Petition for Defensive Aid

Whereas the United Minus Minus exists as a formal alliance for the purpose of mutual protection among its four signatory nations: Orion, Aeon, SPQR, and the Aytian Federal Republic (AFR),

And whereas the AFR is an alliance member in good standing, meeting and satisfying all article III obligations of and fully entitled to all article III benefits of an UMM member nation, including the right to "call upon the Alliance for defensive aid in times of trouble",

And whereas on 10 December 2014, an official spokesman of the Socialist Federated Worker's Cooperatives of Carson City, Las Malvinas, Peyote, La Paz, Eastwood Island, and the Dominions Beyond the Seas (SFWCCCLMPLPEIDBS) made a public statement unilaterally claiming the entire territory of the AFR as its possession, together with the territories of several independent states which neighbor Aytos,

Which statement is recieved as a credible and aggressive threat against the AFR, its territories, its citizens, its existence, its peaceful neighbor states of New Sealand, Extraland, and Mule, the political and military stability of the southern edge of the minus minus quadrant, and the territorial integrity and internal cohesiveness of the UMM Alliance itself,

The AFR hereby invokes Article III of the alliance charter and calls on the UMM to render defensive aid against the SFWCCCLMPLPEIDBS by affirming the following 5-point joint statement:

• The UMM regards the SFWCCCLMPLPEIDBS's December 10th statement as a threat against the stability of the minus minus quadrant and a provocation against the UMM Alliance.

• The UMM refuses to recognise the land claims of the SFWCCCLMPLPEIDBS's December 10th statement.

• The UMM calls on the SFWCCCLMPLPEIDBS government to retract its December 10th statement.

• The UMM calls on the SFWCCCLMPLPEIDBS government to rescind any and all claims on the territories of UMM member nations.

• The UMM pledges to monitor all security developments in the Aytian archipelago, and to remain well-prepared to meet its treaty obligations toward any UMM member nation whose security is threatened by an outside aggressor.

This petition is signed by:

MadeofMeat (AFR Foreign Minister and Member of Parliament)

Kevalalajnen (AFR Member of Parliament)

TheNintechno (AFR Member of Parliament)