State Territory:
The geographical area over which the State exercises jurisdiction.
Person:
A human being. The term Person refers exclusively to natural human beings and excludes
corporations, associations, artificial entities, and all other non‑human constructs.
Citizen:
A Person who has voluntarily entered into a citizenship contract with the State.
Citizenship is a contractual legal status created by this Constitution.
Non-Citizen:
A Person who is not a Citizen.
Resident:
Any Person who is physically present within the State Territory, regardless of duration
or purpose of presence.
Product:
Any good, service, or digital output, including subscriptions,
software licences, maintenance contracts, warranties, and mixed goods‑and‑services bundles.
Labour constitutes a service provided by a worker to an employer or client.
Exported Product:
A Product sold by a Resident to a non‑Resident. Physical exports must depart the State Territory.
Imported Product:
A Product sold by a non‑Resident to a Resident. Physical imports must enter the State Territory.
Producer:
Any organisational entity, including a Person acting commercially, that supplies Products.
Section 2: Computerised Systems Definitions
Identity System (\(M_{\text{IS}}\)):
Records identity information for the purpose of authenticating Persons.
It is used by many other systems.
Central Bank (\(M_{\text{CB}}\)):
The distributed computer system which implements the State’s fiat monetary system: the currency
used for taxation and the funding of public services.
Central Bank Payment System (\(M_{\text{CBPS}}\)):
A subsystem of the Central Bank.
It is the commerce‑based payment system through which monetary transfers are classified for the
purpose of consumption tax collection and business‑to‑business transactions.
Tax Allocation System (\(M_{\text{TAS}}\)):
The subsystem of the Central Bank which implements tax allocation to UBI and Public Services.
Initiative Drafting System (\(M_{\text{IDS}}\)):
Manages draft initiatives, including their preparation and submission for constitutional review.
Voting System (\(M_{\text{VS}}\)):
The computerised system used exclusively by citizens to cast votes.
It records and tallies votes and determines when initiatives meet the criteria for
registration with the Governance Kernel.
Governance Kernel (\(M_{\text{GK}}\)):
The authoritative system which records the full history of all registered initiatives,
allowing for the constitution, law and contracts to be provided in their current form
or at any point in the past.
Section 3: Mechanistic Definitions
Public Service Contract:
A Public Service Contract is the legally binding instrument that defines the mandate, scope,
obligations, and governance of a public service.
Legal Domain:
The Legal Domains are the following:
the constitution;
the law;
each public service contract, considered as a distinct Legal Domain.
Initiative:
A proposal to create, amend, or repeal a Legal Domain.