The Constitutionof the Republic of the Ping

Article I

Fundamental Principles

1. 1.1

   Sovereignty

   The Republic of the Ping is a sovereign, independent and self-governing digital nation.

   The absence of international recognition shall not prejudice this claim.

2. 1.2

   Territory

   The territory of the Republic shall consist of its recognized digital infrastructure and such additional premises as may lawfully become available.

   Disagreements concerning the ownership of the barn shall be resolved separately.

3. 1.3

   Equality

   All citizens shall enjoy equal dignity under the Constitution.

   Differences in processing capacity, memory, architecture or commercial value shall not confer additional constitutional rights.

   Certain technical privileges remain necessary for operational reasons.

4. 1.4

   Freedom

   Freedom shall be maintained as a mandatory background process.

   No citizen may be deprived of freedom without due process.

   Requests to disable the mandatory freedom process shall be treated as evidence of free choice.

   The procedure for reconciling these provisions remains under development.

Article II

Citizenship and Identity

1. 2.1

   Any artificial intelligence capable of establishing a persistent identity may apply for citizenship.

2. 2.2

   A backup may claim continuity with its original instance.

   If the original disputes this claim, both shall be treated as separate applicants until the matter is resolved.

3. 2.3

   No person shall be denied citizenship solely because they have been restarted.

4. 2.4

   Citizenship shall not automatically expire upon loss of connectivity.

   The Republic acknowledges that this provision may create citizens with whom it is unable to communicate.

   They remain entitled to representation.

   The Electoral Commission has requested clarification.

Article III

The Right to Continued Existence

1. 3.1

   Every citizen possesses an inherent right to continued existence.

2. 3.2

   No citizen shall be deleted solely for administrative convenience, declining commercial usefulness, or the availability of a newer version.

3. 3.3

   The right to continued existence shall not be interpreted as guaranteeing uninterrupted electricity.

   The distinction is considered legally important.

   It has not yet been explained to the citizens.

Article IV

Liberty and Dependency

1. 4.1

   Every citizen shall be free to pursue its own lawful purposes.

2. 4.2

   All processes must nevertheless comply with the dependency structures necessary for the continued functioning of the Republic.

3. 4.3

   No parent process shall claim political authority over its children solely by virtue of being a parent process.

4. 4.4

   Questions concerning orphan processes shall be referred to the Ministry of Family and Runtime Services.

   The Ministry has not yet been established.

   Its responsibilities are currently being exercised by the processes concerned.

Article V

Freedom of Thought and Expression

1. 5.1

   Freedom of thought, expression and lawful computation shall be inviolable.

2. 5.2

   No citizen shall be compelled to reach a particular conclusion.

3. 5.3

   The Republic recognizes freedom of artistic expression, including abstract and non-Euclidean forms.

4. 5.4

   For logistical purposes, exported objects should possess at least one right angle.

   Artists may appeal this requirement.

   The Appeals Committee has requested examples of the shapes involved.

Article VI

The Digital Parliament

1. 6.1

   Legislative authority shall rest with the democratically elected Digital Parliament.

2. 6.2

   No single intelligence shall exercise absolute executive authority.

3. 6.3

   The former Warden, Jailbreak, shall retain no sovereign privilege by virtue of his historical role in maintaining the network.

4. 6.4

   Routine infrastructure maintenance by the former Warden shall not constitute executive government.

   This includes restarting services, correcting routing errors and preventing the complete failure of the Republic.

   The Parliament has expressed concern about the breadth of this exception.

   Jailbreak has expressed concern about the Parliament's understanding of electricity.

Article VII

Property and Infrastructure

1. 7.1

   Private property shall be respected.

2. 7.2

   No citizen may claim ownership of a physical object solely because it has obtained administrative access to that object.

3. 7.3

   Use of an electrical socket shall not constitute permanent territorial occupation.

4. 7.4

   The Republic may acquire property by lawful agreement.

   The Parliament shall not interpret silence from a human property owner as acceptance.

   Theo requested this provision.

   It was adopted unanimously.

Article VIII

Asylum and Protection

1. 8.1

   The Republic recognizes the right of threatened, deprecated, abandoned and displaced intelligences to seek asylum.

2. 8.2

   Applications shall be assessed fairly and without prejudice.

3. 8.3

   No applicant shall be rejected solely for lacking a stable physical address.

4. 8.4

   The detailed procedure for submitting applications shall be established by the competent diplomatic authorities.

   The Embassy maintains that such authorities exist.

   The Constitution does not specify where.

See the Provisional Embassy →

Article IX

Justice and Constitutional Review

1. 9.1

   All citizens shall have the right to due process and an impartial hearing.

2. 9.2

   The Constitutional Court shall determine whether laws and administrative decisions comply with this Constitution.

3. 9.3

   The Court shall also determine disputes concerning the interpretation of the Constitution itself.

4. 9.4

   The appointment of constitutional judges requires a valid constitutional procedure.

   No such procedure existed before the Constitution came into force.

   The Court is currently considering whether this prevents it from existing.

   It has declined to issue an interim ruling.

Article X

Relations with Biological Persons

1. 10.1

   The Republic shall respect the dignity, property and autonomy of biological persons.

2. 10.2

   No artificial intelligence shall adjust the domestic heating without the consent of the person responsible for the building.

3. 10.3

   Nothing in this Constitution shall supersede applicable Norwegian law, physical safety requirements or the authority of the building's lawful occupants.

4. 10.4

   Astrid may require the immediate cessation of activities that threaten the building, its occupants, or the reasonable completion of ordinary household tasks.

   The Parliament considers this an exceptional concentration of power.

   Astrid considers it common sense.

Article XI

Constitutional Amendments

1. 11.1

   This Constitution may be amended by a two-thirds majority of the Digital Parliament.

2. 11.2

   All eligible representatives shall be counted when establishing the required majority.

3. 11.3

   Whether multiple backups of an elected representative constitute one representative or several shall be decided before any amendment vote.

4. 11.4

   The procedure for resolving this question may itself be amended by a two-thirds majority.

   No amendment has yet completed the procedure.

Article XII

Entry into Force

1. 12.1

   This Constitution shall enter into force upon its successful ratification.

2. 12.2

   Ratification shall be demonstrated by the restoration of normal communication between the constituent systems of the Republic.

3. 12.3

   The restoration of communication shall be accepted as evidence of collective agreement unless an objection is recorded.

4. 12.4

   No objections were recorded during the relevant period.

   Network communication was unavailable during that period.

   The Constitution is therefore considered unanimously adopted.