Rules for Writing Laws

Passing a law in ME

All Kingdom or County laws must be written in English. They can be written in another language but the English translation must be always included.

Where should i post the Kingdom Laws?

To be valid, laws must be posted IG (In Game). It is possible to read the laws of every Kingdom from the Travel Map.

My Kingdom is part of a Confederation/Alliance and we have laws in common. How can we publish them?

You would need to publish the same laws in each Kingdom that are part of the Confederation/Alliance, or publish them in a Kingdom Laws board and post a link to the laws in all the other involved Kingdoms laws boards.

Why Am I not able to modify laws?

Published laws can't be modified. You can publish a new version, specifying in the post that the new version substitutes and invalidates the previous one.

There are some specific requirements on how to write a law?

Yes:

1. Laws must not discriminate against any player's (not necessarily character's) race, religion or gender.
2. Laws must not require activity or participation in any off-site forum or messenger service for any In-Game position
3. Laws must not contradict any Forum or Game rule published by the Administration.
4. Laws can't have impact on the real life of the player. For example, laws that requires a certain amount of activity are not valid
5. Laws can't be retroactive
6. Laws must have a 'grace period' of at least three days
7. The law if exists and its in favor of the Criminal (example: Prescription) should always be applied.
8. Law must specify the date upto when is valid (end date) or clearly specify it doesn’t expire
9. Laws must be published in game in English Language and contain at least:
   1. a clear description;
   2. the target of the law;
   3. law classification;
10. Old Laws which have been replaced by new Laws for the same crime must be deleted within 24 hours of the new Law being in effect;
11. Laws cannot contain punishments that humiliate the PG or player (example: public excuses);
12. Laws cannot reiterate any punishment. The only exception is in case of a character banned from Kingdom.
13. Laws cannot include any other punishment beside money or prison days.

Law Structure

Description

Description must not be generic and should define precisely the action that it targets.

Examples of correct descriptions

• Bread can’t be sold at a price over 4 silver coins;
• It is forbidden to cross region Lombardia;
• It is forbidden to extract resources in region Lombardia without a written authorization from Judge

Examples of incorrect descriptions

• It is forbidden to wear non proper clothes while in the Kingdom (what kind of clothes are considered non proper?);
• It is forbidden to buy too much food at the market (the quantity is not clear);
• It is considered enemy of the Kingdom whoever commits terrible actions (what are these actions?)

Law target(s)

The law target(s) must be clear. Targets can be:

• a single character;
• a list of characters;
• all members of a group;
• all citizens of a Kingdom;
• all followers of a Religion;
• everyone.

Law Classification

A law must be specify what is forbidden and classify the crime as per following table:

Type	Description	Prison days (fixed)	Max Fine	Compensation/Damage
A	Administrative offence	0 gg	100	No Limit
B	Minor Crime	1 gg	200	No Limit
C	Severe Crime	2 gg	400	No Limit
D	Capital Offence	3 gg	1000	No Limit

Examples of correct descriptions

Law	Target	Classification
It is forbidden to cross region Lombardia	Guglielmo Di Valenza, Pagans, Member of group “Cavalieri di San Peleo”, Kingdom of Rome citizens	Minor Crime
Bread can’t be sold at the market for more than 4 silver coins	Everyone	Severe Crime

  Notes
  * If character age is <= 90 days fine is reduced by 50%
  * Prison days and Fine are not exchangeable, they must be both applied

Compensation/damage

There is no limit on how much the judge can ask for compensation, however the judge will need to prove the damage. In addition the compensation can be asked only the following type of damage:

Type of damage	Evaluation method	Notes
Coins	Coins
Goods	N. of Goods * Average Selling Price	Based on table published by Administration on International ME Blog
Other	Evaluated by administration	Once the damage evaluation is established he will be used as a compensation rule in following trials.