Citizenship law in South Kesh

Citizenship law in South Kesh refers to the set of laws and bills regulating the general mechanisms of South Keshian citizenship, which gives the underlying rule of law for all persons considered citizens, their responsibilities, actions, prohibitions, and duties towards the South Keshian state. Citizenship is mentioned in the constitution of South Kesh, and is the source of most major ideas poured into the citizenship bills passed by parliament.

The South Kesh citizenship law is strongly based on. Foreigners born in the country are not recognized by the government to be automatically eligible for South Kesh citizenship, and descendants of South Keshians abroad are entitled to automatic citizenship upon turning 17 given that both parents are citizens of South Kesh. South Keshian citizens are overwhelmingly of South Kesh origin, with an almost near-100% total composition of citizens in the country being originally from South Kesh. Foreigners are not allowed to become citizens, and those who are have been in the country before 1970, thus giving them automatic citizenship upon the transformation into an state. The latest law regarding to citizenship in South Kesh is given in Law no. 8 year 2005, thus revising Law no. 11 year 1974. Under both laws, South Kesh forbids and does not allow foreigners to become citizens. South Keshian citizenship is automatically lost if one swears allegiance to any other entity other than South Kesh, or if the person in question does not report to South Kesh for one straight year when abroad.

As an apartheid state, South Kesh differentiates between four main levels of citizenship and twelve sub-levels of citizenship with each main level containing three subsets of citizenship. These subsets are crucial in determining who someone can marry, their employment and education prospects, property ownership, as well as freedom of movement both domestically and internationally. In general, the main levels of citizenship are based on ethnicity and the sub levels of citizenship are based on a variety of factors such as merit, family, and influence. It is possible for an individual to advance to a higher level of citizenship although such occurrences are very rare and must be approved by the central federal government beforehand. Advancing towards a higher sub-level of the same citizenship class could also be done by displaying good merits, marriage, and influence. Citizenship degrading can also occur for misdemeanors or crimes, and is thought to be 'one of anterra's most unforgiving social sanction systems.'

The higher one's citizenship class is, the more privileged one is. All ID cards in South Kesh bear the class of a person, and is very crucial when dealing with everyday routines since not all actions could be done by all citizenship classes. It is also noticeably harder to lose citizenship class for higher classes. The judicial system is also massively biased towards those at the top, where sentences for murder can vary from 5 years for top citizens and anywhere from 30-50 years for one coming from the lower classes. These inequalities are baked into the South Keshian apartheid system as a whole.

Table
Below is a list of the twelve sub classes in South Kesh as well as their implications.

Class Ia
Class Ia citizens are the creme of the crop of South Kesh. All high ranking officials, politicians, and statesmen have come from this small subset of the highest citizenship class. They enjoy the most rights of all the citizens, and are entitled to education until masters. They are exempt from the maximum income, property value, and vehicle limit, and own approximately 30% of all assets in South Kesh due to this fact.