Imperial Decree 26-009

IMPERIAL DECREES · TENTH IMPERIUM

IMPERIAL DECREE 26-009

Imperial Currency, Banking, Treasury, and Public Finance

His Most Imperial Majesty Rasim Aeon, Emperor and Grand Sovereign of the Aksum Imperium

Instrument	Imperial Decree 26-009
Given	7 October 2026 CE · 18 YI
Status	Current and Effective
Imperial Code	Title 14, Chapter 1401
Great Seal Registry	GS-2026-010

Official publication copy. Codification remains a separate legal event. The authenticated source text controls over editorial presentation.

Preamble

WHEREAS restoration of the Imperium requires a stable currency, banking structure, public Treasury, lawful revenue, compensation, credit, investment, public debt, and financial markets; WHEREAS public government funds must remain distinct from Crown, Household, House, institutional, and commercial funds; WHEREAS the economy of the Imperium should support the Imperial Government through lawful revenues generated by productive activity rather than routine personal subsidy by the Grand Sovereign; NOW, THEREFORE, We do hereby decree:

Article I — Imperial Currency

1. The Aksum, abbreviated AKS, is the ordinary currency of the Aksum Imperium. 2. AKS may be lawfully earned, paid, transferred, invested, lent, borrowed, taxed, traded, received as business revenue, paid as compensation, and used for other lawful economic purposes. 3. Monetary administration shall be conducted according to Imperial law and applicable financial regulations.

Article II — Imperial Banking System

1. The Imperial banking system consists of the Imperial Bank and the seven Domain Banks. 2. These institutions constitute the principal banking, clearing, settlement, account, and financial-infrastructure system of the Imperium.

Article III — Accounts and Ownership

1. Citizens, Houses, businesses, governments, the Imperial Service, Crown institutions, and other lawful institutions may hold accounts within the Imperial banking system. 2. Placement of funds within a bank does not alter their lawful owner or fiscal character. 3. Public, Crown, Household, House, business, institutional, and personal accounts shall remain distinguishable.

Article IV — Imperial Treasury

1. The Imperial Treasury is the public fisc of the Imperial Government. 2. The Treasury shall maintain the Imperial General Fund and such additional funds or accounts as lawfully required. 3. The Treasury shall remain distinct from the Imperial Purse, Privy Purse, Crown Property accounts, House accounts, personal accounts, business accounts, and other institutional accounts.

Article V — Domain and Subordinate Treasuries

1. Domain and subordinate governmental treasuries may be maintained within the Imperial banking architecture. 2. Their funds remain public funds belonging to the applicable governmental level unless law provides otherwise. 3. Intergovernmental transfers, revenue sharing, grants, and appropriations shall preserve the identity of the sending and receiving fiscal authorities.

Article VI — Public Revenue

Imperial public revenue may include taxes; business and activity license fees; customs and duties; resource concessions; natural-resource royalties; regulatory and administrative fees; fines and lawful assessments; public investment income; sovereign debt proceeds; and other lawful government revenue. Actual collections shall be credited to the appropriate Treasury account.

Article VII — Public Expenditure

Treasury funds may be expended for lawful public purposes, including governmental compensation; Imperial Service compensation where Treasury funded; public institutions; infrastructure; contracts; benefits; restoration and development; grants; debt service; and other lawful appropriations. No public expenditure shall be deemed funded merely because an accounting entry credits the recipient; the corresponding lawful funding source must exist.

Article VIII — Imperial Purse

1. The Imperial Purse is a Crown-controlled financial source maintained under the direct authority of the Grand Sovereign. 2. The Imperial Purse is distinct from the Imperial Treasury and Privy Purse. 3. The Imperial Guard Service shall be directly funded from the Imperial Purse in accordance with the Imperial Service Organic Restoration Decree. 4. Other Crown functions may be funded from the Imperial Purse when lawfully assigned.

Article IX — Privy Purse

1. The Privy Purse belongs to the personal and Imperial Household financial sphere of the Grand Sovereign. 2. It is not the ordinary public Treasury. 3. The Privy Purse may support personal expenses, Household expenses, personal gifts, patronage, private investments, and other lawful private purposes. 4. Ordinary ministries, government administration, and general public payroll shall not depend upon the Privy Purse.

Article X — Crown Property Finance

1. Crown property revenue shall follow the legal character of the underlying asset. 2. Revenue from public or state Crown property shall be treated according to public law. 3. Revenue from personal or Household Crown property shall be treated according to its lawful private or Household character. 4. Crown Property Bureau administration shall not itself change the ownership or fiscal character of an asset.

Article XI — Taxation and Public Charges

1. Taxes, duties, customs charges, fees, royalties, and assessments require lawful authority. 2. Rates, schedules, exemptions, thresholds, filing requirements, collection procedures, and enforcement mechanisms shall be established through appropriate law or regulation. 3. This Decree establishes fiscal authority but does not prescribe specific tax or royalty rates.

Article XII — Employment and Payroll

1. Citizens may receive lawful compensation from businesses, Houses, institutions, governments, or the Imperial Service. 2. Payroll obligations shall correspond to actual employer funding. 3. Government and Treasury-funded Imperial Service payroll shall be supported by authorized public funds. 4. The Imperial Guard Service shall follow its separate Imperial Purse funding rule. 5. Compensation schedules, benefits, withholding, retirement, and payroll procedures shall be established through appropriate subordinate instruments.

Article XIII — Sovereign Debt

1. The Imperial Treasury may issue sovereign debt for lawful public purposes. 2. Sovereign obligations may include Treasury Bills, Treasury Notes, Imperial Bonds, and other authorized instruments. 3. Each issue shall state authorized principal, issue price, maturity, coupon or return where applicable, payment schedule, redemption terms, transferability, and authorizing instrument. 4. Sovereign debt shall represent a genuine obligation of the issuing Treasury. 5. Individual debt issues shall be authorized by the appropriate Treasury Warrant, Bond Issuance Order, Regulation, or other lawful instrument.

Article XIV — Banking and Credit

Imperial law may authorize and regulate deposits, loans, secured and unsecured credit, mortgages, commercial finance, project finance, corporate debt, and other lawful banking services. Financial institutions shall operate only under appropriate Imperial authority.

Article XV — Securities and Financial Markets

1. The Imperial Exchange and other authorized markets may support lawful trading of shares, sovereign debt, corporate debt, and other approved financial instruments. 2. Ownership, transaction history, trade price, issuance, transfer, and market provenance shall be preserved. 3. Listing, trading, disclosure, settlement, and market-supervision requirements shall be established by regulation.

Article XVI — Business Valuation and Investment

1. Businesses may own shares, subsidiaries, investments, property, inventory, and other lawful assets. 2. Business valuation shall account for recognized assets and liabilities and shall not be limited solely to cash balances where doing so would materially misstate the enterprise. 3. Parent and subsidiary entities shall remain separate legal businesses unless lawfully merged. 4. Capital contributions shall create the ownership or financial rights established by the governing transaction.

Article XVII — Foreign Exchange and Reserves

1. The Imperium may recognize foreign or external currencies for lawful trade and financial purposes. 2. Currency exchange may be conducted through authorized banks, institutions, or licensed dealers. 3. The Imperial Treasury or other lawfully designated monetary authority may maintain foreign reserves. 4. Exchange rates, interventions, reserve standards, dealer requirements, and settlement rules shall be established by regulation or monetary directive.

Article XVIII — External Trade

1. Import and export commerce may be conducted subject to Imperial law. 2. External trade may require business licensing, import/export licensing, customs clearance, duties, strategic-resource authorization, and other regulatory approvals. 3. Association with the Crown, Imperial House, Grand Sovereign, or another Imperial institution shall not by itself exempt a commercial enterprise from lawful licensing, taxation, customs, royalties, or regulatory obligations.

Article XIX — Financial Administration

1. The Crown and Imperial Government establish financial law, policy, public authority, and oversight. 2. The Imperial Treasury, Imperial Bank, Domain Banks, Imperial Commerce and Treasury Service, and other competent institutions shall perform their respective functions according to delegated authority. 3. No operational institution may create a competing source of fiscal or monetary authority merely through administration of the system. 4. Financial records shall preserve balances, ownership, transaction history, authority, provenance, and audit.

Article XX — Implementing Instruments

Implementation may occur through Treasury Regulations; Banking Regulations; Tax Regulations; Customs Regulations; Securities Regulations; Monetary and FX Directives; licenses; charters; appropriations; warrants; debt-issuance instruments; contracts; and other lawful subordinate instruments.

Article XXI — Effective Date

This Decree shall take effect upon execution by the Grand Sovereign, authentication under the Great Seal, registration, and official publication.

All This By My Hand

VI ET ANIMO — BY STRENGTH AND COURAGE

His Most Imperial Majesty Rasim Aeon Emperor and Grand Sovereign of the Aksum Imperium

Given at the Imperial Court this seventh day of October 2026 CE, in the Eighteenth Year of the Imperium (18 YI).

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