Section 1. Establishment of the Lazarene Regional Guard
(1) The Lazarene Regional Guard will be the sole military force of Lazarus, neutral in alignment.
(2) The Delegate will be the commander-in-chief of the Regional Guard. The Prime Minister must appoint a Cabinet Minister to serve as operational commander of the Regional Guard, subordinate to the Delegate and subject to approval of the Delegate and all provisions for appointment and removal of a minister. Operational command authority may be further delegated to a chain of command subordinate to the Cabinet Minister.
(3) The command, conduct, and membership criteria of the Regional Guard may be further regulated by law or by executive policy.
(4) The Delegate may disband the Regional Guard as well as suspend all military operations temporarily. While the Regional Guard is disbanded an operational commander for the Regional Guard is not required.
Section 2. Establishment of Military Neutrality
(1) The regional military alignment of Lazarus will be neutral. Lazarus will bear the Neutral tag at all times.
(2) Lazarus may not bear any of the following tags: Defender, Imperialist, Independent, or Invader.
(3) The Assembly may enact a resolution empowering the Regional Guard to invade a region that is the ally or protectorate of a region upon which Lazarus has declared war. Such a resolution may be approved or rescinded by two-thirds vote of the Assembly.
Section 3. General operations
(1) General operations shall have no restrictions except those set by government policy or regional law.
(2) General operations shall include:
a. Defense of Lazarus;
b. Defense of Lazarus' treaty allies, if mandated by treaty terms;
c. Invasion of regions upon which Lazarus has declared war, and defense of other regions against their military forces;
d. Defense of other Feeders and Sinkers at the request of their legitimate governments;
e. Assistance in other regions' legal Delegate transitions at the request of their legitimate governments;
f. Offensive or defensive training operations in game-created Warzone regions;
g. Invasion of fascist regions and defense of regions against fascist military forces;
h. Invasion of regions which pose a substantial threat to the out-of-character security or safety of NationStates players, and defense of regions against forces which pose such a threat.
(3) The Assembly may enact a resolution empowering the Regional Guard to invade a region that is the ally or protectorate of a region upon which Lazarus has declared war. Such a resolution may be approved or rescinded by two-thirds vote of the Assembly.
Section 4. Offensive or defensive activity outside of general operations
(1) The Regional Guard shall be permitted to defend or raid regions under these conditions:
a. It is not a large operation and consists of up to 10 World Assembly member nations;
b. Any other conditions set by government policy or the Regional Guard commander.
(2) The Delegate, or the Prime Minister, in that order of the chain of command, may permit operations outside of these conditions, but only on a per operation basis.
(3) If an operation runs contrary to the regional interests of Lazarus, the Delegate or the Prime Minister may order the Regional Guard commander to cease our participation.
Section 5. Reporting on offensive and defensive activity
(1) On October 23rd 2023, and on April 23rd and October 23rd of every year thereafter, the Prime Minister must publically and truthfully report to the Assembly on those activities the Regional Guard has undertaken pursuant to Section 4 in the preceding six months.
(2) Sections 4 and 5 are repealed in full, and Section 6 renumbered accordingly, if any report required under the above Subsection shows that the Regional Guard has not undertaken Section 4 activities in the six-month period covered by that report.
Section 6. Constitutional Law Designation
(1) This Charter is designated as a constitutional law, and will be subject to all requirements for enactment, amendment, and repeal of constitutional laws.
