1.1 Power from the people. Free opinion and equal rights.

1.2 No discrimination.

1.3 The Regional Government is representative of the people and enacts the laws.

1.4 The Regional Government is impartial and objective in its work.

1.5 Every nation who has resided in Sweden for at least one day and is currently located in Sweden is a citizen of Sweden.

Article 2: Fundamental Rights and Freedoms

2.1 Every citizen is guaranteed:

2.1.1 freedom of expression

2.1.2 freedom of information

2.1.3 freedom of assembly

2.1.4 freedom to demonstrate

2.1.5 freedom of association

2.2 Citizens are protected in his/her relations with the public institutions against any coercion.

2.3 Citizens are guaranteed freedom of movement within the region and freedom to depart the region.

2.4 Citizens have the right to a fair and unbiased trial.

2.5 Proceedings in courts of law shall be open to the public.

2.6 No penalty may be imposed in respect of an act which was not subject to a penalty at the time it was committed. The Regional Government may furthermore prescribe that exceptions shall be made to the aforesaid provisions if it considers that this is warranted on special grounds connected with war, or the danger of war.

2.7 A foreign national within the region is equated with a Swedish citizen.

Article 3: Elections

3.1 The WA Delegate and Prime Minister are elected on a twice yearly basis by the people, with no official affiliation of party. Elections are free, open, and direct.

3.2 Delegate and Prime Minister Elections shall be held twice every year starting on March 17 and September 17.

3.3 During election season, all government positions will be removed (except in the case of a founder-appointed Election Coordinator).

3.4 The week from March 17 to March 24 and September 17 to September 24 is nomination week. During this period, any citizen may nominate another nation and/or themselves to run for the office of WA Delegate or Prime Minister. If they nominate another nation, that nation must accept the nomination before the week is over.

3.5 The days from March 24 to March 27 and September 24 to September 27 are campaign days. During these days, candidates may campaign on the RMB or in dispatches. Telegram campaigning is not permitted. Spamming the RMB is discouraged. Smear campaigning is discouraged.

3.6 The week from March 27 to April 3 and September 27 to October 3 is voting week. Voting will take place through a Google Form created by the Founder or a specially appointed officer. The Google Form will:

3.6.1 Be open to all Swedish citizens

3.6.2 Be "limited to one response"

3.6.3 Enable respondents to "edit after submit"

3.6.4 Enable respondents to view the responses, through a Google Sheets page made available by the founder or specially appointed form maker

3.6.5 Have the questions "who do you want to be Prime Minister" and "who do you want to be WA delegate", or words to that effect, with an option for each candidate.

The Founder or specially appointed maker of the form may also include other questions, such as "are you in the WA?" if they so choose.

3.7 The election is won by a majority vote (50% +1 or higher). If no candidate receives a majority, there will be a run-off election between the two candidates with the most votes. If the election is tied, the incumbent candidate wins. If neither candidate is incumbent, the Founder will decide the election for his/her preferred choice.

3.8 Each player who resides in Sweden at the time of the election is called is entitled to cast one vote in the election.

Article 4: Regional Government

4.1 The Founder is head of State and has supreme authority.

4.2 The Prime Minister is head of Government.

4.3 The WA Delegate is an executive position dealing with external affairs and Sweden on the international stage. It is identical to the post of Foreign Minister.

4.4 Only a nation who is entitled to vote may be a member of the Regional Government.

4.5 No person who is not a Swedish citizen may serve as Head of State.

4.6 The Prime Minister, with the assent of the Founder, shall appoint Regional Officers. These must include:

4.6.1 A Foreign Minister

4.6.2 A Home Minister

4.7 If by reason of inactivity, ceasing to exist, or for any other cause, the Founder
is prevented from performing his duties, the Prime Minister shall serve as the interim head of state.

4.8 If the members of the Regional Government unanimously declare that the Prime Minister or any other minister no longer enjoys the confidence of the Government, the Founder shall discharge the minister. If the Prime Minister or WA Delegate is discharged, elections shall immediately be held for a replacement.

4.9 Only a nation who has resided in Sweden for 5 days may be a minister.

4.10 If a minister (including the WA Delegate or Prime Minister) is unable to perform their duties, by reason of inactivity, ceasing to exist, or any other cause, they will be replaced immediately by the Prime Minister or by an election if they are the WA Delegate or Prime Minister.

Article 5: Interregional Relations

5.1 All nations have a duty to defend Sweden from invaders.

5.2 All nations have a duty to report any potential or suspected invasions.

5.3 Sweden shall never be an invading region.

5.4 The Prime Minister or Founder may declare Sweden in a state of war if it is under attack by raiders or they have received intelligence that a raid is likely to occur. They may declare wartime if the Delegate seat is taken over by a nation not elected in the proper manner. Wartime may not continue for more than two weeks.

Article 6: World Assembly

6.1 The endorsement cap for citizens is 3/5 of the delegate's endorsements in peace time, 2/5 in wartime (see clause 5.4) and during the month following elections.

6.2 The Prime Minister, Home Minister, and Founder are allowed to go over the cap.

6.3 If a nation exceeds the endorsement cap, they will receive a warning, along with the nations who are endorsing them. If they do not rectify the situation within two days, they will be ejected from the region. If they return and once again exceed the endorsement cap, they will be warned again, and after two days, if they have not rectified the situation, will be banned.

Article 7: Amendments to the Constitution

7.1 The Citizens of Sweden may amend the Constitution if they so wish. There are three ways an amendment can be brought to the table:

7.1.1 The Founder may call for an amendment.

7.1.2 The Prime Minister may call for an amendment.

7.1.3 25% of the total number of WA nations call for an amendment publically.

7.2 Amendments must first be approved by the Founder.

7.3 If the amendment was brought to vote through process 7.1.3, the Prime Minister has a one week period after the Founder approving the amendment to choose to veto the amendment; vetoed amendments will be voted on as outlined in Clause 7.5.

7.4 The amendment will be voted on through a Google Form (see 3.6.1-3.6.4 for description of this poll); the poll will be open for a length of three days. The poll may be created by any regional officer with Polling Authority, but must be created as soon as possible after Clause 7.2 or Clause 7.3 (depending on how the amendment is brought up as defined in Clause 7.1) is fulfilled.

7.5 If the Prime Minister has not vetoed the amendment, as outlined in Clause 7.3, 50%+1 of voting nations must approve the amendment for it to pass. If the amendment is vetoed by the Prime Minister, 66%+1 of voting nations must approve the amendment for it to pass.

7.6 Any amendments which pass shall be recorded in the list below (e.g. "added clause 5.3" or "edited clause 4.5: added 'it is identical...'")

7.7 List of Amendments

7.7.111/12/16 edited article 3 to make elections biannual instead of annual