The Divinus Charter

Before it was an empire, it was a nation. A nation in pursuit of control and regulation. It sought to tame its people, its lands, its gods, and the tides of history with ink, seal, and blood. In quiet chambers behind stone doors, the architects of dominion gathered, drafting laws that would shape generations yet unborn. Every clause was a promise of power; every paragraph, a chain disguised as order. Deep within its archives, beneath the weight of silence and dust, this was one of the empire's original drafts.
  The Divinus Charter is more than a document—it is the spine of the Daeva Empire’s iron order, the quiet law by which it measures worth, assigns place, and extracts loyalty from its people. It defines citizenship from cradle to grave, turning life into a ledger of contracts, licenses, and obligations. Through it, the empire enforces its vision of control, ensuring that every birth, trade, marriage, and death feeds the machinery of state. To break the Charter is to stand against the empire itself, and to live under it is to be bound by its word, willingly or not.
 

First Law – Universal Law

The Divinus Charter’s Word is Law.
The Law is the Nation’s Power.
The Nation’s Power is the Universal Truth.
 

Second Law – Citizenship

Article 1: Natural Citizenship

• The government is of the citizens, for its citizens.
• Natural Citizenship is granted to all children born within the Daeva Empire.
• Citizens are granted Exchange Licenses upon infant registration; Labor Contracts and Stock Trade Licenses at age twelve.
• Labor Contracts are categorized as Operative (Employee) or Proprietor (Employer).
• All Natural Citizens under Labor Contracts are granted National Trade Licenses.
• Labor Contracts require notarization by a third-party Government Citizen.
• Operatives and Proprietors may accept or refuse terms if not properly signed and notarized.
• Failure to comply results in imprisonment, corporal punishment, death, demotion, or removal of citizenship status.

  Article 2: Academia Citizenship

• Valid registration and attendance at a Divinus Academy grants Academic Citizenship.
• Privileges include, but are not limited to: Specialty Licenses, Childbearing, Estate Ownership Guarantees, and Voter Registration.
• Failure to graduate results in conversion to Public Citizenship.
• Noncompliance results in imprisonment, corporal punishment, demotion, or removal of citizenship status.

  Article 3: Government Citizenship

• Granted upon completion and graduation from a Daeva Empire Academy.
• Privileges include, but are not limited to: Specialty Licenses, Natural Citizenship, Operative and Proprietor Licenses, Business Ownership, Marriage Licenses, and preservation of Academic rights.
• Statuses include Regime Envoi, Envoi Legate, or Regime Proxy.
• Noncompliance results in imprisonment, corporal punishment, demotion, or removal of citizenship status.

  Article 4: Private Citizenship

• Granted upon completion of a Daeva Empire Academy.
• Privileges include, but are not limited to: Natural Citizenship, Operative and Proprietor Licenses, Private Business Ownership, Marriage Licenses, and preservation of Academic rights.
• Statuses include Citizen Official, Doctorate Administrator, Commercial Delegate, or Private Proxy.
• Noncompliance results in imprisonment, corporal punishment, demotion, or removal of citizenship status.

  Article 5: Public Citizenship

• Privileges include, but are not limited to: Natural Citizenship, Public Operative Licenses, Childbearing, Labor Contracts, and National Stock and Trade Licenses.
• Registered upon the 26th year of birth, the legal age of adulthood.
• Marriage is void if a citizen is demoted to Public Citizenship after the 26th year.
• Noncompliance results in imprisonment, corporal punishment, demotion, or removal of citizenship status.

  Article 6: Subsidiary Citizenship

• Granted upon completion of a Secondary Education Program, with registration required within two cycles of graduation.
• Privileges include, but are not limited to: Natural Citizenship, Public Operative and Proprietor Licenses, Marriage Licenses, Childbearing, Labor Contracts, and National Stock and Trade Licenses.
• Becomes permanent and irreversible upon the 26th year of birth.
• Marriage is void if a citizen is demoted to Public Citizenship after the 26th year.
• Noncompliance results in imprisonment, corporal punishment, demotion, or removal of citizenship status.

 

Third Law – Marriage and Betrothal

• Betrothal and marriage are recognized as legal partnerships under notarized contracts, requiring signatures from both parties and witnesses.
• Consensual involvement with lovers is permitted unless restricted by contract.
• Marriage does not change citizenship status for either party.
• Failure to comply results in denial of marriage licenses, with appeals permitted only to Priva or Citizen Officials.

 

Fourth Law – Slavery

• Slavery is considered treason against Natural Citizens and the Daeva Empire, punishable to the full extent of the law.
• Defined as unlawful imprisonment by contract, force, intimidation, or extortion.

 

Fifth Law – Academia Registration Act

• Citizens may begin preparation for A.C.E. qualifications at age 14.
• Academy selections are distributed nine months before entrance ceremonies; refusal results in Public Citizenship status.
• Sponsorships are allowed with notarized contracts if a citizen cannot afford academy tuition.
• Changes in enrollment require retesting and government approval before deadlines.

 

Sixth Law – Family Registration Act

• All children must be registered with the Family Registration Board, with a nine-month waiting period before processing.
• Males are declared sons/heirs; females are declared daughters/heiresses upon registration.
• Gender changes require notarization and documentation with the Registration Board.
• Fraudulent claims or intentional harm to registered children result in imprisonment, corporal punishment, and removal of citizenship, with court appeals permitted.