Laphisto
High Commander of the Lilaste Order
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.
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- Diarchy Foundational Charter
- Diarchal Assembly Governance Articles
GENERAL INFORMATION
Media Name:The Diarchy Internal Stewardship Statute
Format:
Holobook / Constitutional Statute / HoloNet Legislative Record
Distribution:
Common
Length:
Medium
Approx. 10,300 words (annotated legal edition)
Description:
A binding Diarchy statute governing the relationship between the Diarchy and its constituent planetary governments. 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 of the Diarchy
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 decay.
FORMAT INFORMATION
Legal Classification:Foundational Statute — Internal Governance Oversight
Jurisdiction:
All planets formally incorporated within Diarchy territory
Applicable Bodies:
- Planetary Governments
- 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-RuleAll 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
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 emergency 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
- Notification to the planetary delegation within the Diarchal Assembly
Upon declaration, the Diarchy may temporarily suspend the existing planetary government and assume provisional administrative control strictly for stabilization purposes. Rights, customs, and traditions are respected but all planetary leaders are subjects of the Diarchy first and foremost.
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 jurisprudence, 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 function. 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.
