INTRODUCING THE UNITED DEFENDERS LEAGUE...
~ OUR MISSION ~
WE THE ARCHERS-ERRANT OF NATIONSTATES pursue native freedom and justice for its regional communities. Loyal and unswerving to its noble cause, we defend the native will from those who threaten its independence. A body of moral agents whose judgment is not corrupted by the collective interests of contributing regions but instead, governed by a higher body of intransient defender law. The United Defenders League emerges from the clouds of the interregional conscience –circling in anticipation of regional foray.
~ OUR ORGANIZATION ~
The United Defenders League is an idealistic defender organization managed at the individual as opposed to the superregional or regional level. What does this mean? It means as a defender organization we are not established formally as a defense pact between member-regions, nor are we any specific region’s military, but instead, we are a group of defenders uniting to pursue a shared cause to defend regions and secure justice and security in NationStates. Although historically, defender organizations have generally been superregional or regional, the United Defenders League is distinctly individual for several reasons: (1) Without member-region’s specific interests entangled with the decision-making of the United Defenders League, what is right and just is more clearly attainable without the moral murkiness of self-interest, (2) In a superregional organization, members are allied with the United Defenders League by regional affiliation and may not actively support defenderism – this bloats an organization with members who have no interest in, nor sympathy for defending, (3) Security pacts are essentially rendered valueless with defender idealism – in practical defenderism, the internal security of a region is partially tied to the military might and influence of its interregional allies, but defender idealists will intervene without the need of a ‘pact’ or any mutual interests. Therefore an idealistic defender superregional organization would be offering security to regions that they would receive anyway, which is basically short-changing member-regions.
~ OUR LEADERSHIP ~
- CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE UNITED DEFENDERS LEAGUE
- Capitalis de Societate (Chief of the Band) ~ Unibot;
- Chief Herald ~ Bazlantis;
- Chief of Intelligence ~ Eluvatar;
- Chief of Orientation ~ Earth;
- Chief of Feeder Affairs ~ Goobergunchia;
- Vice Chief of Feeder Affairs ~ Gauntleted Fist;
- Chief Herald ~ Bazlantis;
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~ OUR PURVIEW ~
The purview of the United Defenders League is comprehensive and non-conventional. It is our belief that defending has narrowly focused on a specific type of retaliatory military measures against raiders – which, whilst necessary, is a limited purview that does not address many other wrongdoings and injustices across NationStates. By widening our purview, we hope to promote the idea that war, invasions, coups and destabilization are not always needed nor necessarily right, but instead such measures are an unfortunate last resort. Furthermore, we aim to reconnect defenderism with NationStates natives, to earn their trust and their respect and be –hopefully—recognized as a benevolent body of people that are here to assist natives with the security, protection and promotion of native sovereignty in their regions at their request.
~ CORNERSTONES OF OUR PURVIEW ~
- (1) STANDARD MILITARY OPERATIONS
Obviously, the United Defenders League will conduct the same fundamental combat operations that all defending organizations actuate. ‘Defending and liberating regions from the foreign forces that maliciously deny the right of natives to administrate their own regions’ is the main objective of all proper defender organizations and this is true of the United Defenders League too. Intelligence both internally and externally also falls under the banner of standard operations. Internal Intelligence is understandably very important to the United Defenders League, because members need not apply with certain regional referrals or backgrounds that are required with superregional defense organizations.
(2) PEACE OPERATIONS
New to defending, the United Defenders League will be a frontrunner of peace operations. Peace operations include: (a) Peacemaking. Mediators and diplomats will be deployed with the approval of both of the involved regional or organizational parties, to reframe parties’ positions and act as a mediatory buffer to maintain the civility, decorum and productiveness of disputes with the objective of conflict resolution emphasized, (b) Peacekeeping. Our military analysts and experts will observe and report on the security of regions and their compliance to any recent peace agreements, with the approval of the relevant parties. The aim is to fulfill the duties of a confidence-building neutral buffer between parties that still remain hostile with one another. (c) Peace Enforcement. In difficult situations where two or more parties have declared war, the United Defenders League may deem that the act of war was contrary to the principles of just cause or lacking the right to engage in war (e.g., illegitimate authority declares war, a war of aggression with no aim to prevent further conflict or insecurity). In such cases, the United Defenders League may deploy troops to defend regions from aggressive acts of war with the approval of the parties that are defending against the conflict’s aggressors. (d) Peacebuilding. To prevent a return in a region to a state of war or instability, our helpful military experts are always friendly and willing to advise regions on how to develop their region’s security at the request of native governments.
(3) PERMANENT MISSION TO THE WORLD ASSEMBLY SECURITY COUNCIL
The United Defenders League offers perhaps some of the most qualified author(s) in NationStates for consultation, assistance and outsourcing regarding projects for the World Assembly Security Council. The United Defenders League intends to be active with the Security Council, because it is our belief that the Security Council is an ally of those who wish to preserve interregional peace and goodwill. Natives in need of emergency liberations, condemnations, liberation repeals and retirements are encouraged to contact the United Defenders League, we can offer assistance in writing, campaigning and submitting said proposal and perhaps more. If you're interested, you can request for advise or assistance in the Security Council here.
(4) SECURITY PROVISIONS
Regions may apply for security programs which are established by contract. (a) Service Contracts will offer security services in return for advertising or more unique forms of compensation. Security services will often include daily or bi-daily monitoring and reporting regarding imminent challenges to the delegacy and inhabitants’ compliance to regional endorsement caps. (b) Gratuitous Service Contracts will offer the same services as service contracts, only done without any legal obligation for the involved party to compensate the United Defenders League for its services. (c) Aleatory Contracts obligate the United Defenders League to defend or liberate a signatory in the event of an illegitimate challenge to the established delegacy. Aleatory contracts will often include a best-efforts clause and will not be available to non-democratic regional governments. Aleatory Contracts are most beneficial for feeder governments seeking protection because they are –above of all other regions – most likely to be seen as otherwise ‘indefensible’ for reasons of unclear native authority (periods of inactive or transitory leadership are the most likely occasions for a coup) and feeder-gameplay culture.
(5) REGION RESTORATION
In the advent of an emerging new raiding methodology, ‘blitzkrieg spamming’, it is clear that the restoration of regions from vandalism and the consequences of illegitimate administrative decisions is greatly necessitated. Region restoration includes relatively new practices such as the suppression of raider spam on regional message boards and measures to revert raider delegate decisions like the addition or removal of regional tags, the withdrawal of embassies and the cancelling of embassy closures. But region restorations also include traditional practices such as ‘de-tagging’ (removing raider spam from world factbook entries), unbanning those banned by raiders and the forceful removal of raiders or ‘raider sleepers’ (puppets of raiders intended for future raids).
(6) ELECTION MANAGEMENT
It is the belief of the United Defenders League that democratic governments better represent the will of the native community and thus advance native sovereignty more so than autocratic governments – but the United Defenders League also recognizes that native sovereignty includes the self-determination of regional political culture. Therefore, the United Defenders League will not actively commit to ‘forced democratization’ missions, but will offer its services in managing election processes and preventing voter fraud and manipulation. If called upon for assistance in managing an election, The United Defenders League’s experts will consult regional or superregional governments and design an election system tailored to the specifications of the government and the special demands of the region or organization. Election systems can be run on forums or in-game, secret or open ballot, preferential or plurality and various other specifications to cater to what is most appropriate for the region or organization. Furthermore, the United Defenders League can monitor in-game elections (e.g., endorsement challenge systems) and – provided IP information – can monitor forum-operated elections to detect and report voter fraud and manipulation. If you're not interested in having your elections managed by us, but are interested in having your region polled by the United Defenders League, to add to the fun of elections, we also have a professional system designed for electorate polling which can be conducting on regions as large as a feeder.
(7) ADVOCACY
The United Defenders League will also host on its forums, advocacy groups regarding the causes of defenders that often get overlooked or understated. The first of these advocacy groups that the United Defenders League has fostered is the “Native Rights Watch”. The Natives Rights Watch is an interregional non-governmental organization that conducts research and advocacy on the empowerment and subjugation of native communities. Reports of grieving, rogue delegacies and any denial of the native community’s right to administrate their own region shall be researched and findings shall be made available to the public. The Native Rights Watch is expected to provide useful information and recommendations for the Security Council, defender organizations, regional and superregional courts and NationStates media outlets. Goobergunchia, has recently been appointed as the Executive Director of the Native Rights Watch. If you wish to read more about the NRW, go here. If you wish for your region to receive publications of the Native Rights Watch or our other future advocacy groups, you can subscribe here.
(8) OTHER GOOD DEEDS
Our organization believes any little deed around NationStates that helps natives be natives is worthwhile, we have no problem with helping a larger region contact its members for example or just offer advice. If you're curious if the United Defenders League will help your region do something to develop itself, just ask us.
~ PARTICIPATION ~
There are three overarching ways in which you can participate further in the United Defenders League, (1) You can apply to become a Member, as a member you can actively defend and liberate regions, recruit new defenders and act as a diplomat on behalf of our institution, (2) You can apply as a Herald, which is essentially a diplomat. The United Defenders League establishes treaties with regions, customizable to what regions wish, these treaties may request allowances for posting on Regional Message Boards, World Factbook Entry advertisements or simply an exchange of updates. Because of the rules of NationStates, recruitment for individual-led organizations are limited basically to word-of-mouth outside of feeders, therefore all offerings of World Factbook Entry and Regional Message Board space is highly appreciated but not necessary for relations, and basically is charity for a good cause (*ALL REQUESTS FOR TREATIES ARE TO BE MADE HERE*), (3) You can apply as a Member of our Militia, so you can be contacted to assist if unusually large numbers are needed for a liberation of a region.
If none of these options suit you, and you wish to merely remain as an observer of our public forum, please follow this link and post a simple "welcome" thread for yourself and you will be masked as an observer shortly.
ADDITIONALLY: If you are a defender from a different military organization than the United Defenders League (e.g., TITO, FRA, E-Army) and wish to have access to the operational sector of our forums without becoming a member, please apply for Military Liaison masking.
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