Esquarian Community
Membership information
The Esquarian Community is Esquarium's premier supranational organization for liberal democracies.
There are five principal Institutions of the Esquarian Community:
- The Esquarian Parliament, based in Huimont, Ainin, a directly elected assembly of delegates from Member States.
- The Council of Esquarium, based in Huimont, Ainin, a meeting of Member States' heads of government or designated representatives.
- The Esquarian Court of Justice, based in Montecara, which hears disputes concerning Esquarian Community law.
- The Esquarian Court of Human Rights, based in Montecara, which hears cases concerning the Esquarian Charter of Human Rights.
- The Esquarian Secretariat, jointly based in Huimont and Montecara, which carries out organizational mandates.
Each Member State has a single delegate on the Council of Esquarium. Members of Parliament are directly elected using a proportional system, with the number of delegates per nation calculated according to a formula that is degressively proportional by population. The EC has a body of law that is binding on all Member States as well as non-Member State participants in the Common Market.
Membership in the Community comes with many rights and responsibilities. Member States enjoy access to the Esquarian Common Market, a free-trade area that provides for the free movement of goods, people, and services. Citizens of Member States have the status of Esquarian citizens, and have the right to vote and run for the Esquarian Parliament, be provided with consular protection by any Member State when outside the Community, and have their fundamental human rights protected by the Community's judicial system. Member States relinquish their ability to enter into bilateral free-trade agreements, impose unilateral sanctions, and set their own tariffs, and must respect and enforce Community legislation.
It is also possible to apply for membership in the Esquarian Common Market without full membership in the Esquarian Community. In this case, the state has access to the tariff-free Common Market. The state must still respect EC law, but has no vote in any Institution.
Requirements
To be considered for membership in the Esquarian Community, your nation should be a liberal democracy with a market economy. More specifically, it should respect the rights enumerated in the Esquarian Charter of Human Rights and be prepared to ratify it, along with the Treaty of the Esquarian Community.
According to the Comprehensive Common Market Act 2017, a non-Community member of the Common Market must:
- agree to abide by all applicable present and future Community legislation made in respect to the Common Market,
- meet all statutory requirements, especially those in regards to overlapping membership in customs unions or free trade areas,
- be substantially democratic, or make real and consistent inroads towards reaching such a goal.
If you believe that your nation meets these requirements and you wish to apply for membership, complete the application below and post it in this thread. Once the Secretariat determines that your application is in good order and that your nation meets the basic requirements, the existing Member States will vote on your application; a two-thirds vote is required for full membership, while Common Market membership and observer status require a simple majority.
Application
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[b][u]Section I: Basic information[/u][/b]
[b]Official name:[/b]
[b]Shorthand name:[/b]
[b]Population:[/b]
[b]Head of state:[/b]
[b]Head of government:[/b]
[b]Applying for (delete as appropriate):[/b] Membership | Observer status (skip Sections III and IV) | Common Market membership (skip Section IV)
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[b][u]Section II: Political information[/u][/b]
[b]Political system:[/b]
[b]Ruling party:[/b]
[b]Composition of legislature:[/b]
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[b][u]Section III: Economic information[/u][/b]
[b]GDP per capita:[/b]
[b]Current free trade agreements:[/b]
[i]By submitting this application, I acknowledge that the [url=http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Comprehensive_Common_Market_Act_2017]Comprehensive Common Market Act[/url] and [url=http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Labour_and_Residency_Act_2017]Labour and Residency Act[/url] prohibit member-states from entering into bilateral free trade agreements, establish Community-wide freedom of movement and create a unified tariff regime.[/i]
[b]I have read and understood the previous statement (delete as appropriate):[/b] Yes | No
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[b][u]Section IV: Legal information[/u][/b]
[b]Legal system (delete as appropriate):[/b] Civil law | Common law | Mixed | Other (please specify)
[b]I will ratify the [url=http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Esquarian_Charter_of_Human_Rights#Text_of_the_first_optional_protocol]Optional Protocol on the Regulation and Progressive Abolition of the Death Penalty[/url] (delete as appropriate):[/b] Yes | No
[b]I will ratify the [url=http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Esquarian_Charter_of_Human_Rights#Text_of_the_second_optional_protocol]Optional Protocol on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights[/url] (delete as appropriate):[/b] Yes | No
[i]By submitting this application, I certify that I am in full compliance with the [url=http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Treaty_of_the_Esquarian_Community]Treaty of the Esquarian Community[/url] and the [url=http://iiwiki.com/wiki/Esquarian_Charter_of_Human_Rights]Esquarian Charter of Human Rights[/url].[/i]
[b]I have read and understood the previous statement (delete as appropriate):[/b] Yes | No
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[b][u]Section V: OOC notes[/u][/b]
[b]When do you want your nation to have ICly joined? (1990-present):[/b]
[b]Other nations in Esquarium:[/b]
