Shireroth

To: His Excellency Erik Mortis, Primate of the Small Commonwealth

From: The Office of the Ministry of Defence, Yabotinsky Fortress,
Borochov district, Komelnitzkiy, Republic of Ashkenatza

Our note of the 6th of July, 2009 refers

The Ministry of Defence extends its complements to the Primate of the Small Commonwealth and has the honour to inform the Primate that the Knesset of the Republic of Ashkenatza, being mindful the great sacrifices endured by the two powers in the recent liberation of Amokolia from Ocian influence, had as of the 3rd of October, 2009, approved the legislative instrument whereby the Republic of Ashkenatza would accede to the Small Commonwealth upon the occasion of His Excellency the Nohsi signing the aforementioned texts. This he has done as of the 6th of October in the form shown below. On behalf of the Ruzhin Palace the Ministry of Defence notifies the Primate of the Small Commonwealth of this fact and invites him to consider the same as constituting the formal application of the Republic of Ashkenatza to join the Small Commonwealth and to accede to the protocols of the Small Commonwealth Unified Currency Treaty.

May His Excellency please accept the assurance of his continuing to be held in the highest consideration by the Knesset of the Republic of Ashkenatza.

MAVET, MK

Moshe Goltz wrote:

A Bill for the Accession of the Republic of Ashkenatza to the Small Commonwealth

1.0. Citation
1.1. This Act may be cited as the Small Commonwealth Act 5770
2.0. Ratification of the Treaty of General Membership to the Small Commonwealth;
2.1. It is the will of the Knesset that the Nohsi of the Republic of Ashkenatza affix his signature to the Treaty of General Membership to the Small Commonwealth and notify the Small Commonwealth of having done the same.
2.2. Upon the affixing of the signature and the enactment of this Act the aforementioned treaty shall deemed as having entered into law.
3.0. Ratification of the Small Commonwealth Unified Currency Treaty
3.1. It is the will of the Knesset that the Nohsi of the Republic of Ashkenatza affix his signature to the Small Commonwealth Unified Currency Treaty and notify the Small Commonwealth of having done the same.
3.2. Upon the affixing of the signature and the enactment of this Act the aforementioned treaty shall deemed as having entered into law.
4.0.Reserve Powers
4.1. No international treaty or convention entered into by any Nohsi or his government that relates to the Small Commonwealth shall enter into force unless the Knesset has voted to approve said treaty and assent to its enactment.
4.2. No international treaty or convention so approved by the Knesset that relates to the Small Commonwealth shall affect or be construed by any court as affecting the supremacy of the Constitution of the Republic of Ashkenatza or its Knesset.
5.0. Enactment
5.1. This Act shall be deemed to have come into effect from the date of passage from the Knesset with a majority in favour.

Signed,

5th Nohsi of the Republic of Ashkenatza,
Moshe Gedaleh Goltz

Schedule One: Treaty of General Memebership to the Small Commonwealth

Treaty of General Membership to the Small Commonwealth

1. There is a commonwealth, called the Small Commonwealth, which shall consist of all signatory members of this Treaty. All member nations may send one representative to the Commonwealth Assembly.

2. Nations wishing to join the commonwealth must be approved by the Commonwealth Assembling with at least a 1/3rd plurality. If rejected, a nation may reapply in 3 months.

3. The commonwealth's day to day operations are headed and overseen by a chairman known as the Primate which shall be a permanent position once appointed by the Commonwealth Assembly. The Primate oversees the Commonwealth Assembly.

4. At any time the Commonwealth Assembly may hold a vote of no confidence and remove the current Primate. A simple majority (50%+1) is needed to remove a Primate and elect a new one. This vote is managed by the representative who proposed it.

5. Nations may leave at any time, but must give public notice of their intent to leave this treaty for it to be recognized. Upon leaving this treaty the departing nation is removed from all other treaties dependent upon this one.

6. This treaty may be amended by the Commonwealth Assembly with a 3/4th (75.0%) majority.

Schedule Two: Small Commonwealth Currency Treaty

Small Commonwealth Unified Currency Treaty

1. Any nation who has signed the General Membership Treaty may sign this Small Commonwealth Unified Currency Treaty, provided they gain approval from existing signatories.

2. An applicant to this treaty shall be considered by existing signatories. If, within a week, no existing signatory objects, the new nation shall be able to sign this treaty and issued starting currency as explained below.

3. All signatories to this treaty have a unified currency, and share a unified bank. Any participant in the economy of a signatory nation may make economic transactions with participants of any other signatory nations without restrictions, fees or tariffs.

4. Each signatory nations reserves the right to refer to the currency by whatever name they want. This does not make their currency different from the unified currency, and all the names are assumed to have a 1:1 exchange ratio.

5. Participants within this unified currency shall register their accounts in a particular signatory nation, or region thereof. By registering with that nation, participants' accounts are subject to any economic regulation or taxation of that nation, but not of any other nation.

6. The initial-initial distribution shall be as follows: Shireroth shall retain all its current currency. Gralus shall retain all its current currency.

7. After the initial distribution, no currency can be created or destroyed by the signatory nations. However, each new signatory nation is entitled to create currency for an initial distribution among citizens of that country, under the following conditions:
a. They shall count how many citizens they have who do not currently hold accounts via any existing signatory nation.
b. They shall be entitled to 7 500 units of currency per citizen counted in this manner, to be distributed as they see fit.

8. There shall be an administrator of the bank, with the power to change the region of accounts as required; to create currency for new signatory nations; and to enforce taxation.

9. This administrator shall be elected by the signatory nations. At any time the administrator may be removed by a 2/3 vote of no confidence in the administrator, at which time a new administrator shall be elected by the signatory nations.

10. Should a signatory nation withdraw from this treaty, due to death or otherwise, all currency held in accounts registered in that nation shall be removed.

A Motion for the Appointment of a Representative of the Republic of Ashkenatza to attend upon the Small Commonwealth

Whereas it has been noted that the present Nohsi has not been entirely enthusiastic about the Small Commonwealth let it be the will of the Knesset that someone other than the Head of State be appointed to represent the Republic at the Small Commonwealth.

1.0. Appointment:
1.1. Szhmuel Astopov is hereby appointed Representative of the Republic of Ashkenatza before the Commonwealth Assembly.