Our Own Path
Posted by Regla on 11/11/17
On this, the 24th day of the 7th month in the 10007th year AR, House Navegant is announcing its own path to the reduction and release of Thralls within the fealty lands of House Navegant. We are announcing the creation of the Minister of Internal Affairs.
The Minister of Internal Affairs will be responsible for all those within House Navegant's fealty who live under the status of thrall. This person will be responsible for the management and proper disposition of all thrall debts, the buyout of thrall debts, and be given the responsiblity of creating and ensuring the public enforcement of guidelines for the treatment of thralls and their debts. These guidelines will establish fair payment measures to ensure there is no longer any moving debt that keeps a thrall in state indefinitely and ensures the rights and safety of any person living under the thrall status against abuses and cruelty. These new guidlines will be made into law and any violators of these guidelines will be punished to the full extent of those laws.
Furthermore, as of this month the Minister, supported by House Navegant, will no longer be accepting the status of thrall for those who are not being punished as criminals, prisoners of war, or entering into a contractual agreement voluntarily.
In addition, the Minister will also be responsible for slowly phasing out thralldom in certain classes of Navegant society, shifting the thralls to paid freemen over time. This ensures they have a choice once their debt is paid on whether to continue serving in the positions they have for which they will already be fairly paid or choose to leave and go elsewhere. This slow movement of thralls to freed men is to ensure that the state of thralldom is slowly phased out in order to prevent the problems shown by the House Kennex abolishment. This is to ensure a stable transistion protecting our laws, customs, traditions and right to self governance as affored us by the House Thrax, House Grimhall, and our liegelord Marquis Kennex of House Kennex. These measures will also ensure that House Navegant is not subject to total and complete economic collapse from mass buyouts, nullification of previous debts, mass exodus of thralls causing a major labor shortage, and all other means by which our House and it's people would suffer from an immediate abolishment.
Lastly, all foreign vessels and peoples will return to the standard level of customs inspections by House Navegant when within our waters and lands. House Navegant welcomes all forms of trade and will continue to do so, but we will not give up our right to police against criminal activity in accordance with our own laws and customs.
So signed by my hand,
Lady Regla Navegant
Voice of Navegant
Sword of Escuma
--- Bisland Stance ---
House Bisland is satisfied with the measures proposed and the return to free trade and hereby suspend our trade sanctions.
--- Scholars Stance ---
We are happy to assist as needed over the coming years of transition and applaud House Navegant for their discerning leadership.
--- Faith of the Pantheon Stance ---
The Faith approves of these measures, and House Navegant's measures to protect thralls from abuse and exploitation in the meantime.
--- Grayson Stance ---
House Grayson looks forward to resuming free and profitable trade between the Crownlands and Escuma.
--- Laurent Stance ---
House Laurent is satisfied with this and looks forward to resuming trade.
--- Mazetti Stance ---
House Mazetti is pleased to resume trade with House Navegant and Escuma.
--- Keaton Stance ---
House Keaton looks forward to resuming trade with House Navegant.
The Minister of Internal Affairs will be responsible for all those within House Navegant's fealty who live under the status of thrall. This person will be responsible for the management and proper disposition of all thrall debts, the buyout of thrall debts, and be given the responsiblity of creating and ensuring the public enforcement of guidelines for the treatment of thralls and their debts. These guidelines will establish fair payment measures to ensure there is no longer any moving debt that keeps a thrall in state indefinitely and ensures the rights and safety of any person living under the thrall status against abuses and cruelty. These new guidlines will be made into law and any violators of these guidelines will be punished to the full extent of those laws.
Furthermore, as of this month the Minister, supported by House Navegant, will no longer be accepting the status of thrall for those who are not being punished as criminals, prisoners of war, or entering into a contractual agreement voluntarily.
In addition, the Minister will also be responsible for slowly phasing out thralldom in certain classes of Navegant society, shifting the thralls to paid freemen over time. This ensures they have a choice once their debt is paid on whether to continue serving in the positions they have for which they will already be fairly paid or choose to leave and go elsewhere. This slow movement of thralls to freed men is to ensure that the state of thralldom is slowly phased out in order to prevent the problems shown by the House Kennex abolishment. This is to ensure a stable transistion protecting our laws, customs, traditions and right to self governance as affored us by the House Thrax, House Grimhall, and our liegelord Marquis Kennex of House Kennex. These measures will also ensure that House Navegant is not subject to total and complete economic collapse from mass buyouts, nullification of previous debts, mass exodus of thralls causing a major labor shortage, and all other means by which our House and it's people would suffer from an immediate abolishment.
Lastly, all foreign vessels and peoples will return to the standard level of customs inspections by House Navegant when within our waters and lands. House Navegant welcomes all forms of trade and will continue to do so, but we will not give up our right to police against criminal activity in accordance with our own laws and customs.
So signed by my hand,
Lady Regla Navegant
Voice of Navegant
Sword of Escuma
--- Bisland Stance ---
House Bisland is satisfied with the measures proposed and the return to free trade and hereby suspend our trade sanctions.
--- Scholars Stance ---
We are happy to assist as needed over the coming years of transition and applaud House Navegant for their discerning leadership.
--- Faith of the Pantheon Stance ---
The Faith approves of these measures, and House Navegant's measures to protect thralls from abuse and exploitation in the meantime.
--- Grayson Stance ---
House Grayson looks forward to resuming free and profitable trade between the Crownlands and Escuma.
--- Laurent Stance ---
House Laurent is satisfied with this and looks forward to resuming trade.
--- Mazetti Stance ---
House Mazetti is pleased to resume trade with House Navegant and Escuma.
--- Keaton Stance ---
House Keaton looks forward to resuming trade with House Navegant.