Citizenship in Cartadania
Citizenship in Cartadania is a status that entails specific rights, duties and benefits. Citizenship is understood as a "right to have rights" since it serves as a foundation of fundamental rights derived from and protected by the Constitution and laws of Cartadania, such as the right to freedom of expression, vote, due process, live and work in Cartadania, and to receive federal assistance. The implementation of citizenship requires attitudes including allegiance to the republic, participation, and an impulse to promote communities. Certain rights are so fundamental that they are guaranteed to all persons, not just citizens. These include those rights guaranteed by the first eight articles that pertain to individuals.
There are two primary sources of citizenship: birthright citizenship, in which a person is presumed to be a citizen if he or she was born within the territorial limits of Cartadania, irrespective of the status of parents, or—providing certain other requirements are met—born abroad to an Cartadanian citizen parent, and naturalization, a process in which an eligible legal immigrant applies for citizenship and is accepted.
Cartadanian law permits multiple citizenship. A citizen of another country naturalized as an Cartadanian citizen may retain their previous citizenship, though they may be required to renounce allegiance to the other country. A Cartadanian citizen retains Cartadanian citizenship when becoming the citizen of another country, should that country's laws allow it. Cartadanian citizenship can be renounced by Cartadanians who also hold another citizenship via a formal procedure at an Cartadanian Embassy, and it can also be restored.