Members have privileges including but not limited to voting on alliance regulation, more trade opportunities, access to more peace and war ally treaties, and access to a multi-nation weapons fund. Alliance regulation helps keep the world safe and ensures that all member nations are protected and free from things that would otherwise be allowed. Alliance regulation also helps structure organizations for health and safety and ensures that they are kept in check by updated laws and regulations to ensure that these organizations are used properly and are funded effectively. You may be exiled from the alliance if you fail to properly comply with these regulations (see charter for full laws and regulations, in times of war some nations may have a grace period before they are exiled to ensure that conflicts are not interfered with)
1. International Co-operation: Diplomacy and Disputes
1. All NFED members must be willing to initially engage in discourse with a member or non-member who has engaged or otherwise caused a dispute between the two nations.
2. If surface-level discussion fails, a meeting may be organised to further arbitrate between the two member nations. These meetings may be hosted by any member of the NFED who has neutral relations with the two parties.
3. If threatened by an alliance or other Nations. NFED members must treat this threat with utmost importance. NFED nations are permitted to leave at their discretion if they believe the discourse is steering towards escalation of conflict or armed confrontation.
2. Free Trade within the NFED
1. Understanding that NFED is an organisation of willing nations dedicated to providing economic assistance, steering nations towards economic growth and providing a mission for peace and stability worldwide.
2. Reminding Members that Free Trade is an essential part of strong, stable economies benefiting all nations involved. And therefore encourages more trade and benefits small economies.
2.1: The use of 'Free Trade' in this context is defined as: 'Trade between nations without regulatory barriers such as tariffs or quotas.'
2.2: Therefore mandating that all NFED Nations allow free trade between NFED nations because of the aforementioned reasons, and understanding that Member Nations failing to do so without a valid reason (as determined by the President/Vice President or the Treasury President) will be punished according to article 3.
3. Punishment and Resolution:
1. If a member nation violates the guidelines and regulations within this charter, they may be brought to arbitration by the President or VP for violation of the Charter.
2. If convicted of a War Crime or other egregious violation via an internal consensus or a foreign court approved by the President and VP, members may be fined, forced to pay dues, forced to pay war reparations to affected nations, groups or figures, or ejected entirely from the NFED.
2.1: If nations further refuse to pay or give reparations, the NFED reserves the right to use economic, diplomatic, or military means to make the Member Nation comply.
4. Recognization of Sovereignty within NFED.
1. NFED recognises that all nations (unless built upon special circumstances) are free, independent nations with a right of national determination
1.1. Defining 'National Determination' as a nation's right to make choices independent of other nation's influence and control.
2. If other nations outside of NFED are seen by other members to be violating other nations' national determination, they may intervene Economically, Diplomatically or Militarily on that nation's behalf.
2.1. If members of the Nations for Economic Development are seen violating Addendum 1 of Article 4, nations may petition the President or VP to bring them to trial for violation of Article 3.
5. Response to International Incidents affecting the NFED.
1. Understanding that due to its nature, the NFED will inevitably encounter international incidents of varied severity.
1.1 Recognising that NFED will act as one organisation and one only, and attempts to fracture the overall sanctity will result in serious consequences for those involved.
2. Therefore, understanding that if arbitration fails. NFED reserves the right for self-defence abiding by international standards for rules of war and diplomacy.
2.1. Believing that armed conflict, however, is a last resort that must be avoided at all costs.
3. Therefore, mandating that NFED respond to International/Internal Incidents that negatively concern a member nation of various severity diplomatically or economically first. Unless the Member-nation has been attacked by another nation.
6. Response to Military Action against NFED Members
1. If under attack, NFED must immediately organise a defence force involving all nations, and NFED Members must agree to not seek separate states of peace with the enemy nation until 2/3's voting majority is prepared to negotiate.
2. NFED therefore reserves the right to engage in all forms of self-defence, except for those in violation of international law.
2.1: Understanding, however, that other nations often do not abide by International Law in war.
2.2: Therefore declaring that if an enemy nation uses WMDs against NFED, NFED is permitted to use that type of WMD against their Military.
2.3: Forbidding Member Nations from committing ANY form of sexual violence or organised violence of ANY kind against the enemy nation's civilian or non-combatant personnel. Or using WMDs against Civilians recklessly. Regardless of the enemy's usage of such tactics or weaponry.
7. Organization and Structure of the NFED
1. Hereby declaring that the President. Promises to uphold the Charter and all passed laws to the best of their abilities.
2. Delegating the same authorities, although subordinate to the President: To the Vice-President of NFED. Hereby co-ordinating the upholding of the Charter and Law within NFED.
3. Understanding that the Treasury President and Treasury Vice-President have a structure mimicking that of the President and Vice-President, with them being entrusted with the roles of upholding the rules of law and maintaining the stability of the Treasury.
8. Approval of New Nations
1. Hereby mandating that all nations, unless those of a particular history of organized violence and disregard for International Law without any attempt of change - are allowed to join NFED if they qualify the stipulations on the application forum.
2. Allowing any Member Nation to 'VETO' (Prevent/delay) the approval process of a member nation.
2.1: Allowing the President or Vice President to override a VETO if the member nation issuing the VETO is unable to provide such adequate reasoning for enacting one, or is unable to provide a valid counter-argument to the applying member's defence.
2.2: Allowing the President and Vice President to issue rejections on nations in rare circumstances where their entry will cause diplomatic or economic instability on a wide scale, or where they are not fit to join but have not been issued a VETO.
9. Establishment and Organization of the Treasury.
1. The Treasury shall be funded by the nations of the NFED and must be kept.
2. Treasury President and Treasurer Vice-President have the power to control the Treasury’s form of funding and how it is spent. They must maintain and uphold the Treasury.
2.1: President and VP have the power to VETO large spendings if found to not benefit the NFED and its allies.
2.2: Proposals may be made to revoke the powers of the Treasury President and the Treasury Vice-President if found to be abusing the power.
3. Treasury President and Treasury Vice-President may not have more voting power and non-treasury related decisions.
10. Abolition of Slavery within NFED
1. By being in NFED, all member nations hereby declare a commitment to end the enslavement of Sapients internationally and to commit to operations against it funded/run by NFED.
2. Slavery of sapient beings, including chattel slavery, forced labour, and other manifestations is strictly prohibited within all territories and administrations of member nations.
3. NFED embers found in support of Slavery will be given extremely harsh economic and political sanctions by NFED until they cease the act of slavery. Members who still refuse to comply shall be dealt with accordingly.
11. Removal of NFED Member Nations.
1. Defining 'Impeachment' as the removal of an NFED Nation from a position of power due to incompetence, ineligibility or other special case reasons.
2. Defining 'Removal' as the general ejection of an NFED Nation from the alliance due to incompetence, ineligibility or other special case reasons.
3. The Removal or Impeachment of an NFED nation can be given to the President or Vice President. If the reasoning is deemed to be acceptable, NFED will hold a 3-day vote to determine if the nation shall be ejected/removed.
3.1. During the Impeachment/Removal process, any administrative or special-access permissions will be temporarily removed from the Member Nation to ensure the security of NFED.
3.2. If the vote passes, the member will be removed. If the vote does not pass, the member will be returned to their position.
3.3. If a large enough risk factor is determined by the President or Vice President., the member may have their special administrative permissions removed for an undefined period until the risk is deemed to be no longer prevalent.
12. Emergency Powers
1. The President, Vice President and Treasury President (if currently given Impeachment powers by the President), recognizing their power, contributions and roles within NFED, are given special Emergency Powers in case of an event that threatens the stability of NFED.
2. The aforementioned member nations have, in case of an emergency directly threatening NFED. Ability to bypass the steps required to Impeach a nation and send it straight to vote.
13: Proposals and the Passing of Resolutions and Regulations
1. Defining ‘proposal’ as a law or regulation that prohibits or limits the actions of members nation’s government and people, ‘proposal’ can also be a VETO or a recommendation of the revoking of any leadership job or the removal of a member nation.
2. Defining ‘vote’ as a ‘YES’ or ‘NO’ vote. ‘ABSTAIN’ votes will not count to the total amount of votes.
3. Any and all proposals must be sent to the President through Telegram Communications Systems or on the official NFED Thread, no matter the content.
3.1: If approved it will reach the first vote. If it gets less than half the votes are a ‘YES’ then the proposal is cancelled from reaching the final stage. If it gets half to 3/4 of the votes a ‘YES’ it will reach the last stage. If it gets more than 3/4 of the votes a ‘YES’ the proposal will become a law and all member nations must follow and comply with said regulation.
3.2 If the proposal reaches the final stage it will be voted on again. If more than half the votes are a ‘YES’ it will become a law and all member nations must follow and comply with said regulation.
14: NFED Headquarters
1. NFED's Headquarters is to be located within the City of Potat, Democratic People’s Republic of the Xolbarian Opposition.
2. All meetings of NFED must have the host nation pay for Security, facilities, transport and other amenities.
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Resolution Name Votes (YES/ABSTAIN/NO) Date Passed Remove Titles 0/4/2 N/A Ban Chemical Weapons 9/5/8 March 17, 2024 Acknowledging that nations may possess chemical weapons,
Realizing that some nations use chemical weapons both domestically and during military conflict,
Whilst understanding the massive casualties and long term environmental damage that these weapons may cause; also believing that small scale tactical defensive usage of these weapons is sometimes vital to the survival of smaller nations,
For the purposes of this protocol "Chemical agents" shall be defined as:
"Chemical weapon": any substance that is used with the intention of causing death or severe harm to sapient beings, a habitable area or to the environment solely through the toxic chemical properties of such agent,
"Riot control agent": any chemical substance that is used with the intention of non-lethally incapacitating and subduing sapient beings solely through the chemical effects of such agent,
The NFED hereby declares:
The use of chemical weapons in any capacity that may injure or destroy military personnel, or the environment shall be limited to defensive or delaying operations of aggressive offensive military forces,
The use of chemical weapons that have a reasonable probability of affecting civilian populations shall be prohibited,
Member nations shall be permitted to utilize riot control agents, within the boundaries of current and future NFED legislation,
Member nations shall take all measures necessary and practical in preventing the sale or transfer of chemical weapons from their own nation to any other party if that transfer is intended to facilitate the violation of the intentions and provisions of this act,
Member nations shall take all necessary and available precautions to secure their chemical weapon stockpiles, to prevent their chemical weapon stockpiles from accidental release, and to prevent those stockpiles from falling into the hands of individuals whom have the intent to violate the intentions and provisions of this act,
Member nations shall use all available means to ensure chemical weapons remain fully under state control; furthermore private individuals, and corporate entities shall be prohibited from possessing chemical weapons,
The NFED shall be re-tasked with the following mandate:
To develop and maintain a library of known chemical weapons, and to share this information with any nations that request it,
To assist member nations in establishing effective programs meant to defend against chemical weapons,
To assist member nations in the voluntary decommissioning and destruction of their chemical weapons,
To provide medical and humanitarian assistance to member nations subject to unprovoked offensive chemical weapon attacks.
Current members:
Lead:
President: The Xolbarian Oppositon
Vice President: LFPD Soveriegn
Treasury:
Treasury President: Tiraskania
Treasury Vice President: Arklatravar-Istertia
Members:
Rusthaven
Utquiagvik
Nascadia
Repreteop
Bigpipstan
Guild Commonwealth
Saint Asperes
Click Ests Vimgalevytopia
Lagene
Centriana
Geneek
