TNS Constitution
Article I: Definitions

1. A citizen will be defined as a nation resident in the New Storm.

2. A member of the Government will be defined as a citizen.

3. A Minister will be defined as a Regional Officer.

4. The Ministerial Government will be defined as all the Ministers.
   

Article II: The Constitution

1. The Constitution is the highest law.

2. Any member of the Government can propose changes to the Constitution.

3. The Constitution can be replaced by a 2/3rds majority in a Government poll.

4. Any changes to the Constitution must be submitted to the Legislation Committee, under the control of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

   1. The Legislation Committee must include all Ministers, and at least 1, but no more than 3, elected members of the Government, which can be chosen by the Minister of Home Affairs, and removed only for not being active enough, resigning, or leaving the region.

      1. Any member of the Legislation Committee can be removed by a majority vote by the Legislation Committee, which can be called by any Government member.

      2. If a Minister is impeached, they will no longer be on the Legislation Committee.

      3. Members of the Legislation Committee may be impeached in the same way as Ministers are.

   2. The Minister for Home Affairs shall be responsible for the elections and running of the Legislation Committee.

   3. The Legislation Committee has the power to pass laws into the Constitution.
      

Article III: The Government

1. The Prime Minister has the power to veto all Constitutional changes.

2. The Prime Minister shall be democratically elected in a Government poll.

3. The Prime Minister will be given Governor authority.

4. Any Minister may be impeached.

   1. Any Government member may call for a Minister to be impeached.

   2. The Ministerial Government will review the case: if at least 2 Ministers believe that the Minister being impeached should be, then a Government Poll must be held: if a majority vote that the Minister should be impeached, then they will be removed from office.

   3. If a Minister is banned, declared ban-on-sight, or is inactive, then the Ministerial Government will review the case.

      1. If at least 2 Ministers believe that the Minister being banned should be, then the Minister will be impeached.

      2. If not, then the ban or ban-on-sight punishment will be reviewed by the Minister of Home Affairs or the Prime Minister and either lifted or not.

      3. If not, then a Government Poll must be held. If a majority believe the Minister should be banned (or ban-on-sighted), then they will be banned (or ban-on-sighted) and impeached. If not, then their punishment will be lifted.
         

5. Ministerial positions are set out in the official TNS Handbook.

6. Ministerial positions have no term limits.

7. Ministers must log on at least once every 5 days.

   1. If not, they can be impeached by solely the Ministerial Government, as set out in Article III, Clause 4, Sub-clause b.

   2. This applies unless they have notified the Prime Minister of the duration of their absence, with a good reason (decided at the discretion of the PM), in which case a deputy must be appointed, with the powers and duties of the office. As soon as the Minister returns, they receive the powers and duties of the office.
      

Article IV: Government Polls

1. A Government poll takes precedence over non-Government polls, but not over currently-running Government polls.

2. A Government poll is restricted to residents only and lasts for 2 days.

3. A Government poll can be called for by any member of the Government.

4. The outcome of a Government poll must be obeyed.

5. From when a Government poll is called for, it must be created as soon as any previous Government polls have been concluded.

6. The Prime Minister has the power to prioritise one Government poll over another, except in cases of impeachment, which take top priority.
   

Article V: RMB

1. No triple-posting on the RMB.

2. No spamming.

3. No recruiting.

4. No advertising.

5. No racism/sexism/discrimination of any kind.

6. Any Minister can suppress posts that violate the above rules.

7. Any Minister can suppress posts that do NOT violate the above rules at their discretion.
   

Article VI: Punishments

1. Punishments will be decided by the Ministers, and listed in a Ministry of Home Affairs dispatch: Guide for TNS Moderators.

2. If an embassy region breaks the law (specifically Article V), then the punishments apply to the person breaking the law. Upon a second-time offence, the embassy region’s Regional Officers must be telegrammed by a Minister to ask them to prevent their citizens breaking Article V. Upon a third-time offence, if no action has been taken by the embassy region, embassies may be closed at ANY Minister’s discretion.

3. Any punished nation may appeal their punishment by telegramming the Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs.

   1. A Government Poll must be created to decide whether the appeal is successful.

   2. If the appeal is successful, the punishment is lifted and the offence counter reduces by 1.

   3. If the appeal is unsuccessful, the offence counter increases by 1 and the corresponding punishment is administered.
      

Article VII: States of Emergency

1. The Prime Minister may declare a state of emergency by a majority vote from all Ministers, excluding the Regional Nation.

2. A state of emergency may only be declared if one or more of the following conditions are met.

   1. If the region’s Delegacy has been taken over by powers wishing to do the region harm.

      1. This does not apply if the Delegacy has been taken accidentally by a native.
         

   2. If the region is undergoing large-scale restructuring.

   3. If the Ministers decide that such a state is necessary for the continued survival of the region.
      

3. If a state of emergency is declared, the Prime Minister has the power to pass Constitutional amendments without submitting them first to the Legislation Committee.

   1. This does not apply if the amendments strike out Article III, Clause 4 or Article IV, Clauses 2-6.
      

4. A state of emergency may be terminated at any time by the Prime Minister or by a majority vote of the Ministers.