Goldstein Acts

The Goldstein Acts are a set of acts that were established for review by the Cartadanian National Congress in reference to its end-of-year 2025 commitment to provide for the ascension of Cartadania's territories to states. As of 30 October 2025, the admission was to be a rolling period of no more than five years and would be divided across three phases, the first of which was Goldstein Act One. The first act provided for the admission of The Solemias, a territory of first class, as the Commonwealth of Solemia. Congress had purposely selected territory first due to its population and strategic location in southern Crona, a major theater for Cartadania. Upon admission, it became the least populous state. The first act went into force on 1 January 2026, making Solemia the first new state since the 1995 partition of Roma into Alta Roma and Baixa Roma.

The act will essentially eliminate the territorial designation in Cartadania aside from newly acquired territory after the final Goldstein Act is enacted. There are some differences among them, for example, Act Two accounts for Lotoa, which will join the union on 3 January 2029, making it the 26th-most populous state in the union. Act Three originally was drafted to discuss the status of Alahuela, however, the federal government provides Alahuela with the provisions to operate autonomously, such that, it is a state in all ways except nominally. Thus, Act Three was voided and Alahuela's current status of co-equality will stand.