Contract:Treaty of the Northern Alliance

Contract:Treaty of the Northern Alliance
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Article I. Membership and Resignations

1) Becoming a member

A) Any nation may join the alliance with a majority vote of 4/5.

2) Current members

A) All members must hold an active MPP with every other member nation.
B) Once a nation has joined, they must wait 90 days until posting a resignation.

3) Resignation

A) Any nation wishing to leave the alliance must post a resignation.
B) Seven days after the resignation is posted, the nation is officially considered as having left the alliance. For those seven days the treaty still has effect.

Article II. Voting, Presidents, and Representatives

1) Choosing a representative

Each member nation's president may appoint a representative to take the place of the president in all votes.
Each nation's representative (whether it be the president or not) has one vote for each vote that takes place. No more than one vote per nation.

2) Role of Presidents

The President's signature is needed to activate membership into the alliance, and also to sign their country's resignation.

Article III. Amendments and Cancellation

1) Amendments

All amendments to this treaty must be approved by a majority of 4/5.

2) Cancellation

This treaty may be dissolved with a majority vote of 4/5. After the vote has taken place the treaty will become void after 24 hours.

Article IV. Diplomacy and Intelligence

1) Diplomatic moves and treaties

All member nations must keep each other updated on their diplomatic moves, including signing of treaties.

2) Security

All member nations must inform each other of any and all intelligence that is directly related to the security and well being of the other members.

Article V. Defence

1) Defence of a member nation

All member nations must provide economic and military support if war is declared upon another member nation.

2) Defence of an outside nation

If a nation that is not a member of The Northern Alliance has war declared upon it, a majority vote of 2/3 of the alliance is needed to provide military and/or economic aid to the victim. All member nations are then obligated to aid the victim of war.

Article VI. Aggression

1) Declarations of war

All declarations of war by a member nation of The Northern Alliance must be announced to the alliance at least 48 hours prior to declaring the war. Permission is not needed to declare war. No other member nation is obligated to provide aid to the member declaring war, but may do so if they wish.

Article VII. Treaty Violation

1) Punishment for violation

Any nation responsible for breaching this treaty is obligated not to establish any other MPPs with any nation outside of the alliance for 30 days after breaching the treaty.