Executive Departments Act 2025

Executive Departments Act 2025

Passed by the Senate on 20 July 2025 and signed by the President on 21 July 2025.

Part 1: Structure of the Executive

Article 1: Departments

§1. Departments shall be executive bodies that manage a specific sector of public administration.

§2. Departments established and regulated by Act of Senate shall be known as Statutory Departments

§3. The President shall have the power to establish, regulate, and abolish Non-Statutory Departments through Executive Orders.

§3.1 Non-statutory departments may not be assigned portfolios, powers, and duties already assigned to statutory departments.

§4. The President and Executive Officers shall have the power to hire staff to assist with their duties and to determine fair and reasonable wages for them.

<ref name="certs">Department of Education Re-Establishment and Reform Act 2026 passed 9 January 2026 and signed 11 January 2026. Implementation is delayed by one month from passage.</ref>§4.1. Staff hired to work in departments must have valid, in-date certifications relevant to the nature of their work, if such certifications exist.

<ref name="certs" />§4.2. Staff may be hired to work in departments without these relevant certifications as interns, receiving the lowest grade of pay, and having lesser responsibilities and duties.

§5. Executive Officers may name a member of their department as their deputy who shall be able to exercise the powers of the office during the absence or incapacitation of the Executive Officer.

§5.1. To prevent confusion, Deputy Executive Officers shall be an Executive Branch Manager position.<ref name="podesc">Prohibition on Deputy Executive-Senator Concurrence Act 2025 (PODESC) passed 9 November 2025, tiebroken 11 November 2025, and signed 11 November 2025.</ref>

Part 2: Statutory Departments

Article 2: The Department of Justice (DOJ)

§1. The Attorney General (AG), an Executive Officer, shall be the head of the DoJ which shall be responsible for representing SimDemocracy in any legal matter and enforcement of the law via internal policing and the conduct of lawful investigations.

§2. The DoJ shall have within itself three (3) agencies: The SimDemocracy Bureau of Investigation (SDBI), the State Attorneys’ Office (SAO) and the Office of Homeland Security (OHS); each led by a Director appointed by and serving at the pleasure of the AG.<ref name="ohsmerger">Amended by the OHS Merger Act</ref><ref name="splitohs">Split the OHS Amendment 2026 passed and signed 15 April 2026.</ref>

§3. The SDBI shall manage the internal policing functions of the DoJ in accordance with law.

§4. The SAO shall represent SimDemocracy in legal affairs, including but not limited to conducting criminal prosecution on behalf of the State of SimDemocracy, representing the State in civil proceedings and providing argumentation on behalf of the state before the Supreme Court.

§4.1 The SAO shall advise government officials on matters of law upon request.

§4.2. Once the SAO initiates a criminal prosecution, it shall not drop a case except for good cause. The following cases are good cause:

§4.2.1. Newly uncovered evidence now making an acquittal more likely than not.

§4.2.2. In cases of little social harm the matter being settled in a different way.

§4.2.3. Significant prosecutorial misconduct occurred.

§4.2.4. The law requires dropping the case.

§4.2.5. Further continuing the prosecution would be a grave miscarriage of Justice.

§4.2.6. Art. 8 Refusing Illegal Orders shall apply.<ref name="regimednkb" />

§5. The OHS shall be a special investigative body with the power to investigate violations of law by those who have been a member of SimDemocracy for seven days or fewer.

§5.1. Should a border be created restricting passage into the SimDemocracy Discord Server, the OHS shall have the power to allow individuals to pass the border in accordance with internal policy and any relevant statutes.

Article 3: The Department of State (DoS)

§1. The Secretary of State (SoS), an Executive Officer, shall be the head of the DoS which shall be responsible for expanding, managing, and resolving foreign affairs under the direction of the President.

§2. The Department of State shall have the power to negotiate partnerships with other communities, which shall allow a link of that community’s server to be posted in the relevant Discord channel.

§2.1 All partnerships must be ratified by the President and may be abolished in the same manner.

§3. The Department of State shall have the power to negotiate treaties and alliances.

§3.1 All treaties and alliances must be ratified by the appropriate medium, be it presidential decree, statute, or constitutional amendment.

Article 4: The SimDemocracy Armed Forces (SDAF)

<ref name="deptwar">Amended by the Department of War Act 2025 passed and signed 8 October 2025.</ref>

§1. The President shall be the head of the SDAF, and have the authority to dissolve or reinstate it any time.

Reinstated as of 26 January 2026 by EO 160 - 02 | Reinstatement of The SimDem Armed Forces

§1.1. The President may appoint a Chief of Armed Forces (CoAF), who shall serve as their deputy and be delegated authority to help run the SDAF. The Chief of Armed Forces shall not be an executive officer.

§2. Upon the President dissolving the SDAF, all employees of it shall have been considered to have been fairly and legally fired and may not seek remedy for losing employment from the SDAF.

§3. The SDAF shall be a virtual armed force for the conducting of meme wars and operations consisting of virtual military personnel, equipment, weapons, and tactics.

§4. The President shall have the authority to put any employee of the SDAF on reserve or active duty for any reason.

§5. The work of the SDAF shall be governed by the War and Peace Act 2025.

Article 5: The Department of Expansion (DoEx)

<ref name="merge">Merging Expansion and Growth Act passed and signed 2 February 2026.</ref>

§1. The Secretary of Expansion (SoEx) shall be the head of the Department of Expansion (DoEx).

§2. The DoEx shall work towards the Expansion of Simdemocracy’s community

§3. The DoEx shall aim to attract new participants to SimDemocracy and may coordinate with DoS to further this goal.

§4. The DoEx may organize and hold events to further the sense of community in Simdemocracy.

§5. The DoEx shall be tasked with the integration of new members in Simdemocracy’s community.

<ref name="dogsimple">Amended by the DoG Structural Simplification Act passed February 12th 2026 and signed February 15th 2026</ref> §6. To further these goals, the DoEx shall comprise 3 subdepartments.

Note: with the DoG Structural Simplification Act, there are no longer 3 subdepartments coded in law. The text of the §6 wasn't changed in consequence.

§6.1 The Department of Growth shall be a subdepartment of the Department of Expansion its mandate shall include but not be limited to those stated in §3, §4 and §5.

§6.2 The SoEx shall be tasked with appointing the heads of all Subdepartments

§6.3 The SoEx may create other Subdepartments.

Article 6: The Department of the Treasury (DoT)

<ref name="undotreas">Undoing the Treasurer Amendment Amendment passed and signed 3 November 2025.</ref>

§1. The Secretary of the Treasury (SoT) shall be the head of the DoT. <ref name="econlawclaract">§§2-5 repealed through the Economic Law Clarification Act, passed on the 1st April 2026 and not vetoed by the President within 72 Hours</ref>

Article 7: The Department of the Technology (DoTech)

<ref name="dotech">Statutarization of Department of Technology Act 2025 passed and signed on 20 November 2025.</ref>

§1. The Secretary of Technology (SoTech) shall be the head of the DoTech.

§2. The DoTech shall be responsible for maintaining the technological affairs of the server, including but not limited to the function of the economy.

§3. The DoTech may coordinate with, and assist, other departments, offices and entities in matters relating to the implementation or development of technological programs.

Part 3: General Procedures in Departments

Article 8: Refusing Illegal Orders

§1. Any staff hired to a statutory or non-statutory Department, Executive Officer or other person being legally bound by an order of a superior state officer within the Executive (ordered person) may refuse any illegal order, provided the following procedure is observed:

§1.1. The ordered person first requests reasoning for the order. This step shall not be necessary if the original order already contained sufficient reasoning.

§1.2. If the ordered person then still believes the order to be illegal, they may formally request the superior of the ordering person to review the legality of the order. This step shall not be necessary if such a superior does not exist or the superior does not respond within 48 hours.

§1.3. The superior shall either change or withdraw the order of the ordering person, if they believe the order to be illegal, or confirm it, if they believe it to be legal. §1. Shall not apply for such confirmations, changes and withdrawals.

§1.4. If the superior of the ordering person does not change or withdraw the order to the satisfaction of the ordered person, the ordered person may apply for relief at the Inferior Court.

§1.5. The Inferior Court shall have the power to change or withdraw the order, if the order is illegal.

§1.6. The Inferior Court shall act inquisitorial in such proceedings.

§2. Any action under this Article shall not have a suspensory effect on the respective order, unless the ordered person applies for such at the Inferior Court, which they may do at any step.

§2.1. Upon application for the suspensory effect, the order shall be suspended until the Inferior Court decided regarding the suspensory effect.

§2.2. The Inferior Court shall grant the suspensory effect, if the order is more likely than not illegal and if the harm caused by such an effect does not exceed the inherent and actual harm of the illegal order. The Inferior Court shall decide summarily and speedily.

§3. No person shall be punished in any way for exercising their Rights under this Article. §4. Any attempt to circumvent the Exercise of the Rights under this Article, such as replacing the ordered person, shall be considered as part of the original order and as such affected by any suspensory effect under this Article. §5. This Article does not protect the ordering person from criminal liability for their illegal order.

§5.1. Other statutes regulating criminal liability notwithstanding, an illegal order, meaning an order contrary to higher legal authority, shall be considered as an act for which the government official had no legal right or authority to commit under Art. 29 Abuse of Power of the Criminal Code 2020 and shall additionally always be considered to satisfy §3. of Art. 29 Abuse of Power of the Criminal Code 2020.<ref name="regimednkb">The Regime Does Not Know Best Act 2026 passed on the 17th April 2026 and signed the same day</ref>

Part 4: Implementation

Article 9: Repeals

§1. The following shall be repealed:

§1.1 Executive Act 2023,

§1.2 Multitude Of Offices Act,

§1.3 Integrity of Justice (Protection) Act,

§1.4 Community Bridge Alliance Act,

§1.5 Executive Office Accountability Act,

§1.6 Homeland Security Act II,

§1.7 Special Military Authorization Act 2024,

§1.8 Treasury Liaison Act,

§1.9 Part 1, Article 2 of the Revised Economy Foundation,

§1.10 Commerce Actualizations Act,

§1.11 Taxation Framework Act.

Part 5: Department of Culture Recognition

Article 10: Department of Culture (DoC)

Note by the AC, numbering changed and heading added by the AC as to not leave open Article 9 and produce confusing citations, obvious legislative reference error. Changed in line with the corresponding statues
§1. The Secretary of Culture (SoC), an Executive Officer, shall be the head of the DoC which shall be responsible for creating, collecting, and disseminating cultural artifacts such as visual art, literature, music, etc. This shall be done for the purposes of elevating culture within SimDemocracy. §2. The Secretary of Culture shall have the ability to make calls to action for any artistic project utilizing the government announcement ping or tag.

§2.1. The Department of Culture, or any equivalent authority shall the DoC cease to exist, is directed to create a quarterly literary magazine for SimDemocracy.

§2.1.1. Submissions shall remain open for two months at a time, with the third month in each quarter being used to select pieces, compile and organize them, and publish the magazine to all available platforms through collaboration with the DoEx.

§2.1.2. Individuals who submit work and have said work be chosen for publication shall receive a stipend of 1,000 tau upon publication.

§2.1.3. Work submitted for publication must stay within common "PG-13" or similar guidelines in order to be considered for publication.

§2.1.4. The first issue shall be published on June 27th, 2026.

§2.2. The Department of Culture shall be granted two new channels in the News category called the “DoC General Chat” and “Literary Magazine Submissions.” The former “DoC General Chat” channel shall be a text-style channel, and the latter “Literary Magazine Submissions” shall be a forum-style channel.<ref name="DoCRecog">Added by the Department of Culture Recognition Act, passed on the 1st April 2026, not vetoed by the President within 72 Hours</ref>

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