Civic Federation

Research 001 · Branch B · Organisational proposal

Civic Federation asks whether limited common authority can enforce constitutional protection without expanding into government over every part of life.

The branch establishes a defined common budget and institutions with explicit responsibilities. Eligible individuals have direct, equal access to federal decisions assigned to them. A Chapter cannot confiscate their vote, block participation or punish their choice. Abstention remains free. Neither individual nor Chapter voting can abolish the common protection floor.

The constitutional boundary

Administration manages funds. Independent examiners investigate compliance. An independent adjudicator decides contested obligations and authorises intrusive measures. Enforcement carries out bounded, reviewable decisions. No institution may finally adjudicate its own contested claim.

Unlawful instructions must be refused. A superior’s instruction does not remove personal responsibility. Intervention targets the responsible actor and legitimately liable assets; it does not turn Chapter membership into personal liability.

The branch investigates a minimal-state direction. Its charter must say whether federal authority derives from specifically assumed obligations or extends territorially to nonparticipants. That choice cannot be concealed under the word federation.

Organisation to develop

The charter must define jurisdiction, financing, decision rights, selection and removal of officeholders, records, confidential review, remedies and limits on enforcement. Existing claims survive exit and provider replacement. A budget vote cannot generate a new power to levy contributions beyond an authorised financing rule.

The proposed one-percent contribution is not fixed here. Its assessment base, repeated charging along production chains, collection cost and effects on low-margin activities must be examined. SAE status must not become a compulsory licence for all cross-Chapter trade.

Rules must protect direct federal participation without prescribing one internal political or economic model to every Chapter. Allocation decisions must be traceable, and organised influence must disclose relevant sponsors and interests.

First test

An SAE and its host Chapter refuse a legitimate independent audit. The examiner asks for enforcement. We will trace the grounds for access, the handling of confidential records, the independent decision, the permitted measures and the continuity of services for dependent members.

A second version makes the examiner corrupt. A third makes the funding administrator threaten an opposition Chapter. The same institutions that can stop obstruction can also become instruments of it. The design must work in all three versions.

Research links

• The shared research brief and evaluation method.
• Open Federation: the comparison branch.

The shared baseline remains reading draft v0.4. This page defines the research direction; a complete organisational charter and simulation results follow as separate, versioned work.