Executive Policies

Executive Policies
Jurisdiction	Cabinet of Taijitu
Enacted by	Delegate of Taijitu
Introduced	December 9, 2013
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Taijitu's executive branch has a number of Executive Policies covering and controlling several Ministries and their spheres of responsibility. These directives are generally understood to implement the requirements of the Ministries Act, though said Act allows them to be used as a way to push the Senate to amend said Act. The Delegate is empowered to alter these policies at will.

Regional Security

Ministries Act
1. The Ministry of Regional Security will protect the region's secrets, evaluate threats to our allies and friends, and seek to discover violations of Taijitu Law by Taijitu citizens.

1. The Minister may have a Deputy Minister.
2. Other assistants to the Minister will be titled Agents.

Internal Affairs

Ministries Act
2. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will manage the citizenship rolls, register corporations, rent space in The City, and assist the Ministry of Regional Security in its investigations.

1. The Minister may have a Deputy Minister.
2. Other assistants to the Minister will be titled Clerks.
3. An application for citizenship must be approved or denied within seven days of filing.
4. Whenever an application for citizenship is denied, the official denying the application will immediately post a thread in the Senate Chambers naming the resident nation and the reason for denial.

1. Citizens

1. If any citizenship application is not acted on in seven days, it will be considered rejected.
2. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will maintain public records of citizens’ names, resident and World Assembly nations, but any citizen may request that their World Assembly nation be secret, in which case the citizen’s World Assembly nation will be kept private.
3. If any citizen’s resident or World Assembly nation ceases to exist, or their World Assembly nation leaves the World Assembly, they will be contacted promptly and asked to update their information. If they do not do so within one week, they will forfeit their citizenship.

2. Zocalo Boards

1. Any organization may apply for a board in the Zocalo. If there are less than five boards, the organization will be given a board, else they will be given one only if they have more members than the smallest organization with a board, in which case that organization will lose its board.
2. Organizations without a board may create a thread in the Zocalo.
3. If any organization’s membership falls to zero, it will lose its board.

3. Political Parties

1. Any citizen may register a political party. Any registered party may remove themselves from the registry.
2. Parties will submit a name, color and ideology, and may update this information at any time.
3. The Ministry of Internal Affairs will maintain public records of registered parties’ submitted information, number of positions held in the Senate and Cabinet, and membership.
4. If any citizen is a member in multiple parties, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will only recognize their membership in the party they joined earliest.
5. If any party’s membership falls to zero, that party will be removed from the registry.

4. Founder Nation Issues

1. The Minister of Internal Affairs will promptly post any new Founder Nation issues and reports of any actions taken on them on the Regional Forums.

5. Updates

1. Every Monday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will check the accuracy of all records, make updates and take any necessary actions.

6. Membership in Civic Groups

1. Organizations and parties will determine their own rules for membership, but the Ministry of Internal Affairs will only recognize the membership of citizens.

External Affairs

Ministries Act
3. The Ministry of External Affairs will handle Taijitu's relations with other regions.

1. The Minister may have a Deputy Minister.
2. Other assistants to the Minister will be titled Ambassadors.

1. Embassies

1. The Ministry of External Affairs will accept applications for embassies from regions or interregional organizations which have a total population of at least 50, have off-site forums, will accept a Taiijtuan embassy and between which and Taijitu there exist no significant hostilities, and will close the embassies of any regions which cease to meet these conditions.
2. The Ministry of External Affairs will open a Taijituan embassy in any region which opens an embassy in Taijitu.
3. The Ministry of External Affairs will seek to open embassies in regions deemed important and which meet the conditions for an embassy in Taijitu.

2. Updates

1. On the first day of any month, the Ministry of External Affairs will issue an update summarizing the state of the region and any recent events.
2. Within one week of any election, the Ministry of External Affairs will issue an update summarizing the results of the election and any cabinet appointments made afterwards.
3. If any two updates would fall within one week of another, they will be issued together on the date of the later update.
4. Any such updates will be sent to all regions where Taijitu has an embassy.

3. World Factbook

1. The Ministry of External Affairs will create and maintain articles on the Regional Wiki about the regions where Taijitu has embassies.

Justice

Ministries Act
4. The Ministry of Justice will train and certify attorneys at law, and will provide for the prosecution and defence of criminals.

1. The Minister may have a Deputy Minister.

Recruitment

Ministries Act
5. The Ministry of Recruitment will manage the recruitment of Taijitu.

1. The Minister may have a Deputy Minister.
2. Other assistants to the Minister will be titled Recruiters.

Community

Ministries Act
6. The Ministry of Community will be charged with welcoming and guiding new members of the region.

1. The Minister may have a Deputy Minister.
2. Other assistants to the Minister will be titled Teachers.

1. The Regional Wiki

1. The Ministry of the Community will maintain Taijitu related pages on the Regional Wiki, and add new ones when appropriate.
2. On the first day of any month, the Ministry of the Community will select a new featured article and image with the consultation of the citizens of the region.

2. FAQs, Guides, and Guidelines

1. The Ministry of the Community will create and maintain Guides for how to get started in various Taijitu activity tracks including Role Play.
2. The Ministry of the Community will draft and refine to meet community standards Guidelines for behavior in Taijitu including in the City and Role Play, to be maintained as stickies.
3. The Ministry of the Community will not enforce these Guidelines, but will ask members to keep to them and suggest Arbitration when they are not followed.

Defense

Ministries Act
7. The Ministry of Defence will organize and command the Taijitu Army.

1. The Taijitu Army will, as its primary objective, be committed to the defense and liberation of regions everywhere, but may also engage in other actions if deemed necessary.
2. There will be a Chain of Command in the Taijitu Army under the Delegate and Minister of Defence.
3. Any member of the Taijitu Army with a higher rank than another is empowered to issue orders to them, but are responsible to their superiors to issuing correct orders.
4. The ranks in the Taijitu Army, in descending order, will be:
   1. General
   2. Colonel
   3. Lieutenant
   4. Sergeant
   5. Corporal
   6. Private
5. The Delegate may not be in the Taijitu Army.

1. The Ministry of Defense will be organized as laid out below.
2. The Military of Taijitu will be the Taijitu Armed Forces (TAF) which may also be referred to as the Taijun.
3. The flag of the TAF will be:
   
4. Neither this flag nor any derivative of it may be flown without permission.
5. As defined in the Ministries Act there is a chain of command with the following ranks, marked by the below flags with insignia:
   1. General:
      
   2. Colonel:
      
   3. Lieutenant:
      
   4. Sergeant:
      
   5. Corporal:
      
   6. Private:
      
6. The TAF is authorized categorically, in the below order of priority, to:
   1. Defend Taijitu.
   2. Defend allied (by treaty) regions of Taijitu.
   3. Defend friends (with embassies) of Taijitu.
   4. Defend against enemies (by war) of Taijitu.
   5. Defend against regions which offend Taijituan sensibilities.
   6. Defend regions which do not offend Taijituan sensibilities.
   7. Seize and/or hold Warzone regions.
   8. Attack enemies (by war) of Taijitu.
   9. Attack regions which offend Taijituan sensibilities.