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Constitution of the North Eastern Alliance

Mission statement: The North East Alliance of Civcraft exists to provide a forum and centralised voice for the development, promotion and co-operation of the cities of the plus minus quadrant in relation to its Guiding Principles.

Guiding Principles:

• Mutual respect for each other's territorial integrity and Sovereignty
• Mutual Non-Aggression both internally and externally
• Mutual Non-Interference in domestic affairs
• Equality and mutual benefit
• Peaceful Co-Existence both internally and externally
• Mutual aid through Co-Operation

Governance Structure:

Each member state chooses a delegate to vote on its behalf on proposals, proposals becoming resolutions by a vote. To pass a motion you must first submit your proposal to a meeting (which will happen bi-weekly). The motion will be discussed and votes posted in a thread on the subreddit. Each Representative will have one vote on the proposal, votes abstained will count as against the proposal.

Within the proposal itself there must be a statement about the level of urgency the proposal has as well as to what scope the proposal aims to accomplish. If it is urgent the vote will last only 24 hours, while others will be open for up to a week. The scope will determine the number of votes required. Small projects require only the votes of the involved parties, larger projects a majority and Amendments/Acts of Aggression require unanimous votes.

Resolutions that deal explicitly within the guiding principles will immediately become amendments to this document. Resolutions otherwise must be ratified by each member state's government before becoming law in that state.

A Chairperson shall be chosen by voting delegates to preside over meetings and conduct business in an orderly fashion, as well as to act as a representative and spokesperson for the NEA to the outside world. The chairperson may be replaced due to inactivity or if a majority vote is passed by the representatives of all member states. The Chair may also act as a representative as well, however the position of chair holds no further power in decision making. The positions goal is merely to fulfill the organisational role to set up and lead meetings and promote the NEA to foreign states and organisations.

Territorial Sovereignty:

Each member state’s land claims are recognized by the NEA and will be defended by the NEA. Any unwanted (as decided by a majority vote of the Representatives) attempts by foreign groups to invade or claim land that is under the jurisdiction of a member state will be contested officially by the NEA and peaceful negotiations will begin. If these negotiations fail, further steps will be taken, and will be determined by a security council meeting and voted on as per normal.

Resolutions may vary from full support by the NEA to support by parts of the NEA, at which point the NEA title may not be used in its entirety unless it is explicitly stated that the exempt cities are not supporting (note that a non-unanimous vote does not mean non full support, the proposal must explicitly state what level of support it is going after).

Non-Aggression

Each member state of the NEA swears to always first take paths of non-aggression when resolving issues that may come up, both within the NEA and without. Further actions involving the NEA will need approval first from a meeting (which is allowed to be called as an emergency if needed) and then a vote will occur within 24 hours following normal procedures.

Acts of aggression against a member of the NEA will be treated as an act of aggression against the entirety of it.

Non-Interference

Each member state will not interfere with the internal politics of other nation states, and will accept any changes of government that may occur. If a city falls inactive, the rest of the NEA is responsible for watching over and maintaining (watching for grief and raiders) the town while it is inactive. A proposal may be made to attempt to restart the city to the exact same structure as it was before inactivity, at which point the NEA will completely back out of the cities internal affairs.

Equality

All member states are to be treated equal within the NEA. Every opinion is equal and must be considered equal. The NEA is a forum for discussion and debate and should be used as such.

Co-Existence

The NEA will remain neutral in all conflicts not involving its member states. In the case member states are threatened. actions by the NEA will be taken to aid in their defense. Coordinated defense and intelligence will be shared between member states when a state is threatened as well as to report on threats to each member state.

Co-Operation

Co-operative projects that benefit cities and their citizens are major goals for the NEA, all project plans need to go through the proposal system and require an estimate of the following: Cost (including human resources), timeline of the project(can be resource dependent or more strict if time is an issue), scope of the project (what will it accomplish). Risks and issues should be recorded and addressed, and the responsibilities of this will be handled by the assigned project manager.

The project manager will be responsible to report in the bi-weekly meetings with status updates of how the project is developing. Majority votes are not necessary if the project is between fewer than all of the cities, or if the costs are so minimal that they are a non issue. Reporting will still be asked of by the project manager.