Axiom VII: Prohibition of Collective Punishment

No Chapter may penalize a Sovereign for the actions, beliefs, or affiliations of another Sovereign, group, Chapter, or any collective to which the Sovereign belongs or belonged.

Sippenhaft is the oldest control mechanism of civilization. You hold a population in check by punishing the family when one rebels.

Guilt is individual. Punishment is individual. No exceptions.

Mechanism

Status Primitive may only respond to individual attestations. No status change without individual dispute proceedings.

If a Chapter executes a blanket status action on all members of a group, that is a Federation flag.