Diarch Rellik
Lord of the Diarchy
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent:
This submission defines a Diarchy internal governance law applicable to member worlds. It provides a legal mechanism for intervention when a planetary government within Diarchy territory fails its obligations to its citizens, while preserving local autonomy, representation, and the right of self-rule. It is intended for use in RP as constitutional justification for Diarchal Intervention when local leadership is deemed unfit to rule.
Image Credit:
N/A
Canon:
N/A
Permissions:
N/A
Links:
Diarchal Assembly - (Senate) - The Diarchy Faction Page
GENERAL INFORMATION
Name:
The Diarchy Internal Stewardship Statute
Reform Type:
Constitutional Statute / Legislative Record
Reform Passage:
Direct Diarch Request followed by recognition in the Diarchal Assembly
Length:
Medium:
Approx. 10,300 words (annotated legal edition)
Description:
A binding Diarchy statute governing the relationship between the Diarchy and its planetary governments leaders. The Statute establishes that while member worlds retain the right to self-rule and representation, the Diarchy reserves internal authority to intervene when a planetary government fails to meet minimum civil obligations owed to its citizens.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
Author:
The Diarchal Assembly
Publisher:
Diarchy Central Legislative Archive
Reception:
Viewed by most member worlds as a necessary constitutional safeguard. Accepted as the legal cost of Diarchy membership. Quietly resented by entrenched ruling classes, but broadly supported by civilian populations and planetary delegates who view it as protection against internal corruption and abuse.
FORMAT INFORMATION
Legal Classification:
Government philosophy amendment
Jurisdiction:
All planets formally incorporated within Diarchy territory
Applicable Bodies:
Active and enforceable
CONTENT INFORMATION
Summary
The Diarchy Internal Stewardship Statute affirms that planets within Diarchy territory retain the right to govern themselves, maintain local law, and exercise representation within the Diarchal Assembly. However, that right is conditional upon the continued fulfillment of basic governmental responsibilities toward the planet’s citizens.
The Statute defines intervention as an internal constitutional action.
Articles of Law (Condensed)
Article I — Membership and Self-Rule
All planets formally incorporated into the Diarchy retain the right to self-governance, local lawmaking, and representation within the Diarchal Assembly. They are obligated to uplift their world and the Diarchy as a whole.
Article II — Obligation of Governance
Planetary governments within the Diarchy are obligated to:
A planetary government is considered failed when, within Diarchy territory, it demonstrably and persistently:
Intervention authority may be exercised after:
Upon declaration, the Diarchy may temporarily suspend the existing planetary government and assume provisional administrative control for stabilization purposes. Rights, customs, and traditions are respected but all planetary leaders are subjects of the Diarchy first and foremost. Law, order, and accountability will be upheld until a leader comes who can demonstrate to do the same.
Article VI — Preservation of Planetary Voice
Suspension of a planetary government does not revoke:
The Diarchy shall facilitate the formation of a successor government chosen by the planet’s population through locally appropriate and culturally legitimate means. If the planet can not come together to choose leadership a chancellor of admissions will be assigned to run the planet.
Common Legal Interpretation
Within Diarchal space, the Statute is commonly summarized as:
“Membership grants autonomy as long as shared responsibility is taken seriously; autonomy does not excuse neglect.”
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Diarchy Internal Stewardship Statute was drafted to resolve a core constitutional tension: how to reconcile planetary self-rule with collective responsibility across Diarchy territory.
Early Diarchy governance assumed that internal planetary failures were local matters. Repeated humanitarian collapses demonstrated that neglect within one member world destabilized surrounding systems and undermined the legitimacy of the Diarchy as a whole.
The Statute reframed intervention as an internal corrective action. It established that Diarchy territory is not a collection of independent sovereignties, but a shared political body with enforceable minimum standards.
The law remains intentionally understated, invoked rarely, and regarded as a constitutional backstop rather than a tool of routine governance.
"Let all know that once they are a member of the Diarchy. They are the Diarchy. Until the end of time."
Intent:
This submission defines a Diarchy internal governance law applicable to member worlds. It provides a legal mechanism for intervention when a planetary government within Diarchy territory fails its obligations to its citizens, while preserving local autonomy, representation, and the right of self-rule. It is intended for use in RP as constitutional justification for Diarchal Intervention when local leadership is deemed unfit to rule.
Image Credit:
N/A
Canon:
N/A
Permissions:
N/A
Links:
Diarchal Assembly - (Senate) - The Diarchy Faction Page
GENERAL INFORMATION
Name:
The Diarchy Internal Stewardship Statute
Reform Type:
Constitutional Statute / Legislative Record
Reform Passage:
Direct Diarch Request followed by recognition in the Diarchal Assembly
Length:
Medium:
Approx. 10,300 words (annotated legal edition)
Description:
A binding Diarchy statute governing the relationship between the Diarchy and its planetary governments leaders. The Statute establishes that while member worlds retain the right to self-rule and representation, the Diarchy reserves internal authority to intervene when a planetary government fails to meet minimum civil obligations owed to its citizens.
SOCIAL INFORMATION
Author:
The Diarchal Assembly
Publisher:
Diarchy Central Legislative Archive
Reception:
Viewed by most member worlds as a necessary constitutional safeguard. Accepted as the legal cost of Diarchy membership. Quietly resented by entrenched ruling classes, but broadly supported by civilian populations and planetary delegates who view it as protection against internal corruption and abuse.
FORMAT INFORMATION
Legal Classification:
Government philosophy amendment
Jurisdiction:
All planets formally incorporated within Diarchy territory
Applicable Bodies:
- Planetary Governments & Any military they may be in power of
- Diarchal Assembly (Pseudo-Senate)
- Diarchal Civil Oversight Commissions
- Diarchal High Council
- Diarchy Internal Security Force (DISF)
- Authorized Internal Stabilization Administrations
Active and enforceable
CONTENT INFORMATION
Summary
The Diarchy Internal Stewardship Statute affirms that planets within Diarchy territory retain the right to govern themselves, maintain local law, and exercise representation within the Diarchal Assembly. However, that right is conditional upon the continued fulfillment of basic governmental responsibilities toward the planet’s citizens.
The Statute defines intervention as an internal constitutional action.
Articles of Law (Condensed)
Article I — Membership and Self-Rule
All planets formally incorporated into the Diarchy retain the right to self-governance, local lawmaking, and representation within the Diarchal Assembly. They are obligated to uplift their world and the Diarchy as a whole.
Article II — Obligation of Governance
Planetary governments within the Diarchy are obligated to:
- Provide reasonable access to food, water, shelter, and medical care
- Maintain civil order and protect civilian life
- Administer resources and authority without systemic corruption or neglect
- Participate in some fashion to the goals of the Diarchy as a whole - circumstances depending and can be debated in the assembly.
A planetary government is considered failed when, within Diarchy territory, it demonstrably and persistently:
- Allows mass civilian deprivation through inaction or mismanagement
- Loses effective control of civil order resulting in widespread harm
- Employs state violence against its own population outside lawful authority
- Refuses or obstructs corrective assistance offered by Diarchal institutions
Intervention authority may be exercised after:
- Direct call to action by the Diarch’s
- Review by a Diarchal Civil Oversight Commission
- Formal declaration of failure ratified by the Diarchal High Council
- A formal, notified, and re-readable accounting within the Diarchal Assembly of the events with a majoris approval by members available
Upon declaration, the Diarchy may temporarily suspend the existing planetary government and assume provisional administrative control for stabilization purposes. Rights, customs, and traditions are respected but all planetary leaders are subjects of the Diarchy first and foremost. Law, order, and accountability will be upheld until a leader comes who can demonstrate to do the same.
Article VI — Preservation of Planetary Voice
Suspension of a planetary government does not revoke:
- Planetary membership in the Diarchy
- Civilian status of the population
- The planet’s right to representation once a legitimate authority is restored
The Diarchy shall facilitate the formation of a successor government chosen by the planet’s population through locally appropriate and culturally legitimate means. If the planet can not come together to choose leadership a chancellor of admissions will be assigned to run the planet.
Common Legal Interpretation
Within Diarchal space, the Statute is commonly summarized as:
“Membership grants autonomy as long as shared responsibility is taken seriously; autonomy does not excuse neglect.”
HISTORICAL INFORMATION
The Diarchy Internal Stewardship Statute was drafted to resolve a core constitutional tension: how to reconcile planetary self-rule with collective responsibility across Diarchy territory.
Early Diarchy governance assumed that internal planetary failures were local matters. Repeated humanitarian collapses demonstrated that neglect within one member world destabilized surrounding systems and undermined the legitimacy of the Diarchy as a whole.
The Statute reframed intervention as an internal corrective action. It established that Diarchy territory is not a collection of independent sovereignties, but a shared political body with enforceable minimum standards.
The law remains intentionally understated, invoked rarely, and regarded as a constitutional backstop rather than a tool of routine governance.
"Let all know that once they are a member of the Diarchy. They are the Diarchy. Until the end of time."
Last edited:
