreme Court then you may not, may run for the Lord positions that are elected. The Lord of War and the Lord of Foreign Affairs are chosen by the Prime Minister. Those two keep their jobs as long as the Prime Minister is in office. He may choose new ones whenever he wants but the Commons may repeal his decision by the two week deadline. If they don't repeal it in time then the new Lords he has chosen are put into office. While the Prime Minister is waiting for the Commons to repeal it or not, the two Lords who are going to be put out of office keep their duties until the two week deadline is up. Then the new Lords take their place if the Commons haven't repealed the act. Every other Lord position is elected and anybody may run. Whoever has the most votes wins.

V. Bill of Rights

These rights are to always stay with the members of this alliance.

Freedom of Speach, Religion, Nation Government, Commerce, Choice, and Nation Bio.>