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ANNOUNCING THE PARTNERSHIP FOR SOVEREIGNTY

The signatory governments are proud to announce the formation of the Partnership for Sovereignty.

The Partnership for Sovereignty is a Security Council voting bloc created to defend the values of self-determination, positive community, and respect for the World Assembly and its processes. Its member states agree to collaborate to set voting recommendations in line with the principles of the Partnership and to coordinate campaigns on relevant proposals.

The signatories, committed to the values of self-determination, regional sovereignty, and respect for the World Assembly and its members, hereby enter into the Partnership for Sovereignty.

I. Statement of Principles

1. Self-Determination. The Partnership for Sovereignty stands in support of the right of natives of a region to determine the status of their own region.
a. The Partnership for Sovereignty supports Security Council liberation proposals when natives in the target region have consented to the passage of the liberation, especially when the target region is at imminent risk of destruction.

b. The Partnership for Sovereignty opposes Security Council liberation proposals when natives in the target region are opposed to the passage of the liberation, except when the target region supports fascism or hateful ideologies and/or where the region has regularly launched unprovoked attacks against other regions.

c. The Partnership for Sovereignty opposes the practice of approval raiding. Signatories will act against it, including through diplomatic and defensive military action, as each region considers appropriate in the circumstances.

2. Positive Community. The Partnership for Sovereignty stands in support of positive contributions to the building of a better NationStates.

a. The Partnership for Sovereignty supports well-written Commendations for nations or regions which have made significant contributions to defending except where the target nation or region declines their own Commendation.

b. The Partnership for Sovereignty supports well-written Commendations or Condemnations for nations or regions which have made significant contributions to roleplaying, Issue writing or answering, region-building, interregional diplomacy, trading cards, and/or other parts of NationStates except where the target nation or region declines their own Commendation or Condemnation.

3. Respect. The Partnership for Sovereignty stands in support of the stated goals, institutions, and processes of the World Assembly and opposes bad-faith efforts to undermine or circumvent them.

a. The Partnership for Sovereignty opposes not only approval raiding, but any and all bad-faith efforts or proposals that manipulate, mislead and/or subvert the intentions of the World Assembly’s voters, and will endeavor to counteract such disinformation.

b. The Partnership for Sovereignty opposes efforts to manipulate the Security Council to directly harm signatory regions and defenders.

II. Setting Voting Recommendations

1. Each member region may appoint a delegation to participate in private discussions about voting with other member regions of the Partnership for Sovereignty. Each delegation shall have one vote in decisions of the Partnership for Sovereignty.

2. Any representative to the Partnership for Sovereignty may request that the Partnership set a recommendation on a vote for any Security Council proposal prior to on site voting based on the idea such a vote recommendation will fulfill the values in Article I.

3. After discussion, any representative may motion for a vote on a vote recommendation, such a vote will last 24 hours or until all members have voted. A vote recommendation includes the option preferred by the parties and the reasoning published for the recommendation. In order to issue a recommendation, a quorum of one-half of delegations must be reached, and three-fifths of non-abstaining representatives must support the recommendation. If the proposed vote recommendation does not reach these thresholds, the Partnership will not issue a vote recommendation on that Security Council proposal.

4. After a vote recommendation is issued, the recommendation will be published in a NationStates Dispatch for public viewing. Members are encouraged to further distribute the recommendation through appropriate methods to ensure the citizens of the member region are made aware of the vote recommendation.

5. Once the relevant Security Council proposal reaches a vote, the Delegates and World Assembly residents of member regions are strongly encouraged to vote in line with the Partnership’s recommendation.

III. Voting Activation Network

1. Delegations to the Partnership for Sovereignty may coordinate advocacy regarding drafting and voting on Security Council proposals.

2. Delegations to the Partnership for Sovereignty shall maintain a list of contacts with other friendly regions to contact when a voting recommendation is issued by the Partnership for Sovereignty.

IV. Membership Guidelines

1. Any region that wishes to join the Partnership for Sovereignty must contact the responsible authority in a member region to request entry to the Partnership. The member region’s delegation must present the question of the region’s admission to the Partnership for Sovereignty. By requesting admission to the Partnership, a region agrees to abide by the terms of this Charter if admitted.

2. Following discussion of the application, a 72 hour vote will be held and, if three-fourths of non-abstaining delegations concur, with a quorum of one-half of voting delegations, the region shall be admitted.

3. Should an application vote fail to reach quorum, discussion of the application shall continue for one week, after which a second vote is held. Should the second vote fail to reach quorum, the application is automatically rejected.

4. An existing member of the Partnership shall be automatically expelled if they declare a formal raiding alignment.

5. An existing member of the Partnership may be expelled for any reason if three-fourths of voting delegations concur in a 72 hour vote. A member region may not vote on its own expulsion.

6. An existing member of the Partnership may withdraw at any time.

V. Amending the Partnership for Sovereignty Charter

1. Any delegation may propose an amendment to the Partnership for Sovereignty Charter. After discussion, the delegations must unanimously support an amendment to the Partnership for Sovereignty Charter.

2. After the delegations pass an amendment to the Charter, it shall only take effect after it completes the treaty amendment process in all of the signatory regions.


Signatory Regions
10000 Islands (Founding Member)
The Rejected Realms (Founding Member)
the South Pacific (Founding Member)
The Union of Democratic States (Joined 2021/02/03)
The Free Nations Region (Joined 2021/02/13)
Spiritus (Joined 2021/02/17)
Philippines (Joined 2021/03/20)
The League (Joined 2021/8/16)
Democratic Socialist Assembly (Joined 2021/9/15)
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Postby Partnership for Sovereignty » Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:35 pm

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Postby Tinhampton » Tue Jan 26, 2021 5:58 pm

Will there be a new tripartite shield added to the logo for every new member region? :P
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Postby Jakker » Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:03 pm

A lot of this sounds very vague. Can you clarify what it means by "proposals that manipulate/mislead?"
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Postby North Prarie » Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:31 pm

Things you love to see: it.

Ecstatic that this idea is finally a reality! I'm ready for a new era of defender cooperation, where we can hopefully bring even more regions, people, and ways of cooperation into the fold.
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Postby HumanSanity » Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:49 pm

Tinhampton wrote:Will there be a new tripartite shield added to the logo for every new member region? :P

Idunno, the three shields are pretty basically no matter what.

Jakker wrote:A lot of this sounds very vague. Can you clarify what it means by "proposals that manipulate/mislead?"

You'll notice the language of Article I establishes the purpose of the organization but does not establish binding terms for creating recommendations, something which is done by the vote of the participants in Article II. Manipulate/mislead could mean many things. If the language in Article I.3 is relevant, the recommendation published will certainly explain why.

North Prarie wrote:Things you love to see: it.

Ecstatic that this idea is finally a reality! I'm ready for a new era of defender cooperation, where we can hopefully bring even more regions, people, and ways of cooperation into the fold.

I too am excited for this!
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Postby Qvait » Tue Jan 26, 2021 6:52 pm

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Postby Flanderlion » Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:11 pm

Jakker wrote:A lot of this sounds very vague. Can you clarify what it means by "proposals that manipulate/mislead?"

I think the vast majority of your resolutions would fit the criteria.
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Postby Jakker » Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:20 pm

Flanderlion wrote:
Jakker wrote:A lot of this sounds very vague. Can you clarify what it means by "proposals that manipulate/mislead?"

I think the vast majority of your resolutions would fit the criteria.


Haha I am sure that anything I write would be interpreted as such. I fully expect TSP and XKI to continue to push their extreme views in the SC. I am sure this was their way to get TRR because they were upset that sometimes the region did not vote as quickly as they would like or against their extreme propaganda.
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Postby Qvait » Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:29 pm

Jakker wrote:I am sure this was their way to get TRR because they were upset that sometimes the region did not vote as quickly as they would like or against their extreme propaganda.

This statement couldn't be any further from reality.
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Postby Aumeltopia » Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:45 pm

I look forward to seeing the Partnership for Sovereignty flourish as a Gameplay bloc that is actually a force for good -- for positive reform, for writers' interests -- in the World Assembly. It'll be a refreshing contrast to the strategy raiders seem to have adopted towards the WA recently -- one of not respecting the process and attempting to use the WA as merely a tool without regard for the consequences.
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Postby Makdon » Tue Jan 26, 2021 7:46 pm

Jakker wrote:Haha I am sure that anything I write would be interpreted as such. I fully expect TSP and XKI to continue to push their extreme views in the SC. I am sure this was their way to get TRR because they were upset that sometimes the region did not vote as quickly as they would like or against their extreme propaganda.

Given that TRR will continue to vote based off of our internal citizens vote, I'm not sure how TSP and XKI have "gotten" us.
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Postby Jakker » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:00 pm

Makdon wrote:
Jakker wrote:Haha I am sure that anything I write would be interpreted as such. I fully expect TSP and XKI to continue to push their extreme views in the SC. I am sure this was their way to get TRR because they were upset that sometimes the region did not vote as quickly as they would like or against their extreme propaganda.

Given that TRR will continue to vote based off of our internal citizens vote, I'm not sure how TSP and XKI have "gotten" us.


I look forward to then seeing cases when TRR votes differently than TSP and XKI. I wonder what would happen if Condemn Souls came up for vote again with this agreement in place.
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Postby Kyorgia » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:03 pm

Jakker wrote:
Makdon wrote:Given that TRR will continue to vote based off of our internal citizens vote, I'm not sure how TSP and XKI have "gotten" us.


I look forward to then seeing cases when TRR votes differently than TSP and XKI. I wonder what would happen if Condemn Souls came up for vote again with this agreement in place.


Hopefully the citizens of TRR will know the right way to vote as well
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Postby Qvait » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:13 pm

Jakker wrote:I look forward to then seeing cases when TRR votes differently than TSP and XKI. I wonder what would happen if Condemn Souls came up for vote again with this agreement in place.

Maybe, if it's not written as a congratulatory condemnation.
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Postby Alfonzo » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:22 pm

Jakker wrote:
Flanderlion wrote:I think the vast majority of your resolutions would fit the criteria.


Haha I am sure that anything I write would be interpreted as such. I fully expect TSP and XKI to continue to push their extreme views in the SC. I am sure this was their way to get TRR because they were upset that sometimes the region did not vote as quickly as they would like or against their extreme propaganda.

But Where?
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Postby Parxland » Tue Jan 26, 2021 8:34 pm

Kinda sad to see this is necessary with current events in this game. Glad to see a response to it. So can new regions join? What's the requirements? Can individuals join?
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Postby A Bloodred Moon » Wed Jan 27, 2021 12:56 am

Jakker wrote:A lot of this sounds very vague. Can you clarify what it means by "proposals that manipulate/mislead?"

Whatever is written by a raider will be marked as such, I assume. This is XKI, after all.

HumanSanity wrote:You'll notice the language of Article I establishes the purpose of the organization but does not establish binding terms for creating recommendations, something which is done by the vote of the participants in Article II. Manipulate/mislead could mean many things. If the language in Article I.3 is relevant, the recommendation published will certainly explain why.

So, in essence, it doesn’t have to be openly defined as “whatever XKI or TSP doesn’t like” but it is intentionally left vague so you can make up excuses as you go? And since each delegation has one vote, there are currently only three votes to be cast, and 60% is necessary to pass a recommendation, TSP and XKI can force their extreme defender views through without TRR (which, to my knowledge, holds a far more moderate view on defending) getting any say in it at all.

Qvait wrote:Maybe, if it's not written as a congratulatory condemnation.

A dishonest argument. All condemnations are ultimately badges - that is their purpose. TSP is far too extreme in their defender views to ever accept awarding any badge to a raider - and neither is XKI.
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Postby Honeydewistania » Wed Jan 27, 2021 2:50 am

"Blah blah blah blah defenders bad blah blah blah XKI bad blah blah blah TSP bad blah blah blah extremist defenders blah blah"

Anyways, this pact looks great!
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Postby Big Bad Badger » Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:01 pm

The GCR+10KI Sovereignty Accords!!!! Yay for all! In celebration, I am going to take TWPAF out for some raiding in your honor!
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Postby Quebecshire » Wed Jan 27, 2021 6:32 pm

Big Bad Badger wrote:The GCR+10KI Sovereignty Accords!!!! Yay for all! In celebration, I am going to take TWPAF out for some raiding in your honor!

Hi there,

Founder of a UCR here, and maybe this won't age well if they reject us, but we actually applied to join earlier this afternoon.
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Postby CoraSpia » Wed Jan 27, 2021 8:48 pm

I'm glad to see this. Hopefully it turns out to be the force for good that it has the potential to be, and hopefully I remember how to recruit so we can join.
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Postby Fauxia » Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:18 pm

Big Bad Badger wrote:The GCR+10KI Sovereignty Accords!!!! Yay for all! In celebration, I am going to take TWPAF out for some raiding in your honor!

Color me skeptical.

Jakker wrote:
Makdon wrote:Given that TRR will continue to vote based off of our internal citizens vote, I'm not sure how TSP and XKI have "gotten" us.


I look forward to then seeing cases when TRR votes differently than TSP and XKI. I wonder what would happen if Condemn Souls came up for vote again with this agreement in place.

I don't have a crystal ball, although I think the fact that TRR voted unanimously in favor of Condemn EWS should give you an idea of how this works.

What I do know is that your preemptive whining does not do much good for any proposals you write.
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Postby Blight-Bane » Wed Jan 27, 2021 9:30 pm

Jakker wrote:I wonder what would happen if Condemn Souls came up for vote again with this agreement in place.

Defender clickbait.

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Postby Partnership for Sovereignty » Wed Feb 03, 2021 12:42 pm

The Partnership for Sovereignty is proud to announce the admission of The Union of Democratic States as its fourth member.
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