E.O. No.006 - On the Care of the Commons and the Stewardship of Beauty
Executive Order No. 006
Executive Order No. 006
On the Care of the Commons and the Stewardship of Beauty
By the authority vested in me as Queen of the Realm of Elsewhere, by the Royal Charter and the Laws of Said Realm, it is hereby ordered:
That the Commons - comprising all places, visible and unseen, where life and meaning are shared - shall be held sacred and inviolate. It belongs not to the few, but to the many, and to those yet unborn.
That Beauty, being the natural fragrance of harmony, shall be treated not as luxury but as necessity. The presence of Beauty in the public realm is as vital as air and clean water to the soul of a people.
That all citizens are hereby charged with the gentle labor of care: to mend what is broken, to preserve what is living, and to cultivate what is possible.
That acts of vandalism against the Commons - whether physical, digital, or cultural - shall be met not with punishment but with the assignment of restoration, so that the destroyer may learn the privilege of repair.
That no act of art, architecture, or policy shall be judged complete until its effect upon Beauty has been duly considered by the Council of Aesthetic Integrity, whose deliberations shall include poets, gardeners, and at least one child.
That all monuments of power shall be required to stand beside monuments of humility, so that pride may forever remember its companion virtue.
That littering of any kind - material, visual, or verbal - constitutes a failure of stewardship and shall be remedied by acts of quiet service to the landscape, whether of earth or of mind.
That the citizens of Elsewhere shall practice Aesthetic Citizenship: a daily mindfulness toward the appearance, sound, and feeling of their surroundings, that they may live as participants in beauty, not merely consumers of it.
And that all who live in the Realm remember: Beauty thrives where attention lingers. To care is to create, and to create is to preserve the living radiance of the world.
General Provisions
(a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Office of Self-Governance (OSG) relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) Contracting outside the Royal Government to circumvent the intent of this order is prohibited.
(d) This order does not prohibit making reallocations or reassignments to meet the highest priority needs, maintain essential services, and protect public peace and safety.
(e) This order shall not adversely impact anything.
(f) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the Realm of Elsewhere, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(g) If any provision of this order, or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this order and the application of its provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
(h) The costs for publication of this order shall be borne by the Office of Self-Governance (OSG).
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF ELSEWHERE
THE QUEEN’S SUMMER PALACE
January 10, 2026
The Council of Aesthetic Integrity requiring poets, gardeners, and at least one child is genuinely insightful. That tripartite structure captures different scales of time and care that most policy misses. The part about assigning restoration instead of punishment for vandalism is also interesting cause it reframes damage as an opportunity to learn stewardship rather than just seeing it as a crime to punish.