Corpus Juris

CORPUS JURIS
ESTABLISHED BY THE SECOND PRIVY COUNCIL ON 16 FEBRUARY 2017

I. COMMON DECORUM

1. Content in the regional website shall conform to common standards of decency and mutual respect in order to create a welcoming and enjoyable environment for all members.
   
2. Content may not insult individual members or incite others to respond with insults. Content may not be inherently offensive or hateful or imply an endorsement of offensive or hateful views.
   
3. Content may not feature personally identifiable information without express consent of the individual affected. Such information includes but is not limited to names, addresses and contact information.
   
4. Content must be substantial and conform to section and thread rules. Content may not be garish or irrelevant. Irrelevancy includes but is not limited to multiple posts with similar content, posts that may be reasonably construed as gravedigging and posts generally seen as spam.
   
5. Content may not include commercial or regional advertising, provided that the promotion of activities by foreign partners may be allowed by the Privy Council.

II. PRIVY COUNCIL

1. A Privy Council shall exist to manage the affairs of the region and ensure the continued development of the regional community.
   
2. Justinian Kalominos shall lead the Privy Council as Founder and appoint its members, who shall serve at his pleasure or according to the directives that he shall issue.
   
3. In all matters within its jurisdiction, the Privy Council shall be accountable to the Founder and the People and conduct itself accordingly.

III. ROLEPLAY STANDARDS

1. Players may not make themselves invincible to attack or portray themselves in such a manner that any attack on them would generally be useless. Such invincibility includes but is not limited to the adoption of unusual national statistics or blocking attacks through unrealistic means.
   
2. Players may not use information gained through out-of-character means to obtain an in-character advantage.
   
3. Players may not act upon other players without their consent. Such acts include but are not limited to invasions, aerial or maritime attacks, entering into treaties, assassinations and infiltrations.
   
4. Players affected by the above two clauses may disavow such acts, upon which time the same shall be rendered stricken from the regional canon.
   
5. Players may enact time jumps no longer than a week for canon roleplays and longer time jumps for non-canon roleplays, but in neither case shall uninvolved players be obligated to recognise such time jumps.
   
6. Players are strongly advised to maintain out-of-character discussions in a thread separate from their in-character interactions.

IV. REGIONAL CANON

1. Roleplays shall be presumed to be part of the regional canon unless otherwise indicated in a visible manner and shall always happen in the context of a modern tech world.
   
2. Content shall not be modern tech if it features anything not existing in the real world, including but not limited to fantastical creatures, manner interplanetary travel, teleportation and otherwise unrealistic technology.
   
3. Content that features the above in the context of science fiction and folklore while precluding their actual existence within the regional canon is allowed.
   
4. Technology that could feasibly exist within the following ten years may be allowed with the approval of the Roleplay Councillor or the Founder.
   
5. Countries may not have unusual or unrealistic statistics or information or perform actions of a similar character.

V. REGIONAL MAP

1. Roleplay in the context of the regional canon shall be conducted based on the Map of Artemia designed by Justinian Kalominos and all other maps designed or authorised by him.
   
2. Players must be present in the region and in the map in order to participate in canon roleplaying, provided that no individual user may possess more plots than the maximum permitted and that a security check will be performed to verify the above.
   
3. Players may enhance their own country maps and make useful edits to the Map of Artemia provided they credit Justinian Kalominos and secure his permission for the aforementioned edits.
   
4. Players may not split or otherwise divide their countries without the authorisation of the Roleplay Councillor or the Founder.

VI. CONTROVERSY IN ROLEPLAYS

1. In all cases of controversy or doubt with regards to what is allowed in any roleplay, the Founder shall act as the final arbiter and players shall be entitled to submit such questions to his consideration.
   
2. In cases where the original poster of a roleplay has set certain rules, said poster shall act as the initial authority on what is permissible, but no rule may contradict this document or any ruling issued by the Roleplay Councillor or the Founder.
   
3. In such cases where the Founder deems appropriate, a Roleplay Councillor shall be appointed to hear questions on his behalf, and when acting in an official capacity their rulings shall bear the full authority of the Founder.
   
4. In case a party affected by a ruling by the Roleplay Councillor is unsatisfied, said party is entitled to request a review of the ruling to the Founder.
   
5. In all cases where a player wishes to submit a question, they retain the right to submit it directly to the Founder, the presence of a Roleplay Councillor notwithstanding, but the Founder may elect to direct it to the former.

VII. FINAL DISPOSITIONS

1. These rules may be altered at any time by agreement of the Privy Council, but no change shall be effective unless it has been properly advertised.
   
2. In cases of controversy or doubt with regards to these rules, excluding those already addressed in previous chapters, the Founder shall act as final arbiter, but may choose to delegate the responsibility to the Privy Council.