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Map of the East Pacific Act
An act regarding the regional map

Passed 6 January 2005
Amended (date)

The Senate of the East Pacific, in congress assembled, enacts as follows

REGIONAL CARTOGRAPHER

  1. (1) The Regional Cartographer shall be responsible for the upkeep and updating of the Map, and shall have the authority to decide all claims regarding territories.

(2) The Regional Cartographer shall be appointed by the Delegate and may be removed at any time by the Delegate.

SOVEREIGN CLAIMS

  1. Nations resident in the East Pacific may claim plots as their sovereign territory based on their populations.

(1) Nations below 500 million may claim one plot.

(2) Nations between 500 million and 999 million may claim two plots.

(3) Nations between 1 billion and 1.999 billion may claim three plots.

(4) Nations between 2 billion and 2.999 billion may claim four plots.

(5) Nations above 3 billion may claim five plots.

  1. No nation shall claim more than five plots as its sovereign territory.

OCCUPIED TERRITORIES

  1. (1) A nation may occupy a reasonable number of plots beyond its sovereign territory. However, these will not be recognised as sovereign to that nation and shall be indicated in grey on the regional map. Such territory must be continguous to the nation’s sovereign territory, or to other territories likewise claimed so that the entire claimed territory is continguous.

(2) In questions over Section 4, the Regional Cartographer shall have discretion as to whether or not to grant the claim.

(3) In cases of island nations and/or nations that have been blocked by other nations that have been established, review of the laws pertaining to contiguousity of the nation can be performed and a ruling to either accept or deny the request can be addressed on a case-by-case basis.

Rights of occupying nation

  1. The nation occupying such territory shall have legal jurisdiction over it. However, the Confederacy of the East Pacific shall have the ultimate legal jurisdiction in such occupied territories and cases of law involving a person resident in an occupied territory or concerning an act or omission occuring in an occupied territory may be appealed to the courts of the Confederacy of the East Pacific.

  2. Where another nation claims as its sovereign territory an area occupied by another nation, the sovereign claim shall be recognised and the existing occupier shall vacate all rights and claims to such territory.

  3. (1) The occupying nation shall be responsible for all functions of the occupied territory at a local level, including but not limited to transportation, healthcare, education, and public safety.

(2) The occupying nation may collect taxation from the residents of an occupied territory, provided that such taxation is similar to that it imposes on residents of its sovereign territory.

Ultimate authority reserved

  1. (1) The Confederacy of the East Pacific shall at all times retain ultimate jurisdiction over all such occupied territory.

GENERAL

  1. Exceptions to the provisions of this act may be selectively granted by the Senate or by a fair and impartial tribunal taking roleplaying considerations into account.

  2. Where this Act conflicts with any previous law or act explicitly regarding the regional map, this Act shall prevail.