§1.2 - Territorial Jurisdiction and Sovereignty Claimed

(a) The Sovereign Territory of Rivermarch, herein referred to as “Rivermarch,” asserts and declares full, exclusive, and indivisible sovereignty over all lands, structures, subterranean expanses, waters, skies, leyline intersections, and magical nexuses within the boundaries described herein.

(b) This sovereignty shall extend to all natural, unnatural, and extraplanar features encompassed by said territory, including those previously unclaimed, abandoned, or inhabited by nomadic, monstrous, or extraplanar entities.

(c) Rivermarch shall maintain absolute authority to regulate, patrol, and defend said territory, and no foreign sovereign, power, guild, deity, extraplanar court, cult, or arcane body may exercise governance therein without express treaty or decree ratified by the Council.

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§1.2.2 - Geographic Boundaries

(a) The territorial bounds of Rivermarch shall be defined by the perimeter established in the Founding Charter and any lawful expansion ratified under §2.4 of this Codex.

(b) Specific demarcations shall include:

• (i) The confluence of the Thorn River and Shrike River at the inland lake known as the Tuskwater, which serves as the point of origin and anchorage for territorial jurisdiction;

• (ii) The fortified structure formerly known as the Stag Lord’s Fort, now under Council control, situated upon the northern shore of the Tuskwater and designated as a stronghold of defense and administration;

• (iii) The subterranean network known as the Kobold Warrens, claimed by pact, integrated through arcane concord, and protected under joint sovereignty with allied kobold leadership;

• (iv) The leyline-anomalous zone known as the Forsaken Aerie, including all arcano-reactive terrain, crystalline fault-lines, planar interference nodes, and extraplanar access points stabilized or warded by Council order;

• (v) All lands, clearings, ridgelines, or ruins prospectively settled, fortified, harvested, or garrisoned under the seal, mark, or writ of Rivermarch, provided such settlement is registered with the Office of Civil Records.

(c) Notwithstanding the above, Oleg’s Trading Post and its surrounding grounds are expressly excluded from territorial claim. Said outpost is recognized as an independent commercial partner operating under separate authority. Trade, protection, and travel agreements shall be governed by treaty.

(d) Where disputes of border or claim arise, the Council shall refer the matter to a Magisterial Tribunal or issue a Proclamation of Border Fixation (PBF) subject to ratification by majority vote.

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§1.2.3 - Jurisdictional Authority

(a) Rivermarch shall exercise civil, criminal, arcane, spiritual, and martial jurisdiction over all persons, citizens, residents, creatures, entities, or extraplanar visitors present within its recognized boundaries.

(b) Jurisdiction shall extend to:

• (i) All crimes and civil disputes committed within Rivermarch’s boundaries or against its citizens;

• (ii) Contractual obligations formed, executed, or breached within said territory;

• (iii) Magical acts, accidents, rituals, or breaches originating within or materially affecting the territory;

• (iv) Summonings, manifestations, or extraplanar incursions impacting citizens, settlements, or leyline integrity.

(c) Jurisdiction may be extended extraterritorially by writ, warrant, or treaty when:

• (i) The internal security of Rivermarch is materially threatened;

• (ii) An act of espionage, subversion, or sabotage is alleged or substantiated;

• (iii) The leyline nexus exhibits transboundary destabilization patterns or spiritual anomalies.

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§1.2.4 - Supremacy and Preemption

(a) Any law, decree, ritual, or compact issued by a foreign power, extraplanar body, spiritual authority, or self-proclaimed entity shall be null and void within Rivermarch unless expressly ratified and published by the Council.

(b) No individual, cult, guild, theocracy, or arcane order may assert dominion, levy tax, establish ritual space, or impose enforcement mechanisms within Rivermarch absent express Council delegation or treaty.

(c) Violation of this section shall be deemed a High Crime under §4.1 and subject to seizure of property, nullification of enchantments, banishment, interdiction, or martial reprisal as determined by tribunal or Council resolution.