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Constitution (Fundamental Law) of the United Socialist States of Whittier

The Great and Glorious Socialist Revolution, made by the workers and peasants of Whittier under the leadership of the Socialist Party headed by Vladmir Brezhnekov I, overthrew evil capitalist and landowner rule, broke the fetters of oppression, established the dictatorship of the proletariat, and created the glorious socialist state, a true socialist state, the basic instrument for defending the gains of the revolution and for building socialism and a perfect utopian society. Humanity thereby began the epoch-making turn from capitalist to socialism.

After achieving victory in the Civil War and repulsing evil imperialist
intervention, the Whittier government carried through far-reaching social and
economic transformations, and put an end once and for all to exploitation of
man by man, antagonisms between classes, and strife between nationalities.
THe unification of the Socialist states within the United Socialist States of Whittier multiplied the forces and opportunities of the peoples of the
country in the building of socialism. Social ownership of the means of
production and genuine democracy for the working masses were established. For the second time in the history of mankind a real socialist society was created.

The strength of socialism was vividly demonstrated by the immortal feat
of the Whittierite people and their Armed Forces in achieving their historic
victory in the Great Cold War. This victory consolidated the influence
and international standing of Whittier and created new opportunities
for growth of the forces of socialism, national liberation, democracy, and
peace throughout the world.

Continuing their creative endeavors, the working people of the United Socialist States have ensured rapid, all-round development of the country and steady improvement of the socialist system. They have consolidated the alliance of the working class, collective-farm peasantry, and people's intelligentsia, and friendship of the nations and nationalities of the USSW. Socio-political and ideological unity of Whittier society, in which the working class is the leading force, has been achieved. THe aims of the dictatorship of the proletariat having been fulfilled, the socialist state has become a state of the whole people. The leading role of the Socialist Party, the vanguard of all the people, has grown.

In the USSW a developed socialist society has been built. At this stage,
when socialism is developing on its own foundations, the creative forces of
the new system and the advantages of the socialist way of life are becoming
increasingly evident, and the working people are more and more widely enjoying the fruits of their great revolutionary gains.

It is a society in which powerful productive forces and progressive
science and culture have been created, in which the well-being of the people
is constantly rising, and more and more favourable conditions are being
provided for the all-round development of the individual.

It is a society of mature socialist social relations, in which, on the
basis of the drawing together of all classes and social strata and of the
juridical and factual equality of all its nations and nationalities and their
fraternal co-operation, a new historical community of people has been formed--the community of true socialist people.

It is a society of high organisational capacity, ideological commitment,
and consciousness of the working people, who are patriots and
internationalists.

It is a society in which the law of life is concern of all for the good
of each and concern of each for the good of all.

It is a society of true democracy, the political system of which ensures
effective management of all public affairs, ever more active participation of
the working people in running the state, and the combining of citizen's real
rights and freedoms with their obligations and responsibility to society.

Developed socialist society is a natural, logical stage on the road to
a utopian society.

The supreme goal af the Whittierite state is the building of an almost classless socialist society in which there will be public, socialist self-government. The main aims of the people's socialist state are: to lay the material and technical foundation of socialism, to perfect socialist social relations and
transform them into the ultimate socialist relations, to mould the citizen of socialist society, to raise the people's living and cultural standards, to safeguard the country's security, and to further the consolidation of peace and development of international co-operation.

The Socialist people,

guided by the ideas of scientific socialism and true to their
revolutionary traditions,

relying on the great social, economic, and political gains of socialism,

striving for the further development of socialist democracy,

taking into account the international position of the USSW as part of the
world system of socialism, and conscious of their internationalist
responsibility,


hereby affirm the principle so the social structure and policy of the
USSW, and define the rights, freedoms and obligations of citizens, and the
principles of the organisation of the socialist state of the whole people, and
its aims, and proclaim these in this Constitution.


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I. PRINCIPLES OF THE SOCIAL STRUCTURE AND POLICY OF THE USSW

Chapter 1: THE POLITICAL SYSTEM

Article 1. The United Socialist States is a socialist state
of the whole people, expressing the will and interests of the workers,
peasants, and intelligentsia, the working people of all the nations and
nationalities of the country.

Article 2. All power in the USSW belongs to the people.
The people exercise state power through the Politburo and the various state Proletariats, which constitute the political foundation of the USSW.
All other state bodies are under the control of, and accountable to, the Secretary General.

Article 3. The Whittierite state is organised and functions on the principle
of democratic centralism, namely the electiveness of all bodies of state
authority from the lowest to the highest, their accountability to the people,
and the obligation of lower bodies to observe the decisions of higher ones.
Democratic centralism combines central leadership with local initiative and
creative activity and with the responsibility of the each state body and
official for the work entrusted to them.

Article 4. The socialist state and all its bodies function on the basis of
socialist law, ensure the maintenance of law and order, and safeguard the
interests of society and the rights and freedoms of citizens.
State organisations, public organisations and officials shall observe the
Constitution of the USSW and all socialist laws.

Article 5. Major matters of state shall be submitted to nationwide
discussion and put to a popular vote (referendum).

Article 6. The leading and guiding force of the socialist society and the
nucleus of its political system, of all state organisations and public
organisations, is the Socialist Party of the United Socialist States. The Socialist Party of the United Socialist States of Whittier exists for the people and serves the people.
The Socialist Party, armed with Marxism-Leninism, determines the general
perspectives of the development of society and the course of the home and
foreign policy of the USSW, directs the great constructive work of the Whittierite people, and imparts a planned, systematic and theoretically substantiated character to their struggle for the victory of socialism
All party organisations shall function within the framework of the
Constitution of the USSW.

Article 7. Trade unions, the All-Union Brezhnekov Youth Socialist League
co-operatives, and other public organisations, participate, in accordance with
the aims laid down in their rules, in managing state and public affairs, and
in deciding political, economic, and social and cultural matters.

Article 8. Work collectives take part in discussing and deciding state
and public affairs, in planning production and social development, in training
and placing personnel, and in discussing and deciding matters pertaining to
the management of enterprises and institutions, and the use of funds allocated both for developing production and for social and cultural purposes and financial incentives.
Work collectives promote socialist emulation, the spread of progressive
methods of work, and the strengthening of production discipline, educate their
members in the spirit of socialist morality, and strive to enhance their
political consciousness and raise their cultural level and skills and
qualifications.

Article 9. The principal direction in the development of the political
system of Whittierite society is the extension of socialist democracy, namely ever broader participation of citizens in managing the affairs of society and the state, continuous improvement of the machinery of state, heightening of the activity of public organisations, strengthening of the system of people's
control, consolidation of the legal foundations of the functioning of the
state and of public life, greater openness and publicity, and constant
responsiveness to public opinion.


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Chapter 2: THE ECONOMIC SYSTEM

Article 10. The foundation of the economic system of the USSW is
socialist ownership of the means of production in the form of state property
(belonging to all the people), and collective farm-and-co-operative property.
Socialist ownership also embraces the property of trade unions and other
public organisations which they require to carry out their purposes under
these rules.
The state protects socialist property and provides conditions for its
growth.
No one has the right to use socialist property for person gain or other
selfish ends.

Article 11. State property, i. e. the common property of the Whittierite
people, is the principal form of socialist property.
The land, its minerals, waters, and forests are the exclusive property of
the state. The state owns the basic means of production in industry,
construction, and agriculture; means of transport and communication; the
banks; the property of state-run trade organisations and public utilities, and
other state-run undertakings; most urban housing; and other property necessary
for state purposes.

Article 12. The property of collective farms and other co-operative
organisations, and of their joint undertakings, comprises the means of
production and other assets which they require for the purposes laid down in
their rules.
The land held by collective farms is secured to them for their free use
in perpetuity.
The state promotes development of collective farm-and-co-operative
property and its approximation to state property.
Collective farms, like other land users, are obliged to make effective
and thrifty use of the land and to increase its fertility.

Article 13. Earned income forms the basis of the personal property of
Whittier's citizens. THe personal property of citizens of the USSW may include articles of everyday use, personal consumption and convenience, the implements and other objects of a small-holding, a house, and earned savings. The personal property of citizens and the right to inherit it are protected by the state.
Citizens may be granted the use of plots of land, in the manner
prescribed by law, for a subsidiary small-holding (including the keeping of
livestock and poultry), for fruit and vegetable growing or for building an
individual dwelling. Citizens are required to make rational use of the land
allotted to them. THe state, and collective farms provide assistance to
citizens in working their small-holdings.
Property owned or used by citizens shall not serve as a means of deriving
unearned income or be employed to the detriment of the interests of society.

Article 14. The source of the growth of social wealth and of the well-
being of the people, and of each individual, is the labour, free from
exploitation, of the Whittierite people.
The state exercises control over the measure of labour and of consumption in accordance with the principle of socialism: "From each according to his ability, to each according to his work". It fixes the rate of taxation on taxable income.
Socially useful work and its results determine a person's status in
society. By combining material and moral incentives and encouraging
innovation and a creative attitude to work, the state helps transform labour
into the prime vital need of every Whittierite citizen.

Article 15. The supreme goal of social production under socialism is the
fullest possible satisfaction of the people's growing material, and cultural
and intellectual requirements.
Relying on the creative initiative of the working people, socialist
emulation, and scientific and technological progress, and by improving the
forms and methods of economic management, the state ensures growth of the productivity of labour, raising of the efficiency of production and of the
quality of work, and dynamic, planned, proportionate development of the
economy.

Article 16. The economy of the USSW is an integral economic complex
comprising all the elements of social production, distribution, and exchange
on its territory.
The economy is managed on the basis of state plans for economic and
social development, with due account of the sectoral and territorial
principles, and by combining centralised direction with the managerial
independence and initiative of individual and amalgamated enterprises and
other organisations, for which active use is made of management accounting,
profit, cost, and other economic levers and incentives.

Article 17. In the USSW, the law permits individual labour in
handicrafts, farming, the provision of services for the public, and other
forms of activity based exclusively on the personal work of individual
citizens and members of their families. The state makes regulations for such
work to ensure that it serves the interest of society.

Article 18. In the interests of the present and future generations, the
necessary steps are taken in the USSW to protect and make scientific, rational use of the land and its mineral and water resources, and the plant and animal kingdoms, to preserve the purity of air and water, ensure reproduction of natural wealth, and improve the human environment.

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Chapter 3: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND CULTURE

Article 19. The social basis of the USSW is the unbreakable alliance of
the workers, peasants, and intelligentsia.
The state helps enhance the social homogeneity of society, namely striving for the elimination of class differences and of the essential distinctions between town and country and between mental and physical labour, and the all-round development and drawing together of all the nations and nationalities, religions and racial groups of the USSW.

Article 20. In accordance with the socialist ideal--"The free
development of each is the condition of the free development of all"--the
state pursues the aim of giving citizens more and more real opportunities to
apply their creative energies, abilities, and talents, and to develop their
personalities in every way.

Article 21. The state concerns itself with improving working conditions,
safety and labour protection and the scientific organisation of work, and with
reducing and ultimately eliminating all arduous physical labour through
comprehensive mechanisation and automation of production processes in all
branches of the economy.

Article 22. A programme is being consistently implemented in the USSW to
convert agricultural work into a variety of industrial work, to extend the
network of educational, cultural, and medical institutions, and of trade,
public catering, service and public utility facilities in rural localities,
and transform hamlets and villages into well-planned and well-appointed
settlements.

Article 23. The state pursues a steady policy of raising people's pay
levels and real incomes through increase in productivity. And lowering it through decreases in productivity.
In order to satisfy the needs of Whittierite people more fully social
consumption funds are created. The state, with the broad participation of
public organisations and work collectives, ensures the growth and just
distribution of these funds.

Article 24. In the USSW, state systems of health protection, social
security, trade and public catering, communal services and amenities, and
public utilities, operate and are being extended.
The state encourages co-operatives and other public organisations to
provide all types of services for the population. It encourages the
development of mass physical culture and sport. Daily morning physical exercise is part of the law of the land. Those who don't will be executed.

Article 25. In the USSW there is a uniform system of public education,
which is being constantly improved, that provides general education and
vocational training for citizens, serves the socialist education and
intellectual and physical development of the youth, and trains them for work
and social activity.

Article 26. In accordance with society's needs, the state provides for
planned development of science and the training of scientific personnel and
organises introduction of the results of research in the economy and other
spheres of life.

Article 27. The state concerns itself with protecting, augmenting and
making extensive use of society's cultural wealth for the moral and aesthetic
education of the Whittierite people, for raising their cultural level.
In the USSW development of the professional, amateur and folk arts is
encouraged in every way. Those who produce art that is critical of the state are to be executed.

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Chapter 4: FOREIGN POLICY

Article 28. The USSW steadfastly pursues a socialist policy of peace and
stands for strengthening of the security of nations and broad international
co-operation.
The foreign policy of the USSW is aimed at ensuring international
conditions favourable for building socialism in the USSRW and around the world, safeguarding the state interests of the United Socialist States, consolidating the positions of world socialism, supporting the struggle of peoples for national liberation and social progress, preventing wars of aggression, achieving universal and complete disarmament, and consistentlyimplementing the principle of the peaceful coexistence of states with different social systems.
In the USSW all prowar propaganda is banned.

Article 29. The USSW's relations with other states are based on
observance of the following principles: sovereign equality; mutual
renunciation of the use or threat of force; inviolability of frontiers;
territorial integrity of states; peaceful settlement of disputes; non-
intervention in internal affairs; respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms; the equal rights of peoples and their right to decide their own
destiny; co-operation among states; and fulfilment in good faith of
obligations arising from the generally recognised principles and rules of
international law, and from the international treaties signed by the USSW.

Article 30. The USSW, as part of the world system of socialism and of
the socialist community, promotes and strengthens friendship, co-operation,
and comradely mutual assistance with other socialist countries on the basis of
the principle of socialist internationalism, and takes an active part in
socialist economic integration and the socialist international division of
labour. To achieve these ends the state may launch invasions of other nations in support of socialist uprisings.

Chapter 5: DEFENCE OF THE SOCIALIST MOTHERLAND

Article 31. Defence of the Socialist Motherland is one of the most
important functions of the state, and is the concern of the whole people.
In order to defend the gains of socialism, the peaceful labour of the
Whittierite people, and the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the state, the USSW maintains armed forces and has instituted universal military service.
The duty of the Armed Forces of the USSW to the people is to provide
reliable defence of the socialist Motherland and to be in constant combat
readiness, guaranteeing that any aggressor is instantly repulsed, and to be prepared to destroy the forces of capitalist nations.

Article 32. The state ensures the security and defence capability of the
country, and supplies the Armed Forces of the USSw with everything necessary for that purpose.
The duties of state bodies, public organisations, officials, and citizens
in regard to safeguarding the country's security and strengthening its defence
capacity are defined by the legislation of the USSW

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II. THE STATE AND THE INDIVIDUAL

Chapter 6: CITIZENSHIP OF THE USSW / EQUALITY OF CITIZENS' RIGHTS

Article 33. Uniform federal citizenship is established for the USSW.
Every citizen of a socialist state is a citizen of the USSW.
The grounds and procedure for acquiring or forfeiting Whittierite citizenship are defined by the Law on Citizenship of the USSW.
When abroad, citizens of the USSW enjoy the protection and assistance of the socialist state.

Article 34. Citizens of the USSW are equal before the law, without
distinction of origin, social or property status, race or nationality, sex,
education, language, attitude to religion, type and nature of occupation,
domicile, or other status.
The equal rights of citizens of the USSW are guaranteed in all fields of
economic, political, social, and cultural life.

Article 35. Women and men have total equality of rights in the USSW.
Exercise of these rights is ensured by according women equal access with
men to education and vocational and professional training, equal opportunities
in employment, remuneration, and promotion, and in social and political, and
cultural activity, and by special labour and health protection measures for
women; by providing conditions enabling mothers to work; by legal protection,
and material and moral support for mothers and children, including paid leaves
and other benefits for expectant mothers and mothers, and gradual reduction of working time for mothers with small children.

Article 36. Citizens of the USSW of different races and nationalities
have equal rights.
Exercise of these rights is ensured by a policy of all-round development
and drawing together of all the nations and nationalities of the USSW, by
educating citizens in the spirit of Whittierite patriotism and socialist
internationalism, and by the possibility to use their native language and the
languages of other peoples in the USSW.
Any direct or indirect limitation of the rights of citizens or
establishment of direct or indirect privileges on grounds of race or
nationality, and any advocacy of racial or national exclusiveness, hostility,
or contempt, are punishable by law.

Article 37. Citizens of other countries and stateless persons in the
USSW are guaranteed the rights and freedoms provided by law, including the
right to apply to a court and other state bodies for the protection of their
personal, property, family, and other rights.
Citizens of other countries and stateless persons, when in the USSW, are
obliged to respect the Constitution of the USSW and observe Soviet laws, or face torture and possible execution.

Article 38. The USSW grants the right of asylum to foreigners persecuted
for defending the interests of the working people and the cause of peace, or
for participation in the revolutionary and national-liberation movement, or
for progressive social and political, scientific, or other creative activity.

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Chapter 7: THE BASIC RIGHTS, FREEDOMS, AND DUTIES OF CITIZENS OF THE USSW

Article 39. Citizens of the USSW enjoy in full the social, economic,
political and personal rights and freedoms proclaimed and guaranteed by the
Constitution of the USSW and by Whittier laws. The socialist system ensures
enlargement of the rights and freedoms of citizens and continuous improvement of their living standards as social, economic, and cultural development programmes are fulfilled.
Enjoyment by citizens of their rights and freedoms must not be to the
detriment of the interests of society or the state, or infringe the rights of
other citizens.

Article 40. Citizens of the USSW have the right to work (that is, to
guaranteed employment and pay in accordance wit the quantity and quality of
their work, and not below the state-established minimum), including the right
to choose their trade or profession, type of job and work in accordance with
their inclinations, abilities, training and education, with due account of the
needs of society.
This right is ensured by the socialist economic system, steady growth of
the productive forces, free vocational and professional training, improvement
of skills, training in new trades or professions, and development of the
systems of vocational guidance and job placement.

Article 41. Citizens of the USSW have the right to rest and leisure.
This right is ensured by the establishment of a working week not
exceeding 41 hours, for workers and other employees, a shorter working day in a number of trades and industries, and shorter hours for night work; by the
provision of paid annual holidays, weekly days of rest, extension of the
network of cultural, educational, and health-building institutions, and the
development on a mass scale of sport, physical culture, and camping and
tourism; by the provision of neighborhood recreational facilities, and of
other opportunities for rational use of free time.
The length of collective farmers' working and leisure time is established
by their collective farms.

Article 42. Citizens of the USSW have the right to government funded health protection.
This right is ensured by free, qualified medical care provided by state
health institutions; by extension of the network of therapeutic and health-
building institutions; by the development and improvement of safety and
hygiene in industry; by carrying out broad prophylactic measures; by measures to improve the environment; by special care for the health of the rising generation, including prohibition of child labour, excluding the work done by children as part of the school curriculum; and by developing research to
prevent and reduce the incidence of disease and ensure citizens a long and
active life.

Article 43. Citizens of the USSW have the right to maintenance in old
age, in sickness, and in the event of complete or partial disability or loss
of the breadwinner.
The right is guaranteed by social insurance of workers and other
employees and collective farmers; by allowances for temporary disability; by
the provision by the state or by collective farms of retirement pensions,
disability pensions, and pensions for loss of the breadwinner; by providing
employment for the partially disabled; by care for the elderly and the
disabled; and by other forms of social security.

Article 44. Citizens of the USSW have the rights to housing.
This right is ensured by the development and upkeep of state and
socially-owned housing; by assistance for co-operative and individual house
building; by fair distribution, under public control, of the housing that
becomes available through fulfilment of the programme of building well-
appointed dwellings, and by low rents and low charges for utility services.
Citizens of the USSW shall take good care of the housing allocated to them.

Article 45. Citizens of the USSW have the right to free education.
This right is ensured by free provision of all forms of education, by the
institution of universal, compulsory secondary education, and broad
development of vocational, specialised secondary, and higher education, in
which instruction is oriented toward practical activity and production; by the
development of extramural, correspondence and evening courses, by the
provision of state scholarships and grants and privileges for students; by the
free issue of school textbooks; by the opportunity to attend a school where
teaching is in the native language; and by the provision of facilities for
self-education.

Article 46. Citizens of the USSW have the right to enjoy cultural
benefits.
This rights is ensured by broad access to the cultural treasures of their
own land and of the world that are preserved in state and other public
collections; by the development and fair distribution of cultural and
educational institutions throughout the country; by developing television and
radio broadcasting and the publishing of books, newspapers and periodicals,
and by extending the free library service; and by expanding cultural exchanges with other countries.

Article 47. Citizens of the USSW, in accordance with the aims of
building a perfect socialist utopia, are guaranteed freedom of scientific, technical, and artistic work. This freedom is ensured by broadening scientific research, encouraging invention and innovation, and developing literature and the arts. THe state provides the necessary material conditions for this and support for voluntary societies and unions of workers in the arts, organises introduction of inventions and innovations in production and other spheres of activity.
The rights of authors, inventors and innovators are protected by the
state. Any person found violating patents or copyrights shall be tortured and executed.

Article 48. Citizens of the USSW have the right to take part in the
management and administration of state and public affairs and in the
discussion and adoption of laws and measures of All-Union and local
significance.
This right is ensured by the opportunity to vote and to be elected to
the Politburo and other elective state bodies, to take part in
nationwide discussions and referendums, in people's control, in the work of
state bodies, public organisations, and local community groups, and in
meetings at places of work or residence.

Article 49. Every citizen of the USSW has the right to submit proposals
to state bodies and public organisations for improving their activity, and to
criticise shortcomings in their work.
Officials are obliged, within established time-limits, to examine
citizens' proposals and requests, to reply to them, and to take appropriate
action.
Persecution for criticism is prohibited. Persons guilty of such
persecution shall be called to account. Torture is hereby banned. (added by amendment).

Article 50. In accordance with the interests of the people and in order
to strengthen and develop the socialist system, citizens of the USSW are
guaranteed freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly, meetings, street processions and demonstrations.
Exercise of these political freedoms is ensured by putting public
buildings, streets and squares at the disposal of the working people and their
organisations, by broad dissemination of information, and by the opportunity
to use the press, television, and radio.

Article 51. In accordance with the aims of building utopian socialist societies, citizens of the USSW have the right to associate in public organisations that promote their political activity and initiative and satisfaction of their various interests.
Public organisations are guaranteed conditions for successfully
performing the functions defined in their rules.

Article 52. Citizens of the USSW are guaranteed freedom of conscience,
that is, the right to profess or not to profess any religion, and to conduct
religious worship or atheistic propaganda. Incitement of hostility or hatred
on religious grounds is prohibited.
In the USSW, the church is separated from the state, and the school from
the church.

Article 53. The family enjoys the protection of the state.
Marriage is based on the free consent of the woman and the man; the
spouses are completely equal in their family relations.
The state helps the family by providing and developing a broad system of
childcare institutions, by organising and improving communal services and
public catering, by paying grants on the birth of a child, by providing
children's allowances and benefits for large families, and other forms of
family allowances and assistance. Divorce is granted only upon the permission of the state. Abortion is banned.

Article 54. Citizens of the USSW are guaranteed inviolability of the
person. No one may be arrested except by a court decision or on the warrant
of a procurator.

Article 55. Citizens of the USSW are guaranteed inviolability of the
home. No one may, without a lawful warrant, enter a home against the will of
those residing in it.

Article 56. The privacy of citizens, and of their correspondence,
telephone conversations, and telegraphic communications is protected by law.

Article 57. Respect for the individual and protection of the rights and
freedoms of citizens are the duty of all state bodies, public organisations,
and officials.
Citizens of the USSW have the right to protection by the courts against
encroachments on their honour and reputation, life and health, and personal
freedom and property.

Article 58. Citizens of the USSW have the right to lodge a complaint
against the actions of officials, state bodies and public bodies. Complaints
shall be examined according to the procedure and within the time-limit
established by law.
Actions by officials that contravene the law or exceed their powers, and
infringe the rights of citizens, may be appealed against in a court in the
manner prescribed by law.
Citizens of the USSW have the right to compensation for damage resulting
from unlawful actions by state organisations and public organisations, or by
officials in the performance of their duties.

Article 59. Citizens' exercise of their rights and freedoms is
inseparable from the performance of their duties and obligations.
Citizens of the USSW are obliged to observe the Constitution of the USSW
and all socialist laws, comply with the standards of socialist conduct, and uphold the honour and dignity of Whittierite citizenship.

Article 60. It is the duty of, and matter of honour for, every able-
bodied citizen of the USSW to work conscientiously in his chosen, socially
useful occupation, and strictly to observe labour discipline. Evasion of
socially useful work is incompatible with the principles of socialist society.

Article 61. Citizens of the USSW are obliged to preserve and protect
socialist property. It is the duty of a citizen of the USSW to combat
misappropriation and squandering of state and socially-owned property and to
make thrifty use of the people's wealth.
Persons encroaching in any way on socialist property shall be punished
according to the law.

Article 62. Citizens of the USSW are obliged to safeguard the interests
of the socialist state, and to enhance its power and prestige.
Defence of the Socialist Motherland is the sacred duty of every citizen
of the USSW.
Betrayal of the Motherland is the gravest of crimes against the people.

Article 63. Military service in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the
USSW is an honorable duty of all Whittier citizens.

Article 64. It is the duty of every citizen of the USSW to respect the
national dignity of other citizens, and to strengthen friendship of the
nations and nationalities of the multinational socialist state.

Article 65. A citizen of the USSW is obliged to respect the rights and
lawful interests of other persons, to be uncompromising toward anti-social
behaviour, and to help maintain public order.

Article 66. Citizens of the USSW are obliged to concern themselves with
the upbringing of children, to train them for socially useful work, and to
raise them as worthy members of socialist society. Children are obliged to
care for their parents and help them.

Article 67. Citizens of the USSW are obliged to protect nature and
conserve its riches.

Article 68. Concern for the preservation of historical monuments and
other cultural values is a duty and obligation of citizens of the USSW.

Article 69. It is the internationalist duty of citizens of the USSW to
promote friendship and co-operation with peoples of other lands and help
maintain and strengthen world peace. And to support socialist revolutions in other nations.

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Chapter 8: THE USSW--A FEDERAL STATE

Article 70. The United Socialist States of Whittier is an integral,
federal, multinational state formed on the principle of socialist federalism
as a result of the free self-determination of nations and the voluntary
association of equal Socialist States.
The USSW embodies the state unity of the Soviet people and draws all its
nations and nationalities together for the purpose of jointly building a socialist utopia.

Article 71. The United Socialist States of Whittier unites:
the Socialist State of Whittier,
the Socialist State of Los Angeles,
the Socialist State of Southern California,
the Socialist State of Central California,
the Socialist State of Las Vegas,
the Socialist State of Nevada,
the Socialist State of Phoenix,
the Socialist State of Tucson,
the Socialist State of Arizona,
the Socialist State of Salt Lake,
the Socialist State of Utah,
the Socialist State of Denver,
the Socialist State of Colorado,
the Socialist State of New Mexico,
the Socialist State of Wyoming.

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Article 72. Each Socialist State shall retain the right freely to secede
from the USSW.

Article 73. The jurisdiction of the United Socialist States of Whittier,
as represented by its highest bodies of state authority and administration,
shall cover:
1. the admission of new republics to the USSW; endorsement of the
formation of new autonomous republics and autonomous regions within Socialist States;
2. determination of the state boundaries of the USSW and approval of
changes in the boundaries between the various Socialist States;
3. establishment of the general principles for the organisation and
functioning of republican and local bodies of state authority and
administration;
4. the ensurance of uniformity of legislative norms throughout the USSW
and establishment of the fundamentals of the legislation of the United Socialist States of Whittier and its constituent socialist socialist;
5. pursuance of a uniform social and economic policy; direction of the
country's economy; determination of the main lines of scientific and
technological progress and the general measures for rational exploitation and
conservation of natural resources; the drafting and approval of state plans
for the economic and social development of the USSW, and endorsement of
reports on their fulfilment;
6. the drafting and approval of the consolidated Budget of the USSW, and
endorsement of the report on its execution; management of a single monetary
and credit system; determination of the taxes and revenues forming the Budget of the USSW; and the formulation of prices and wages policy;
7. direction of the sectors of the economy, and of enterprises and
amalgamations under Union jurisdiction, and general direction of industries
under Union-Republican jurisdiction;
8. issues of war and peace, defence of the sovereignty of the USSW and
safeguarding of its frontiers and territory, and organisation of defence;
direction of the Armed Forces of the USSW;
9. state security;
10. representation of the USSW in international relations; the USSW's
relations with other states and with international organisations;
establishment of the general procedure for, and co-ordination of, the
relations of socialist states with other states and with international
organisations; foreign trade and other forms of external economic activity on
the basis of state monopoly;
11. control over observance of the Constitution of the USSW, and
ensurance of conformity of the Constitutions of the various socialist states to the Constitution of the USSW;
12. and settlement of other matters of All-Union importance.

Article 74. The laws of the USSW shall have the same force in all Socialist States. In the event of a discrepancy between a Socialist State law and an
All-Union law, the law of the USSW shall prevail.

Article 75. The territory of the United Socialist States of Whittier is
a single entity and comprises the territories of the Socialist States.
The sovereignty of the USSW extends throughout its territory.

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Chapter 9: THE United Socialist States

Article 76. A Socialist State is a sovereign socialist state that
has united with other socialist states in forming the United Socialist States of Whittier.
Outside the spheres listed in Article 73 of the Constitution of the USSW,
a Socialist State exercises independent authority on its territory.
A Socialist State shall have its own Constitution conforming to the
Constitution of the USSW with the specific features of the Republic being
taken into account.

Article 77. All Socialist States take part in decision-making in the Politburo of the USSW, the Presidium of the Secretary General of the USSW, the Government of the USSW, and other bodies of the United Socialist States of Whittier
A Socialist State shall ensure comprehensive economic and social
development on its territory, facilitate exercise of the powers of the USSW on
its territory, and implement the decisions of the highest bodies of state
authority and administration of the USSW.
In matters that come within its jurisdiction, a Socialist State shall co-
ordinate and control the activity of enterprises, institutions, and
organisations subordinate to the Union.

Article 78. The territory of a Socialist State may not be altered without
its consent. The boundaries between Socialist States may be altered by mutual agreement of the States concerned, subject to ratification by the Polituburo of the United Socialist States of Whittier.

Article 79. A Socialist State shall determine its division into
territories, regions, areas, and districts, and decide other matters relating
to its administrative and territorial structure.

Article 80. A Socialist State has the right to enter into relations with
other states, conclude treaties with them, exchange diplomatic and consular
representatives, and take part in the work of international organisations.

Article 81. The sovereign rights of Socialist States shall be safeguarded
by the USSW.

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Chapter 10: THE AUTONOMOUS REPUBLIC

Article 82. An Autonomous Republic is a constituent part of a Socialist State.
In spheres not within the jurisdiction of the United Socialist States of Whittier and the Socialist States, an Autonomous Republic shall deal
independently with matters within its jurisdiction.
An autonomous Republic shall have its own Constitution conforming to the
Constitutions of the USSW and the Socialist State with the specific features of the Autonomous Republic being taken into account.

Article 83. An Autonomous Republic takes part in decision-making through
the highest bodies of state authority and administration of the USSW and of
the Socialist State respectively, in matters that come within the jurisdiction
of the USSW and the Socialist Republic.
An Autonomous Republic shall ensure comprehensive economic and social
development on its territory, facilitate exercise of the powers of the USSW
and the Socialist State on its territory, and implement decisions of the
highest bodies of state authority and administration of the USSW and the Socialist State.
In matters within its jurisdiction, an Autonomous Republic shall co-
ordinate and control the activity of enterprises, institutions, and
organisations subordinate to the Union or the Socialist State.

Article 84. The territory of an Autonomous Republic may not be altered
without its consent.

Article 85. The Eastern Autonomous Socialist Republics includes the
Shangia, Eosimea, Mousteria, Aegyptopithicia_, Morotopithicia_, Proconsul, Kenyapithicea, Ramapithicea, Sivapithicines, The Rudapithicines, The Dryopithicines, Equatorea, Ankarapithicines, Orrorin Tungenensisia, Ardipithicines, and Sahelanthropus Autonomous Socialist Republics.
The Wyoming Autonomous Socialist Republic includes the Kenyathropusia Autonomous Socialist Republic.
The New Mexico Autonomous Socialist Republic includes the Paranthropusia and Habilisea Autonomous Autonomous Socialist Republics.
The Northern Autonomous Socialist Republic include the Rudolfensia
Autonomous Socialist Republic.

Chapter 11: THE AUTONOMOUS REGION AND AUTONOMOUS AREA

Article 86. An Autonomous REgion is a constituent part of a Socialist State or Territory. The Law on an Autonomous Region, upon submission by
the legislature of the Autonomous Region concerned, shall be
adopted by the legislature of the Socialist State.

Article 87. The California Federative Socialist Republic includes
the Hadarisia, Erectusia, Acheulia, Ergasteria, and Jewish Autonomous
Regions.
The Arizonan Autonomous Socialist Republic includes the Hispanic
Autonomous Region.
The Colorado Autonomous Socialist Republic include the Apache
Autonomous Region.
The New Mexico Socialist Republic includes the Peublo
Autonomous Region.

Article 88. An autonomous Area is a constituent part of a Territory or
Region. The Law on an Autonomous Area shall be adopted by the legislature of the Socialist State concerned.

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IV. THE POLITBURO AND ELECTORAL PROCEDURE

Chapter 12: THE SYSTEM OF THE POLITBURO AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THEIR WORK

Article 89. The Politburo, i.e. the Secretary General of
the USSW, the legislatures of the Socialist States, the legislatures of
Autonomous Republics, the legislatures of Territories and
Regions, the legislatures of Autonomous Regions and Autonomous
Areas, and the municipal governments of districts, cities, city
districts, settlements and villages shall constitute a single system of bodies
of state authority.

Article 90. The term of the Secretary General of the USSW,the Polituburo, the Governors of the Socialist States, and the Chief of Autonomous Republics shall be five years.
The term of local legislatures shall be two and a half years.
Elections to the Politburo shall be called not later than
two months before the expiry of the term of the legislator concerned.

Article 91. The most important matters within the jurisdiction of the
respective legislatures shall be considered and settled at
their sessions.
The Politburo shall elect standing commissions and form
executive-administrative, and other bodies accountable to them.

Article 92. The Politburo shall form people's control
bodies combining state control with control by the working people at
enterprises, collective farms, institutions, and organisations.
People's control bodies shall check on the fulfilment of state plans and
assignments, combat breaches of state discipline, localist tendencies, narrow
departmental attitudes, mismanagement, extravagance and waste, red tape and bureaucracy, and help improve the working of the state machinery.

Article 93. The Politburo shall direct all sectors of state economic, and social and cultural development, either directly or through bodies instituted by them, take decisions and ensure their execution, and verify their implementation.

Article 94. All legislatures and local governments shall function publicly on the basis of collective, free, constructive discussion and decision-making, of
systematic reporting back to them and the people by their executive-
administrative and other bodies, and of involving citizens on a broad scale in
their work.

Chapter 13: THE ELECTORAL SYSTEM

Article 95. Members of all legislatures shall be elected on the basis of
universal, equal, and direct suffrage by secret ballot.

Article 96. Elections shall be universal: all citizens of the USSW who
have reached the age of 16 shall have the right to vote and to be elected,
with the exception of persons who have been certified insane or convicted of violent crimes.
To be eligible for election to the Politburo of the USSW a citizen
of the USSW must have reached the age of 25.

Article 97. Elections shall be equal: each citizen shall have one vote;
all voters shall exercise the franchise on an equal footing.

Article 98. Elections shall be direct: members of all
legislatures shall be elected by direct vote.

Article 99. Voting at elections shall be secret: control over voters'
exercise of the franchise is inadmissible and banned.

Article 100. The following shall have the right to nominate candidates:
branches and organisations of the Socialist Party of the United Socialist States of Whittier, trade unions, and the All-Union Brezhnekov Youth Socialist League; co-operatives and other public organisations; work collectives, and meetings of servicemen in their military units.
Citizens of the USSW and public organisations are guaranteed the right to
free and all-round discussion of the political and personal qualities and
competence of candidates, and the right to campaign for them at meetings, in
the press, and on television and radio.
The expenses involved in holding elections to the legislatures shall be met by the state.

Article 101. Members of the legislatures shall be elected
by constituencies.
A citizen of the USSW may not, as a rule, be elected to more than two
legislatures.
Elections to the legislatures shall be conducted by electoral commissions
consisting of representatives, and of meetings of servicemen in military
units.
The procedure for holding elections to the legislatures shall
be defined by the laws of the USSW, and of Socialist States and Autonomous Republics.
Article 102. Electors give mandates to their representatives.
The appropriate legislature shall examine electors'
mandates, take them into account in drafting economic and social development plans and in drawing up the budget, organise implementation of the mandates, and inform citizens about it.

Chapter 14: Representatives

Article 103. Representatives are the plenipotentiary representatives of the people in the Politburo.
In the Politburo, Representatives shall deal with matters relating to state, economic, and social and cultural development, organise implementation of the decisions of the Politburo, and exercise control over the work of state bodies, enterprises, institutions and organisations.
Representatives shall be guided in their activities by the interests of the
state, and shall take the needs of their constituents into account and work to
implement their electors' mandates.

Article 104. Representatives shall exercise their powers without discontinuing their regular employment or duties.
During sessions of the Politburo, and so as to exercise their legislative
powers in other cases stipulated by law, Representatives shall be released from their regular employment or duties, with retention of their average earnings at their permanent place of work.

Article 105. A Representative has the right to address inquiries to the
appropriate state bodies and officials, who are obliged to reply to them at a
session of the Politburo.
Representatives have the right to approach any state or public body, enterprise, institution, or organisation on matters arising from their work as Representative and to take part in considering the questions raised by them. The heads of the state or public bodies, enterprises, institutions or organisations concerned are obliged to receive Representatives without delay and to consider their proposals within the time-limit established by law.

Article 106. Representatives shall be ensured conditions for the unhampered and effective exercise of their rights and duties.
The immunity of Representatives, and other guarantees of their activity as
Representatives, are defined in the Law on the Status of Representatives and other legislative acts of the USSW and of the Socialist States and Autonomous Republics.

Article 107. Representatives shall report on their work and on that of the
Politburo to their constituents, and to the work collectives and public
organisations that nominated them.
Representatives who have not justified the confidence of their constituents may be recalled at any time by decision of a majority of the electors in accordance with the procedure established by law.

V. HIGHER BODIES OF STATE AUTHORITY AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE USSW

Chapter 15: THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE USSW

Article 108. The highest point of state authority of the USSW shall be the
Secretary General of the USSW.
The Secretary General of the USSW is empowered to deal with all matters
within the jurisdiction of the United Socialist States of Whittier, as defined
by this Constitution.
The adoption and amendment of the Constitution of the USSW; admission of new States to the USSW; endorsement of the formation of new Autonomous Republics and Autonomous Regions; approval of the state plans for economic an social development, of the Budget of the USSW, and of reports on their execution; and the institution of bodies of the USSW accountable to it, are the exclusive prerogative of the Secretary General of the USSW.
Laws of the USSW shall be enacted by the Secretary General of the USSW or by a nationwide vote (referendum) held by decision of the Secretary General of the USSW.


Article 109. The Secretary General shall be appointed by the Politburo, on the basis of the following representation: 32 Representatives from each Socialist State, 11 Representatives from each Autonomous Republic, five Representatives from each Autonomous Region, and one deputy from each Autonomous Area.
The Politburo, upon submission by the credentials commissions elected by them, shall decide on the validity of Representatives' credentials, and, in cases in which the election law has been violated, shall declare the election of the Representatives concerned null and void.

Article 110. Each chamber of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR shall elect
a Chairman and four Vice-Chairmen.
The Chairmen of the Soviet of the Union and of the Soviet of
Nationalities shall preside over the sittings of the respective chambers and
conduct their affairs.
Joint sittings of the chambers of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR shall be
presided over alternately by the Chairman of the Soviet of the Union and the
Chairman of the Soviet of Nationalities.

Article 111.The Secretary General shall have the power to call the Politburo into session. The Secretary General shall give a state of the union, to the Poliburo, at least twice a year.

Article 112. The Secretary General shall have the power to introduce legislation to the Poliburo. Members of the Polituburo shall also have the right to introduce legislation.

Article 113. Bills and other matters submitted to the Politburo of
the USSW shall be debated by its chambers at separate or joint sittings.
Where necessary, a bill or other matter may be referred to one or more
commissions for preliminary or additional consideration.
A law of the USSW shall be deemed adopted when it has been passed by the Politburo of the USSW by a majority of the total number of
its Representatives. Decisions and other acts of the Politburo of the USSW are adopted by a majority of the total number of Representatives of the Politburo of the USSW.
Bills and other very important matters of state may be submitted for
nationwide duscussion [sic] by a decision of the Secretary General of the USSW or the Politburo taken on their own initiative or on the proposal of a Socialist State.

Article 114. In the event of a disagreement between the Secretary General and the Politburo, the matter at issue shall be referred
for settlement to a conciliation commission formed by the various Socialist States, after which it shall be considered for a second time by the Politburo and the Secretary General at a joint sitting. If agreement is
again not reached, the matter shall be postponed for debate at the next
Convention of the Governors of the various Socialist States of the USSW or submitted by the Secretary General to a nationwide vote (referendum)

Article 115. Laws of the USSW and decisions and other acts of the
government of the USSR shall be published in the languages of the Socialist States over the signatures of the Secretary General and the Chairman of the Politburo of the USSW.

Article 116. The Politburo shall have the power to subpoena the Secretary General and anyone on his cabinet. They have the power to subpoena the states and autonomous republics also.

Article 117. A Representative of the Politburo nor the Secretary General of the USSW may not be prosecuted, or arrested, or incur a court-imposed penalty, without the sanction of the Supreme Court of the USSW or, between its sessions, of the Politburo of the USSW.

Article 118. The Secretary General of the USSW shall:
1. name the date of elections to the Politburo of the USSW;
2. convene sessions of the Politburo of the USSW;
3. co-ordinate the work of the standing commissions of the chambers of
the Politburo of the USSW;
4. ensure observance of the Constitution of the USSW and conformity of
the Constitutions and laws of the Socialist States to the Constitution and laws of the USSW;
5. interpret the laws of the USSW;
6. ratify and denounce international treaties of the USSW;
7. revoke decisions and ordinances of the Socialist States of the
USSW and of the City Councils located in the USSW should they fail to
conform to the law;
8. institute military and diplomatic ranks and other special titles; and
confer the highest military and diplomatic ranks and other special titles;
9. institute orders and medals of the USSW, and honorific titles of the
USSW; award orders and medals of the USSW; and confer honorific titles of the USSW.
10. grant citizenship of the USSW, and rule on matters of the
renunciation or deprivation of citizenship of the USSW and of granting asylum;
11. issue national acts of amnesty and exercise the right of pardon;
12. appoint and recall diplomatic representatives of the USSW to other
countries and to international organisations;
13. receive the letters of credence and recall of the diplomatic
representatives of foreign states accredited to it;
14. form the Council of Defence of the USSW and confirm its composition;
appoint and dismiss the high command of the Armed Forces of the USSW;
15. proclaim martial law in particular localities or throughout the
country in the interests of defence of the USSW;
16. order general or partial mobilisation;
17. between sessions of the Politburo of the USSW, proclaim a state
of war in the event of an armed attack on the USSW, or when it is necessary to meet international treaty obligations relating to mutual defence against
aggression;
18. and exercise other powers vested in him by the Constitution and laws
of the USSW.

Article 119. The Chairman of the Politburo of the USSW, between
sessions of the Supreme Soviet of the USSW and subject to submission for its
confirmation at the next session, shall:
1. amend existing legislative acts of the USSW when necessary;
2. approve changes in the boundaries between Socialist States;
3. form and abolish Ministries and State Committees of the USSW on the
recommendation of the Secretary General of the USSW;


Article 120. The Secretary General of the USSW promulgates decrees and adopts decisions.

Article 121. On expiry of the term of the Secretary General of the USSW,
the Secretary General of the USSW shall retain his powers until
the newly elected Politburo of the USSW has elected a new Secretary General.
The newly Politburo of the USSW shall be convened by the
outgoing Chairman of the Politburo of the USSW within two months of the
elections.

Article 122. The Secretary General and the Poliburo
shall elect standing commissions from among the Representatives to make a preliminary review of matters coming within the jurisdiction of the Secretary General of the USSW, to promote execution of the laws of the USSW and other acts of the Politburo of the USSW and its Chairman, and to check on the work of state bodies and organisations. The chambers of the Politburo of the USSW may also set up joint commissions on a parity basis.
When it deems necessary, Politburo of the USSW sets up
commissions of inquiry and audit, and commissions on any other matter.
All state and public bodies, organisations and officials are obliged to
meet the requests of the commissions of the Politburo of the USSW and of
its chambers, and submit the requisite materials and documents to them.
The commissions' recommendations shall be subject to consideration by
state and public bodies, institutions and organisations. The commissions
shall be informed, within the prescribed time-limit, of the results of such
consideration or of the action taken.

Article 123. The Politburo of the USSW shall supervise the work of
all state bodies accountable to it.
The Secretary General of the USSW shall form a Committee of People's Control of the USSW to head the system of people's control.
The organisation and procedure of people's control bodies are defined by
the Law on People's Control in the USSW.

Article 124. The procedure of the Politburo of the USSW and of its
bodies shall be defined in the Rules and Regulations of the Politburo of
the USSW and other laws of the USSW enacted on the basis of the Constitution of the USSW.

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