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After a long period of negotiation between representatives of the Holy Empire of Deutsch-Francia and the Empire of Austro-Bohemia in the city of Berlin, the two sides agreed to a formal alliance based on a mutual defense pact and a desire to encourage economic prosperity. It was also agreed that this alliance would not simply be restricted to those two nations, but would instead be open for the various nations of the world to freely join, with a particular emphasis on monarchies.

The decision to form this alliance was first proposed in the aftermath of the cold war between the KTO and GENA/GCN, and it intends to remain separate from either faction or its successor organizations. The hope is that the creation of this organization might prevent another rivalry between two major international organizations, and instead champion an order dominated by many smaller organizations that are able to find a way to peacefully cooperate with each other.

Berlin-Vienna Treaty on Common Defense and Mutual Economic Prosperity

1. All parties involved agree to a mutual defense pact in which an attack on one party is to be considered an attack against all parties.

1a. Each party is to spend a minimum of 2% of their respective state's GDP on defense with the aim of ensuring that all member states are able to effectively enforce the mutual defense pact.

2. Corporate entities that are originally from member states of this pact and invest in other member states are to receive a 5% tax cut from the nation where they are registered in.

2a. Member states will maintain a 5-7% tariff on specific industries considered to be important for national defense, including the arms manufacturing sector and certain elements of the IT sector.

2b. The aforementioned tariffs will apply only to non-member states who do not already possess a free trade agreement with a member state.

3. Any state which expresses a desire to become a member state of this agreement must submit an application to the Holy Empire of Deutsch-Francia or the Empire of Austro-Bohemia and agree to its terms. Once the application is received, it will be reviewed by the government in Berlin or Vienna, who will determine whether to accept or deny it.

3a. Any application sent must follow this template:

Nation name (full):
Nation name (short):
Type of government:
Head of state:
Head of government:
Foreign Minister or equivalent:

Representative your country will send:
Please provide a brief summary of your country's representative:
Are you a puppet state? If yes, please state who:
Reasons for joining this alliance:
Do you agree to all of the terms outlined in this agreement?:

3b. Nations which want to become observer states must apply using this template:

Nation name:
Type of government:
Head of state:
Head of government:
Foreign Minister or equivalent:
Representative your country will send:

3c. Once a nation is accepted, they are to adhere to the terms of this agreement.

3d. A nation which becomes a member state can be either blacklisted or removed from this alliance if the majority of member states vote in favor. These options will only be considered in instances where a member state either goes to war with another member of this alliance or undermines this alliance through other means.

3e. Nations classified as one-party totalitarian regimes are forbidden from joining this alliance. Thus, any application from such states will be automatically rejected.

3f. A member state which has a desire to leave may do so after having been in the alliance for two weeks. After that, said nation must continue to abide by the terms of the alliance for two more weeks, and then after that they are formally no longer member states of this alliance and are no longer required to abide by its terms.

4. Once established, this alliance is forbidden from merging with any other international organization.

5. The member states of the alliance will commit to handling their disputes with other member states peacefully.

5a. This agreement also establishes the alliance council, which is where issues that are considered to be handled by the entire alliance will be dealt with.

5b. All member states of the alliance are free to submit and vote on resolutions presented to the council of the alliance.

6. With the signing this treaty, the Berlin-Vienna Pact is hereby established as an international alliance open to accepting new members.

Signed,

Konrad von Schleswig
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Holy Empire of Deutsch-Francia

Theodor Brenner
Foreign Minster of the Empire of The Austro-Bohemian Reich

The IC thread can be found here.

Current Member States:

Holy Empire of Deutsch-Francia
Empire of Austro-Bohemia
Visegrad Empire
The Empire of Norway-Sweden-Finland
Kingdom of Armenia
The Aursian Confederation
Empire of Awesome Imperium
Kingdom of Charoskania
The Second Kingdom of Eastern Elysium
Kingdom of Serbia
Confederacy of Sur Irlandia
Darlingtown
The Empire of Karrubia

Observer States:

Muqaddasia
The Imperial State of Texas
The Holy Archduchy of Nitrana
Eormencynedom of Ealdracaland
Republic of Estonia
New Roma Republic
Principality of Alzatia
United Empire of France and Italy

Model Member Application:
Nation name (full): The Kingdom of Austria-Bohemia
Nation name (short): Austria-Bohemia
Type of government: Absolute Monarch
Head of state: Kaiser Niklas I
Head of government: Kaiser Niklas
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Theodor Brenner

Representative your country will send: Johanna Reigler
Please provide a brief summary of your country's representative: A Trusted Member of the Government
Are you a puppet state? If yes, please state who: N/A
Reasons for joining this alliance: For a Strong Alliance
Do you agree to all of the terms outlined in this agreement?: Yes

Looks like something interesting, especially with its main goal of sorts being to have a series of smaller organizations lead the world forward. I will likely submit an observer app later, or bring this to the attention of the GENA so that a joint ambassador program can be set up in the future.

Model Observer Application:
Nation name: Austria-Bohemia
Type of government: Absolute Monarchy
Head of state: Kaiser Niklas I
Head of government: Kaiser Niklas
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Theodor Brenner
Representative your country will send: Johanna Kriegler

Nation name (full):Visegrad Empire
Nation name (short):Visegrad
Type of government:Federal Constitutional Monarchy
Head of state:Emperor Filippo II
Head of government:Prime Minister Arzu Celik
Foreign Minister or equivalent:Forgeign Affairs Minister Milan Pavlík

Representative your country will send:František Folta
Please provide a brief summary of your country's representative:He worked with the foreign minister and the Visegrad representative at EDL before being sent to you, he has a lot of experience with foreign representation even though this is his first solo mission, he was also briefly a diplomat in Lithuania, before moving on to help the Visegrad representative at the ELD
Are you a puppet state? If yes, please state who:
Reasons for joining this alliance:Finding new allies and relating to other monarchies
Do you agree to all of the terms outlined in this agreement?:yes

Grande Germania wrote:Nation name (full):Visegrad Empire
Nation name (short):Visegrad
Type of government:Federal Constitutional Monarchy
Head of state:Emperor Filippo II
Head of government:Prime Minister Arzu Celik
Foreign Minister or equivalent:Forgeign Affairs Minister Milan Pavlík

Representative your country will send:František Folta
Please provide a brief summary of your country's representative:He worked with the foreign minister and the Visegrad representative at EDL before being sent to you, he has a lot of experience with foreign representation even though this is his first solo mission, he was also briefly a diplomat in Lithuania, before moving on to help the Visegrad representative at the ELD
Are you a puppet state? If yes, please state who:
Reasons for joining this alliance:Finding new allies and relating to other monarchies
Do you agree to all of the terms outlined in this agreement?:yes

To Mr. Milan Pavlík,

Your application to join the Berlin-Vienna Pact has been accepted.

Sincerely,

Konrad von Schleswig
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Deutsch-Francia

Nation name (full): Königreich Pueßen (The Kingdom of Prussia)
Nation name (short): Prussia
Type of government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of state: King Frederick IV
Head of government: Chancellor Wilhelm
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Julia Alex

Representative your country will send: Thomas Michael
Please provide a brief summary of your country's representative: Thomas Michael has blue eyes, brown hair, he is tall. And he is married and has 1 child
Are you a puppet state? If yes, please state who: not ICly. But I'm an OOC puppet of Talonica
Reasons for joining this alliance: to gain allies and further expand Diplomacy
Do you agree to all of the terms outlined in this agreement?: yes

Nation name (full): The Cult of The Grand Unity
Nation name (short): The Grand Unity
Type of government: Theocratic Dictatorship [Elections held after the death of a Eternal Prophet]
Head of state: Eternal Prophet Grishukt Bogshoff
Head of government: Eternal Prophet Grishukt Bogshoff
Foreign Minister or equivalent: High Confessor Yuri

Representative your country will send: Brother Cornell
Please provide a brief summary of your country's representative: A veteran member of the Traveler Brotherhood he is most known for negotiating the ceding of Siberia to the Cult from the remnant USSR also known for being very eccentric
Are you a puppet state? If yes, please state who: N/A
Reasons for joining this alliance: We are seeking new allies and partners
Do you agree to all of the terms outlined in this agreement?: Yes

Nation name: The Marajarbian Federation
Type of government: Semi-monarchy with democratic socialism
Head of state: Emperor Jackson
Head of government: Same as above
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Mike Mohammed
Representative your country will send: Fred Rogers.

Temnika wrote:Nation name (full): Königreich Pueßen (The Kingdom of Prussia)
Nation name (short): Prussia
Type of government: Constitutional Monarchy
Head of state: King Frederick IV
Head of government: Chancellor Wilhelm
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Julia Alex

Representative your country will send: Thomas Michael
Please provide a brief summary of your country's representative: Thomas Michael has blue eyes, brown hair, he is tall. And he is married and has 1 child
Are you a puppet state? If yes, please state who: not ICly. But I'm an OOC puppet of Talonica
Reasons for joining this alliance: to gain allies and further expand Diplomacy
Do you agree to all of the terms outlined in this agreement?: yes

To Mrs Julia Alex,

Your Application to the Berlin-Vienna Pact Has Been Accepted

Sincerely,
Theodor Brenner
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Bohemia

Reich of the New World Order wrote:Nation name (full): The Cult of The Grand Unity
Nation name (short): The Grand Unity
Type of government: Theocratic Dictatorship [Elections held after the death of a Eternal Prophet]
Head of state: Eternal Prophet Grishukt Bogshoff
Head of government: Eternal Prophet Grishukt Bogshoff
Foreign Minister or equivalent: High Confessor Yuri

Representative your country will send: Brother Cornell
Please provide a brief summary of your country's representative: A veteran member of the Traveler Brotherhood he is most known for negotiating the ceding of Siberia to the Cult from the remnant USSR also known for being very eccentric
Are you a puppet state? If yes, please state who: N/A
Reasons for joining this alliance: We are seeking new allies and partners
Do you agree to all of the terms outlined in this agreement?: Yes

Under Review, Not Sure if Complete Dictatorship. Will Consult Deutsch-Francia

Southeast Marajarbia wrote:Nation name: The Marajarbian Federation
Type of government: Semi-monarchy with democratic socialism
Head of state: Emperor Jackson
Head of government: Same as above
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Mike Mohammed
Representative your country will send: Fred Rogers.

Dear Mr Mike Mohammed,

Your Application as an Observer to the Berlin-Vienna Pact has Been Accepted

Sincerely, Theodor Brenner
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Bohemia

Southeast Marajarbia wrote:Nation name: The Marajarbian Federation
Type of government: Semi-monarchy with democratic socialism
Head of state: Emperor Jackson
Head of government: Same as above
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Mike Mohammed
Representative your country will send: Fred Rogers.

We Will Not Incorporate the B-V Pact into the GENA. It May Not Even Be Considered a Partnership Alliance. Currently Consulting Deutsch Francia on Whether a Partnership Should Be Formed.

The Austro-Bohemian Reich wrote:

Southeast Marajarbia wrote:Nation name: The Marajarbian Federation
Type of government: Semi-monarchy with democratic socialism
Head of state: Emperor Jackson
Head of government: Same as above
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Mike Mohammed
Representative your country will send: Fred Rogers.

We Will Not Incorporate the B-V Pact into the GENA. It May Not Even Be Considered a Partnership Alliance. Currently Consulting Deutsch Francia on Whether a Partnership Should Be Formed.

We aren’t looking for a merger, and we are also not looking for any partnership. However, GENA does support the goals of this alliance in its entirety.

Southeast Marajarbia wrote:

The Austro-Bohemian Reich wrote:
We Will Not Incorporate the B-V Pact into the GENA. It May Not Even Be Considered a Partnership Alliance. Currently Consulting Deutsch Francia on Whether a Partnership Should Be Formed.

We aren’t looking for a merger, and we are also not looking for any partnership. However, GENA does support the goals of this alliance in its entirety.

Well We're Glad to Hear That.

The Austro-Bohemian Reich wrote:

Southeast Marajarbia wrote:
We aren’t looking for a merger, and we are also not looking for any partnership. However, GENA does support the goals of this alliance in its entirety.

Well We're Glad to Hear That.

In case you wish to know, we support this alliance in regards to it having the goal of allowing smaller alliances to lead the world to a better future. This goal shows a lot of promise given how there are currently 3 small alliances that can cooperate with one another.

Southeast Marajarbia wrote:

The Austro-Bohemian Reich wrote:
Well We're Glad to Hear That.

In case you wish to know, we support this alliance in regards to it having the goal of allowing smaller alliances to lead the world to a better future. This goal shows a lot of promise given how there are currently 3 small alliances that can cooperate with one another.

With this particular goal in mind, I would like the founders of the B-V Pact to consider forming some kind of relationship with the MCA: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=520374&p=39726035#p39726035

I believe that a B-V Pact-MCA Relationship could really further develop that goal of smaller organizations helping the world out. Such an agreement would do wonders for everyone involved.

We will certainly consider such an arrangement.

Deutsch-Francia wrote:We will certainly consider such an arrangement.

I appreciate it. If it ends up happening there is a lot of good that will happen right then and there. There’s too many large organizations ruling the world that none of the small alliances get to have that big of a piece of the pie. After the whole GCN-KTO Cold War, something like this actually helps benefit everyone impacted by it.

Nation name: The Aursian Confederation
Type of government: Democracy
Head of state: Awsaf
Head of government: ^
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Christopher Henry
Representative your country will send: James Franc

Aursi wrote:Nation name: The Aursian Confederation
Type of government: Democracy
Head of state: Awsaf
Head of government: ^
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Christopher Henry
Representative your country will send: James Franc

Dear Mr Henry,

Your Application to the Berlin Vienna Pact as an Observer has been Accepted

Sincerely, Theodor Brenner
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria-Bohemia

When will the IC be up?

I'll probably set up the IC within a couple days.

Deutsch-Francia wrote:I'll probably set up the IC within a couple days.

We Still Need to Decide if we'll Accept Reich of the New World Order

Nation name (full):The empire of norway-sweden-finland
Nation name (short):N-S-F
Type of government: democratic socialist
Head of state: Orion William
Head of government: king john xvi
Foreign Minister or equivalent: Orion William or several assistants if unavailable

Representative your country will send:Orion william
Please provide a brief summary of your country's representative: Orion is the well respectated leader of my nation and is great with negotiations ad other politically related things
Are you a puppet state? If yes, please state who:no
Reasons for joining this alliance:defense and economy
Do you agree to all of the terms outlined in this agreement?: yes