Fiction:The Core Federation/Constitution of the Federation

The Galactic Constitution of the Core Federation, also known as the Silver Constitution and the Constitution of the Core Worlds, is the highest setof laws and founding document of the Federation of the Core Worlds. It was written in the year 4,300, F.A., in which the seven Minor Empires, minor states that coexisted in the same region of Xanthrus Spiral, united to form the Federation under a single banner. The Constitution is one of the oldest surviving Ravenrii documents, and has remained largely unchanged since its drafting on planet Centrus.

Overview
The Constitution invested all executive powers in the Silver Ministry and the High Viceroy, and all legislative and judicial powers in the High Court of the Core. It placed the Federation's capital at Centrus and its vice-capital at Concentron, made Raevnii the national language, and made its official currency the Federation Corona. It established the High Viceroy and Queen of the Federation the heads of state and the High Viceroy head of government, named the Minister of Internal Affairs acting High Viceroy in the case of the former's death or expulsion from office. The Constitution gave every Ravenrii basic rights: the right to proper health care, the right to self-expression, the right to proper representation, the right to life, etc., and gave the High Court the rights to regulate trade, review and draft laws, and control the Federation's foreign policies, such as war-waging, the drafting of peace treaties, etc. It stated the formation of a standing army of the federation, and outlawed slavery.

In addition, the Constitution assigned a Viceroy to each of the Federation's states, giving the High Viceroy the position of their leader, ruling in co-dominance with the queen. It made Centrion the royal residence of the Ravenrii's monarchy, and stated that new monarchs were to be elected by the Viceroys from the Five Royal Families.