Joint Announcement - New Polar Order and Federation of Allied Republics

[Sir Exodus]

It was November 2009, a group of nations had a dream: A dream of friendship; a dream of strength; a dream of prosperity; and a dream of a place where all nations could come together to build their empires. They forged for hours constructing the foundation and principles to guide them to this dream. Hammering out all the details, making sure it would come to fruition and achieve their goals. It was throughout this process that the Federation of Allied Republics (FAR) was established to facilitate and help realise this dream.

FAR’s strongest leadership took the helm and provided the energy and enthusiasm that nations needed to dedicate themselves to this dream. Aid programs, tech deals, and excellent guidance propelled mature nations to new heights and gave new nations the start they thought was unachievable. Fresh from reaching 500k NS, and from gaining over 75 members, FAR is now in the process of its first Golden Age and ushering in a new era in our existence.

Throughout our growth, whether the thickest or thinnest times, our friends, allies, and our protectors in the New Polar Order stuck by us. They gave us guidance when we were lost, they gave us light when we could not see, and they gave us hope when we had no faith. They have been there when we needed them. Their little brothers have finally grown and matured. We have stood tall and proud, we have proven ourselves so that we are now considered equals.

It is my honour and privilege to be the one to introduce the following treaty upgrade:

[center][img]http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e96/jphillips412/NpO-FAR-1.png[/img]
[b]New Polar Order - Federation of Allied Republics
It Gets Cold When You're FAR Away Accords
Mutual Defense Optional Aggression Pact[/b][/center]


[u][b]Article I: Nonaggression[/b][/u]
Both signatories will hereafter refrain from any form of hostile activity, hereafter defined as military force, internal subversion or espionage of any kind, against the other.

[u][b]Article II: Conduct[/b][/u]
Signatories of this pact pledge to show only respect and good will towards each other. While this will prohibit outright verbal hostility in all its forms, it will not restrict healthy debate or productive disagreement.

[u][b]Article III: Mutual Defense[/b][/u]
Should either signatory be subject to an act of aggression, they are well within their rights to request military support, which the other signatory is obligated to provide unless the former signatory had become involved in a conflict via other treaties with other alliances or blocs. In such a case, the request for aid becomes voluntary.

[u][b]Article IV: Optional Aggression[/b][/u]
Should either signatory find it necessary to commit an act of aggression upon a third party, they may request military support from the other signatory, though this request is under no circumstances an obligation.

[u][b]Article V: Assistance[/b][/u]
Should either signatory come into need of aid of either political or financial aid, they may request such support as is necessary from the other signatory. It is recognized, however, that this request is in no way an obligation.

[u][b]Article VI: Intelligence[/b][/u]
Should vital knowledge of a political or military nature come to the attention of one signatory, they are required to share it with the other.

[u][b]Article VII: Cancellation[/b][/u]
It is the hope of both signatories that this pact may last forever, or until the bond it represents grows to the point where an upgrade is merited. Given the uncertainties of the future, however, it is recognized that should any of the above Articles be violated, or should some major irreparable disagreement arise, that this pact maybe canceled after 5 days notice.

[center][b]Signed for New Polar Order;[/b]

Emperor Penguin of the New Polar Order, Bird of Flight, Imperial Fish Taste-Tester Emeritus, Tailor of Seal Coats, Waddler of the Arctic Skies, Theoretical Ichthyologist, Also responds to Punguin
Dajobo, Imperial Liaison
Zbaldwin, Imperial Conciliator
Jphillips, Minister of Truth
Goalintos, Minister of Plenty
Grumpdogg, Minister of Peace
Zorn, Deputy Minister of Love
Cookavich, Deputy Minister of Plenty
Polonius, Deputy Minister of Peace
Lestat, Council Advisor
Marty McFly, Foreign Affairs Officer

[b]Signed for The Federation of Allied Republics;[/b]

Emperor - Fernando12
Regent - Stealingpandas
Minister of Foreign Affairs - Sir Exodus
Minister of Defense - DarkReaver724
Minister of Finance - Irishninja
Minister of Internal Affairs - Colonel Brick
Deputy Minister of Defense - Da Vinci
Deputy Minister of Finance - Chopin
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs - JJ452[/center]

Edit: Mutual Aggression changed to Optional Aggression as per the treaty specifications

Edited April 1, 2010 by Sir Exodus

[Fernando12]

Its awesome to see this treaty upgrade with our great friends.

Long road and we are finally here and will stand with you guys FAR a long time.

I love my fellow alliance members for their hard work and I love the NpO

[Blind Murder v2]

Congrats FAR. Glad to see you guys going strong!

[Commander Cato]

Congrats on the upgrade guys

o/ Polaris
o/ FAR

[DarkEra97]

Article IV mislead me at first, I thought it to be an MADP. Regardless, congrats on this fine treaty

[Dochartaigh]

congrats to FAR and Polaris. though the Mutual Aggression should be changed to Optional aggression as that is how it reads.

[Coursca]

Happy to see this! Onward Polaris and FAR! o/

[Proko]

Nice to see this.

o/ FAR

[Kim Jaym Il]

This is great to see.

(Almost as great as the return of the long emperor title )

[Zessa]

FAR. You guys have been a great protectorate, and I foresee this relationship going nothing but well.

[Jyrinx]

[quote name='DarkEra97' date='31 March 2010 - 11:05 PM' timestamp='1270091139' post='2242885']
Article IV mislead me at first, I thought it to be an MADP. Regardless, congrats on this fine treaty
[/quote]

[quote name='Dochartaigh' date='31 March 2010 - 11:06 PM' timestamp='1270091156' post='2242887']
congrats to FAR and Polaris. though the Mutual Aggression should be changed to Optional aggression as that is how it reads.
[/quote]

^this. Did a double-take there since I was pretty sure NpO is averse to MADPs. Might want to rename that.

Congratulations regardless.

[Dajobo]

So happy to see this at last.

o/ FAR

[AlmightyGrub]

Treaties are good

[supercoolyellow]

[quote name='AlmightyGrub' date='31 March 2010 - 10:10 PM' timestamp='1270091408' post='2242908']
Treaties are good
[/quote]

What... no they're not

Congratz guys.

[x Tela x]

Congrats to both parties. FAR seems to be incredibly organized and efficient in all that they do, from what I've seen. They will definitely be going places with their growth.

[Fernando12]

yeah, its optional aggression.

and Penguin what the blah... I didn't know we were going to have a who has the biggest contest...........and that's Title, not what some in the gallery might be thinkin

[New Frontier]

This is a good treaty to see.

Polar, you have good friends and allies here.

[Proko]

[quote name='x Tela x' date='31 March 2010 - 11:12 PM' timestamp='1270091543' post='2242916']
Congrats to both parties. FAR seems to be incredibly organized and efficient in all that they do, from what I've seen. They will definitely be going places with their growth.
[/quote]

You might even say, they're going FAR

God, I didn't want to do it, but someone had to.

[cookavich]

Very pleased to see this. Fernando is a fine leader.

o/ my friends

[Lord Fingolfin]

Interesting, well good luck

[kevin32891]

This treaty I like.

[New Frontier]

[quote name='Proko' date='31 March 2010 - 09:14 PM' timestamp='1270091622' post='2242921']
You might even say, they're going FAR

God, I didn't want to do it, but someone had to.
[/quote]
No they didn't.

Not at all.

[D34th]

Very nice!

FAR o/
Polaris o/

[Sir Exodus]

I edited it to optional, now no more confusion with that.

and go FAR

o/ NpO
o/ FAR

[heggo]

I don't see why FAR thinks things will go differently for them than they did for us, but FAR's always been friendly to me and mine from what I've seen, so good luck.