Republic of Biesel citizenship

[Fiskap]

1. What are the requirements to become a citizen of the Republic of Biesel?

2. What happened to those Sol Alliance citizens who were living in Tau Ceti space when the RoB was founded in 2452?

3. Would it be possible for someone to hold dual citizenship in the RoB and SA, or another government?

4. Do future citizens have to take an oath of citizenship?

[VileFault]

Hello! Sorry I am getting to this so late, I wasn't even aware of this question before someone pointed it out to me over the weekend. Hopefully it is still relevant!

 

2. What are the requirements to become a citizen of the Republic of Biesel?

   Okay, I am not interested in getting overly specific here and thereby creating problems, but I can outline a few general paths which seem likely. First and foremost, affiliation with NanoTrasen. If a character was employed by NT in an Alliance member, then they will have no trouble entering the Republic. Specific deals have already been worked out between the megacorporation and the government of Tau Ceti to allow for this. If you were recruited by NT outside Ceti, but immediately moved in, it is very likely that you signed a contract to work for a certain (and probably considerable) number of years. So, maybe you sign up for 10 years of work and get the rights of a citizen 5 years into that period, give or take a few years if you need to. If you are especially wealthy, I imagine you could also invest in the growth of the nation and the Republic would be fine allowing you in. The only ones which have a hard time becoming citizens are people who are both poor and unwilling to sign up with NanoTrasen.
   
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4. What happened to those Sol Alliance citizens who were living in Tau Ceti space when the RoB was founded in 2452?

   In most nations that break away from larger nations, citizenship is decided by place of birth or current resident. I see no reason why this would be different here. Remember that, though the Alliance wasn't exactly doing well when the Republic was formed, the split was negotiated and the budding state probably was given access to all relevant birth/residence records. If you were born in Ceti, or lived there at the time of the RoB's formation, you would have been a citizen just like that, more or less.
   
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6. Would it be possible for someone to hold dual citizenship in the RoB and SA, or another government?

   Probably. Between the ASSN and the Republic? I would say so. Remember that, while the Alliance doesn't like the Republic's leadership, their citizens are only a decade estranged, and the split was more or less amicable. The larger power here is still looking to influence its recently departed member, and cutting ties would likely be quite unpopular. Then again, when considering duel citizenship with the NKA? Probably not. Use you judgement and it will likely fly.
   
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8. Do future citizens have to take an oath of citizenship?

   Eh. Odds are good. Why do we care? If you want to, sure, it would be acceptable. But at best it would be like the pledge in America, something that is only said by aspiring citizens, school children, and politicians. It probably wouldn't even be that significant, since the nation is so young. I see no benefit in specifying this.
   
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[Fire and Glory]

Do future citizens have to take an oath of citizenship?

Eh. Odds are good. Why do we care? If you want to, sure, it would be acceptable. But at best it would be like the pledge in America, something that is only said by aspiring citizens, school children, and politicians. It probably wouldn't even be that significant, since the nation is so young. I see no benefit in specifying this.

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I'll make a small addendum no one probably cares about and say that Unathi do need to make an oath to cut ties and swear loyalty to Biesel if they want to live or work in Tau Ceti.