Kingdom

The Kingdom
Leadership Structure Monarch Joel the Just Councillors Dominique von Ares Greenwood Jimothy Schmusella Sturmtreiber Woodz Government Type Representative democracy under a constitutional monarchy Legislature Assembly Citizens of the Kingdom Faction Information Official Colors: (De facto) Blue, white, red Official Motto/Slogan None Date of founding: January 31st, 2020 (Independence declared) February 14th, 2020 (Constitution ratified) Membership strength 151 Discord Link https://discord.gg/Mf7veVfQMm Foreign Office Discord Link https://discord.gg/Azu5XMqp5y Foreign Affairs Alliances N/A Enemies Empire (armistice)

Faction description

The Kingdom is one of the largest factions in the universe, ruled by King Joel the Just and the Assembly.
Kingdom is a mostly civilian faction focused on new player experience.
Their symbol is the crest of the royal house, which shows the Red Star Shield adorned with red wings. The crest is granted to important personnel and ships within the faction.
The Kingdom is currently at war with the Empire, the other largest faction in the universe.

Government

Overview

Since the reformation of Kingdom with the passing of the Assembly bill on the 15th of September 2020, Kingdom has been a representative democracy similar to an oligarchy.
The current structure of Kingdom is as follows:

• The legislative body of Kingdom, the assembly, consists of 7 councillors. The assembly (and the monarch) vote on bills posted by any citizen of Kingdom, which will either be passed, rejected, or delayed in case a tie occurs. When a councillor resigns or is recalled, an election is held to designate a new councillor.
• The Monarch of Kingdom has the power to veto any decision made by the assembly.
• Task groups are branches in the Kingdom government, which are introduced by bills. These task groups receive a specified amount of power, limitations and responsibilities, a designated leader, etc from the assembly.

Constitution

Main article: Constitution of Kingdom

The first constitution of Kingdom was on February 14 2020 by Louis von Benette, Kenetor von Terra, Myst von Gavreau, and Argredor.
On September 15th, the constitution was entirely replaced by a new one. This constitution completely changed the legislature of Kingdom, by reducing the number of people required to run Kingdom, as well as reducing the amount of power and duties one individual carries.

Task groups

Station design
The Station design task group is responsible for designing stations. The Station design task group is not responsible for overseeing the construction of stations. It is currently led by Woodz.

Defence
The Defence task group is the military of Kingdom, responsible for defending Kingdom against hostile external forces. This task group is headed by Dominique von Ares.

Home Office
The Home Office is a task group which is the unification of the Publicity task group, the previously rejected Titles task group, and the previously proposed moderation task group. This task group moderates Kingdom platforms, manages and grants citizenship, manages advertisement of Kingdom, manages and creates titles, and communicates with the Frozenbyte team. This task group is led by Greenwood.

Foreign Office
Foreign affairs is handled by the Foreign Office. Schmusella is the current leader of this task group.

Ship design
As the name implies, the Ship design task group is responsible for designing various ships for Kingdom. Additionally, this task group is charged with aiding players in ship designing by: publishing official material such as information or guides, and directly help- and give advice to citizens. This task group is headed by Sturmtreiber.

Treasury
The treasury task group is responsible for the accounting and protection of the assembly's funds. The Treasury task group is led by Mr. Barcode

Mining
The mining task group, headed by Sturmtreiber, organises weekly mining events for Kingdom.

Kingdom companies

Kingdom companies are companies which have aligned themselves with Kingdom, and thus get benefits from this.
Benefits of being a Kingdom company include: members of the Kingdom company may become citizens of Kingdom (vice versa), Kingdom companies get protection from Kingdom's Defence Force, Kingdom companies get advertisement rights within Kingdom, and the Kingdom companies may get discounted or free of charge lots within Kingdom.
Additionally, limitations are placed upon Kingdom companies: all members of a Kingdom company are treated as part of Kingdom in regards to breaches of law - and could be held accountable, and Kingdom companies are not allowed to trade or make deals with certain factions.

These are the current Kingdom companies:

• Repair Association of Thuban Synthetics
• DURΛTΞCH
• Falsemotives Coding and Co.
• Syndicate Security
• C.O.A.S.T

Politics

Elections

An election occurs when a member of the assembly resigns or is recalled. There is a 7-day nomination period in which citizens can sign up for the seat. After this period, there is a 7-day voting period, in which citizens vote for whomever they believe should get the seat in the assembly.
The original 7 members of the Assembly were Auxiy, Avoxa, Blight of Powers, Greenwood, Myst von Gavreau, Woodz, Zigon.

1st Election

On the 12th of October, Myst von Gavreau resigned his seat on the Assembly. There was no election, as there was no competitor to Dominique von Ares.

2nd Election

On the 27th of October, Auxiy resigned his seat. The voting period started on the 5th November.

Candidate	Votes
Athena	11
ŁukaszLutek	12

Due to a tie, the voting period was extended by 7 days. However, Athena later resigned, and thus ŁukaszLutek won the election on the 17th of November.

3rd Election

Due to a long period of inactivity, the Assembly recalled Zigon's position on the 18th November. Voting started on the 3rd December.

Candidate	Votes
Schmusella	7
Xavis	5
Dino	4

4th Election

Following an announcement on December 13th by ŁukaszLutek, stating that he is taking a break from Starbase, an election was held from January 20th to 28th of the same month.

Candidate	Votes
Sturmtreiber	16
Hoppity	5
Ottoman	1

Military

The Defence task group, also known as the Kingdom Defence Force, is the military of Kingdom, handling policing and threats from external military forces.


Arms of the King
Arms of the King is a branch consisting of several units from military Kingdom companies. With the help of officers, these companies are organised as one branch. The Arms have their own ship designs and strategies, but also receive such things from other branches of the military. The Kingdom has a number of ships that they commandeer.

Maintenance Company
The Maintenance Company currently does not exist.

Royal Engineers
The Royal Engineers oversee the military's ship designs. They modify existing and if necessary, create new ship designs.

Ranks

Kingdom forces are given different ranks based on their performance, service time, and military branch. Arms of the King may also have their own ranks.

Culture

Despite being a monarchy, the Kingdom has long been more interested in the ideals of fairness, freedom and fraternity than it's Imperial counterpart. While some would call this idealistic at best, most Kingdomites take pride in their democratic society and its tolerant attitudes. Being polite and good-natured are seen to be better qualities than success or power in the Kingdom. Those robots that are sociable with their fellows and good-natured tend to get on well in society. For those that are well-liked enough they may find themselves honoured with one of a growing array of titles bestowed by the King, the most prestigious of which being the Paladinhood. In this the Kingdom finds itself sentimental towards tradition while still keen to preserve the liberty of its citizens. For some such a contradiction seems impossible yet, somehow, and seemingly without effort, the balance is achieved.
To be a Kingdomite is not simply to live on the right megastation or to fly the right flag - it is a way of being. A way which can only be achieved by working with those around you.