VUAS
The Venerable Union of Aligned States is the end result of a collaboration between the Carson Smith of Faronia, Bartholomew Henzelli of New Germany, Tasneem Chowdhury of Natopia, and Nathan Waffel-Paines of Natopia (all were also of Lavalon) that would unite Lavalon, Natopia, Faronia, and New Germany. Originally proposed as an equal merger, VUAS developed into an acquisition agreement, with Natopia agreeing to acquire the nations while internal matters were strictly left alone. Only Faronia and Natopia freely joined VUAS after its public announcement. Lavalon voted the treaty down once, then another vote ratified it with the changed vote of Akhilish Pillarmani (aka Aryez).
After merely a week of what one could consider success, on July 11, 2005, Lavalon's then Chief Justice, Matthew Vasroixe declared VUAS unconstitutional, withdrew Lavalon from VUAS, thus collapsing the Union which required three members. Faronia was abandoned by Carson Smith, who soon immigrated to the Dinarchy of Antica. New Germany never officially entered VUAS, and was taken "off-line" shortly after VUAS collapsed. After VUAS collapsed, Natopia withdrew from the treaty of recognition with Lavalon and relations have been chilly since that time.
A Treaty of Union
Between
The Kingdom of Faronia
and
The Republic of Lavalon
and
The Sovereign Imperial Republic of Natopia
and
The Socialist State of New Germany
Recognizing the need to unite together to encourage growth and preserve themselves, the Signing Nations hereby enter into this Venerable Union of Aligned States and submit themselves to the articles of this treaty.
Article 1 The responsibility of foreign affairs of the Signing Nations will be ceded to Natopia. Signing Nations will be responsible for notifying their treaty partners of this change. Natopia must honor any treaties that are maintained between a Signing Nation and their treaty partner.
Article 2 All citizens of the Signing Nations shall become Natopian citizens with residency in the country where they currently hold citizenship. In the future, it will not be possible for people to apply directly for citizenship in one of the Signing Nations; he or she must apply for Natopian citizenship and then apply for residency in one of the Signing Nations if they so choose.
Article 3 The internal affairs of the Signing Nations will not be affected and no Signing Nation has authority over the internal affairs of another Signing Nation. Laws of one Signing Nation will have no force in another Signing Nation.
Article 4 Essential government institutions of Signing Nations will be relocated to Natopia. The Government of Natopia will make every convienence available to the other Signing Nations in order to facilitate their initial move and continued residence within Natopia. However, Signing Nations may choose to continue maintaining their own forums, but if they do, they must have a Special Consulate on the Natopian forums to keep the government of Greater Natopia informed about local affairs.
Article 5 There will be a council located in Natopia to ensure responsible handling of the Union's foreign affairs. A representative from each Signing Nation, to be chosen in any manner by the Signing Nation, will sit on this council. The council may intervene in matters of foreign affairs that it sees as detrimental to the Union. The council may veto a treaty with three-fouths of the council in agreeance.
Article 6 A Signing Nation may submit a Request for Withdrawal to the council established in Article 5. The Request must detail the Signing Nation's reasons for withdrawing. Exactly three weeks after the Request has been submitted, the Signing Nation may withdraw.
Article 7 This treaty will go into force once three nations ratify it. The council established in Article 5 may amend this treaty by a unanimous vote.
Amendments
Article 8 (June 7, 2005) Should any nation not have a functioning judicial system, it may seek recourse to that of Natopia for all functions allocated to the local judiciary by local law.
