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ARTICLE XVIII - Citizenship in the Middle Kingdom

• XVIII-100 Citizens of the Middle Kingdom are those persons who participate in the Society for Creative Anachronism and:

A.Physically reside in any of the following: USA: Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Scott County in Iowa, Kentucky (except the southwest counties). CANADA: Essex County and Windsor in Ontario, or

B. Lives outside the lands stipulated above and

1. seeks continued Citizenship in the Middle Kingdom

2. identifies as a subject of the Middle Kingdom

3. has a basis for activity in the Middle Kingdom, such as prior residence, successfully held office, and/or has received recognition/award(s) from the Crown of the Middle Kingdom

4. opportunities for advancement and/or recognition are available to the person through participation in the Middle Kingdom versus the new Residence Kingdom (if a person is too far from the Middle Kingdom to participate in any regular interval, then the request for citizenship may be denied)

5. receives approval of the Crown

• XVIII-101 Citizenship Rolls Individuals who satisfy either provision 1 or provision 2 are deemed Citizens of the Middle Kingdom. Non-resident citizens, as determined in provision 2, will have their names and addresses entered into the Non-Resident Citizens Rolls by the Kingdom Seneschal and affirmed by the Crown.

• XVIII-102 Privileges of Citizenship All Citizens in the Middle Kingdom are equal in terms of receiving awards, holding office or serving as Coronet of a principality or barony, or as Crown of the Middle Kingdom. Therefore, citizens:

A. May apply to hold office in the Middle Kingdom at the local, baronial, regional, principality or kingdom level per the policies and procedures of the Society, Middle Kingdom Law and administering branch. And therefore, if chosen, may serve in that office for the agreed upon period.

B. May petition the Crown to participate as combatants for the Crown or to be fought for in Crown per the requirements of the sitting Crown and Middle Kingdom Law.

C. Where a time period is designated to fulfill a residency requirement, non-resident citizens are required to be on the Non-Resident Citizenship Rolls for that same period. One example is a residency requirement associated with participation in Crown Tournament.

• XVIII-103 Responsibilities of Citizenship

A. Citizens of the Middle Kingdom enjoy the rights and responsibilities correspondent to any rank or membership in any Order to which they are admitted.

B. In the unlikely event necessitating a sanction, Citizens of the Middle Kingdom may be sanctioned by the Royalty of the Middle Kingdom, or by the appropriate administering Kingdom officer.

C. If an office is undertaken, any training required by the administering Kingdom officer must be completed. Likewise, any reporting requirements must be fulfilled.

D. Any martial activity requiring authorization to participate or warrants to work as a marshal must be obtained and maintained in the Middle Kingdom for the duration of participation and citizenship.

• XVIII-104 Individuals with Existing Treaties Those individuals who have been granted citizenship status via treaties as of August 1, Anno Societatis 50 (2015), will be automatically added to the Citizenship Rolls and considered having been a Citizen of the Midrealm for the appropriate period of time to allow participation in Crown Tournament (6 months).