The Empress of Australia, Eleanor the Second, does hereby decree that laws throughout the lands of the Waka-Krangere of Australia shall be recorded through a system of Décrets, each one numbered. These Décrets shall have the full force of law throughout the Waka-Krangere unless they specifically state otherwise. The purpose of these Décrets is to create a framework of laws for the betterment of the populace, the conduction of business, and the furtherance of a stable system of government for the Waka-Krangere.

–Décret 1, Eleanor II, January the Third, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Five

Any Décret may be amended or repealed by a further Décret which states the reasoning behind the change or repeal and the date by which it is to take effect.

–Décret 2, Eleanor II, January the Fourth, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Five

In each major population centre of the Waka-Krangere, at the expense of the crown, shall be kept a House of Laws which shall contain a list of all Décrets that govern the realm. This list shall be accessible to any and all citizens of the Waka-Krangere and any guests granted access to the Lands of the Waka-Krangere with permission of the Crown. Housed within this House of Laws shall be a three-member Court of the Crown which shall hear disputes of the realm and make rulings in the Name of the Crown. These rulings shall be written down and preserved. The ruling of the majority of the Court of the Crown shall be the Majority Ruling and any disagreement with the ruling of the majority shall also be written down and preserved as the Minority Ruling. Any ruling may be appealed to the Council of Justice housed in the Capital of the Waka-Krangere. The Council of Justice shall consist of Thirteen Members, appointed by the Crown, who shall hear all appeals and make Majority and Minority Rulings thereon. Any member of the Council of Justice may, on any matter so decided by the Council, whether they are in the Majority or Minority, request a hearing from the Empress who shall issue a final ruling on the matter.

–Décret 3, Eleanor II, January the Sixth, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Five

Every citizen shall swear their loyalty and allegiance to the Crown of the Waka-Krangere. Disregard of this loyalty shall be punishable by any means seen fit by the Crown, up to and including immediate death.

–Décret 4, Eleanor II, January the Seventh, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Five

Every citizen shall have, in their person and practices, the free exercise of their lives without interference from others provided their actions do not interfere in the lives of others.

–Décret 5, Eleanor II, January the Tenth, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Five

The conduct of business dealings shall between members of the populace shall be governed by a written agreement between parties. This agreement shall be witnessed by a Witness-Public employed, at the expense of the Crown, in every House of Laws. Any agreement not so witnessed shall be considered null and void and not enforceable as written. Any agreement so witnessed being breached may be brought by the offended party to the Court of the Crown in any House of Laws and have a Justice of the Crown offer remedy. This remedy, being so ordered by the Justice of the Crown shall be enforceable by the Crown against the offending party.

–Décret 6, Eleanor II, January the Fifteenth, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Five

The line of the Crown shall be passed from eldest daughter to eldest daughter so that the Waka-Krangere may be ruled by a succession of the ablest women to rule.

–Décret 10, Eleanor II, February the Twentieth, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Five

In each House of Laws there shall be employed, at the expense of the crown, an expert in the Décrets who shall be available to advise the populace on the meaning of the Décrets and how best to observe them.

–Décret 17, Eleanor II, March the Twenty-Ninth, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred-Six

The practice of the uncanny shall be strictly forbidden.

–Décret 76, Eleanor III, December the Twenty-Ninth, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred and Fifteen

Rank and Privilege in the Court and Service of the Waka-Krangere shall be set along the following lines.

There shall be a Privy Council that shall serve as the primary advisors and executors of the Will of the Empress. Members of the Privy Council shall include Chief and Second Councilors from all other Councils hereby established.

The Purpose of each Council shall be enumerated below, but the overall Purpose shall be to secure Peace, promote Trade, and compell the Happiness of Well-Being of the subjects of the Waka-Krangere. These are the Highest Orders of each Council.

Other Councils shall include: a Council of Foreign Affairs, a Council of Economics, a Council of Justice, a Council of Defense, a Council of Education, a Council of the Environs, and a Council of Art. The nominal rank of these Councils shall be such as their order above.

The number of each council shall be Thirteen. Decisions and recommendations given by each Council as a Whole shall be decided by vote with a Written Declaration of the Decision and shall include reasoning that led to the decision. Any Opposing Viewpoint on the Council will be also recorded and provided with the Written Declaration. As the Time of the Empress is precious, neither the Written Declaration or its Opposite shall exceed the length of 610 words.

The Work of each Council shall be important, but also important is the connection of the Councilors to the People of the Waka-Krangere. As such, it is so ordered that six months of every year, in alternate months, shall be a time of Session of the Councils. The other six months of the year, Councilors are requested to be at home or amongst the People of the Waka-Krangere to learn what they can about the lives of the Subjects and to understand how best to promote their Peace and Safety, secure Trade that provides them with adequate Work, and build Well-Being into the lives of the People.

The Waka-Krangere shall provide Quarters for each councilor in the Capital and an adequate Stipend so that they may focus on their Work of State. Counselors shall be appointed by the Empress of Australia from amongst the Population of the Waka-Krangere by any criteria She deems fit.

The Council of Foreign Affairs shall maintain Embassage to Other Nations and provide for the quartering and security of the Embassies of Other Nations to the Waka-Krangere. Connection and Contact with Other Nations shall be the Priority of the Council and it shall work to ensure that no action on the world stage is taken without the knowledge of the Empress.

The Council of Economics shall be tasked with creating Wealth for the Waka-Krangere, promoting the financial well-being of the Subjects, and creating a functional and imposing Economy which shall be the Envy of the World.

The Council of Justice shall be tasked with promoting Peace, Security and Justice amongst the people of the Waka-Krangere. The Council shall administer the Courts of the Crown and shall serve as semi-final arbiters of disputes in the Waka-Krangere. The Council shall administer the Laws of the Waka-Krangere as written in these Décrets, but also such Lesser Laws as the Council shall deem fit to enact with the Will of the Empress.

The Council of Defense shall be tasked with maintaining the Army and the Navy.

The Council of Education shall seek to empower the citizens of the Waka-Krangere with Knowledge.

The Council of the Environs shall seek to make the spaces of the Waka-Krangere beautiful, promote the wealfare of the Animal Kingdom, and create habitats for the Peoples of the Waka-Krangere that promote health and safety.

The Council of Art shall encourage the creation of the World’s finest artworks.

–Décret 177, Eleanor IV, January the Twenty-First, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred and Twenty-Seven

The Council of Foreign Affairs and the Council of Defense shall, by a majority vote of either, be empowered to recommend that the Empress declare that a state of war exists between the Waka-Krangere of Australia and any of the nations of the world. The Empress may, as is her right, decline or affirm the recommendation of either Council.

–Décret 201, Eleanor IV, October the Twelfth, One Thousand-Two-Hundred and Twenty-Eight

Understanding that information about the Actions of other nations, whether declared or not, are of the greatest import to the Security, Prosperity, and Success of the Waka-Krangere, a group known by the moniker of the year of the Waka-Krangere’s founding be created and empowered to gather information about the covert and public actions of the Nations of the World such that the Waka-Krangere may make informed decisions on the world stage.

–Décret 383, Eleanor V, July the First, One-Thousand-Two-Hundred and Sixty-Seven

An endowment of Monies, ten-thousand gold Sovereigns, is hereby granted to the University of New Bordeaux that the interest may be used in the operations and expansion of the University with the goal of making it the greatest center for learning in the world. The University is empowered to make loans to local merchants and individuals with the Monies at a rate of not more than Five Percent annually.

–Décret 613, Eleanor VI, December the First, One-Thousand-Three-Hundred and Forty-Three

Males are hereby granted the right to Admission to the University of New Bordeaux provided that they satisfy the general entrance requirements that are required of females to enter the University.

–Décret 617, Eleanor VI, January the Fifteenth, One-Thousand-Three-Hundred and Forty-Four

The official languages of the Waka-Krangere of Australia are to be Te Reo and French.

–Décret 637, Eleanor VI, July the Thirteenth, One-Thousand-Three-Hundred and Forty-Four

The Merchant’s Union is hereby created as the Primary Trade Guild of the Waka-Krangere of Australia. The Union shall be granted a Capitalization of Five-Hundred-Thousand Sovereigns by the Crown. The Union is empowered to Build and Operate a series of trading vessels that shall conduct trade across the seas and throughout the world. These vessels shall be flagged under and protected by the Waka-Krangere of Australia. In exchange for this initial Grant of Capital, the Union shall deliver to the Crown, each year on the same date a complete computation of the trade engaged in for that previous year and a ten-percent commission of all of the profit from such trade.

–Décret 900, Eleanor VII, May the Tenth, One-Thousand-Three-Hundred and Sixty-Eight

It is hereby mandated that the duty of 1151 is not only to gather information about the actions and intentions of the nations of the world vis a vis the Waka-Krangere of Australia’s interests, but also to shape those actions to be more favorable to those interests by any means necessary.

–Décret 913, Eleanor VIII, September the Tenth, One-Thousand-Three-Hundred and Seventy-Nine

The Island known as Madagasikara is hereby annexed into the Waka-Krangere of Australia. The people of Madagasikara are hereby granted full citizenship in the Waka-Krangere of Australia with all the rights, privileges, and duties granted to all citizens of the Waka-Krangere. Additionally, all residents of Madagasikara who present themselves for the Official Census shall be granted an annual stipend of one gold sovereign for the duration of their life. Any member of the populus who joins the Martial Forces of the Waka-Krangere for a minimum of two years shall be entitled to receive a stipend of five gold sovereigns for the duration of their life. If they should perish during their Martial Service, their heirs will be paid the due stipend for a duration of seventy-five years.

–Décret 1581, Eleanor XV, One-Thousand-Five-Hundred and Thirty-Seven

It is hereby decreed that the lands of the Kingdom of Portugal are annexed into the Waka-Krangere of Australia and shall be forever the sovereign territory of the Waka-Krangere of Australia.

–Décret 1599, Eleanor XV, August the Thirtieth, One-Thousand-Five-Hundred and Forty-Five

Any Soldier or Sailor in the Armies or Navies of the Kingdom of Portugal who defects to the Waka-Krangere of Australia will receive an annual stipend of five gold sovereigns for the duration of their life and a commission in the martial forces of the Waka-Krangere of Australia.

–Décret 1600, Eleanor XV, August the Thirtieth, One-Thousand-Five-Hundred and Forty-Five

All members of the Royal Family of the Kingdom of Portugal are hereby sentenced to immediate death by decapitation.

–Décret 1601, Eleanor XV, August the Thirtieth, One-Thousand-Five-Hundred and Forty-Five

The lands of the Spanish Kingdom are hereby annexed into the Waka-Krangere of Australia and shall forever be the sovereign territory of the Waka-Krangere of Australia.

–Décret 1602, Eleanor XV, November the Sixteenth, One-Thousand-Five-Hundred and Forty-Five

The new Kingdom of Castile is hereby created by the undeniable power of the Waka-Krangere of Australia and shall forever be a tribute land to the Waka-Krangere of Australia. It shall be ruled by Isabella d’Castile and her female heirs in perpetuity. Isabella d’Castile shall be educated in the arts of governance in New Bordeaux until her sixteenth year when she shall return to her kingdom and rule. Likewise, her heirs will be raised and educated in New Bordeaux until their sixteenth year. Until the time that Isabella d’Castile reaches the Age of Majority, the Kingdom of Castile shall be ruled by a regent appointed by Her August Majesty the Empress of Australia, Eleanor the Fifteenth.

–Décret 1603, Eleanor XV, November the Twentieth, One-Thousand-Five-Hundred and Forty-Five

The Lands of Catalonia shall be governed by a ruling Council of Fifteen, appointed by her august majesty Eleanor the Fifteenth Empress of Australia and her heirs in perpetuity and subject to a ten percent levy on tax and trade. In all other matters, the council shall have ruling authority over the Lands of Catalonia in perpetuity.

–Décret 1604, Eleanor XV, December the First, One-Thousand-Five-Hundred and Forty-Five

Portuguese is hereby recognized as an official language of the Waka-Krangere of Australia.

–Décret 1625, Eleanor XV, One-Thousand-Five-Hundred and Sixty

Abolition of Slavery within the Waka-Krangere of Australia

Section I: Moral Imperative

In the earnest contemplation of nature’s laws and the rights conferred upon humanity by divine providence, it becomes evident that the condition of bondage contradicts the fundamental principles of human dignity and justice. We, Eleanor the Sixteenth, reflect deeply upon the teachings of our philosophers and scholars, who instruct us that true virtue and harmony within the realm are unattainable while the stain of slavery remains. It is thus our enlightened and moral duty to recognize that all subjects, regardless of their origin or previous station, possess an intrinsic and equal claim to freedom and respect. To uphold the highest ideals of our civilization and ensure the prosperity and moral rectitude of our Waka-Krangere, the practice of slavery and all forms of human bondage are henceforth abolished in perpetuity across all lands and territories governed by our Crown. All individuals formerly bound by servitude are now and forever declared free subjects, entitled to the protections and liberties granted by imperial decree.

Section II: Implementation and Restitution

Restitution to Former Slaveholders:

Understanding that slavery has been deeply embedded in the economic structures of certain regions within our Waka-Krangere, a one-time restitution payment will be provided to all former slaveholders who are lawful citizens of the Waka-Krangere. This payment will serve as compensation for economic disruptions and adjustments resulting from this significant societal change. The specific sums will be calculated based on the number and productivity levels of previously held slaves, with all payments concluded within one year from the enactment of this Décret.

Support for Former Slaves:

Acknowledging the profound hardships endured by former slaves and to facilitate their transition into lives of dignity and freedom, each former slave shall receive a one-time lump sum payment upon emancipation. Additionally, for a period of one year from the date of this Décret, all freed individuals residing and working within imperial territories shall receive a monthly stipend to assist in establishing their new lives as free citizens.

Minimum Wage Standards:

To prevent economic exploitation and uphold the dignity of all workers, a minimum standard of payment for all labor, including the most menial and basic tasks, shall be established Waka-Krangere-wide. This minimum wage will be regularly reviewed and adjusted to ensure fair compensation reflecting living costs and economic conditions across the Waka-Krangere.

This Décret stands as our solemn commitment to justice and equality, marking a decisive and historic step towards a brighter, fairer future for all subjects of the Waka-Krangere of Australia.

Given under our hand, this Day, by Eleanor the Sixteenth, Empress of Australia.

—-Décret 1657, Eleanor XVI, One-Thousand Five-Hundred Sixty-Eight

The free practice of religion shall henceforth be unrestricted in all the lands of the Waka-Krangere of Australia. La libre pratique de la religion sera désormais illimitée dans tous les pays de l’Waka-Krangere d’Australie.

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English is hereby recognized as an official language of the Waka-Krangere of Australia.

–Décret 1739, Eleanor XX, August the First, One-Thousand-Six-Hundred and Thirty-Eight

In an effort to ensure that the views of the Majority and Minority are presented with equal weight in deliberations of the Privy Council, the Chief Councilor for each Council of the Government shall be tasked with presenting, where applicable, the Minority Opinion of the Council at hand. The Second Councilor shall be tasked with presenting the Majority Opinion. The Minority Opinion shall always be presented first.

–Décret 2524, Eleanor XXIV, June the Twelfth, One-Thousand-Seven-Hundred and Eighty-Nine

Henceforth, all thoroughfares of more than two lanes shall be split to allow for the planting of trees between the lanes. Likewise, trees shall be planted on either side of all thoroughfares throughout the Waka-Krangere. These trees shall be of diverse species, native to the location in which the road is constructed, and shall be maintained at the expense of the crown.

–Eleanor XXX, January the Seventeenth, One-Thousand-Nine-Hundred and Twenty Two