The International League of Corporatocracies

[Elcric Kcalb]

The International League of Corporatocracies
Coniunctus in re Opes

The word "Corporatocracy" is commonly used to describe an economic and political system that is controlled by corporations or corporate interests. In essence, this term can be applied to nations that fall into the categories of Corporate Police States, Capitalist Paradises, Compulsory Consumerist States, Corporate Bordellos, Free-Market Paradises, and Capitalizts. As one can imagine, these are the nations that are targeted by this alliance. In founding this organization, we seek to strengthen ties between one another- for economic, political, and military gain.

The International League of Corporatocracies welcomes any nation committed to the ideals of corporate-rule and capitalism.

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Charter

ARTICLE I: Regulation of Membership
I.1 - All member nations must maintain a free market, capitalist economy.
I.2 - All member nations must adhere to the terms and conditions of this League.
I.3 - All member nations must heed calls to action, especially when the defense of a fellow member nation is concerned.
I.4 - All member nations must avoid entangling relations with Communist entities of any kind.
I.5 - All member nations must actively avoid warfare with other Corporatocracies wherever possible, regardless of alliance affiliation.

ARTICLE II: Purposes and Intentions
II.1 - To unite and encourage diplomatic relations between Corporatocracies of the world.
II.2 - To provide mutual defense for all member-nations.
II.3 - To stem the tide of Communism wherever possible.
II.4 - To encourage trade and economic prosperity between member nations.
II.5 - To ensure the security and preservation of Corporatocracies worldwide wherever possible.

ARTICLE III: Administration
III.1 - An amendment, additive, or repeal to the charter is always possible provided a majority of member-nations approve.
III.2 - An applicant nation may be declined if more than three member-nations voice explicit disapproval.
III.3 - A representative of the International League of Corporatocracies is elected by member-nations once every three months.
III.4 - All member-nations are considered on equal ground in all aspects of this alliance. Cooperation is essential.
III.5 - Section 1 of Article III may not be repealed at any time.

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Membership Details

APPLICATION

Code: Select all

[u]NATION INFORMATION[/u]
[b]Nation Name:[/b] (Self-Explanatory.)
[b]Head of State:[/b] (Self-Explanatory.)
[b]Category:[/b] (Will likely be one of the ones mentioned above.)
[b]Economy Rating:[/b] (1 - 100)
[b]Civil Rights Rating:[/b] (1 - 100)

[b]Collective Projects Interested In Participating In:[/b] (Put N/A if none.)
[b]Reasoning for Joining:[/b] (Self-Explanatory)

[u]ROLEPLAY INFORMATION[/u]
[b]Year Started Roleplaying:[/b]
[b]Example One:[/b]
[b]Example Two:[/b]

MEMBER ROSTER
Acting Representative: The Incorporated States of Garyjune

Member-Nations:

• [x] The Corporatocracy of Elcric Kcalb
• [x] The Incorporated States of Tyresia
• [x] The Grand Corporatocracy of Gawdzendia
• [x] The Incorporated States of Garyjune
• [x] The Corporate Directorate of Damak Var
• [x] The Incorporated States of Tyslus
• [x] The Nanomechanical Empire of Cruciland

Observer-Nations:

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Collective Projects

EXPLANATION

A collective project is, as one may have inferred, a project or plan taken on by any number of member-nations within the I.L.C. Participation in Collective Projects is not mandatory, but recommended in order to strengthen the bonds of this alliance. In order to participate in a Collective Project, a member-nation must only announce their intention to do so. Once their name is on the list of participants, they become an official member of said project. Any member-nation may resign from a Collective Project at any time, for any reason.

As of now, no collective projects have been initiated. This will be subject to change in the future.

ACTIVE PROJECTS

[Tyresia]

Incorporated States of Tyresia

Official Corporate Outreach Department Statement

NATION INFORMATION
Nation Name: The Incorporated States of Tyresia
Head of State: CEO Thomas Hawthorne
Category: Compulsory Consumerist State. In unofficial terms Tyresia is a closely knit federation of states ruled by a single megacorporation, TyrCorp. TyrCorp has a number of branches controlling nearly all aspects of political, social and economical life (such as Security branch that maintains law and order and contracts with private military companies, Human Resource Management branch that works with social issues such as employment and employee benefits, etc.) While an illusion of freedom is maintained by allowing shareholders (nearly all of the population has shares in TyrCorp) to vote on government issues and allowing private enterprise, on a closer look it turns out that the 1% that has the majority of shares has an absolute, dictatorial hold on political workings of the Incorporated States, and private enterprise that doesn't become a subsidiary of TyrCorp is usually very quickly driven out of the market and stamped out.
Economy Rating: 85
Civil Rights Rating: 39

Collective Projects Interested In Participating In: N/A at the moment
Reasoning for Joining: To further diplomatic and trade relations with fellow Corporatocracies.

ROLEPLAY INFORMATION
Year Started Roleplaying: 2011, had some crappy RPs as far back as 2007 though
Example One: main nation. No RPs on this one as of now
Example Two: viewtopic.php?p=10264919#p10264919

[Gawdzendia]

NATION INFORMATION
Nation Name: The Grand Corporatocracy of Gawdzendia
Head of State: Vladimir F. Johnson
Category: Capitalist Paradise
Economy Rating: 98
Civil Rights Rating: 64

Collective Projects Interested In Participating In:
n/a
Reasoning for Joining:
Mutual beneficial trade, defence, and cooperation for a brighter future, and a free market.

ROLEPLAY INFORMATION
Year Started Roleplaying: 2010
Example One:
Off-Site Forum
Example Two:
Cambreth Sea Post 1
Cambreth Sea Post 2

[Elcric Kcalb]

Thanks for the apps, guys. Added both of them to the roster. Here's mine.

NATION INFORMATION
Nation Name: The Corporate States of Elcric Kcalb
Head of State: Wilhelm Adenauer
Category: Compulsory Consumerist State
Economy Rating: 99/100
Civil Rights Rating: 35/100

Collective Projects Interested In Participating In: N/A
Reasoning for Joining: Furthering of trade and diplomatic relations with like-minded states.

ROLEPLAY INFORMATION
Year Started Roleplaying: 2008
Example One: [x]
Example Two: [x]

[Garyjune]

NATION INFORMATION
Nation Name: (Self-Explanatory.) The Incorporated States of Garyjune
Head of State: (Self-Explanatory.) Counciller George Chan
Category: (Will likely be one of the ones mentioned above.) Corporate Bordello
Economy Rating: (1 - 100) 98
Civil Rights Rating: (1 - 100) 71

Collective Projects Interested In Participating In: (Put N/A if none.) Free Trade agreement, Industrial Development
Reasoning for Joining: (Self-Explanatory) Like-Minded Nations

ROLEPLAY INFORMATION
Year Started Roleplaying:2012
Example One: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=198954
Example Two: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=182634

[Elcric Kcalb]

I'll add you onto it now, provided no other members object. However, do note that no collective projects are currently active.

I'll author a collective project sometime tomorrow to get things rolling, though.

[Damak Var]

NATION INFORMATION
Nation Name: The Corporate Directorate of Damak Var
Head of State: High Executor Donald Hookton
Head of Government: Chairman of the Board, Lucas North
Category: Capitalist Paradise
Economy Rating: Financial-99, Consumer Discretionary-95, Consumer Staples-55, Healthcare-81, Utilities-92, Materials-97, Industrials-88, Technology- 96, Energy-95. Overall: 95 (This is not an average).
Civil Rights Rating: 85

Collective Projects Interested In Participating In: None for the moment
Reasoning for Joining: Protecting interests, opening trade, business opportunities
Stipulations: Damak Var's Corporate entities can conduct business with Governments of any kind. However, the government itself will not entangle themselves in anyway.

OOC: I really don't want to find my roleplaying examples. They are on other forums but I promise I am creative and realistic.

[Elcric Kcalb]

Not entirely sure how you got rid of my formatting for the application. No matter, but I would really appreciate it if you could provide at least one roleplaying example. Even if it is outside of these forums. I'm a little sketchy with that one sentence in your factbook: "Damak Var's banking system is highly intertwined with the global economy. Making an attack on the country economic suicide."

[Gawdzendia]

NATION INFORMATION
Nation Name: The Corporate Directorate of Damak Var
Head of State: High Executor Donald Hookton
Head of Government: Chairman of the Board, Lucas North
Category: Capitalist Paradise
Economy Rating: Financial-99, Consumer Discretionary-95, Consumer Staples-55, Healthcare-81, Utilities-92, Materials-97, Industrials-88, Technology- 96, Energy-95. Overall: 95 (This is not an average).
Civil Rights Rating: 85

Collective Projects Interested In Participating In: None for the moment
Reasoning for Joining: Protecting interests, opening trade, business opportunities
Stipulations: Damak Var's Corporate entities can conduct business with Governments of any kind. However, the government itself will not entangle themselves in anyway.

OOC: I really don't want to find my roleplaying examples. They are on other forums but I promise I am creative and realistic.

I too am confused at how you removed the formatting.

A link to something in terms of an example would lend you significant power to your case.

On another note, the first of October is coming up, why don't we have our votes for our representative in by that point? Sound like a plan?

[Damak Var]

That's the way I'm rping my country. I'm not saying we have no military, we just focus on it very little as it is deemed unnecessary.

I'm a little sketchy with that one sentence in your factbook: "Damak Var's banking system is highly intertwined with the global economy. Making an attack on the country economic suicide."

If you are concerned with realism I assure you this is an incredibly realistic possibility and you can see the same thing in the real world with derivative securities being broken up and repackaged then sold all over. Assets from banks and other corporations are entangled on a global sale. In the United States we have foreign companies listed on our stock exchanges and foreign entities/governments buying up our bonds. Any successful conventional attack on Damak Var would seriously devalue all financial securities issued from Damak Var and with the globalized banking system we see today, many of these are held overseas. Also many corporations rely on investments and inflows of capital which come from overseas either directly or indirectly.

http://z7.invisionfree.invalid.com/Europa/index ... topic=3453

[Elcric Kcalb]

I see what you're saying. Thing is, the global economy of NS is much larger than Earth's, and other NSers may not like the idea that their economy is heavily entangled with yours despite not having interacted with you or known of your existence prior. I could see you wielding that kind of influence on a regional scale, but probably not all of NationStates. In any case, I'm set to accept you so long as you're mindful of that. Provided no other member nations object, of course.

As for our selecting our representative, Gawdzendia, that'd probably be a good idea. Anyone running for the slot should announce so now, then we can get to the voting.

[Garyjune]

I'll run. I'd like to know what the position entails, though.

[Damak Var]

Understood. I wouldn't have Damak Var engage in any large scale economic or military roleplays without these more "realistic" circumstances anyways. Unless of course I was called to duty by the ILC being a member now.

Also, besides not providing an RP example how did I deviate from the formatting? If it was for economic and civil rights ratings did you want me to go by tracker information? I did not find this realistic or fair because its kinda just how long you've been playing and your NS stats doesn't necessarily reflect how you RP nation. I added some extra information (breaking it down by sectors) because I thought it would be useful while trying to stay realistic.

For my RP experience, I've been RPing since around 07-08 and RPed in my regions own forums for a while. I know how to stick to realism when it comes to economy, finance, trade and diplomacy being a finance major/personal research. Military RP's, ill try and keep up. Not completely ignorant on this, just haven't done one before and I'm not as knowledgeable.

[Elcric Kcalb]

As far as the formatting went, it was just that none of the code (bold/underline) appears in your app. My guess is that you have BBCode switched off.

[Gawdzendia]

I see what you're saying. Thing is, the global economy of NS is much larger than Earth's, and other NSers may not like the idea that their economy is heavily entangled with yours despite not having interacted with you or known of your existence prior. I could see you wielding that kind of influence on a regional scale, but probably not all of NationStates. In any case, I'm set to accept you so long as you're mindful of that. Provided no other member nations object, of course.

As for our selecting our representative, Gawdzendia, that'd probably be a good idea. Anyone running for the slot should announce so now, then we can get to the voting.

Sounds good, I'll abstain from running. I've got too much to work on as is already, between job/girlfriend/NationStates.

I'll run. I'd like to know what the position entails, though.

The best of luck to you sir in the campaign trail. Q_-

Understood. I wouldn't have Damak Var engage in any large scale economic or military roleplays without these more "realistic" circumstances anyways. Unless of course I was called to duty by the ILC being a member now.

Also, besides not providing an RP example how did I deviate from the formatting? If it was for economic and civil rights ratings did you want me to go by tracker information? I did not find this realistic or fair because its kinda just how long you've been playing and your NS stats doesn't necessarily reflect how you RP nation. I added some extra information (breaking it down by sectors) because I thought it would be useful while trying to stay realistic.

For my RP experience, I've been RPing since around 07-08 and RPed in my regions own forums for a while. I know how to stick to realism when it comes to economy, finance, trade and diplomacy being a finance major/personal research. Military RP's, ill try and keep up. Not completely ignorant on this, just haven't done one before and I'm not as knowledgeable.

I just put whatever number was situated at 'Economy' when I checked my trend, I don't think its moved since.

and yeah, it was mostly the bold and underlined bits that were absent.

Well the fact that you've provided what we asked for and actually posted back with promptness has earned my approval.

[Elcric Kcalb]

I'll run. I'd like to know what the position entails, though.

Basically, you would have the responsibility of representing the I.L.C.'s interests wherever they need to be heard. Any declarations the I.L.C. needs to make, you would essentially have the responsibility of making them.

[Damak Var]

Sounds good, looking forward to being part of the league. Long live consumerism.

[Elcric Kcalb]

Alright, looks like Garyjune shall be our representative since he presently runs unopposed. The title shall be officially given to him tomorrow.

[Universal explorers]

Nation: Universal explorers
Leader: Mr McCelvey
Government type: Capitalist Paradise
Civil Rights: 69/100
Economy: 79/100

Projects that we wish to work on: none
Reasion to join: a wish to open more diplomatic relations with other nations who have similar policies when it comes to governance.

RP examples: I don't consider this RP, I consider this leading my people.

I'm afraid I do have a few stipulations about the policy of this group, at the head of this is the requirement to conquer and destroy socialist or communist countries even if they can become a useful tool or even a country you can rely on if everything goes to hell is one clause I don't like. If I would be permited to continue conversations with other countries regardless of their moronic views when it comes to the economy, I will gladly join but I shall not join if it means eternal hostility to other nations.

[Elcric Kcalb]

I'm afraid I do have a few stipulations about the policy of this group, at the head of this is the requirement to conquer and destroy socialist or communist countries even if they can become a useful tool or even a country you can rely on if everything goes to hell is one clause I don't like.

Run-on sentence. In any case, allow me to dissect this.

There is not requirement to conquer/destroy socialist or communist countries. We aren't warmongers. Article II, Section 3 is to encourage member nations to prevent communism from spreading. That means if there's a Communist revolution in a neighboring country, it would be grand if your nation were to step in and help stamp it out with the current government.

Article I, Section 4 is to prevent nations which are endeared to Communist nations from joining. If your country is allied to, providing support to, or economically shackled to some sort of Communist nation, you should not join this league. The reason for this is that if that Communist nation were to somehow end up at war with the I.L.C., it would spare us the hassle of having dead-weight- or worse, a traitorous nation -among our ranks.

However, if you have a Communist nation dancing on your whim, you'll be encouraged to stop screwing around with them and start putting into motion a change of regime. Preferably a colony of yours, or another Corporatocracy!

If I would be permited to continue conversations with other countries regardless of their moronic views when it comes to the economy, I will gladly join but I shall not join if it means eternal hostility to other nations.

Another run-on.

You are permitted to "talk" with Communists, though Elcric Kcalb cannot fathom why one would want to. The member nations of this alliance are basically everything Communists stand against, so you will need to expect some hostility both ways. Can't please everyone, you know. Even with all that explained, I can't accept you, as you have not provided an RP-Sample.

[Universal explorers]

Well there is viewtopic.php?f=5&t=202138&start=25 but I don't consider any games to be RP because, in my mind, we are actually leaders of our countries and they are real places, if not in our universe, than in another universe.

[Garyjune]

Military exercise ARMADA: http://forum.nationstates.net/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=202407

All Corporatocracies are encouraged to attend.

[Elcric Kcalb]

Oh, boy. I'll be writing up a post for that soon enough.

I'm going to hold off on accepting Universal Explorers until I see a little more evidence their Corporatocratic nature. Unless any present members would like to support him being accepted now?

[Gawdzendia]

Oh, boy. I'll be writing up a post for that soon enough.

I'm going to hold off on accepting Universal Explorers until I see a little more evidence their Corporatocratic nature. Unless any present members would like to support him being accepted now?

I think I'm too friendly for the cut-throat nature of our league, but I'm welcome to anyone joining, and we can cut the fat later when they prove to be... insufficient.

I'll also be writing something up for ARMADA soon, I got the telegram and literally jumped out of my seat at work, got some odd looks.

[Universal explorers]

Oh, boy. I'll be writing up a post for that soon enough.

I'm going to hold off on accepting Universal Explorers until I see a little more evidence their Corporatocratic nature. Unless any present members would like to support him being accepted now?

I think I'm too friendly for the cut-throat nature of our league, but I'm welcome to anyone joining, and we can cut the fat later when they prove to be... insufficient.

I'll also be writing something up for ARMADA soon, I got the telegram and literally jumped out of my seat at work, got some odd looks.

Thank you for your support and I am hopeful that this exercise shall help us show that we are not to be trifled with preserving our "peace through strength". Unfortunately, my forces are preoccupied keeping the peace in the Kannap war (preventing foreign powers from getting involved in a family dispute, you know how hard that is) so I will be unable to attend but I am hopeful that I will be able to attend the next alliance millitary rally.