Commonwealth of Imperial Nations [OOC Thread]

[Chrinthanium]

Which sounds great to me.

In der Tat.

(Indeed)

Also agreed.

[Castleclose]

Which sounds great to me.

In der Tat.

(Indeed)

Cinnte aontaíonn my German comrade

(Definitely Agreed)

[Feryx]

I approve of the charter but I think there needs to be an area regarding the Commonwealth's military and military action.

[Itailian Maifias]

I approve of the charter but I think there needs to be an area regarding the Commonwealth's military and military action.

Yeah, I think it was just a bit vague regarding this.

[The Matthew Islands]

I like Georges charter as well. I won't throw proper support for it yet in case another is submitted.

I also agree about extra detail regarding military affairs, as it was this issue that played a part in the downfall of the S.E.C.

(Sorry for not being on all day. I was playing my 360.)

[Yohannes]

The Empire approve of the charter made by our friend StGeorge.

[Chrinthanium]

Alright, my friends. We have a name! About damn time, too! Now, this thread will continue to survive as the OOC Thread of our alliance. I will construct an IC therad for IC posts only. This means, and I am pretty OCD about this: no ooc in the ic thread, okay? Give me some time to sort out a few things on paper, then I will post a draft of the OP here.

EDIT: Hither to, there've been many references to the SEC here. I would like to point out that we are not the SEC, which is dead. We are COIN, and as such, will refer to this alliance as such.

[Chrinthanium]

Sorry for the double post. We've three charters submitted at this time.

Charter of the To Be Determined


Preamble

The following Charter shall be the basis of this alliance. It shall form the very foundation on which the alliance is set. No foundation shall ever survive if the support beams break and as such, all members of this alliance shall be expected to follow the rules, laws and guidelines set forth by this Charter

Article I: Definitions and Terms


§1 TTBD is defined as the entirety of the entire alliance of itself, from X to X.

§2 The TBD shall be hence forth known as X

§3This document shall henceforth be known as the Official Charter of the X


Article II: Offices, Organizations, Departments of X

§1 The Head of X shall be the President of X. The President shall co-preside over the entire alliance with the founder, who shall forever be Chrinthanium unless said founder explicitly hands over founder status to another nation. The President shall be elected every other month by the entire populace of the alliance and the person with the most votes in the election shall be considered the new President

§2 The President may be removed from office should a clear and present majority of the alliance votes to remove him in a formal vote. Likewise, the founder may be removed by a clear and present majority of the alliance taken in a formal vote

§3 The President shall be in charge of overseeing, creating and helping the various Departments of X

§4 The Alliance Assembly shall be the legislative of the alliance. It shall be compromised of five elected members of the alliance, who shall serve one month terms. Every month, an election is to be held. The five people receiving the most votes will be the next Representatives. Inside the Assembly, the Representatives may and can elect and Speaker, who shall oversee and be in charge of the Assembly

§5 The Assembly may be disbanded before an election if the Assembly has fallen inactive. In order to disband, the alliance must take a formal vote and a clear and present majority must vote to disband the Assembly

§6 The President, by the authority of this charter shall create the following Departments; The Department of Finance which shall oversee the financial and monetary actions of the alliance and be responsible for managing the alliance's funds; The Department of War shall be in charge of managing the X Defence Force which shall be the military of the alliance; The Department of Foreign Affairs shall be in charge of overseeing the foreign diplomatic missions of the alliance and establishing connections with the other alliances in the world. The President shall have the authority to create other departments as he see's fit in order to help run the alliance more smoothly

§7 The President and Founder shall hold trials for all nations within the alliance to be found in breach of any alliance laws, Charter or guidelines. They shall have to appoint three Judges from within the alliance.

§8 Should the Assembly and various Departments established by this Charter fail to have their posts filled within a three day period, their responsibilities shall fall to the President to manage and execute.


Article III: Rights and Responsibilities of the Member Nation


§1 The Member Nation of the X shall be, upon acceptance into the X bound legally by this Charter and all clauses and Articles therefore in it.

§2 The Member Nation must provide 1.2% of their GDP towards the administration, defense and other costs of the X.

§3 The Member Nation shall operate a free trade policy with all other Member Nations of the alliance. No Member Nation shall issue an embargo on another member nation without authorization from the Assembly, President and Founder

§4 The Member Nation may opt out of whatever protection the X's Defense Force provide for land, air and sea travel and trade routes. This does not allow member states to opt out of Artic III.II.

§5 Upon a member nation being attacked by another power, the Member Nation has the right to request intervention from the Alliance Defense Force and the Armed Forces of Member Nations without following the processes as stated in Articles III.III and III.IV.

§6 In order for the alliance to declare war on an nation or another international, national or regional organization, the President needs confirmation from the Assembly


Article IV: Issues of Sovereignty


§1 All Member Nations, the President, Assembly, and all other organizations, departments and bodies within it, shall respect the right of the Member Nation to independence of domestic organization, policy and action, unless it is in violation of one of these articles and clauses or against a fellow member nation.

§2 Member Nations, in accordance with Article III.I, and the rights and limitations set out thereof, have the right to operate military action against a foreign nation in any way they wish.

§3 The Alliance, following a simple majority vote of the Assembly, has the right to intervene in any conflict within or fought by, member nations in either support or opposition to, said member nation.

§4 Should the Assembly not be in operation at a time when activation of Article III.III is requested, a majority of the General Membership, as well as approval by the President and Founders, is required before action can be taken.


Article V: Expulsion and Resignation of Members


§1 All Member nations retain the right to resign from X via an official government communique

§2 A Member Nation may only be expelled by a general majority vote in the alliance or via a sentence issued in the Alliance Courts

§3 A Member Nation may only be expelled in the above way.


Article VI: Amending the Charter


§1 The Charter may only be amended via a simple majority vote taken in which all members of the alliance may take part

§2 Amendments shall be named either as Amendment I, Amendment II and hence, or as simply further Articles added onto existing ones, Article V.IV, Article III.V, and so forth.

§3 Amendments and Articles may be struck off following the process set out in Article VI.I.

Ta da. Thoughts?

Preamble

The following Charter shall be the basis of this alliance. It shall form the very foundation on which the alliance is set. No foundation shall ever survive if the support beams break and as such, all members of this alliance shall be expected to follow the rules, laws and guidelines set forth by this Charter

Article I: Definitions and Terms

• (1)The Organization is defined as the collective of nations adhering the the values and Charter of The Organization and recognized to the Organization itself to be members of the collective which forms the Organization of itself.
  
  
• (2)The Organization shall be hence forth known as The Organization and shall brand itself as such on and within any and all official missives that it deems releasable and in any and all ventures it undertakes as an organizational whole.
  
  
• (3)This document shall henceforth be known as the Official Charter of the Organization and shall be the Law and Creed of the Organization, to which all members of the collective whole shall adhere to at the risk of dishonor and expulsion from the Organization.

Article II: Offices, Organizations, Departments of The Organization

• (1)The Head of The Organization shall be the Chairperson of The Organization. The Chairperson shall co-preside over the entire alliance with assistance and co-operation of the Commissariat of The Organization. The Commissariat shall be comprised of elected or appointed officials representing the nations that comprise the collective of the Organization and shall be granted the title of Commissar.
  
  
• (2)The Chairperson may be removed from office should a clear and present majority of the Commisariat vote to remove him in a legitimately convened motion. Likewise, any individual Commissar may be removed by a clear majority of the Commissariat and the consent and signature of the Chairperson.
  
  
• (3)The Chairperson shall be in charge of overseeing, coordinating and assisting the various duties, actions, of the organization divisions of the Organization.
  
  
• (4)The Commissariat shall be the representative and fully endowed legislative body within and function as a part of the Organization. It shall be compromised of elected or appointed officials from each memberstate that comprises the collective of the Organization. Members of the Commissariat will bear the title of Commissar and will hold their office until recalled by the nation they represent or are ousted by a vote of the Commissariat (defined in II.II) Within the Commissariat, the Commissars can and will elect the Chairperson as defined in Point Two of Article II of the Charter who shall carry out his duties as defined in II.II.
  
  
• (5)The Commissariat may be disbanded before an election if the Commissariat has fallen inactive. In order to disband, the Organization must take a formal vote and a clear and present majority must vote to disband the Commissariat.
  
  
• (6)The Chairperson, by the authority of this charter and the consent of the Commissariat shall create the following Divisions; The Division of Finance which shall oversee the financial and monetary actions of the Organization and be responsible for managing the Organization's funds; The Division of War shall be in charge of managing the Cohesive Organizational Reserves which shall be the militant and defensive arm of the Organization; The Division of Global Negotiations shall be in charge of overseeing the foreign diplomatic missions of the Organization and establishing connections with other alliances in the world. The Commissariat shall have the authority to raise and enthrone other Divisions with the mandate of a majority vote.
  
  
• (7)The Chairperson and Commissariat shall convene trials for all nations within the alliance to be found in breach of any alliance laws, Charter or guidelines. Whence convened, they shall be handled, recorded, and closed, by a Board of Supervisors acting in vulgaris penitus and appointed by the Commissariat.
  
  
• (8)Should the Assembly and various Departments established by this Charter fail to have their posts filled within a three day period, their responsibilities shall fall to the Commissariat to manage and execute.

Article III: Rights and Responsibilities of the Member Nation

• (1)The Member Nation of the Organization shall be, upon acceptance into the Organization bound legally by this Charter and all clauses and Articles therefore in it.
  
  
• (2)The Member Nation shall operate a free trade policy with all other Member Nations of the alliance. No Member Nation shall issue an embargo on another member nation without authorization from the Commissariat.
  
  
• (3)Upon a member nation being attacked by another power, the Member Nation has the right to request intervention from the Cohesive Organizational Reserves and the Armed Forces of Member Nations.
  
  
• (4)In order for the Organization to declare war on an nation or another international, national or regional organization, the Commissariat must ratify an Act of War with unanimous approval.

Article IV: Issues of Sovereignty

• (1)All Member Nations, the Chairperson, Commissariat, and all other organizations, departments and bodies within it, shall respect the right of the Member Nation to independence of domestic organization, policy and action, unless it is in violation of one of these articles and clauses or against a fellow member nation.
  
  
• (3)The Organization, following a 51% majority vote of the Commissariat, has the right to intervene in any conflict within or fought by, member nations in either support or opposition to, said member nation.

Article V: Expulsion and Resignation of Members

• (1)All Member nations retain the right to resign from The Organization via an official government communique.
  
  
• (2)A Member Nation may only be expelled by a general majority vote taken by the Commissariat or via a sentence issued with the authority of the Board of Supervisors.
  
  
• (3)A Member Nation may only be expelled in the above ways.

Article VI: Amending the Charter

• (1)The Charter may only be amended via a simple majority vote taken by the Commissariat.
  
  
• (2)Amendments shall be named either as Amendment I, Amendment II and hence, or as simply further Articles added onto existing ones, Article V.IV, Article III.V, and so forth.

What do y'all think?

Unfinished but I had to come off my pc. More rl craziness.

Preamble

The World, being a place of many differing ideologies and ideas, has always seen conflict. From the time when the first man took up a club to the age of nuclear weaponry, mankind has taken upon itself to fight, to form great empires which span the seas and land.

But with the modern world came decadence. Ideas and ideologies specifically designed to destroy and disrupt the established order and superiority of the great empires of the world. The [insert name here] stands against this.

The following are the Articles of the [insert name here] and shall be adopted by its members at national and international levels.

Article I: Imperialism

The members of the [insert name here] shall adhere to the noble principles of imperialism in all its guises. The [insert name here] member's shall uphold these principles by cultural, diplomatic, economic and military means.

The members shall be encouraged to create colonials and be further encouraged to grant the residents of such, both natural and unnatural, the same legal status.

Article II: Sovereignty

All members of the [insert namer here] are to be considered sovereign states with all the rights and responsibilities under international law therein, and therefore this Charter, at the will of the membership of [insert name here], shall prohibit the creation of supranational legislatures and judiciaries that would attempt to legislate and judge matters solely of domestic policy.

This Charter, at the will of the membership of [insert name here], shall provide the protocol for the creation of an international legislature and judiciary that shall legislate and judge solely on matters pertaining to more than one member of the [insert name here], as defined in Article III: Official Bodies.

Article III: Official Bodies

The [insert name here] shall, upon the adoption of this document, be enabled to create the following governing, legislative, judicial and military bodies:

1. The General Directorship of the [insert name here], which shall be composed of 3 members, chosen from the membership of the [insert name here] via the election thereof, who shall be responsible for the leading of the [insert name here] in diplomatic matters, the holding of elections for the other Official Bodies of the [insert name here] as set out in this Article and the emergency leadership of the [insert name here] at such a time during which it is needed;
2. The Grand Council of the [insert name here], which shall be composed of 9 members, chosen from the membership of the [insert name here] via the election thereof, and shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration of the [insert name here] and the responsibilities therein, as well as the leadership of the [insert name here]'s military forces in conflicts;
3. The Grand Court of the [insert name here], which shall be composed of at least 5 members, chosen from those within the membership of [insert name here] that do not hold a position upon the Grand Council of the [insert name here] via the election thereof, and shall be responsible for the trying of members who violate the Charter of the [insert name here] and the resolution of disputes between members of the [insert name here];
4. The Diplomatic Ministry of the [insert name here], which shall be one of the 9 members of the Grand Council of the [insert name here] and responsible for the maintaining of relations between the [insert name here] and individual nations and organisations, and shall also be responsible for the issuance of declarations of war and the cessation thereof and the maintaining of an official newswire for the [insert name here];
5. The Armed Forces Ministry of the [insert name here], which shall be one of the 9 members of the Grand Council of the [insert name here] and shall be responsible for the arming, equipping, logistics, maintaining and organising of the Armed Forces of the [insert name here];
6. The Membership Ministry of the [insert name here], which shall be one of the 9 members of the Grand Council of the [insert name here] and shall be responsible for ensuring membership requirements are enforced and for the official acceptance of applicant nations to the [insert name here] via the providence of a diplomatic means to do so;

Article IV: Membership

Membership of the [insert name here] is dependent on whether or not the applicant nation accepts the Charter, and the provisions and requirements within it, as both national and international law. Membership of the [insert name here] also requires the applicant nation to be either an imperialist republic, or a monarchical empire of either the constitutional or absolute variety. Membership is restricted to non-imperialist republics and dictatorships.

Responsibility for the acceptance of members shall fall to the Membership Ministry, although the decision to accept shall be open to challenge by any member of the [insert name here] and the dispute shall be heard in the Grand Court of the [insert name here]. All member nations shall be required to donate 1% of total GDP to the [insert name here].

Article V: Military

The military of the [insert name here] shall only be used following a majority vote of the Great Council of the [insert name here], or by unanimous approval of the Grand Directorship of the [insert name here] during such a time when emergency powers have been enacted. The military of the [insert name here] shall be funded from the membership fee collected by the Membership Ministry, and the responsibility for the arming, equipping and maintaining of the military of the [insert name here] shall be upon the Military Ministry.

Member nations are required to allow recruiters for the Military of the [insert name here] access to the member's military structure and school system for the purposes of recruiting for the military of the [insert name here].

Appendum

Henceforth, this document shall be known as the Charter of the [insert name here] and may only be amended by a two-thirds vote of all the members of the [insert name here].

Before we get to the voting, are there any more members who wish to submit to the body a proposal for a charter? If so, please do so soon.

I worry about GT. On Thursday or Friday he applied and was accepted to the Brimstone Pact, founded by Automagfreak. While personally I have no interactions with AMF, I find his desire to destroy the previous alliance rather disturbing. He offers a pact to the "older" nations on NS. I am an older NS nation, having been formed in February of 2006. Most other nations in our alliance seem to be from 2009-2011. I think it's quite wonderful to see these nations as part of this body, which has no nation age requirement or preference.

Now, again, I appeal to all who are joining to visit http://z15.invisionfree.invalid/alliedstates and sign up. It's important we've a private forum to discuss business. This way, wandering eyes can't keep watching our every move.

Just a thought. Perhaps a full membership, a partial membership and an observer status would be in order?

[New Celisia]

Alright, my friends. We have a name! About damn time, too! Now, this thread will continue to survive as the OOC Thread of our alliance. I will construct an IC therad for IC posts only. This means, and I am pretty OCD about this: no ooc in the ic thread, okay? Give me some time to sort out a few things on paper, then I will post a draft of the OP here.

EDIT: Hither to, there've been many references to the SEC here. I would like to point out that we are not the SEC, which is dead. We are COIN, and as such, will refer to this alliance as such.

Personally I think we should just refer to this alliance as the Commonwealth for short. COIN sounds a little cheesy, not to mention that the "O" wouldn't be present. Therefore it would be CIN.

EDIT: Although I like GT's charter I feel that him joining the Brimstone Pact should be investigated. Like Chrin said, AMF wished to destroy the SEC and seeing how CIN is a similar alliance.. We should be weary of him and his followers. I'm sure it wouldn't be hard for him to on a whim decide that this alliance is weak and needs to be culled. We should be vigilant and watch for such behavior. I still support St. George and his charter.

[Redzon]

Or just add another clause saying, members of this organization is not allowed to participate in any other organization. A bit extreme though but necessary to check AMF's and the Brimstone quest for NS hegemony.

[Chrinthanium]

Eh, I don't know about locking out people who have multiple alliances they join. Perhaps an "approved alliances" list that members who are in CoIN may join as well.

Also, there's a lot of support for George's charter, and unless there are any objections, shall we adopt the charter as it stands now, thus giving us a general idea from which to work?

[Yohannes]

One thing that need to be emphasized first.

What will be the main focus of this new alliance..? Its goal, its uniqueness.

Why is it unique..? How is it different than other alliances out there..?

And most importantly.. how will we create an environment where the members of this commonwealth will feel at home, and regard each other as family..?

[Aquilinia]

Alright, my friends. We have a name! About damn time, too! Now, this thread will continue to survive as the OOC Thread of our alliance. I will construct an IC therad for IC posts only. This means, and I am pretty OCD about this: no ooc in the ic thread, okay? Give me some time to sort out a few things on paper, then I will post a draft of the OP here.

EDIT: Hither to, there've been many references to the SEC here. I would like to point out that we are not the SEC, which is dead. We are COIN, and as such, will refer to this alliance as such.

I disagree. We aren't COIN, we are the Commonwealth. I think that short form is already more popular. I've seen it used more often.

[New Celisia]

Alright, my friends. We have a name! About damn time, too! Now, this thread will continue to survive as the OOC Thread of our alliance. I will construct an IC therad for IC posts only. This means, and I am pretty OCD about this: no ooc in the ic thread, okay? Give me some time to sort out a few things on paper, then I will post a draft of the OP here.

EDIT: Hither to, there've been many references to the SEC here. I would like to point out that we are not the SEC, which is dead. We are COIN, and as such, will refer to this alliance as such.

I disagree. We aren't COIN, we are the Commonwealth. I think that short form is already more popular. I've seen it used more often.

What he said. ^

[The Matthew Islands]

One thing that need to be emphasized first.

What will be the main focus of this new alliance..? Its goal, its uniqueness.

Why is it unique..? How is it different than other alliances out there..?

And most importantly.. how will we create an environment where the members of this commonwealth will feel at home, and regard each other as family..?

That's next. Once we get the charter done, then we look to this.

Also, I support George's Charter.

[Aquilinia]

I just noticed...Chrin, we are the COMMONWEALTH of Imperial Nations, not COALITION of Imperial Nations. At least I thought that was what we had agreed on. Correct the topic title please

[Chrinthanium]

Alright, my friends. We have a name! About damn time, too! Now, this thread will continue to survive as the OOC Thread of our alliance. I will construct an IC therad for IC posts only. This means, and I am pretty OCD about this: no ooc in the ic thread, okay? Give me some time to sort out a few things on paper, then I will post a draft of the OP here.

EDIT: Hither to, there've been many references to the SEC here. I would like to point out that we are not the SEC, which is dead. We are COIN, and as such, will refer to this alliance as such.

I disagree. We aren't COIN, we are the Commonwealth. I think that short form is already more popular. I've seen it used more often.

I tend to just use acronyms, it's because I'm typing and don't want to type more than I have to. So, I will probably always refer to it as CoIN or CIN. Just something that I do. Been doing it for years. Commonwealth is a lot more letters than CIN/CoIN. Anyway, enough name business. It's long form is decided and approved. That's what really matters!

George's charter, as is, seems to have been adopted, then. Congratulations, folks. The Commonwealth of Imperial Nations is declared open for business. Mark it on your calendars, May 2, 2011. The Imperial way is once again championed by a group of folks determined to preserve, protect and defend our form of government!

I implore all of you to join the offsite which will provide for more private discussions Commonwealth of Imperial Nations.

[New Celisia]

In all that is holy and good Chrin will you please call it CIN instead of COIN or CoIN? :[ Just as a personal favor? I'm begging... Lol

On a more serious note I think we should have George go over the charter and write a bit more in the military section.

[Itailian Maifias]

I like COIN tbh

[New Celisia]

I like COIN tbh

>:1 Really now? j/k

COIN sounds alright. I still think CIN or simply the Commonwealth would do just fine. I think it's more of a personal preference here that really doesn't effect the Commonwealth at all. When I see COIN I think of money [Can you blame me?] and for some reason leprechauns. xD

[Itailian Maifias]

I like COIN tbh

>:1 Really now? j/k

COIN sounds alright. I still think CIN or simply the Commonwealth would do just fine. I think it's more of a personal preference here that really doesn't effect the Commonwealth at all. When I see COIN I think of money [Can you blame me?] and for some reason leprechauns. xD

Yup, really. I only like COIN cause I'm lazy and don't feel like spelling it out and because it's the first thing that comes to mind.

But I'll use Commonwealth too

[New Celisia]

>:1 Really now? j/k

COIN sounds alright. I still think CIN or simply the Commonwealth would do just fine. I think it's more of a personal preference here that really doesn't effect the Commonwealth at all. When I see COIN I think of money [Can you blame me?] and for some reason leprechauns. xD

Yup, really. I only like COIN cause I'm lazy and don't feel like spelling it out and because it's the first thing that comes to mind.

But I'll use Commonwealth too

Do you think I could talk you into using CIN? xD

[Itailian Maifias]

Nope

[-St George]

On a more serious note I think we should have George go over the charter and write a bit more in the military section.

Which will happen.

It will happen.

At some point. : /

[Itailian Maifias]

On a more serious note I think we should have George go over the charter and write a bit more in the military section.

Which will happen.

It will happen.

At some point. : /

Fixed the bolded part