THe Founding Fathers of our Renewed Empire wrote:In the name of the undying power of the Most High and Great Emperor, of the Great and Mighty Ishida Dynasty, Ruler of the Celestial Palace and the Eternal Harmony of the Empire Magnificent, Living Descendent of the Sun Goddess and God Supreme to the Sekowon People and those of the Wider World Yukio Ishida the Great and his Dynasty, the People of Sekowo and their Appointed Shogunate as well as all subject peoples and colonies accept this Manifest Constitution.
It is declared, that from this year of 2924, as deliberated upon by the Representative of the Holy Emperor and the Glorious Ishida Dynasty, the Guardian of the Celestial Palace and the Eternal Harmony of the Empire Magnificent, Shogun and Ruler of Sekowo Hidetora Ichimonji of the Taisei Yokusankai (大政翼賛会) and the rest of the Emperor's Appointed Shogunate in the Gozen Kaigi and the Imperial Ministers thereof (also of the Taisei Yokusankai), and observed and approved by the Most High and Great Emperor, of the Great and Mighty Ishida Dynasty, Ruler of the Celestial Palace and the Eternal Harmony of the Empire Magnificent, Living Descendent of the Sun Goddess and God Supreme to the Sekowon People and those of the Wider World Yukio Yukio Ishida the Great, certain protocols relating to the manner and structure of the Imperial Government are set in place, never to be broken.
1) All political parties, in order to enter the Imperial Ministries and gain full legal rights, must swear an oath of allegiance to the Emperor and the Empire Magnificent. This oath must be taken upon the foundation of a political party or it's entry into the Gozen Kaigi or Subject Legislature, delay will cause suspicion. The oaths shall be recorded here
http://classic.particracy.net/viewbill. ... lid=287823 Any party refusing to take the oath will be refused cabinet seats by the loyal parties.
2) The Manifest Constitution of the Eternal Harmony and Empire Magnificent is never to be repealed and to do so is treason
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3) At every election, the National Anthem (No Empire Without You) must be played before the broadcast of the results by the Sekowan News Network (SNN)
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=814) The offical language of Sekowo and the Empire is Gao-Showan (OOC: Japanese), with the recognized dialects of Kyo (OOC: Korean), Han (OOC: Chinese) and Southern Gao-Showan (Vietnamese).
5) The minorities of French, Luthori (OOC: English), Normand and Kapolian (OOC: Greek) origin are officially recognised as Subject Peoples, with their own limited self-governments and Representative of the Imperial Government. Negotiations on the nature of this self-government and Representation shall follow later.
6) The colonial nations are in the same vain referred to as Subject Colonies, and have a greater or lesser amount of self-rule depending on the exact conditions of said Subject Colony.
7) The ideologies of Communism, Nuncirism, Aretism and republicanism are banned within the Empires borders, unless the parties who adhere to them swear allegiance to the Emperor and abandon any pretext of changing the Manifest Constitution of the Eternal Harmony and Empire Magnificent.