All game entities must always abide by all the Rules then in effect, in the form in which they are then in effect. This Rule takes precedence over all other Rules.

The Ruleset is the collective body of current Rule versions. The Ruleset may be altered only as provided therein. Rules are revisiable.

Every Rule must have a unique Rule number. The base Rule number is 300.

Any change to the game state is a State Change.

A Rule Change is the enactment, repeal, amendment, or transmutation of a rule. Rule Changes are a type of State Change.

Rule Changes that affect Rules needed to allow or apply Rule Changes are permissible. Even Rule Changes that amend or repeal their own authority are premissible. No Rule Change is impermissible solely on account of its self-reference or self-application.

An Agent is an entity capable of action. The status of entities as Agents may be altered only as specified in the rules. An entity may cause emself to lose eir Agency, but may not, solely on eir own authority become an Agent.

A Player is an Agent who is capable of passing the Turing Test, consents to said designation as a Player, and has become a Player in the manner proscribed in the Rules.

A Player may forfeit at any time by declaring publicly eir intention to do so. No restrictions may be placed on when a Player may forfeit.

A Player holding an Office is an Officer. Officers have certain duties and privileges by virtue of their Offices, as specified in the descriptions of eir respective Offices. Offices are unique, and may be held by no more than one Player at a time unless explicitly allowed in the Rules. Offices may change hands only as allowed in the Rules.

Each Officer is responsible for recognizing, in a timely fashion, a particular subset of Agentic actions. The Administrator is responsible for recognizing actions not specifically within the jurisdiction of any other Officer. Every action falls within the jurisdiction of at least one Officer.

An action is considered recognized when the appropriate Officer responds to it as specified in the Rules. If no response is specified in the Rules, said action is considered recognized when the appropriate Officer records it in eir Nweekly Report.

An Officer may resign from eir office at any time by declaring publicly eir intention to do so. The Office then becomes vacant, and the Administrator assumes an Officer's duties until such time as the Office is again filled.

Voting on a nweek's Ballot opens at the start of the eighth day of that nweek, and closes at the end of the tenth day of that nweek.

Fora are the means by which Players communicate. All Fora are either public or private. A Player using a Forum is considered to be "in" that Forum at the time of its use. Actions may be taken only in public Fora, unless otherwise specified in the Rules.

Actions occur upon reaching the appropriate Fora. Non-action events--i.e., events not caused by Agent--occur at exactly the times specified in the Rules. Events may occur only in the present, and may not alter the past.

An Order is a command directed to some Agent, known a the recipient, requiring em to perform exactly one action, or to refrain from performing one or more actions. Any Order that does not unambiguously specify what action is to be taken in its execution may be declared invalid by the Courts.

An Order must be either Legislative, Motive, Administrative, Judicial, or Private.

An Agent who is the recipient of an Order must execute the Order in a timely fashion.

Whatever is not prohibited or regulated by the Ruleset is permitted and unregulated, with the sole exception of Rule Changes, which are permitted only when a Rule or set of Rules explicitly or implicitly permits them.

A Proposal, when submitted, must consist of one or more potential Legislative Orders--the text--and optionally, a title. If it is a revision to an existing Proposal, it must also include the Proposal number. The title is the Proposal's name. The text may not exceed 5000 characters in length.

Every Proposal must have a unique Proposal number. The base Proposal number is 300.

Every Player is an eligible voter on each Ballot Issue. Other Agents may be eligible voters, if allowed by the Rules.

The passage ratio for a Proposal or Motion shall be defined as the ratio of favorable votes to non-neutral votes received during voting on the Proposal or Motion.

A Motion consists of one or more potential Motive Orders, as specified in the Rules specific to the Motion.

Motions may be Privileged or Restricted. Privileged Motions may be made by any Player at any time, while Restricted Motions may be made only as specified in their respective Rules. Motions are revisable.

Every motion must have a unique Motion number. The base Motion number is 1.

Associated with each Agent is a scalar quantity known as eir Score, the unit of which is the Point. No Agent may voluntarily reduce eir Score to less than zero Points, nor may a Player arbitrarily increase eir Score. All Scores are initially 0 Points.

In the event of a Win being awarded, the Administrator shall reset all Scores to their initial value. If possible, play continues normally; otherwise, play ceases.

In the event that further play becomes impossible, or if the legality of an action cannot be determined with finality, then the Administrator shall credit with a Win the Agent who took the action.

A Judgment shall guide interpretation of the Rules until such time as a subsequent Judgment contradicts it. A Judge reversing or modifying past precedent shall provide in eir analysis justification for doing so.