Regalian Law

Regalian State Law is active in all Heartland Regions, including the Regalian Archipelago, Ithania, Etosil, Lusits, and Imperial Property (like the Friendship Bridge). Anyone who lives or works in Regalia is a Citizen of the Empire, and has legal protections. Anyone who claims they are not a Citizen of the Empire, is not protected legally, and can just be attacked/stolen from without legal trouble. For purposes of privilege, there are three ranks: Common (everyone) Noble (blue/court Families) and Eminents (Ministers, Commissioners). Theoretically there is a fourth layer called the Princeroyals, but everyone in the Imperial Family and Imperial Guard is immune to the law by default.

Civil Codes

Civil Law

Civil Law is a common Lawbook. There are other Penal Codes which refer to specific circumstances, referred to further down. Civil Law applies to Common and Noble ranks, but not to Eminents, who are immune. The Commissioners always have some leeway to moderate punishments down, and if someone commits the same crime several times, to defer to a higher punishment. A single murder does not beget an execution trial, but three murders for example does. Meanwhile, a Commissioner may also choose to forego prison sentencing for Low Law altogether if they think for some reason the crime wasn't that bad in the bigger picture.

• Petty Law: Includes victimless crimes like permit violations, illegal good possession, casting Magic in the street without permit, misgendering. Petty Law involves a slap on the wrist or community Service.
• Low Law: Includes low-impact crimes like trespassing, theft, destruction of property, non-lethal violence, emotional harm, refusing proper titles. Low Law involves a low prison sentence or long Community Service.
• Middle Law: Includes medium-impact crimes like impersonation of officials and nobles, abduction and imprisonment. Middle Law criminals can be deferred to a trial by Justicar, or a medium prison sentence.
• High Law: Includes high-impact crimes like treason against the Empire, murder, being a monster, aiding hostile greater entities work against Regalia. High Law always defers to a Justicar Trial for maiming.
• Capital Law: Includes solely the act of breaking out of prison, breaking someone else out of prison, and denying the supreme rule of the Emperor. Capital Law crimes always go to Justicar trial for execution.
• Decency Law: Decency Laws involve adultery on an unsuspecting spouse or unmarried lover, public prostitution outside of the Dragon District. Decency Laws are always punished with a public humiliation.
• Knight Law: Knight Law is purely a construct that allows the Metro to defer to Knights. Attacks on religious sites defer to Reliquary Knights, Artifact theft to Aelrrigans, Honor violations to Viridians, etc.
• Occult Law: Occult Law covers illegal states of being such as Geist, Vampire, Cahal, Theurgy, etc. Solutions are applied to each depending on what they are, for example curing or the cleansing of Spirits.

Civil Law Exceptions

Some exceptions to Civil Laws exist to cover unique aspects of sate legislature.

• Suvial Citizens are exempt from Occult Law covering Theurgy. They are permitted to have Spirits, so long as they prevent these Spirits from causing a commotion. Spirits are not protected by law however.
• Solvaan Citizens are exempt from High Law covering Monster appearances. They are permitted to use Mist-Shifts, but are expected to normalize themselves if commanded to do so by the Metropolitan in the street.

Progression Ordinances

Progression Ordinances mostly apply to Progression Orders.

• Entry Law: It is illegal to enter: the Allorn Empire, Dworda, Hvitskag, The Isldar Wastes, Sassrakkand, Dorkarth, Raamtuunh, Gana Isha, Contested Land, on punishment of citizenship revocation.
• Savage Law: It is illegal to interact or enter lands inhabited by uncivilized, savage, tribal or otherwise civilization deprived peoples with low knowledge of the world across the known lands.

Permit Ordinances

• Magic Law: Public casting of Magic is illegal, though Permits may be issued by the State Governor that permit this. Magic can be freely cast in the Suvial District and private property.
• Permit Law I: Public carrying of weapons and armor without (seperate for each) Permits is illegal, though Armament Officers of the State Metropolitan may hand out Permits.
• Permit Law II: Any carrying of weapons, even with a Permit, is not permitted in Government Offices, or Palaces. The Winter and Summer Palace Hosts may grant permits for their respective properties.
• Permit Law III: Knights and Metropolitan members have automatic rights to both weapon and armor permits. House Guards belonging to the same family may derive from a Noble Head's permit(s).
• Eminent Law: Eminents are strictly banned from entering the Sewers on punishment of immediate dismissal, and subsequent banning from government office for 12 months after violation.
• Contract Law: Contracts signed by both parties (in minecraft books) are legally enforceable, the state may use whatever force it can to enforce the stipulations agreed upon by both parties.

Borough Laws

Regalian Boroughs are semi-autonomous regions with their own Laws. They can however defer to certain State Laws if they want to. Borough Laws are set by the Mayors in Tickets.