Silvereye Confederacy

The Silvereye is an democratic international political organisation which controls most of the nations of The Confederates. The organisation today consists of five countries that each have about 400 representatives which consist of their legislative body, which altogether makes up over 2000 members. The member countries are Billopesha, Bironta, Derenny, Frissia and Brecke. The only country of The Confederates to not belong to the Silvereye is the Empire of Hontock which doesn't believe in any form of democracy. A individual member is referred to as a MOS (Member Of the Silvereye).

History

Ancient System

After The Confederates were founded in 563BC, law and order needed to be controlled efficiently so King Oliver Bilopec created a ruling council called The Silvereye in 546BC where a group of rich landowners and governors meet to discuss politics, sort out laws for the people and help the king’s/lord’s rule. As Billopesha was the first nation to form, the Silvereye was only the Billopeshian Senate. When the Silvereye was formed, a collection of simple laws called “Laws of Billopesha” was formed in 546BC and consists of 200 laws. These basically include laws on Family, Trade, Labour and Personal property. Some state that any crime committed will be punished with a jail sentence and that taxes must be paid depending on your lifestyle. There were meetings held, organized by the King of Billopesha and held at The King’s Palace on Billopec Hill. Meetings were usually held every week or when there is an urgent event that needed dealing with. Also, if someone wanted to set up something or built something, they would have to get the Silvereye’s permission before doing so.

The Billopeshians had a surprisingly efficient law system for its time. Unlike the Romans, Greeks or Egyptians, when a crime is committed, a death sentence is forbidden because of the ‘Laws of Guduffa’, their religion, which were created in 451BC. The criminal would face the members of the Silvereye and defend himself to the members. But instead of having a case for the defence and prosecution, there is just one member of the Silvereye called an Awteper who explains the reasons why he could be guilty and why he couldn’t while confirming it with the criminal. The rest of the Silvereye then decides on a verdict and the ruler confirms it on a contract.

International and Constitutional law are also carried out by the Silvereye when it is needed. A major example of this was when the Empire of Hontock was formed in 278BC when they had to make laws to keep the rebels at bay but still lost control of Hontopec in the Hontopeshian Revolution. When Billopesha went into a crisis in 171BC, the separatists overthrew the king, Prasutagus, so The Confederates became eight separate countries run by the Silvereye, with the exception of Hontock. The Silvereye became an international political organisation and made there be a lord for the each of the seven countries which each had a section in the Silvereye. The Silvereye’s power diminished during the two Roman occupations (41BC – 288AD and AD407 - 411) but then further expanded with the growth of the Billopeshian Empire, incorporating many more cultures from mainland Rineu.

Modern Era

In 1852, Henry VIII of Billopesha tries to pass the creation of the Justice Alliance through the Silvereye but it was defeated in the vote because the other nations of The Confederates were unsure about Billopesha’s intentions due to the resent Imperialist uprising. In 1972, the Empire of Hontock was becoming powerful and was preparing for war because of its new Lord, Ogenarc so in 1979, the Silvereye formed the Justice Alliance, which had previously failed, to make a combined force against the Supremeist Army of Hontock. With this force, the nations of the Silvereye declared war on the Empire of Hontock. But then in 1986, part of the Silvereye section belonging to Billopesha broke off and formed an Imperialist Party of Billopesha, which made the other members cautious and worried. Because of this, a year later, the three Republican countries; Bironta, Derenny and Arracandia formed the Republican Confederacy. In 1987, when the Supremeists had fully taken over Arracandia, the country was forced to pull out from the Justice Alliance and the Silvereye itself, which caused problems and anger between the MOTSes. Arrancandia was eventually taken back from the Supremeists of Hontock in 1994 and was reinstated back into the Silvereye.

Law

The Silvereye recognises two main types of law that overlook every point in society. The two types are:

Constitutional Law

This is the main type of law that consists of a collection of laws decided by the Grand Council of Minsters over scientific matters. They cover a range of, sometimes obscure, issues that encompass all factors of life in general. These include academic and theoretical sujects which are categorized in what has been described as a 'revelutioary way', showing a unusual reform in the system of law. On of the unusual reforms is that education is included into the constututional laws which would make it defined directly by the GCM and not the public. The laws are democratically not fixed and are subject to change but there are some which are fixed and are put on a scale in compliance to the 'Foundational Belief Act'. The act is as follows:

• Foundational Belief Act - This act was put into force as a way to decide which laws are more reliable or have more evidence than another. It stated that every constitutional law was to be judged on whether the evidence in support of law had enough foundational evidence to be 'unalterable'. They were rated with a percentage of relaiblility. This meant that a law with a low percentage could be more easily overturned in a court than a law with a high percentage. The evidence, though, is not stipulated as being 'scientific' and does make room for common sense but common sense also has to be justified through long debates. Billopeshians, though, say that 'All laws are common sense, it's just a matter of revealing it. All that is needed is a long debate, which only requires patience. Surely, there is always a right and a wrong to everything. So as laws are meant to be 'right', surely noone should have a justified reason for arguing against it. If they do, they can either be argued into submission or be proved correct. Either way you get a right answer". The purpose of the 'Foundational Belief Act' is to see how long a law can be debated until you reach an unanswerable question. The 'foundational question' is then rated itself on whether it is significant enough to be evidence against the law. These ratings are calculated to produce a result that is fair. Although it is agrueable that it depends on the situation, the laws are seperated to specify execptions and thus leads onto the 'Law Arguement'.

• The Law Arguement - Many people have asked the philosophical question of "What is the function of a law?". A well-known phrase gives us another answer of wisdom which says "Laws are made to be broken.". But laws are made to make sense. This can be shown in nature as natural or scintific laws always make sense and work to a system. Natural laws are natural and anything natural is right. This thought has made people realise that everything that humans do is natural. Every feeling, thought and action is natural so why should we need human laws when nothing we do is wrong. This is what has brought about new theories about anarchy and libertarianism, two theories which could never possibily work.

Many other nations are known to include education along with health and social welfare but Billopeshian politcal anaysists disagee with the categorisation. They say that "Education decides your life and is not a privilege" so should be definned specifically by the highest ranking academicians in the country.

System

The Grand Council of Ministers

The Grand Council of Ministers or the GCM is the highest ranking group of people of the Silvereye who have considerable powers beyond any other section. The council is fully responsible for created and ammending the three Silvereye Constitutions which govern most laws for all Silvereye nations.

Silvereye Today

The Silvereye works much the same way as it did 2500 years ago, although the ‘Laws of Billopesha have been largely updated. In 1853, the meetings were moved to the ‘Grand Stage of Politics’, where the meetings are held today, once a week. The ruler of Silvereye is decided by an election consisting of votes from all of the MOTSes with the candidates being the current rulers of all the seven nations. Each term in office lasts 5 years, with a maximum of two terms per ruler. The ruler from 1998 was Lord Richard VI of Billopesha who was elected to serve two terms, but when he abdicated in 2006, with still two years left, another election had to be held. The winner of that election was actually the first president of Billopesha, Aaron Thorne.

Other Info

Rivals

Sharkcutter Union Corporation

Associations

Imperialist Enterprise
Justice Alliance
Order of the Billopeshians
Billopeshian Senate
Birontain Senate
Derennian Parliament
Arrancandia Institution
Breckish Parliament
Frissian Council
Republican Confederacy
Mining Commerce