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The United Alliance of Progressive States

UnAPS idealology: UnAPS is pledged to fight against opression, imperialism, tyranny, and agression wherever we can make a difference. We are committed to keeping up alliance and world civil rights. Members will also aid each other in the event of war. In short, we're a "good-guy" alliance.

Leading Nations/Secretaries:

General Secretary: Mintar
Secretary of War: Phyrric
Secretary of Diplomacy: Copiosa Scotia
Secretary of Inner Alliance Relations: Iuthia
Secretary of Policy: Assim
Secretary of Alliance Structure: Iuthia

UnAPS has no one official leader that wields more power than a secretary although certain nations may have more prestige than others.

Requirements:

Civil Rights: "above average" or higher.
Political Freedoms: Any, although if your political freedoms are than "some" or less, you must have "good" or better civil rights.

You must also be a decent (or preferably good) RPer and be prepared to cite examples of your RPs. It would also be good if you were a fairly active nation, although there are no specific rules regarding that.


To join, TM me (Mintar), and I will send you a list of questions. UnAPS will then decide whether or not to admit you.

(OOC: Feel free to post any questions here, too. I or other UnAPS members will try to answer them.

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Interesting. What is UnAPS's standpoint on alliances like GDODAD and nations like Russian Forces?

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Minister Hartman
-Minister of Foreign Affairs-

UnAPS is generally opposed to imperialistic alliances such as the GDODAD, although in general we do not actively seek open war with them.

UnAPS is generally opposed to imperialistic alliances such as the GDODAD, although in general we do not actively seek open war with them.

Now what about nations like Russian Forces?

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Minister Hartman
-Minister of Foreign Affairs-

The Omzian government is now considering to apply to join the UnAPS, as a free, democratic, and peaceful nation. Omzian Democratic Federal Republic has been a member of UNAOTO, and if UNAOTO "ends" as UnAPS, we will continue our participation by joining the UnAPS.

According to UN rankings, Omzian Democratic Federal Republic right now has an "Excellent" civil rights rating, and a "Good" political freedoms rating. Political freedoms rankings has gone down from "Excellent" due to a major crackdown on corruption, and slightly increased spending on defence.

UnAPS is generally opposed to imperialistic alliances such as the GDODAD, although in general we do not actively seek open war with them.

Now what about nations like Russian Forces?

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Minister Hartman
-Minister of Foreign Affairs-

"There is no official UnAPS policy on Russian Forces at this time."

- Rick Kastner, UnAPS Secretary of Diplomacy

OOC: Didn't Phyrric just nuke Liberated America?

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Though my nation hardly qualifies in the areas of, "Civil Rights" and "Political Freedoms", I'm hoping that my alligence to the; NAIA, NATO, APTO, UTP, etc..., will at least show favorable to the UnAPS in considering this application.

Respectfully,
Mwto'ar Uganda
CEO/Aero-Tech/IVA Industries
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-APTO-
-NATO-
-NAIA-
-UTP-
-TFA-
-LFW-

(OOC: I think our Sec of AS will have the final say on that)

OOC: Didn't Phyrric just nuke Liberated America?

OOC: Besides the fact that Phyrric was pushed to it, what has that got to do with anything? Who says the good guys can't use nukes?

Omz222, pretty much all UnAPS nations are just updated UNAOTO membets, so I'm not even going to apply the "five questions" to your nation cause I know your RP to be pretty damn good and I know that your nation is pretty active.

We also note that you have been involved in numberous alliance like the UnAPS alliance, so it's not like your a security threat or anything.

So long as everyone is happy with it, welcome on board.


As for Sambizie, I reckognise your alliances with not only myself (NAIA) as well as other like-minded alliances the lack of Civil Rights itself could prove an issue... so I will have to talk to other members of the alliance.

So I think we will probably go through the normal recruitment process and allow our members to see what they think.

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Hm... your nation was created today which means we have no proof of your RP capability, no proof of how you are likely to act nor any proof to say you are not just another puppet nation trying to infiltrate our ranks.

So I would say "try another day in a month or two".

Official Transmission to General Secretary of the United Alliance of Progressive States

The People's Republic of Ferrussia is certainly interested in joining an allinace expressing the ideals of freedom from tyranny and imperialism. However, the lack of solid information on the "UnAPS" is disconcerting.

We would like to know if there is an official text, charter, or agreement which lays out the obligations of the alliance before expressing our willingness to affiliate ourselves with your alliance. We have some questions regarding the alliance, such as: What are the military/economic obligations? Who pays the overhead for running such an organization? Will Ferrussia be required to intervene in foreign wars, or in an assault on a disfavorable country? How will interalliance affairs be run? How are the Secretaries chosen? What authority do they have? Are they rechosen? Can they be impeached? Can member nations be impeached? Can we withdraw without notice? Just to name a few...

Should there be an official text, we would like to read it before submitting to your alliance. We mean no disrespect to your alliance, but we do not find it prudent to blindly throw our backs behind a possibly misleading alliance on the basis of a simple "ideology." Our first impression is a good one, do not be mistaken. I look forward to reading any documents pertaining to the nature of this alliance.

Thank you for your time.


Aleksey Sergeyevich Kasyanov
Secretary of Foreign Affairs

Phyrric did attack a nation with nukes. If the threads that lead up to it were read (tired of repeating myself here) it would be known why. As SS stated, why can't the 'good' guys use nukes? I will not address it any further.

Do not hijack this thread please.

To apply or not to apply, that is the Shakespearean question of the day.

We would like to know if there is an official text, charter, or agreement which lays out the obligations of the alliance before expressing our willingness to affiliate ourselves with your alliance. We have some questions regarding the alliance, such as: What are the military/economic obligations? Who pays the overhead for running such an organization? Will Ferrussia be required to intervene in foreign wars, or in an assault on a disfavorable country? How will interalliance affairs be run? How are the Secretaries chosen? What authority do they have? Are they rechosen? Can they be impeached? Can member nations be impeached? Can we withdraw without notice? Just to name a few...

Yes to all to sum it up short, the Charter addresses just about every question you asked. It is pretty thorough with room for growth, it is a living document. The founders spent a good time ironing and hashing out details.

(OOC: Where could one find the charter? I'd like to read it before submitting to join.)

(OOC: Where could one find the charter? I'd like to read it before submitting to join.)

Shouldn't we post the charter before refering to it? Or is it something we are keeping in the alliance boards?

Dear Mr. Kasyanov,

At this moment there is a charter in the makings, however it only has an unofficial status and may contain errors.

The UnAPS Constitution

Article I – Introduction
Section I: All members of the United Alliance of Progressive States –hereafter referred to using the acronym “UnAPS,” are required to abide by the rules and regulations defined in this constitution.
Section II: Violators of these rules that are identified, will, with a vote of two-thirds majority of all members, be immediately ejected from the alliance and from the Haven region.

Article II – Values and Goals of UnAPS
Section I: The UnAPS alliance is an organization of sovereign states. We are brought together in the pursuit of universal human rights and for the promotion of progressive social and/or economic policies. All members are pledged to protect each other in the event of war, so long as the member involved was not identified as the aggressor in the conflict. If a majority of two-thirds of all members vote that a particular nation is consistently not supporting allies when they have the means to do so, that nation will be ejected from the alliance.
Section II: UnAPS nations pledge to respect the rights of all sentient beings and not to discriminate against such beings based on race, ethnicity, religion or sexual preference. Violators will be punished as outlined in Article I, Section II of this constitution.
Section III: UnAPS nations pledge to oppose tyranny, aggression and imperialism wherever these vices MAKE THEMSELVES KNOWN. Nations or alliances that oppress their people or engage in imperialistic or aggressive wars are deemed enemies of the alliance.

Article III – Structure of the UnAPS alliance
Section I: The UnAPS leadership will be composed of seven Secretaries. Elections will be held every fourth Friday of each month. The Wednesday of that fourth week will be the start of official campaigning. On the fourth Friday, polls will open and elections will be held. The polls will last until the Sunday of that week. The office must be occupied the first Monday after the close of the polls when the winner is identified.
Section II: The seven Secretaries are: General Secretary, Secretary of War, Secretary of Diplomacy, Secretary of Policy, Secretary of Intra-Alliance Relations, Secretary of Intelligence and the Secretary of Alliance Structure.
Section III: The General Secretary will handle all odd jobs in the alliance and will be viewed as the alliance’s chair-nation. All nations wishing to join the alliance must first contact the General Secretary. Furthermore, the General Secretary of the alliance will be considered the legitimate United Nations delegate of the official alliance region. The General Secretary must be a resident of that region and a member of the United Nations. The General Secretary will also manage lists of alliance members. He is required to telegram the Secretary of Alliance Structure upon the arrival of new members! .
Section IV: The Secretary of War is considered the head of alliance military operations. Furthermore, he is expected to be ready and willing to go to war, leading and organizing alliance coalitions. When not directly involved in a coalition, the Secretary of War may appoint a member of that coalition as the official UnAPS head. However, under no circumstances is it mandatory for all other members of the coalition to follow the directions of any alliance coalition leaders. The position is only the official leadership preference of the UnAPS alliance.
Section V: The Secretary of Diplomacy is required to, along with the General Secretary, to act as the public face of the alliance. He is responsible for conducting all major diplomatic negotiations with outside nations and alliances. This position does not exclude other diplomatic action taken by other members of the alliance if they see fit.
Section VI: The Secretary of Policy is responsible for managing the creation of new UnAPS internal policy and for the management of new amendments to the constitution. All arrangements and suggestions for policy change must be initiated through this office. The Secretary must post all such suggestions and cannot determine which is of value and which is not.
Section VII: The Secretary of Intra-Alliance Relations is responsible for maintaining good relations between members of UnAPS and mediating disputes between nations. The Secretary is also expected to perform the duties as judge in the UnAPS court, pass and enforce decisions of justice and punishment on fellow nations. Ref: Article VII.
Section VIII: Secretary of Intelligence: The Secretary of Intelligence is responsible for covert and espionage operations. His main jobs include negotiating with possible defectors and attempting to plant spies in other alliances. He is required to submit findings to the alliance for review (See Article IV).
Section IX: The Secretary of Alliance Structure is responsible for managing the transition of members of the Outer Alliance to the Inner Alliance. He is required to write up reports on possible candidates for promotion and screen out distasteful nations. He is required to maintain contact with the General Secretary and telegram him with information regarding promotions.

Article IV – Inner and Outer Alliances
Section I: The UnAPS alliance is comprised of two sections; the Inner and Outer alliances. The Outer Alliance is composed of all members. The Inner Alliance is composed of a special group of nations that have been deemed responsible, and trustworthy. These nations will have full access to all UnAPS resources.
Section II: Nations wishing to enter UnAPS must make their intention clear to the General Secretary. To become a member of the alliance, it is only required that the candidate meet certain civil rights and political freedoms requirements. All nations must have at least “above average” civil rights. However, if political freedoms are “some” or fewer, they must have no less than “good” civil rights.
Section III: Members of the Outer Alliance who are considered valuable enough to the alliance to be promoted to the Inner Alliance are to undergo a review process whereby the Secretary for Alliance Structure is to write a report and submit it for voting to the Inner Alliance body. This is outlined in Article III, Section IX.
Section IV: All members of the alliance who have been members for at least one week will have the right to vote for all secretary positions excluding the Secretary of Alliance Structure. They will also have the right to vote on official UnAPS declarations of war (see Article V) and the right to reside in the alliance region.
Section V: All members of the Inner Alliance will have the right to view all alliance information. They will furthermore be allowed to vote for the Secretary of Alliance Structure.

Article V – Declarations of War
Section I: The UnAPS alliance can, under some circumstances, vote to go to war, committing every available member to the conflict. Such declarations of war are only to be made if a majority of nations *within the alliance* vote to declare war.
Section II: If war is declared, all nations within the alliance are required to immediately declare war upon the object of the declaration. Any nation that refuses to do is eligible to face punishment as outlined in Article I, Section II. The Secretary of War has the official obligation to notify to the target of the declaration of the intent of the alliance.

Article VI – Enemies and Allies
Section I: The alliance will keep a list of enemies and allies of the alliance.
Section II: An “enemy of the alliance” is defined as a nation or alliance that is considered a threat to the national security or policy goals of the member states of UnAPS, or close military allies of important enemies of the alliance. Member nations are required not to engage in alliance with such nations.
Section III: An “ally of the alliance” is defined as any nation or alliance considered a friend to the goals of UnAPS. Member states are required to defend allies if attacked and provide diplomatic support when needed. Furthermore, they are not to go to war with allies unless permission is given by a majority vote of the alliance.
Section IV: To define a nation or alliance as an enemy of ally, a vote must be made of all Outer Alliance nations.

Article VII: The UnAPS Court
Section I: The Secretary of Intra-Alliance Relations is the presiding judge and passes and enforces sentencing.
Section II: Any member may present founded charges to be brought before the courts and act as the prosecutor. The defending nation must appear and justify these charges. Failure of appearance of the defendant is a presumption of guilt.

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Omz222, pretty much all UnAPS nations are just updated UNAOTO membets, so I'm not even going to apply the "five questions" to your nation cause I know your RP to be pretty damn good and I know that your nation is pretty active.

We also note that you have been involved in numberous alliance like the UnAPS alliance, so it's not like your a security threat or anything.

So long as everyone is happy with it, welcome on board.

OOC: Thanks, and noted. I'll post an IC post about this here... soon.

(OOC: Thanks for keeping this thread updated; I haven't had a lot of time recently even tho it's prolly my duty. :D )

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This is the part of the thread where I mention that any nation or alliance wishing to open relations with UnAPS as a whole should contact me via telegram.

This does not include applications for membership, which, as previously stated, should be directed to Mintar.

(Semi-IC post - because I'm too lazy to make it real formal - follows:)

The People's Republic of Ferrussia will not announce its intention or lack therof to join the UnAPS at the moment, however we would welcome the UnAPS to begin to form an opinion on whether or not we would be accepted for membership.

(OOC: Essentially, I'm welcoming you to ask questions, request an RP history, etc., but I'm still not positive I will join. You can proceed as though I were applying, or wait for me to make a final decision. I don't care either way.)

The Federal Republic would be very interested in joining this Alliance. We are willing to undergo any procedures required to join, and are prepared to pledge a slice of our military forces to a permanent UnAPS detterent and response force, along with our prestigious Diplomatic Corps to keep a certain level of prestige about the Alliance.

Most recently, the RP I have cited for your review is my involvement in the Danakar-Montesille War (http://www.nationstates.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=115492), in which my Diplomatic Corps exercised it's abilities far more then my military. Though this does not mean that we aren't willing to use military force, we're just more apt to choose a peaceful end.

For any information regarding the Republic, the Federal Military, or any other thing pertaining to this nation, feel free to telegram.

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@secretaries:
Is the application of "The Sword and Sheild" being handled?

Yes... his aplication, along with others, is being handled. However, I would like to note that I've got a war I've got to try and keep up with along with a crappy server to deal with.

Yes, because of all that people applying might have to wait a while for validation.

BTW, Iuthia, I know you've posted the applications on our forum; I will go & view/comment once I have time. :)

Ok... I voted in the polls :)

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A cyclist?

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Most Respected and Honorable Minister;

Health, Peace, and Prosperity to you and your People!

It is with sincere desire, free from hubris that we address you today.

WHEREAS, in our approach to life, be it pragmatic or otherwise, a basic fact that confronts us squarely and unmistakably is the desire for peace, security and happiness.

WHEREAS, Different forms of life at different levels of existence make up the different levels of existence on this earth of ours, and no matter whether they belong to the higher groups such as human beings, or to the lower groups such as animals, all beings primarily seek peace, comfort, and security.

WHEREAS, Life is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a human, and even the lowliest insect strives for protection from dangers that threaten its life.

WHEREAS, Just as each one of us wants happiness and fears pain, just as each one of us wants to live and not to die, so do all the other creatures.

WHEREAS, Acknowledging how good it is for peoples and nations to come together for mutual support, defense, and wellbeing.

THEREFORE, the Noble Theocracy of Vajrabodhi does make petition to join the ranks of UnAPS.

(OOC – this request also made in via Telegram to Mintar)

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I take it the application is being handled again? :wink:

Well, I'm assuming that it's pretty much Mintars job, however if you want I could do that... afterall, last time I got all the information from Mintar in all the other cases...

Eitherway, I think this is something we will have to look deeper into.

Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new
--- Albert Einstein