Sol
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| Formation | July 08, 2009 |
| Type | Defensive Alliance |
| Headquarters | Beijing, China |
| Secretary-General | Akki |
| Members | 8 |
| Average Strength | 3.44 (Alliance Wide) |
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Sol is a regional alliance for the Asia-Pacific region. It is currently composed of seven official members. Sol's objective is to integrate the Asia-Pacific countries to bring peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and ensuring the security of member nations by forging a closer relations between the governments and the populations of the each member nations.
Sol is based on the real life United Nations; it is based in the Asia-Pacific region, but the inclusion of South Africa into the alliance on 10 September 2009 indicates a willingness to take members from other continents.
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Charter of Sol
For the Sol Charter, see Charter of Sol
The Sol Charter was first drafted in mid-2009, mostly being written by Snayke with help from Akki. After much discussion between member nations of Sol, the final version of the Charter of Sol was completed in August of 2009.
The charter set up provisions for the leadership, security council and members of the alliance.
Members
There are two types. of nations regarding Sol. Member nations of Sol are nations with a vote on the Sol Security Council which of course means they are members of Sol. However, there are also observer nations which are granted one envoy to participate in Resolution discussions but are barred from voting. These serve a similar role to ambassadors but in a more open environment.
Member Nations
Australia, China, Japan, Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines, and Singapore were the founding members of the alliance.
South Africa, an observer nation at first, was admitted to the Alliance on the 10th of September, 2009. Japan left the alliance on the 15th of October, 2009.
After its decision to break away with the merged country known as Federal Republic of South East Asia, Thailand joined Sol in November 2, 2009.
| Flag | Country | Admission | Other Affiliation |
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| Australia | Founding Member | --- |
| China | Founding Member | --- |
| Malaysia | Founding Member | --- |
| Pakistan | Founding Member | --- |
| Philippines | Founding Member | --- |
| Singapore | Founding Member | --- |
| South Africa | September 10, 2009 | --- |
| Thailand | November 2, 2009 | --- |
Observer Nations
| Flag | Country | Recognition | Other Affiliation |
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| Argentina | October 14, 2009 | ALA |
| Bolivia | November 19, 2009 | ALA |
| Canada | August 23, 2009 | EDEN |
| Colombia | November 19, 2009 | ALA |
| Hungary | October 14, 2009 | --- |
| India | August 18, 2009 | --- |
| Israel | October 14, 2009 | --- |
| Japan | October 15, 2009 | --- |
| Paraguay | November 2, 2009 | ALA |
| Portugal | October 14, 2009 | --- |
| South Korea | October 13, 2009 | --- |
| UK | September 15, 2009 | --- |
| Uruguay | ?, 2009 | ALA |
| USA | August 15, 2009 | --- |
| Venezuela | November 2, 2009 | ALA |
Sol Security Council
Every month on the 10th, the Security Council votes on who shall be the Chairman for the next month. The Vice-Chairmanship is unelected position. It is automatically appointed to the host HQ nation, which rotates monthly alphabetically.
Previously it was the 15th, and both the Chair and Vice-Chair were elected.
The Imperator, is a single entity who will serve as royal figure head of the alliance. The royal position will only be held by Snayke as ordered by the Sol Charter. The Imperator is restricted from the positions of Chairman, Vice Chairman, Representative and Advisory Representative. The Imperator may appoint a Vizier. The position of Vizier is a prestigious position, granted to those recognized for their contributions to Sol. Though before a person become a Vizier, the candidate must first be approved by the members of the Council. The Vizier cannot vote in the Council, though he could discuss with the members of the Council.
| Year | Month | Chairman | Country | Vice-Chairman | Country |
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| 2009 | July |  Snayke | China |  Akki | Japan |
| 2009 | August | Snayke | China | Akki | Japan |
| 2009 | September | Snayke | China | Akki | Japan |
| 2009 | October |  Hekter | Philippines |  Melchizedek Smith | Australia |
| 2009 | September | Akki | Japan | TBA | China |
| Period when Snayke and Akki were the acting Chairs of the Council |
Headquarters
The location of the Sol Headquarters rotates every month alphabetically which had started since October 2009. China was the location of the Headquarters before the implementation of the scheme.
Australia (October 2009)
China (July-September 2009; November 2009)
Malaysia
Pakistan
Philippines
Singapore
South Africa
Thailand
History
Main Article: History of Sol
Since independent Asia-Pacific nations are very vulnerable to political take-overs (especially since some of them are quite new), they are experiencing drastic financial crisis with unstable monetary units and wavy local markets, and they really wanted to see a successful key region in the New World, and then came birth of a unified neutrality pact between them. The emergence of Sol gave justice to these nations aspirations, they wanted to free themselves from hostility and oppression from foreign imperialistic nations, and to see an Asia-Pacific region of becoming a key market of the New World.
Relations with other Alliances
Sol takes neutral position with other alliances, and does not limit its member nations from being involved in other alliances, as long as it does not interfere with the security and stability of Asia-Pacific region. As result some member nations of Sol are also members of other alliances.
Controversy
Japan
Japan was attacked by the Theocrats in September 2009, who had taken several of Japan's South Korean regions in order to set up a new base in East Asia after the fall of Switzerland.
Lacking the military and voting power to bring about a permanent resolution despite assistance from several Sol and PEACE nations, the Japanese and Koreans wished to resist the Theocrats long term in the hope of weakening them via diplomatic isolation and them removing them in the future when able.
Japan considered the diplomatic blockade broken when Theocrats were readmitted into the local Sol War Games, giving them opportunity to more easily level up their voters and soldiers. While the Theocrats had taken part before as Switzerland without any issues, their relocation caused them to no longer be an outside neutral party in Asia. This, along with the common naming of the Southeast Asian War Games as the "Sol War Games" and Sol's Resolution 0001 admitting the Theocrats caused controversy and confusion over who was now responsible for the event.
Japan accused Sol of aiding an aggressor instead of a member nation and of poor communication and timing, while Sol pointed out Japan's own poor communication and the efforts they had put in during the initial invasion. The time allotted for the vote was valid, but not all members had chance to have their say as only 3 out of 9 nations voted to allow the Theocrats into the War Games, with Japan itself being one of the absent nations. Since then the charter has been reformed to account for lower activity rates, and Resolution 0001 is in the process of being revoked.
The Japanese congress voted to leave Sol twice in October 2009 and officially withdrew shortly after, Japan is now an observer nation.
The Southeast Asian War Games
Main Article: The Southeast Asian War Games
The Southeast Asian War Games (Also known as the Sol War Games), is a Training War for the camps of Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines. Canada, Singapore, South Korea, Switzerland, and Australia were dragged into the training war after they have signed an alliance with Malaysia. Later, South Africa, Slovakia, China, and Italy joined the games while Switzerland retreated the games. South Korea dropped out from the games after its union with Japan but later joined in September 2009. Croatia, Hungary, and USA joined in October 2009. Later, in the same month, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Romania, Iran, Greece, Colombia, Finland, Ireland, Spain, Uruguay, Austria, Bolivia, Peru, North Korea, Sweden, Japan, and Venezuela joined the Sol War Games. Also within the month of October, Thailand switched its alliance to Malaysia from the Philippines, leaving the latter with no any alliance.
It was in August when the training war was then referred to as the Sol War Games, as the training war was widely participated by Sol member and observer countries.
Currently, the Southeast Asian War Games is the biggest war game ever in the entire history of eRepublik. The war game is participated by countries coming from all the New World continents.
Trivia
- Did you know that South Africa was the first observer nation that was accepted as a member of the alliance?
- Did you know that the word Sol means the Sun?
- Did you know that Japan was the first member of Sol to withdraw from the Alliance?
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