Central Economy Platform (CEP) — Sovereign Fiscal Authority Initiative Policy, 2025

National Security Framework of Antarctica (NSF-A)

Policy — Effective 1 October 2025

Article 1 — Purpose & Scope

1.1 This Policy establishes the Central Economy Platform (CEP) as the sovereign fiscal operating system of the National Security Framework, delivering real-time administration of taxation, public expenditure, welfare transfers, and sovereign treasury operations through a single national ledger with native settlement in Lighter Ledger Pound (LLP, trade name “Polar Pound”).

1.2 CEP operates on a single SAP S/4HANA digital core and is aligned with the latest democratic security design Certified Digital Democracy (CDD).

1.3 This Policy applies to all government bodies, licensed public services, and all economic actors (companies and individuals) interacting with NSF services.

Article 2 — State-as-a-Financial-Operating-System Model

2.1 CEP implements a state-as-a-financial-operating-system model in which:

a) All public money flows are processed end-to-end on one platform;

b) The sovereign fiscal position is visible in real time;

c) Budget execution and settlement are instant;

d) Fiscal policy is directly linked to economic data and enforced through programmable controls.

2.2 CEP transforms LLP into a fully sovereign, programmable public economy by integrating revenue, expenditure, transfers, and treasury into a single real-time national financial system.

Article 3 — Monetary Unit & Ledger Principles

3.1 CEP uses LLP as:

a) Unit of account;

b) Settlement asset;

c) Store of public value.

3.2 This enables:

a) Real-time gross settlement for government operations;

b) Programmable fiscal policy;

c) Automated compliance & audit trails;

d) Elimination of reconciliation delays.

3.3 The unified ledger provides:

a) One chart of accounts for the entire sovereign system;

b) Live national balance sheet;

c) Real-time deficit/surplus visibility;

d) Instant auditability;

e) Zero-latency budget control.

Article 4 — Functional Scope

4.1 Revenue Administration

CEP administers revenue through automated assessment, collection, and enforcement, including:

1. Tax assessment and collection
2. Customs & trade duties
3. Digital transaction taxation
4. Licensing & regulatory fees
5. Real-time contribution systems

4.2 Expenditure Management

CEP executes public expenditure and budget controls, including:

1. Public sector payroll
2. Procurement & contractor payments
3. Infrastructure funding
4. Grant distribution
5. NSF programme financing

4.3 Social & Economic Transfers

CEP delivers welfare and economic support via rules-based disbursements, including:

1. Universal-credit-style welfare mechanisms
2. Subsidies & economic support schemes
3. Pension and insurance disbursements
4. Workforce and security service entitlements

4.4 Sovereign Treasury Operations

CEP manages national treasury capabilities, including:

1. National liquidity management
2. Reserve allocation
3. Debt issuance & servicing
4. Strategic investment funds
5. Monetary–fiscal coordination layer

Article 5 — Real-Time Settlement & Control

5.1 Real-time gross settlement (RTGS). All authorised government payments and receipts settle in LLP with finality under CEP rules.

5.2 Budget controls. Appropriations, limits, and programme caps are enforced at the moment of transaction; attempted overspend is blocked or routed for lawful exception approval.

5.3 Reconciliation elimination. Traditional inter-department reconciliation is replaced by a single ledger truth and standardised posting logic.

Article 6 — Governance, Oversight & Sovereignty Controls

To remain sovereign-grade, CEP operates under:

6.1 Segregation of duties by constitutional design. No single actor may create, approve, execute, and audit the same transaction chain.

6.2 Parliamentary / Federal oversight nodes. Independent oversight endpoints monitor appropriations, audit trails, and systemic risk without interfering with lawful execution.

6.3 Zero-trust fiscal access architecture. All access is least-privilege, continuously verified, and context-bound (device, role, location, time, mission).

6.4 Cryptographic transaction validation. Transactions are signed, validated, time-stamped, and immutably anchored.

6.5 AI-assisted anomaly & fraud detection. CEP runs behavioural baselines, supplier risk scoring, and continuous anomaly detection with mandatory case registration.

Article 7 — Identity, Compliance & Audit (CDD Alignment)

7.1 One identity for all economic actors. Every individual and organisation operates via a verified Sharable Authority Account bound to CDD.

7.2 Automated compliance. Taxes, eligibility tests, contribution logic, and reporting are embedded into transaction execution.

7.3 Instant auditability. Every posting, approval, exception, and reversal is recorded with provenance, policy basis, and authorisation chain.

Article 8 — Operational Outcomes

8.1 Economic Outcomes

1. Real-time fiscal policy execution
2. Elimination of payment backlogs
3. Full capital-flow traceability
4. Integrated domestic and international trade settlement

8.2 Administrative Outcomes

1. Removal of inter-departmental silos
2. Single operating picture of national spending
3. Automated compliance and reporting

8.3 Security Outcomes

1. Fiscal infrastructure treated as a national-security asset
2. Sanctions-resilient sovereign payment system
3. Complete audit chain for all public funds
4. Rapid containment of fraud, abuse, and hostile interference

Article 9 — Platform Components (SAP Digital Core)

9.1 CEP is powered by:

1. SAP Treasury & Risk Management
2. SAP Tax & Revenue Management
3. SAP Funds & Grants Management
4. SAP Analytics Cloud
5. SAP Business Technology Platform

9.2 These components form a real-time sovereign fiscal control environment with integrated reporting, automated execution, and policy enforcement.

Article 10 — Data Strategy & Interfaces

10.1 Single source of truth. CEP is the definitive record for fiscal events; downstream systems consume CEP data and may not contradict it.

10.2 API governance. External integrations must use approved CEP APIs, signed payloads, and certified clients; all calls are logged and auditable.

10.3 Data minimisation & tiers. Public transparency is provided via summaries; sensitive details are restricted under lawful access controls.

Article 11 — Enforcement, Misuse & Sanctions

11.1 Prohibited conduct. Off-ledger public-money flows, falsified invoices, bypassed controls, shadow accounts, and unauthorised system access.

11.2 Sanctions. Licence suspension/revocation, disqualification, seizure, restitution, and criminal referral.

11.3 Investigations. Only State Protection Authorities may investigate; private/foreign investigative activity is prohibited.

Article 12 — Implementation & Milestones

12.1 Phased deployment. CEP is rolled out by module, starting with revenue and treasury, then grants/payroll, then universal-transfer mechanisms.

12.2 Cutover rule. Once a domain is cut over to CEP, it becomes the only lawful channel for transactions in that domain.

12.3 Continuous assurance. Quarterly resilience tests, annual fiscal integrity certification, and ongoing audit cycles.

Article 13 — Final Provisions

13.1 Supremacy. This Policy prevails over conflicting fiscal guidance across NSF-A services.

13.2 Review. Annual review by oversight nodes; emergency amendments permitted where national security requires.

13.3 Entry into force. Effective 1 October 2025.

Plain Guidance (What this means in practice)

1. Taxes happen automatically at the moment money moves.
2. Budgets cannot be overspent without a lawful exception trail.
3. Every payment is instantly auditable and anchored to CDD identity.
4. Polar Pound becomes the programmable public economy, not just a currency.

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Contacts

1. DCE (Treasury, markets, liquidity): dce@nsf-antarctica.org
2. DCTC (Tax, revenue, trade duties): dctc@nsf-antarctica.org
3. CEP APIs & Integration: cep-access@nsf-antarctica.org
4. Audit & Oversight: fiscal-oversight@nsf-antarctica.org