rapidly became the de facto government of humans not on Earth, the second Constitution was that of th... epublic of Man" in 2880)) of the pan-human polity now known formally as 'The Solar Republic' and more ... ble length of a First Minister's appointment.
note: the introduction is not part of the constitution document, it starts with the 'Preamble'
===== Pr
ng on the Stickney Treaty see Jim 0000's briefing note.
===== Introduction =====
==== Composition of ... rances.
The MAFC Intelligence community employed normal human intelligence gathering techniques to tr... planning to take action. However this warning was not received by Lord Bailey until after the operatio... hought to have been killed. However, his body has not been recovered, despite extensive searching.
==
cal leaders were closely questioned, and there is no evidence of any conspiracy, collusion or overarch... nepotism were found among various officials, but no more than would be expected of a thorough audit o... he judged to be the best interests of the Empire. No blame is attached to his conduct.
=== Governor ... ing Von Strucker and his authoritarian stance was noted among Governor Armstrong and his senior staff)
indless rhetoric and to affirm the Earth Empire's non-aggression to other human states.
===== The Fu... differences rather than the commonalities.
I am not one of those leaders.
The end of ToOL and SALT... een diplomatic revenge against the Empire. We are not going to play such childish games; and there will be no tit for tat expulsions. All the SALT observers ar
====== T93 - No Command Economy for Earth ======
dateline: 3211.040
First Minister Ashanti spoke to the Senate telling them that there was no way that Earth was going to move to a command eco... in the past, and former Grand Admiral Ashanti was not going to lead the Imperium into the camp of its ... t we existed so that humans can be free. This has not changed over the years since then, even the last
f Foreign Minister has been meteoric, assisted in no small part by personal relations within the Senat... r of well remembered speeches in the Senate, most notably on issues of Imperial stability and leadersh... e powerful pronouncements on foreign policy which no doubt influenced his being chosen for this, his f
ificantly expanded colonisation from Earth had it not been vetoed by the [[zhang|Lee Zhang]] governmen... e votes with the Imperialist Party although he is not formally a member of any faction. If the Admiral... er naval officers in the Senate, although they do not all follow his lead on all occasions. Above all ... a private bill which was defeated because it did not receive Government support. The bill would have
ister today told the Senate that the Empire would not have its security constrained by artificial limi... immediate effect. The other signatories have been notified.
===== Notification of other signatories =====
**To:**
President Anton Dec, MAFC
President... of SALT with immediate effect. In practice we do not expect to be in breach of the current limits und
that the blood of many thousands of Amossians is now on Venerian hands as much as on Sirian ones.
=... uclear weapons). Such bitter irony that they are now suppressing with untrammelled brutality a freely... erians are simply underwriting such brutal acts. Not because they agree with them. No, let us be clear of that fact. The Venerians are not siding with
as beginning to show some fruit, although perhaps not as much as they would have wished. They have loc... objectives established at item 1. Politics should not dictate the details of military missions.
=====... /political feedback into JAC ====
Each power will nominate a permanent representative to a central co-... that shortages or surpluses of military stores do not develop. Decisions are to be made at the lowest
nvited to do so by the legitimate government in a non-Earth Empire system, or when the local governmen... vention Policy =====
We should only intervene in non Earth Empire systems when one or more of the fol... olity agreements require us to assist;
* where not assisting would, on a balance of probability, lead to genocide being committed;
* where not intervening would lead to loss of a strategic as
and the government, but it earned him sufficient notoriety to get him selected as Senator for Shangha... Me Knowing You, A-ha". This further increased his notoriety and led to a stint as Chair of the Select ... t continued to debate fiercely in the Senate as a non-voting member. He was always a popular speaker a... vigorate the war effort, and forge new alliances, not least of which was the formation of the grand al
