Key Words

The following key words are found Italicized throughout the documentation and have the special meanings. These concepts are defined briefly in situ and here.

• Alternate :
  • All Leadership Groups have a backup in case one official member should be removed. The Alternate serves for five years until the next Election Cycle when a new Alternate is picked.
• Appointed Personnel :
• Aggregated Vote :
  • This is a standard voting process to determine simple majority votes among a collection of leadership groups.
• Branch :
  • The functional divisions of those specialized areas of expertise required for the functioning of a government, each lead by a group of three that have risen up from within the ranks of that Branch, and overtly guided by the Executive Group. Their singular purpose is to ensure that the citizens, now and into the future, are the primary beneficiaries when the government, businesses, citizens, and foreign interests operate and interact within their area of expertise.
• Branch Election :
• Branch Members :
• Branch Primary Election :
  • The election within a Branch to select that Branch's candidate for the position of a new Executive Group member. Only Branch Members are permitted to vote in this election and it is held no less than one year prior to the General Election.
• Charging Department :
  • In the unique situation where at least two Departments within a Branch are unhappy with the leadership of their Top Branch Officials, they may call for a No-Confidence Vote, in which those Departments heading up this effort are referred to Charging Departments.
• Citizens :
  • Those people born or naturalized into the Liminal State.
• Contract Workers :
• Contracted Companies :
• Decision Basis :
  • Every member of a Leadership Group is required to provide a detailed analysis of their reasoning behind their vote. This information is used to ensure voting diligence, for public consumption and judgement, and for posterity.
• Decision Votes :
• Delegate Team :
• Demonstrable Cause :
• Departments :
• Department Head :
  • One of the three leaders of a Department, each serves a 15 year term, staggered every five years.
• Direct Hires :
• Elected Personnel :
• Election Cycle :
  • The five year period between elections. Leadership Teams are elected on a five year cycle, and within five years all the different Leadership Teams will have had the senior member depart, a new junior member join, and a new Alternate selected. The Election Cycle of of each Leadership Team also happens in different years, allowing for natural upper movement of the best.
• Emancipated Citizens :
• Embassy :
• Embassy Unit :
• Empathy Test :
• Employable Citizens :
• Enforcement Agency :
  • A specialized department that every Intrinsic Branch and some Lateral Branches have to enforce the laws and regulations pertaining to the expertise of that Branch.
• Executive Group :
  • A five-member group that directs the Liminal State, elected into their positions by the voting public for staggered 25 year terms, which all have demonstrable expertise and leadership abilities within the Liminal State.
• General Branch Vote :
• General Elections :
• Government Personnel :
  • Those individuals that work directly within the Liminal State in any capacity, such as a direct hires, seat appointees, or as elected officials. These personnel may have additional voting privileges, but are also restricted from other activities, including making money outside their official salary.
• Impromptu Branch Vote :
• Independent Branch :
  • A Branch that works independently of oversight and direction from the Executive Group so as to not be influenced by politics.
• Independent Departments :
  • A Department within a Branch that works independently of oversight and direction from the Top Branch Officials so as to not be influenced by politics.
• Independent Investigation :
  • An investigational body spawned by an Enforcement Agency that operates independently of oversight and direction from that Enforcement Agency or it's Branch so as to not be influenced by politics.
• Informed Vote Archive :
  • These are specific, encrypted online archives, only accessible by those with the specific right to vote on a decision, that contains all the requisite information necessary to make an informed decision. Regularly used by the Executive Group, Top Branch Officials, Department Heads, etc., but even used by the general voting population when it comes to General Elections and for decisions on new laws.
• Intrinsic Branch :
  • One of the two basic Branch types within the Liminal State, specializing in one fundamental aspect of governance among all those required for a functional government. The Liminal State proposes 13 Intrinsic Branches, but the needs of state may require others or fewer.
• Justice Branch :
  • A specialized Intrinsic Branch that operates Independently of Executive Group direction and is the final word on the legality of proposed directions, laws, and regulations. This is a critical and required Branch in the Liminal State.
• Judicial Branch Screening :
• Lateral Branch :
  • One of the two basic Branch types within the Liminal State, and which work in the area directly between the expertise of two Intrinsic Branches.
• Lateral Branch Delegates :
  • Two Intrinsic Branches with a Lateral Branch between each send three delegates to that Lateral Branch to represent their expertise in those decisions to be decided by the Lateral Branch.
• Leadership Group :
  • This is a general term for the top level leadership teams of Branches, Delegates, Departments, Embassies, and the Executive Group. These teams are comprised of three or five members.
• Non-Emancipated Citizens :
• Non-Probationary Hires :
• Official Removal Process :
• Permanent Department :
• Permanent Hires :
• Probationary Employees :
• Professional Objection :
• Proposed Department No-Confidence Vote :
• Rank Choice Voting :
• Restitution :
• Sentient Life :
  • All self-aware and intelligent individuals that extol empathy, patience, wisdom, and non-violence. This currently includes all people, but may include in the future General A.I, other life to arise from Earth, or life created or arising not of Earth.
• Special Projects :
• Temporary Department :
• Temporary Hires :
• Top Branch Official :
• No-Confidence Vote :
• Unlawful Orders or Requests :
• Voters :
• Year 0 Rules :

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