We, the people, in order to abolish poverty, carbon collapse and oligarchic rule, do ordain this Uplift Charter. Each generation must leave both a smaller carbon footprint and a larger stock of public wealth than it inherited.

1. 1 Uplift Goal

   The Union shall maximise aggregated human wellbeing within planetary boundaries.

2. 2 Rights Hierarchy

   Civil-political rights are guaranteed, but may be temporarily limited only to protect ecological integrity, secular public order, or the equal economic rights of others.

3. 3 Secular Public Sphere

   Religious or philosophical conviction is private. State, public schools and public media are religion-neutral. No symbol or rite shall dominate common space.

4. 4 Carbon Budget is Primary Law

   Annual carbon emissions are capped by an independent Scientific Panel. Parliament may strengthen, never weaken, the cap.

5. 5 Property Regimes Mix

   Strategic sectors (energy, finance, data, transport, health, space, biotech) are socially owned. Cooperatives receive constitutional preference. Private enterprise is allowed below employee ceilings and outside strategic sectors.

6. 6 Universal Basic Services

   Every resident has free, unconditional access to healthcare, K-16 education, housing assistance, public transport, internet and legal counsel.

7. 7 Right to Work & Train

   The state shall maintain an Employer of Last Resort programme at living wage. Workers may retrain every five years at no private cost.

8. 8 Gender Equality Clause

   Any law, contract or workplace rule that produces >5 % aggregate gender-gap in pay or leadership is void.

9. 9 Data Dignity

   Personal data are inalienable. Firms may use them only under revocable, portable, royalty-bearing licences.

10. 10 Environmental Standing

    Every citizen has standing to sue for ecological damage without proof of individual harm.

11. 11 Strategic Social Ownership List

    The seven guild sectors are: Energy, Finance, Data-Cloud, Transport, Health, Biotech-Pharma, Space & Advanced R&D. Equity majority must remain in public or cooperative hands.

12. 12 Worker Dividend Funds

    Each enterprise ≥ 100 employees must place 20 % of voting shares into a sector-wide fund controlled by worker-elected trustees.

13. 13 Cooperative Preference Clause

    For privatisation or new licences, cooperatives receive a 20 % price rebate and accelerated permitting.

14. 14 Private-Size Cap

    No private firm may employ more than 500 persons domestically or control more than one layer of subsidiaries. Chain share-holding is prohibited.

15. 15 Land Commons

    Urban land gains > CPI + 2 % per annum are automatically taxed at 100 % and credited to the local Commune budget.

16. 16 Capital Curtain

    Individual foreign-exchange exit exceeding USD 50 000 per year requires approval; corporate FX exit requires super-majority worker + locality + central-bank consent.

17. 17 Public Money Mandate

    The central bank finances fiscal deficits up to 3 % of GDP at zero interest; primary mandate is full employment and carbon target, not inflation targeting.

18. 18 Progressive Factor Tax

    Labour income: 0 %–45 % bracket; Capital income: flat 35 %; Carbon: ascending fee set by Scientific Panel.

19. 19 Cooperative Tax Holiday

    Worker cooperatives pay 50 % of standard profit tax for their first ten years.

20. 20 No Corporate Political Spending

    Any political expenditure, lobbying gift or dark-money donation is a felony with 10-year director ban and confiscation of triple the amount.

21. 21 People's Congress

    Unicameral, 5-year terms, 600 deputies elected by open-list proportional representation with gender zipper.

22. 22 Digital Sortition Chamber

    Digital Sortition Chamber

    • Function – suspensive veto on eco-secular-solidarity clauses; appointment lock on central-bank board, Scientific Panel, National Investment Bank, Supreme Court; 90-day veto on any bill weakening Articles 1–5, 11, 16, 20, 29.
    • Size – 300 citizens, 18-month paid term, median-wage salary + childcare + transport.
    • Qualification – ≥ 18 years, no felony, basic digital literacy test (open-book), resident ≥ 12 months.
    • Selection – stratified random lottery (gender, age decile, region, income decile) using public algorithm (SHA-256 seed published ≥ 72 h before draw).
    • Rotation – 50 new members every 6 months (staggered); no person may serve > 18 months in any 10-year period.
    • Powers – 90-day suspensive veto; appointment veto; constitutional lock (permanent ban on weakening locked articles).
    • Locks – cannot initiate bills; cannot be dissolved; cannot be lobbied (any gift > USD 50 = felony).
    • Removal – Sortition Chamber + 60 % referendum (any time).
    • Open-Audit Rule – raw video + CSV of draw published ≤ 24 h; SHA-256 hash of seed must match public hash; mismatch = draw void, re-run within 7 days.
23. 23 Local Commune Sovereignty

    Cities divide into block-communes (≈ 15 000 residents) that control zoning, pre-schools, primary clinics and 40 % of locally generated tax.

24. 24 Worker Council Veto

    In strategic sectors, worker councils may veto management decisions on closures, mergers or dividend policy.

25. 25 Eco-Secular Constitution

    Carbon ceiling & church–platform–state separation entrenched.

26. 26 Five-Year Uplift Plans

    Plans are drafted by the executive, amended by Congress, and must be approved by both the Sortition Chamber and a majority of provincial worker councils.

27. 27 National Guild Boards – Appointment Lottery

    National Guild Boards – Appointment Lottery

    • Board Composition – each mandatory guild board (Energy, Finance, Data-Cloud, Transport, Health, Biotech-Pharma, Space) shall be ⅓ worker-elected trustees, ⅓ parliamentary delegates, ⅓ scientists & indigenous representatives appointed by public lottery.
    • Scientist Lottery – 1 seat per guild (7 total); candidates = PhD-holding researchers in relevant field; stratified by gender, region, career stage; 3-year term; max 1 term per 10-year period.
    • Indigenous Lottery – 1 seat per guild (7 total); candidates = officially recognised indigenous elders/traditional knowledge keepers; stratified by region, language group; 3-year term; max 1 term per 10-year period.
    • Selection – public lottery using SHA-256 seed published ≥ 72 h before draw; raw video + CSV published ≤ 24 h; mismatch = draw void, re-run within 7 days.
    • Locks – lottery-selected members cannot be removed by parliament or guild; cannot accept gifts > USD 50; must disclose all research funding; breach = immediate dismissal + felony.
    • Removal – Sortition Chamber + 60 % referendum (any time) or felony conviction.
28. 28 Innovation Commons

    All patents resulting from public funding are Creative Commons after 3 years or compulsory licence at 2 % royalty.

29. 29 Polluter-Pay Escalator

    Fines rise 10 % every quarter for continuing violations; non-payment triggers nationalisation at book value minus damages.

30. 30 Right to Repair & Reuse

    Manufacturers must supply spare parts for minimum 10 years and publish disassembly manuals.

31. 31 Open-Data API Clause

    Every ministry, SOE and municipality must stream machine-readable fiscal and contract data within 30 days of closure of books.

32. 32 Platform Neutrality

    Social networks ≥ 5 million users become public utilities; algorithmic audit published quarterly; algorithm changes require Sortition Chamber consent.

33. 33 Misinformation Cure

    A civic-tech consortium funded by the Sovereign Uplift Fund provides ad-free, open-source fact-check layer embeddable in any site; no content removal without court order.

34. 34 Global Commons Treaty

    Every signatory contributes 1 % of GDP to a shared technology & adaptation fund.

35. 35 Eternity Clause

    Articles 1–5, 11, 16, 20, 29 may never be amended, only strengthened.

36. 36 Amendment Procedure

    Other articles require ⅔ of Congress + ⅔ of provincial assemblies + majority of Sortition Chamber + referendum majority.

37. 37 Enforcement Priority

    Courts must hear eco-social rights cases within 30 days; failure triggers automatic compensation from the court budget.

38. 38 Entry into Force

    This Charter enters force upon ratification by a national referendum with ≥ 60 % turnout and ≥ 55 % affirmative vote, and after synchronised repeal of all prior conflicting constitutional provisions.