Criminal Code
An act laying out crimes against the Coalition and their punishments
1. Crimes
(1) Treason shall be defined as:
- plotting against the Coalition;
- seeking to lower the Delegate’s endorsement count without their consent;
- breaking the endorsement cap after receiving an official warning; or
- aiding any entity which the Coalition is taking defensive action against, or any entity against which a state of war exists.
(2) Identity fraud shall be defined as a deception made of one’s self, or knowingly abetting in another’s claims to a false identity, wherein this fraud threatens the security of the South Pacific, or circumvents the laws and legal processes of the South Pacific.
(3) Espionage shall be defined as an act of or attempt to obtain information that is confidential or not made publicly available for use by oneself or an entity one represents. Distribution of private information that originates in official South Pacific discussion areas, excluding private messages, without the express written permission of the relevant officials or institutions shall be considered Espionage.
- The Chair of the Assembly shall be the relevant official for information from private discussions of the Assembly.
- The Security Council shall be the relevant institution for information from private discussions of the Council.
- The High Court shall be the relevant institution for information from private discussions of the High Court.
- The Prime Minister shall be the relevant official for all other private information that originates in official South Pacific discussion areas.
(4) Blackmail shall be defined as demanding private gains from a player in return for not revealing compromising or injurious information.
(5) Contempt of Court shall be defined as conduct that constitutes a deliberate perversion of the justice system and which prevents the Judiciary from reaching a true and just result.
(6) Organised Crime shall be defined as involvement in a group or association with the intent of committing an unlawful act in the South Pacific.
(7) Corruption shall be defined as the misuse of public office for private or personal advantage.
(8) Electoral fraud shall be defined as the manipulation of the democratic process in the South Pacific, wherein:
- an individual recruits people to vote a particular way, with an underlying corrupt purpose, regardless if the recruited persons are aware of that purpose; or
- a group of individuals organize themselves to vote a particular way, with an underlying corrupt purpose that would alter the natural outcome of the vote.
(9) Extortion shall be defined as the threatening of any individual in order to influence behavior that the recipient would otherwise not alter.
(10) Defamation shall be defined as the communication of false or grossly misleading information about an individual to a recipient, for the purposes of damaging the standing of that individual and done so with a reckless disregard for its factual accuracy.
(11) Bribery shall be defined as the receiving or offering of undue support by or to any individual in order to influence behavior that the recipient would otherwise not alter.
(12) Vexatious Charges shall be defined as the filing of criminal charges against another player despite the filing party’s knowledge that said charges were meritless, frivolous, repetitive, and/or burdensome.
(13) Conduct violations shall be defined as breaking in-game NationStates rules.
2. Punishments
(1) If found guilty of an act of treason, the offending player and all nations under their control will be immediately banned from the in-game region and offsite forums.
(2) Conduct violations are punishable by immediate ejection and banishment from the region. Punished parties may appeal this decision to the High Court. In most cases, nations that appeal the decision and apologize should expect to have their ban lifted.
(3) If found guilty of any other crime listed above, the High Court will determine a sentence proportionate to the offense.