IMG RULEBOOK

This document will henceforth on the date of its completion be the official rulebook for the Mock
Government Sim known as IMG

The United States Government

Preamble

This Mock Government will be formed in order to provide an educational, entertaining

and easy to understand way, to inspire political thought to grow and blossom in those interested.
The Government will be based off of the United States political system. With a legislative,
executive and judicial branch. There will be all 50 states, governors, state legislatures, a
supreme court and even political parties. The set up will be different from the actual United
States set up due to technical limitations. However this means a more competitive atmosphere.
Elections will be held in the form of members of the Mock government being allowed to vote.
Seeing other Mock governments fall due to voting corruption and the issue of Super accounts

Articles
Section 1 - Executive Branch
1. The President of the Mock government will be elected every 45
days. A Presidential cycle will last the 45 days. At day 45 the election will begin
and last the 2 days. Then the winner will be announced and sworn in as
president.
2. As president, the individual will :
a. Appoint 5 cabinet positions. Vice President,
Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, and
Secretary of Elections.
b. (Other Cabinet Positions may be added but are not
required.)
c. Appoint Supreme Court Justices for the Senate to
confirm.
d. Will pass or veto bills passed in both houses of the
congress.
e. Serve as Head of state and government of this
Mock Government.
f. Address the Nation every 10 Days.
g. Hold no other political office in this Mock
Government.
3. The president will be limited to 2 Consecutive Terms.

Section 2- The Congress- Senate

 1. The senate will be elected every 45 Days. A senate cycle will last
45 days. At 45 days, the election will begin. At the end of term, the new senate
shall take its place.
2. As the senate, it is to:
a. Write and pass bills which will go to the house for
confirmation.
b. Approve or disapprove the Supreme court
nominees of the president.
c. Sit in session under the Vice president. Who gets
no vote but will vote in a tie breaker.

d. Elect a President Pro tempore of the senate who

will make sure the process runs smoothly.
e. The President Pro tempore will be tasked with
recording every bill that the Senate passes/fails/
f. The majority party (if one occurs) will elect the
Majority leader
g. The minority party (if one occurs.) will elect a
Minority leader.
h. Run an impeachment trial in front of the Supreme
court, Pro tempore of the Senate and Speaker of the house.
i. Amend this constitution with a 2/3rds majority vote,
in both chambers.
j. Increase or Decrease the number of Senate seats
and redrawing of Districts with a majority in the Senate.
k.
3. Each Senator is restricted from serving in the House while In the
Senate.

Section 2.5- The Congress- The House

1. The House will be elected every 45 Days. A House cycle will last
45 days. At 45 days, the election will begin. At the end of term, the new House
shall take its place.
2. As the House it shall:
a. Write and pass bills which will go to the senate for
confirmation.
b. Have the majority party (if one occurs) will elect a
Speaker of the House. (If no one party makes up a majority, then the
entire house will vote) The Speaker will work with the president to make
sure both chambers run smoothly. The Speaker will also be tasked with
recording every bill that passes and fails in the house.
c. Approve the Cabinet Positions of the President.
d. Call for an impeachment vote in the case of house
distrust of the President. The reason for impeachment are as follows,
 Treason, Bribery, General Misconduct, and endangerment to National
Security.
e. Amend this constitution with a 2/3rds majority vote,
in both chambers.
f. Propose a Budget to the President.
g. Increase or Decrease the number of house seats
and redrawing of Districts with a majority in the house.
3. Each House Member is restricted from being a member of the
Senate while serving.

Section 3- The Supreme Court

1. The Supreme Court is a 5 member body nominated by the
president, who then must pass the senate. If the senate Conforms ; then the
person becomes a Supreme Court Justice.
2. The Supreme Court will:
a. Review Bills before they go to the president to see
if the bills are constitutional.
b. If the bills are Constitutional, they go to the
president.
c. If they are not, the return to the chamber they
originated from. The Supreme Court will also handle any dispute between
individuals or parties alike in the Mock Government.
d. Sit in on an Impeachment Trial.
3. A Supreme Court Justice shall serve until they step down. They
may hold no seat in the Senate, House, Presidency, or any Governorship.

Section 4- Voting
1. Elections shall be conducted through the following means: a voter
booth page run by the secretary of elections and the admin. The voting will be
done over 24 hours and each player will get one vote, either by secret ballot or
comment voting.
2. The word from the Secretary of Elections is final. In the event of
suspected voter fraud, the Supreme Court may be called upon. If the Supreme
court finds no evidence of Fraud, then the elections are valid. If they do, those
involved with fraud will be banned.
3. Parties will have control over how their parties conduct primaries.

Section 5- Political Parties

1. Parties will be formed whenever embers so wish. However their
governing Structures must be fully independent.
2. Parties have the full right to control their own primary however
they so choose. Parties that have voter fraud will be banned.
3. Parties to be formed must have:
a. A logo
b. A name
 c. A list of goals/Policies/beliefs
d. Someone to lead it

Section 6- Character Selection

1. Upon Creation of one's mock Gov account, they may pick a figure
to represent them. Fictional or Real, as long as they are not on the master list of
people who already have a character.
2. A right to a character is protected as long as the member who
claims them is active, still on terms of good faith, and reasonable.
3. A person may lose their right to a character if they, Cheat, commit
election fraud, or cause general discouragement in the Mock Government.
4. The house and Senate may vote to remove someone's character
rights on these grounds only.
5. When the Character is revoked, it will be on a list for 1 week, after
which the character will be u for taking once more
LIST OF AMENDMENTS TO THE IMG CONSTITUTION

Amendment I. Any form of power in the law in the United States shall pass no law, bill, or
legislation respecting any form of religion, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and
freedom of the people peacefully assembling and protesting the government.

Amendment II. All members of the House and Senate are subject to this rule: If any member of
the House or Senate does not vote on a bill for seven (7) consecutive days, their seat will be
immediately terminated and a special election will take place.

Amendment III. Every single American citizen has the right to own, keep, and carry firearms;
this right shall not be infringed upon by the government of the United States or by any agency of
the government of the United States.

Amendment IV. No government official may intrude a citizens property without justified
reasoning or a warrant awarded by a state judge court house. Property rights must be respected
in all circumstances.

Amendment V. Every single person on American soil, citizen or not, has the right to a fair,
speedy, and public trial with a jury. The process will be handled on a county or state level unless
it is necessary to be handled on a federal level.

Amendment VI. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime
whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist in the United States.

Amendment VII. No soldier shall in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the
consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law.

Amendment VIII. The Vice President may vote in the Senate in the event of a tie, emergency, or
inactivity.

Amendment IX. Government agencies or officials shall not conduct searches or seizures of
citizens without probable cause or a warrant awarded by a state judge.

Amendment X. A state may secede from the union if they agree to pay back federal funding over
the following ten (10) years, get justified reasoning, vote in the Senate and House, 70% state
legislature vote, and administrator approval.

Amendment XI. No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime,
unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or
naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall
any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb, nor shall be
compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or
property, without due process of law.

Amendment XII. Amendment to Amendment X. A state may secede from the union
if the state legislature votes unanimously in favor, a majority in the House and
Senate vote in favor, a presidential signature, and a Supreme Court hearing
including the Governor of the state that wishes to secede.

Amendment XIII. Amends Article 1 Section 2.4B, allows Speaker of the House to be elected by
the entire House, not just the majority party.

Amendment XIV. Amends Article 1 Section 3.2D, allows Supreme Court justices to serve as
governors.

Amendment XV. Amends Article 1 Section 1.1 and 2.1, changes terms from 45 days to 40, one
year is 10 days, beginning 2028 election.

Amendment XVI. If a Supreme Court justice does not vote on a case for seventy-two (72) hours
or more, their seat on the court will be immediately terminated and the President will be able to
appoint another one. There are exceptions such as vacations, etc.

Amendment XVII. Congressional term limits are abolished.

The Foreign Nations

The other nations of the IMG world, must register their nation, flag, name, and reason for
existence to the United Nations of IMG. These nations must follow the rules established by the
Secretary of Foreign Nations. These rules shall be determined at future dates, however a few
major rules shall be kept.
 1. The nation that wishes to exist shall state these things to be accepted:
a. The nation shall state its name
b. Its territory
c. Its flag
d. Its governmental structure
e. Its GDP
f. Itd s Population
2. The Government upon its acceptance may:
a. Declare war on other nations with the consent of the UN
b. Declare its elections to however it seeks
c. Accept any citizens within its borders as it wishes,
d. Make any laws it so chooses to do so

Business

Business are an integral part of the real world, however with a lack of genuine money or
capital assets, there must be a few regulations and rules associated with them:
1. Business must be approvee by the Admin, the business that wants
to be owned must be purchased with the money they receive in IMG. The
business will be subject to the rules/ occurrences of the IMG stockmarket.
2. Business may be created, but must cost money to do so, the
name and how it shal be set up must be approved by Admin. Created businesses
require a logo, and a one page summary of its operations and description of the
good/service it shall provide. The amount shall be based upon real world factors,
along with the size and scale of such an endeavour. The business will generate
revenue that admin deems worth of the size and scope of the operation.
3. No one individual may own more than three real world
businesses, either under a merger, or as separate entities.

ADMIN

Section 1:

The Admin of IMG, is invested with specific powers and duties of the game, these follow
as such:

1.) Admin may with full consent and assistance from the Secretary of Elections,
facilitate and run the voting booth account.
2.) Admin may run the IMG account and facilitate new players and keep an accurate
and updated list of the house and senate members, president, governors and if able,
state representatives at all times.
 3.) Admin may declare a character as unusable.
4.) Admin may, with consent of the Community as expressed in a poll, to ban a
player from the game causing mischief by cheating, playing as two members, or ruining
the experience.
5.) Admin shall work with Secretary of Events to decide what events shall occur and
when, he shall (each term) appoint an event council with the premise to diversify events.
6.) Admin shall work with Secretary of Foreign nations, to help facilitate how other
countries operate.
7.) Admin shall compensate each player their due amount of pay every Friday.
8.) Any powers not directly granted to Admin, he does not possess, any violation of
these shall render admin expelled and banned from his administrative duties and a new
admin shall be chosen, in a fair election.

Section 2:
1. The amount of compensation per play shall be as follows:
a. President: $80,000
b. Vice President: $60,000
c. Senators: $25,00
d. Representatives: $20,000
e. Governors: $10,000
f. State Legislatures: $4,000
g. Mayors: $2,000
h. SCOTUS: $50,000
i. Chief Justice: $65,000
j. Cabinet Heads: $15,000
k. Bureaucrat worker: $1,000

SECRETARY DUTIES

There shall be 3 Secretaries that shall be voted upon by the general game, and
approved by Admin:

1. Secretary of Elections- The Secretary of Elections shall run the voting booth
account and be the person to log who is running for what office, anyone who wants to
run must be approved by the Secretary. They will work with admin to control elections
and determine how they shall function.
2. Secretary of Events- The secretary of Events shall have the duties of running the
official events page, working with admin to create events and the events council in
facilitating said events.
3. Secretary of Foreign Nations- The Secretary of Foreign nations shall be tasked in
dealing with all other nations other than the United States, they shall work with Admin to
create an atmosphere suited for other nations, they will be tasked with keeping an up to
date map of the world within IMG, and keeping charge and control of the other nations.

The Money issue

Added: March 22 2017, executive admin
In IMG weve been confronted with large sums of money due to lack of spending this has
caused some wanting a monetary system. So as such on march 22 2017, admin resets all
currency. All money earned previously is now void and the first amounts shall be giving march
23 2017. As such:

1. Taxes shall be paid to whatever government jurisdiction you live under. Taxes
must be paid every 10 days (One Year)
2. Goods and services are now under regulation of the said jurisdictions, sellers
may sell if IMG members purchase.
3. All members will be given a checkbook and must fill out a check for all
purchases,(1)
4. All members must record their purchases in their record book(2)
5. All members of IMG must number their own checks, and keep accurate records
of their expenses and expenditures
6. Campaign expenses must be listed in a separate register.
7. When campaigning, staff must be paid, and travel must be accommodated
(Costs will be price of irl flights/hotels/etc)
8. All business will be required to offer some good or service and make their
finances public in a readable legible forum. All business must have the approval of
admin before creation.
9. If members of IMG want to purchase homes or insurance or cars, I suggest it,
you must pay your utility bills. Cost of which are relative to real life. But if you don't own a
house you must be living somewhere.

Conclusion

1. This document shall become legally binding to IMG on February 25 2017 at

midnight. Upon that, the game will be sworn to these rules.
2. If a rule here wants to be amended, a constitutional convention must be called
upon and agreed to by at least 10 members. To which they will form a drafting committee
for changes/additions. This committee will submit their ideas to the general populous of
IMG, if widespread support is shown, and Admin agrees to it, the change shall be
enacted. This will constitute a convention that shall be decided on how to go about these
changes.
3. List of changes:
a. March 22 2017- Done by admin
(1)

(2)