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It is with great pleasure that the Vuhifellian Federation unveils a Union that shall act as a force of unity, harmony, and brotherhood among the various states of the galaxy. Today, the Interstellar Trade Federation is born.

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PREAMBLE:
In order to secure peace, trust, and unity between the various sovereign states of the universe; the Interstellar Trade Federation shall act as a median. A guiding point for nations to find unity and harmony with each other, to bring prosperity to each other, and to deter common threats.

Pillar I - Economics

By entering into this alliance, the ratifying nations agree to;
a) give trading rights to all member nations
b) establish and secure trade routes between member nations
c) abolish tariffs between all member nations on:
i) consumer goods
ii) industrial goods
iii) raw materials
iv) services
d) provide speedy interstellar communications between member nations
e) eliminate demarcated space-mining zones
f) provide for further economic principles upon amendment of this treaty

Amendment I - Existing tariffs may be kept between ITF nations; however, an ITF nation which keeps its tariffs forfeits her rights to free trade with other members of the ITF.

Pillar II - Military

By entering into this alliance, the member nations agree to:

a) provide for the common security of member nations
b) jointly patrol and/or train with ITF military forces
c) come to the aide of any member nation involved in a defensive war, however, such a defensive war must be unprovoked
d) come to the aide of any member nation in an offensive war, should the war be justified by the Security Council of the ITF
e) cease all hostile activity with all member nations
f) surrender technical data on publicly known warships (this article does not cover experimental or classified weaponry)
g) provide for further military principles upon amendment of this treaty

Pillar III - Governance

By entering into this alliance, member nations agree:

a) that a security council shall be established
-that only core members may become members of the security council
b) that a deliberative body shall be made for the ITF, encompassing all member nations
-that this deliberative body shall exclude no member nation
c) that free movement between member nations shall not be hindered among citizens of member nations
d) that the ITF shall have the power to pool member nations' assets together for the common defense of any ITF member nation
e) that translators shall be provided by the ITF to all member nations
f) that ITF member nations shall keep a unified list of wanted criminals throughout their space
g) that police throughout individual member nations shall assist their ITF counterparts in combating crime
h) provide for further governance principles upon the amendment of this treaty

Amendment I - Definition of 'core' members shall be those that have ratified all three pillars of the Interstellar Trade Treaty.

Amendment II - The ITF shall have the power to establish executive offices of the ITF, chaired by a member-nation, to oversea the governance of the ITF

Amendment III - The ITF shall compose a universal database of known diseases and their cures, or lack thereof, and which species & member-nation it afflicts.

Amendment IV - All ITF-applicants must resolve their disputes with current member nations before applying for membership. Any outstanding disputes will result in automatic denial of said application.

Amendment V - The Security Council shall act as the de facto judiciary of the ITF. And all international, interstellar, or intergalactic disputes within the ITF shall be settled peacefully through careful deliberation through the Security Council.

Amendment VI - Member nations shall not engage, condone, or tolerate piracy within their space, and shall pledge to combat piracy within ITF space.

Amendment VII - Member nations agree to recognize each other's sovereignty, and shall not infringe upon the sovereignty of fellow ITF nations.

Ratification

For a nation to gain entry into the ITF, they must ratify Pillar III of the Interstellar Trade Treaty. Ratification of Pillars I and II are optional, however, it is required that a member nations ratify at least one of the previous pillars before ratifying pillar III.

Amendment

The Interstellar Trade Treaty, as this document shall be called, shall only be amended by a 3/5 vote in the General Assembly and unanimous approval in the Security Council. Upon amendment, member states will be forced to follow the amended principles and align their governments as such. Failure to do so in an appropriate period of time shall result in the expulsion of a member nation from the ITF.

Member states
Vuhifellian Federation (founder) - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Kitsune Empire of Xiscapia - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Terran Federation - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Commonwealth of Kostemetsia - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Alversian People's Republic - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Principality of Northern Rangeria - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Dominion of Ruthless Slaughter - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Galactic Empire of Greal - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Dark Empire of Warhaven - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Republic of Earth - ratified Pillars I & III
Rubbishy Company of the Garbage Men - ratified Pillars I & III
Dominion of Feazanthia - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Anagonia - ratified Pillars I, II, & III
Future-World - ratified Pillars I & III
Northern Castesene - ratified Pillars I, II, & III

Pending
Empire of Thrasia

Core Member / Security Council Member

From the desk of Chief Ambassador Vanadict of the Kitsune Empire of Xiscapia
We wish to express interest in joining the ITF and look forward to our registration. We acknowledge and ratify with Pillar III (3). However, certain parts of Pillars I (1) and II (2) we have issues with, and these must be resolved before we may consider formal membership.


Pillar I - Economics

By entering into this alliance, the ratifying nations agree to;
a) give trading rights to all member nations
b) establish and secure trade routes between member nations
c) abolish tariffs between all member nations on:
i) consumer goods
ii) industrial goods
iii) raw materials
iv) services
d) provide speedy interstellar communications between member nations
e) eliminate demarcated space-mining zones
f) provide for further economic principles upon amendment of this treaty
We are afraid we cannot comply with section c of Pillar I. Tariffs make up a significant portion of revenue on Xiscapia. Perhaps a editing to "No outstanding Tariffs", and defining such as you see fit.


Pillar II - Military

By entering into this alliance, the member nations agree to:

a) provide for the common security of member nations
b) jointly patrol and train with ITF military forces
c) come to the aide of any member nation involved in a defensive war, whether provoked or not
d) come to the aide of any member nation in an offensive war, should the war be justified within the ITF
e) cease all hostile activity with all member nations
f) surrender technical data on publicly known warships (this article does not cover experimental or classified weaponry)
g) provide for further military principles upon amendment of this treaty
There is the issue of Section C of Pillar II. Should such a defensive war come about, but the defending nation provoked the attackers in a manner that includes but not limited to a declaration of war, breaching national territory and ignoring transmissions to back down, attacking worlds for plunder or slaves, or the kidnapping of the attackers nationals, we would not be able to comply in aiding the defenders, Xiscapian policy seeing the attackers justified.

We hope you will be able to respond in a timely manner to have these issues resolved and we look forward to our hopeful inclusion into the ITF.
Cheif Ambassador Vanadict
The Kitsune Empire of Xiscapia

The Alversian People's Republic is glad to note that she already fulfills most of these terms and that she would regard coming to the aid of an Ally to be of the utmost importance. However, there are a few problems that the Alversian Senate can see with this treaty before it can be ratified,

jointly patrol and train with ITF military forces

While training is not an issue and the People's Army would be delighted to share it's highly trained professional Regiments with the universe, we have had a catastrophic manpower crisis in the APN that we are only just getting over now. Consequently, we will not have the ships to spare for mass patrols along any other borders than our own. And those we have are required to defend an area of Demilitarized Space along our border with the Danaversian Empire.

come to the aide of any member nation in an offensive war, should the war be justified within the ITF

The Alversian People will never, under no circumstances, condone an offensive war. It is completely against the morale fabric of Alversian Society to even consider this part of the treaty. The previous statement is also a problem. If the offending member has provoked the war, Alversia will not throw away her children to cover up these mistakes

Thus the Alversian People's Republic, under the teachings of it's great and noble founder, Trezan Baxtor and following the principles of our people for the last 2,000 years. Alversia will regretfully abstain from ratifying this treaty until a compromise can be arranged.

Pillar I has been amended with respect to the issue of tariffs, raised by the Kitsune Empire of Xiscapia.

Pillar II has been re-worded and revised due to concerns raised by both the Alversian People's Republic and the Kitsune Empire of Xiscapia.

The Vuhifellian Federation clarifies that in order for a war to be "justified" by the ITF, the Security Council must decide wheather or not an offensive war is the result of a defensive war previously waged (e.g. the invasion and occupation of an unprovoked aggressor).

ITF member states may now choose wheather or not to fully employ their forces with the ITF. With regards to the Alversian People's Republic's concerns, the treaty has been amended so that the Alversian military may now become exempt from ITF patrols, but may still participate in ITF training. ITF patrols will still come to the aid of any Alversian vessels should the Republic ratify the treaty.

Armann Fere
Supreme Councillor of Foreign Affairs of the Vuhifellian Federation

Following these amendments, the treaty has been accepted by the Alversian Senate and will now be put to a vote with all Senators. If the vote is successful, then all three Pillars will be ratified and the Alversian People's Republic shall enter the ITF.

Due to amendments made by the Vuhifellian States to Articles I and II, the Kitsune Empire of Xiscapia would like to enter the ITF and become the fist fully-fledged member, having ratifyed Pillars I and II. We hope that our enterence into the ITF will bring success in Xiscapia's endevors due to the benifits of the treaty.

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The Kistune Empire of Xiscapia has been accepted as the first new member of the ITF. Further decisions made by the ITF must be made with both the consent of the Vuhifellian Federation and the Empire of Xiscapia.

The United Terran Federation Wishes to join this organization.

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The Kostemetsian Government wishes to convey its full and frank approval of this organisation, and humbly submits a request to join.

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Both the Terran Federation and the Commonwealth of Kostemetsia have been noted as core members.

A note to all members and non-members interested in joining: the first official meeting of the Interstellar Trade Federation shall be on [RL- March 1, 2008], the Vuhifellian Federation and the ITF hope to see you there.

Following a vote in the Alversian People's Senate, the Alversian People's Republic has fully ratified the ITF Treaty and looks forward to working with all members of the IDF.

The Principality of Northern Rangeria, while a fledgling nation among the stars with her main assets on Earth (also known as Sol III and Terra), is interested in joining the ITF. As such, the Senate has ratified the ITF Treaty.

The Alversian People's Republic and the Principality of Northern Rangeria have been successfully integrated into the ITF.

The ITF forums are now up and are located here (http://z15.invisionfree.com/intertradefed/index.php?)

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We of the Dominion, after an almost unanimous vote from the Cabinet, have decided to petition for membership in the Interstellar Trade Federation. With massive reserves of military vessels left over salvaged from our Civil War we would be happy to, along with offering our trade goods, be willing to relinquish many of said vessels for use in a centralized escort service.

Office of the High Chancellor, Dominion of Ruthless Slaughter

The Vuhifellian Federation welcomes its new brothers into the ITF and hopes for a successful relationship between all involved nations. A new budget will be accessed during the ITF's first meeting to re-distribute the payment of the ITF budget due to the addition of the Dominion.

Official Galactic Empire Statement

The Galactic Empire of Greal would like to join the ITF. We would like to offer our best troops to train with other troops of members of the ITF. The Greal Congress has already ratified the ITF Treaty by a vote of 4,598-402.

regards,
President Rollins Dallix

Trans-Gal ComLink Line 02, redirect from Comms Vessel Osirion via Sol-system main recieving/transmitting array
Greetings from the Republic of Earth
Please be aware that this means of communication is highly expensive, in terms of monetary value and energy requirements, both of which we are desperatly short on at this moment. Please understand that we are somewhat limited in terms of wording, as each byte is precious energy which could be used elsewhere.
We wish to make an emergency petition to join this alliance, as well as a request for aid. Our situation is desperate and we have little to offer. Our home world has been devastated by numerous events, and our galaxy is, unfourtunatly, as a result of our own actions, mostly inside of a rather large black hole.
However, without some assistance, it will be impossible for the Republic to comply with, amoung other items, Article I B and D, II B-D. This is not a matter of government refusal, but simply a matter of our own inability.
Furthermore, we express great concern in regards to II - F, although we are willing to ratify the remainder of the article, numerous items amoung our fleet were developed for large-scale destruction, and, if you will forgive our arrogance in the matter, we feel that such public knowledge of these systems could lead to unpleasant consequences.
Therefore, unless article F may be excluded, we will ratify Pillars I and III. However, if article F may be ammended, in our case or in all cases, then we will ratify Article II as well, providing, we feel, a substantial military presence once we are back on our feet, as it were.

Speaker Mutou Mahiro
The Republic Senate and the People of Earth and Sol

OOC: Is this still up for joining?

Yep, open

OOC: Thanks, with that in mind...

IC:
The Emporer sat on his throne overlooking the days meetings, Most were dull and remarkably unimportant, why did he care if the lower class had food and adequate health care, they could work, they were just being lazy. Of course, Crimos, The Royal Aquamarinian in charge of the Economy felt diffrently, as did Queen Lucy, the Royal Aquamarinian in charge of the public health system, when she could control her hormonal impulses that is.

One caught his eye in particular, it seemed a trade federation was forming, and looking for members.
Warhaven had a history of being very selective about who it helped, even in the First Existence, however being out in another Galaxy did limit one's trading abilities. Perhaps it was time to orgnise the trading fleets again.

He looked at the conditions for joining. one had to ratify the core rules, at least section 3 and one other, but all thee looked decent.

By entering into this alliance, the ratifying nations agree to;
a) give trading rights to all member nations
b) establish and secure trade routes between member nations
c) abolish tariffs between all member nations on:
i) consumer goods
ii) industrial goods
iii) raw materials
iv) services
d) provide speedy interstellar communications between member nations
e) eliminate demarcated space-mining zones
f) provide for further economic principles upon amendment of this treaty

Amendment I - Existing tariffs may be kept between ITF nations; however, an ITF nation which keeps its tariffs forfeits her rights to free trade with other members of the ITF.

Well, that seemed easy enough, they'd still have to follow the rules for mining The Great Andromedian Crystaline Asteroid Field though, because it was a national treasure more than it was a resource.

Anyways, he wondered if they would like to be apart of the Inter-Galactic Trans-Dimensional Comunications Network, it would definatly fulfill section d.

Pillar II - Military

By entering into this alliance, the member nations agree to:

a) provide for the common security of member nations
b) jointly patrol and/or train with ITF military forces
c) come to the aide of any member nation involved in a defensive war, however, such a defensive war must be unprovoked
d) come to the aide of any member nation in an offensive war, should the war be justified by the Security Council of the ITF
e) cease all hostile activity with all member nations
f) surrender technical data on publicly known warships (this article does not cover experimental or classified weaponry)
g) provide for further military principles upon amendment of this treaty

The Emporer smiled, he could keep his secrets intact, lest anyone discover the Anomaly class ship that was hidden, somewhere. He wondered if their scientists could undersand his Distortion Technology. Either way, it would entertain them for awhile.

Pillar III - Governance

By entering into this alliance, member nations agree:

a) that a security council shall be established
-that only core members may become members of the security council
b) that a deliberative body shall be made for the ITF, encompassing all member nations
-that this deliberative body shall exclude no member nation
c) that free movement between member nations shall not be hindered among citizens of member nations
d) that the ITF shall have the power to pool member nations' assets together for the common defense of any ITF member nation
e) that translators shall be provided by the ITF to all member nations
f) that ITF member nations shall keep a unified list of wanted criminals throughout their space
g) that police throughout individual member nations shall assist their ITF counterparts in combating crime
h) provide for further governance principles upon the amendment of this treaty

Amendment I - Definition of 'core' members shall be those that have ratified all three pillars of the Interstellar Trade Treaty.

Translators eh? The Aquamarinians could certainly translate, especially after the Hive-mind copied one's language into its memory. Seemed unrestrictive enough.

Kajeenith thought about it, and decided, he needed to do something to kep fro being known as the crazy hermit nation in Andromeda, so he decided to join the ITF

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Sent on the IGTDCN to ITF, destination recorded into Datbanks. Public communication, no Security Protocols needed.

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Let be known on this day, the fifty-sixth dy of the twenty-third year of The Second Existence that I, Tajen, son of The Darkness, Lord Emporer of Warhaven do hereby Ratify and put into Warhaven Law this day all areas without exception of The ITF Charter.

I look forward to meeting my new trade partners soon.

OOC: Would it be alright if I joined the meeting now? I have like the perfect spot for ITF HQ, and I want to put my idea forward soon.

OOC: Would it be alright if I joined the meeting now? I have like the perfect spot for ITF HQ, and I want to put my idea forward soon.

Fire away, your ideologies may clash with the Egalitarian and socialist Alversians though at some point :p

"and so we shall look into expanding our R&D in that area..."

There were nods and other indicitions of ascent

"Right, and onto the next item on our agenda, the ITF, or International Trade Federation. You all have copies of the charter, Robert, you had this put on the Agenda did you have anything to say about it?"

"Yes, it'll open up our markets, reduce overheads, abolish tariffs on all goods and services. We are in constant need of expanding our market and market share.
this will be a huge boon to open up markets."

"What about our other markets, won't join up a military as well as economic alliance cause some friction? perhaps even cost us valuable markets. I mean who knows what our GE markets are going to do if we sign up with these guys?"

"Population wise this will be almost as important as the GE particularily economically, we are not a member of the GE anymore so that military is out, but we have already established ourselves there, why not do the same here.

We can opt out of the military, and join purely as economic members."

"Anyone want to say anything else?"

After a brief too and fro between various proponents and opponents the Board agreed and Ratified Pillars 1 and 3.

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OOC: Ugh, I'm not Ratifying Pillar II (However I am doing #1)

((I have a question...what counts as "public" technology or warships? I want to join, but the Daiamid would never ratify anything that would involve distributing the schematics of anything above frigate class, or any weapons more than your standard railgun; and there's no way in HELL anyone is going to find out how to build aggregated diamond nanorod armor or silicone-impregnated ceramic ablators, let alone the AVATAR hull type. Both member nations of the Dominion are extremely protective of their technologies, rarely even sharing them with each other.))

OOC: I think that would be the first loophole. There is no defining limit as to what qualifies as 'classified'. I know I would willingly put forth much of my technology that anyone could come up with, but my microsingularity cores and breach countermeasures, energy absorbing shield grid, and artificial wormhole generators are what give my nation its edge and would therefore be classified. Any vessel put into the centralized force would lack these if there was a multiracial ITF crew aboard.

For the time being, it would appear to be member nations' discretion, with the hopes that they would generally interested in the welfare of the ITF and would therefore be forthcoming with their general technology. Naturally some of the fancy gadgets that are decidedly your nation's doing could fall under 'classified'. Everything else is fair game. Just my input.

OOC: Multi-species crew(reason just ahead), having to share technology with "Bourgeoisie from Space" and "Xenu Scum"(because all the aliens they've ever met were hostile) and the lack of a proper FTL due to the fact the law of Special Relativity wasn't abolished in Solar Communes space and finally, sheer isolationism, are the limitations for me to join this FT alliance. And I would like to suggest as well that it this share of technology was further explained and clarifying to avoid things like ambiguous interpretations.

OOC: Where is the Vuhifellian States?

OOC: He was online today, according to his public Profile.

(ooc: How long as he been absent?)

OOC: I'm not approved yet. :(

(time warp!!) ahh Well, Lets continue with the meeting I guess, we need to bring up the HQ for a vote... and get other things done.

"The Daiamid recognizes Teigor Somtaaw'Sa, Kiith-Sa of Kiith Somtaaw," said the cool, liquid voice of the nameless diplomatic A.I. installed in the Daiamid building. A tall man with a thin face and a broad, slicked-back mohawk stood.

"Fellow Kiith-Sas, Alphas," said the Somtaaw Kiith-Sa, nodding to the small party of assembled asrengarde. "Kiith Somtaaw would like to voice our support for ratifying this treaty. Our allies in the Milky Way theatre are too few and too weak to be of any true help," by this time, of course, news of the Milky Way campaign had become common knowledge amongst the various Kiith-Sas and the Asrengarde Hegemony, if not their constituents. "What's more, expanding trade with these powers will aid our people and bring us access to new resources,"

"You mean bring you new resources!" shouted a voice from the western side of the circular Daiamid.

"The Daiamid recognizes Miirpat Gaalsien-Sa, Kiith-Sa of Kiith Gaalsien," said the A.I. voice.

A more aged woman was now standing, clad in the dusky yellow robes common amongst the clergy of Kiith Gaalsien. She shook her notched, bony finger towards her Somtaaw counterpart.
"We all know that the Somtaaw stands to benefit largely from this treaty! The Somtaaw miners will become rich upon the bounties of the aliens, and how does that help us? Hmm? Why should Gaalsien ratify this treaty when it does nothing but help the mining and manufacturing kiith?"

"Perhaps if Gaalsien had something to offer the Trade Federation other than mad dogma and guilt, the Gaalsien would be more willing to ratify the treaty?" Before the speaker could stand, the A.I. had already chimed in.

"The Daiamid recognizes Kim Paktu-Sa, Kiith-Sa of Kiith Paktu."

Kim Paktu, nearly the spitting image of the legendary Majiir Paktu, his ancestor, eminated a commanding presence despite his thin and wispy appearance. His hair seemed to float in the non-existant breeze, giving an aura of destiny about him.

"Let us not forget," said the Paktu Kiith-sa, "that Gaalsien also opposed the Concordia Agreement and, were it not for the Agreement, none of us would be sitting here to debate this topic."

"You would do well to remember that Gaalsien also opposed the enslavement of the asrengarde during the days of the Empire," fired back Miirpat in an obvious bid to win over the five votes carried by the Hegemony's gathered Alphas. "And, had the Empire listened to the wisdom of Sajuuk, none of us would have ever had to sign the Concordia Agreement."

"So the legends say," sniped Kim Paktu-Sa. "Of course, most historians doubt the formation of the Kiithid until well after the formation of the old Empire." Many delegates smiled subtly. Score one for Paktu. "However, we are not here to debate history. We are here to decide whether or not this Interstellar Trade Federation has anything to offer the Feazanthian people. Paktu may not possess the impressive infrastructure of Kiith LiirHra or Nabaal," he said, gesturing to the LiirHra and Nabaali representatives. "Nor does it possess the fighting skill of Soban or Manaan. However, Kiith Paktu believes that even we simple farmers and philosophers can benefit from increased trade with the Milky Way. Let us not forget that with the trade of goods inevitably comes the trade of information. 'Information is always the greatest ally'". This quote gained pleased nods from the Alphas and more than one shocked look from a few Sas, for he had just quoted the logs of the legendary Hegemony warlord, Isha Awak Azshara. Regardless, there was pleased murmuring throughout the Daiamid.

"The time has come to vote," came the voice of the young Praetor - the Sa of Sas - Torroth Halcyon Nabaal. "All Sas and Alphas will vote now whether or not to open the floor to ratification of individual pillars."

"Kiith Somtaaw, cha."
"Kiith S'jet, cha."
"Kiith Gaalsien, ni."
"Kiith LiirHra, cha."
"Kiith Manaan, cha."
"Kiith Nabaal, cha."
"Kiith Paktu, cha."
"Kiith Soban, cha."
"Pack Azshara, cha."
"Pack Proudstrider, ni."
"Pack Glaivstorm, ni."
"Pack Ravenclaw, cha."
"Pack Ab'iq, cha."

"Measure passed," sighed Halcyon. "Let us now decide what to ratify."

((Solidifying place, still deciding which articles the Daiamid wont ratify.))

OOC: I'm not approved yet. :(

Yeah you are; check in the list of member nations.

As for ratifying nations; you only need to ratify at least two pillars (III is a must) to come into the Alliance. However, ratification of all three gets you a seat on the Security Council.

((There is only one major caveat that the Feazanthian government would have. The free movement of people across borders. There is no chance in hell that any foreign citizen would ever go through the Slipgate to the Cetra galaxy, and thus far all holdings in the Milky Way are military or government-based. When civilian colonies start springing up in the Milky Way, then we can talk, but the Daiamid would never allow a foreign citizen through the Slipgate, as it leads straight to the home system of both the Kiith Federation and the Asrengarde Hegemony.))

From the Office of the Chief President
Drakomis Nokomis Reign

The Galactic Republic of Anagonia therefore submits its request to join this Federation, in hopes that this Federation shall merit the needs of the People, in both times of crises and prosperity, and serve the People with the highest degree of importance.

And therefore, the following:

Pillar I - Economics

By entering into this alliance, the ratifying nations agree to;
a) give trading rights to all member nations
b) establish and secure trade routes between member nations
c) abolish tariffs between all member nations on:
i) consumer goods
ii) industrial goods
iii) raw materials
iv) services
d) provide speedy interstellar communications between member nations
e) eliminate demarcated space-mining zones
f) provide for further economic principles upon amendment of this treaty
g) neither hinder nor stop said member nations ability to enact peaceful trade between questionable Sovereign Entities outside the ITF, with respect to the Authority of the ITF, henceforth with proper acknowledgment therein to the entities in question being either enemies or allies, neutral or unknown, until such time as trade violates said charter of the ITF

Amendment I - Existing tariffs may be kept between ITF nations; however, an ITF nation which keeps its tariffs forfeits her rights to free trade with other members of the ITF.

Pillar II - Military

By entering into this alliance, the member nations agree to:

a) provide for the common security of member nations
b) jointly patrol and/or train with ITF military forces
c) come to the aide of any member nation involved in a defensive war, however, such a defensive war must be unprovoked
d) come to the aide of any member nation in an offensive war, should the war be justified by the Security Council of the ITF
e) cease all hostile activity with all member nations
f) surrender technical data on publicly known warships (this article does not cover experimental or classified weaponry)
g) provide for further military principles upon amendment of this treaty
h) neither hinder nor stop any military activities dictated by a member nation, should that member nation deem fit such actions, upon the grounds that such actions do not violate said charter set forth by the ITF

Pillar III - Governance

By entering into this alliance, member nations agree:

a) that a security council shall be established
-that only core members may become members of the security council
b) that a deliberative body shall be made for the ITF, encompassing all member nations
-that this deliberative body shall exclude no member nation
c) that free movement between member nations shall not be hindered among citizens of member nations
d) that the ITF shall have the power to pool member nations' assets together for the common defense of any ITF member nation
e) that translators shall be provided by the ITF to all member nations
f) that ITF member nations shall keep a unified list of wanted criminals throughout their space
g) that police throughout individual member nations shall assist their ITF counterparts in combating crime
h) provide for further governance principles upon the amendment of this treaty
i) neither hinder nor stop the Sovereign Governance of said member nations, with respect to member nations governing authority over their people and planetary systems, with consideration to the Sovereign Independence of said member nations, until such time as said member nation violates said charter set forth by the ITF

Amendment I - Definition of 'core' members shall be those that have ratified all three pillars of the Interstellar Trade Treaty.

END

With respect to the following, all requested pillar additions are given with acknowledgment to Sovereign Entities and the responsibility of any Governing Authority to Acknowledge Said Member Entities right to Govern themselves.

Perhaps the ITF, can have both permanent security council members (such as the ones listed now) and temporary ones appointed for a limited term, (elected in to the position by the vote of security council members)

OOC: BTW, sorry for the confusion I'm The Garbage Men ...

Bazalonia was the first nation and what I still consider to be my "main" nation sorrry for the confusion

So could you please remove Bazalonia and update TGM to pillars 1 & 3

OOC: BTW, sorry for the confusion I'm The Garbage Men ...

Bazalonia was the first nation and what I still consider to be my "main" nation sorrry for the confusion

So could you please remove Bazalonia and update TGM to pillars 1 & 3

Confirming everything I just said...

Confirming everything I just said...

Ozmg Puppet Hax!

OOC: Wasn't there like, an offsite forums somewhere for us, or was I hallucenating that part?

Oh, there is. (http://z15.invisionfree.com/intertradefed/index.php?) But it dosen't mean you weren't hallucenating ;)

Halcyon Nabaal smiled ever-so faintly. Ever since the Daiamid had voted to begin ratification, the dissident elements of Gaalsien, Proudstrider, and Glaivstorm seemed to have fallen into begrudging acceptance. There was some squabbling over semantics, and absolute outcry over the mention of technology sharing...but these had been settled. The document gave leeway to so-called "classified" technology. The Daiamid would release the schematics of many older, publicly-known technologies that had fallen into disuse amongst the core military; and thus everything else would be tagged as "classified". Even Gaalsien had finally acquiesced on this point - the Concordia Agreement's stipulations on the sharing of technology had been satisfied. And, the young praetor mused, no private firms would grow wary should their own technologies suddenly show up amongst alien forces.

But there was this issue of "free movement" of citizens. This was unheard of! Surely they did not expect the Dominion to simply open its borders? Not even Dominion citizens were allowed "free movement"! However, as the S'jet-Sa had pointed out, this too was open to interpretation. All Milky Way holdings were controlled by the military. The Slipgate between Coruc-Tel and Concordia was one of the most heavily guarded facilities in all of Feazanthian space. Unless these "citizens" somehow found the coordinates of the Dominion's civilian holdings in the Cetra galaxy and possessed faster-than-light drives capable of reaching them, the Daiamid had no need to worry.

Was it underhanded? Perhaps. Halcyon had never been one for Legalese, and in truth hated the quibbling over semantics that had plagued the Daiamid of late, but even he had to admit that this would work to their advantage. Increased trade would benefit every citizen of the Dominion, even if they didn't know it. The alliances forged through this Federation would strengthen the Dominion's position in the universe. And the technology they stood to gain from this treaty caused even the most conservative members of the Daiamid to salivate.

And thus, with only two ni votes, the Dominion of Feazanthia ratified all three pillars of the Interstellar Trade Federation's treaty.

Yeah you are; check in the list of member nations.



Ok, thanks

I'll be putting up a post soon in the ITF meeting thread

Official Government Transmission; Priority Alpha
09872H-02
Encryption Code: RED
Public Key: file /excised access Omega
From: Gar Michaels Manaan, Minister of Alien Affairs
Concordia
To: Armann Fere, Supreme Councilor of Foreign Affairs
Vuhefillian Federation
Subject: Interstellar Trade Federation; Application for Membership

/start file/

At approximately 28:18 on the Second Day of Ramath, the Great Daiamid of the Intergalactic Dominion of Feazanthia, representing the Kiith Federation and the Asrengarde Hegemony, ratified Interstellar Trade Federation Treaty 01 in its entirety, with the understanding that certain articles (to wit: section III, subsection C) would take into consideration high-security military and government territories. The treaty was ratified with eleven cha votes and two ni votes.

With this knowledge. the Great Daiamid formally requests to apply for full membership in the Interstellar Trade Federation for both the Kiith Federation and the Asrengarde Hegemony, henceforth known as the Dominion of Feazanthia.

Glory to All Under the Gods

/end file/

((...*cough*...))

The Dominion of Feazanthia's membership into the Interstellar Trade Federation as a core member has been noted by the Vuhifellian Federation.

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To: Union Leader of the Interstellar Trade Federation
From: Empire of Thrashia

In kind respect to the blossoming relations between our respective nature and a natural desire to see such a promising new agreement between inter-galactic nations coming into existence, the Empire of Thrashia wishes to join this fellowship. I, Emperor Treize Kushrenada I, hereby ratify and conjoin any and all responsibilities with the signing of this document. May the days ahead be ones of peace, trade, and good will between all races of the galaxy.

Signed,
Treize Kushrenada
Emperor of Thrashia

The Following Holo-Message was addressed to the Union Leader of the Interstellar Trade Federation.

"Greetings.

I, George Mon, minister of foreign affairs of Futuria hereby ask for membership in this glorious alliance, aiding your struggle for galactic peace. However, we will only ratify pillar I and III, as the very limited military we have is for our defence only, and we cannot surrender an information as it could risk our security.

May our friendship last long and well"

The Terran Federation wishes to voice its disapproval of Thrashia's application, for it is part of the most evil empire in existence, and is responsible first hand for the death of elven billion federation citizens, as well as countless others, I put forth a motion to block this nations acceptance.

The Terran Federation wishes to voice its disapproval of Thrashia's application, for it is part of the most evil empire in existence, and is responsible first hand for the death of elven billion federation citizens, as well as countless others, I put forth a motion to block this nations acceptance.

Reply Transmission

The representative of the Fedral Union, it should be reminded, should have no such aversion to our admittance. Any such atrocities were not enacted by Thrashian hands. If through our calm, logical operations during war caused such enmity from the Union then we believe they should be reminded that peace is now in court and all thoughts of war should be forgotten.

The Republic of Earth is in no position to forgo forgiveness in such matters. Our own record is hardly clear.
We will support the Thrasian bid for membership, on the basis that no nation or people are entirly beyond redemption, and that the ITF is the ideal position from which to provie that a wayward nation has commited to reform.

We are unwilling at this moment to support such a controversial member into the ITF, with an understanding of the Thrashian/Federal relationship we have to be strong.

The concept of both these nations working together militarily is just laughable, and in conjunction with the image Thrashian membership may reflect on our corporation, we vote a hearty no for this membership.

Diplomatic Transmission

As proof of our averse past to forgiving other nations for transgression during war, the Chronosian and Unified Sith destroyed the original Thrashian homeworld during a civil war; causing our people to become little better than nomads for a short time and crippling our military. Now however we're friends and allies. Can the same result not be brought forth between us, as estranged as our two nations are?

The Dark Empire notes that al nations, just as all people possess the ability to be good or evil. It is possible for any existing entity to change, no matter how difficult such a concept or feat might be. It is with this understanding that the Dark Empire fully supports the thrashian bid for membership.

Judge not lest ye be judged.

The Vuhifellian Federation takes note of the Thrasian Empire's application; however, due to the Terran Federation's objections; we do not recognize Thrasia's application into the ITF. The Security Council will have to debate the issue.

Until the ITF Security Council has reached a concensus, the Thrasian Empire's application is hereby denied.

The Commonwealth formally protests Vuhifell's denial of a Thrashian entry to the Interstellar Trade Federation, and reminds Vuhifell of the aid rendered to both the Commonwealth and the Vuhifellian States during the 'First Contact' period of the late 2990s.

(OOC: :mad:)

The Emperor (ooc: FT, naturally) of The Holy Empire of Northern Castesene hereby agrees and ratifies the ITF treaty, and expresses his wishes for the nation to be included in it's membership.

[ooc: Short and sweet? >.> For once.]

The Kitsune Empire of Xiscapia wishes it to be known that they fully recognize the horrors put upon TFU people at the hands of the Thrashians. It should also be noted that the Empire wholeheartedly agrees with The Vuhifellian States decision to formally deny their entry until further notice. However, the Empire nevertheless agrees with the honorable Dark Empire of Warhaven in their views that, quote, "all nations, just as all people possess the ability to be good or evil. It is possible for any existing entity to change, no matter how difficult such a concept or feat might be." The Empire supports full investigation and debate as to the admission or denial of admission to the Thrashians into the ITF.

Imperial Public Records
De-Classified Combat Reports
Empire of Thrashia

As clear proof to refute any outrageous claims by the current Fedral Union, the accusation that the Thrashian Armed Forces are responsible for the death of quote "eleven billion lives", we provide the following evidence that occurred no less than two standard galactic years prior.

Evidentiary Document A (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=530832)
Within the first document is a voice and holo-image record of the arrest of former president of the Fedral Union, Robert Bastidas by the Empire of Thrashia for plotting sedition and war against the member states of the Galactic Empire Alliance. Other innocents within the chamber who might have been led by Bastidas we left unharmed and allowed to leave.

Evidentiary Document B (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=531168)
Within the second document is a voice and holo-image record of the delivery of the prisoner, Robert Bastidas, to other Imperial Galactic members. Thrashia's involvement in the affair become non-essential and after seeing that the prisoner was safely delivered into the proper authorities aboard the Death Star in the Terra Prime system, Admiral Thrawn and all accompanying ships of the Empire of Thrashia left the system

Any and all deaths occurring from these events are upon the hands of those who handled the judgment of Robert Bastidas or prosecuted a continued war of aggression against the remnants of his then powerless government. [Said nations being the Empire of Balrogga and the Empire of Unified Sith, core members of the Galactic Empire]

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End Statement
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In conclusion it is therefore clearly impossible for any claims of such atrocities to be laid at the feet of the Empire of Thrashia. Such outrageous claims in the face of clear and self evident proof is ridiculous and absurd. The Empire of Thrashia would request the current government of the Fedral Union to cease any more comments and further accusations that are un-true.


Signed,
Manfred von Ernhem
Imperial Grand Judge
Judicial Ministry

( And of course a bunch of ooc bullshit and backstabbing like we all know GE ,members are known for, the entire issue was that sith used me and my paranoia to let my guard down and kill my home world , icly my government hates any and all GE, member nations including you Thrashia, by association you are entirely guilty, namely for kicking this whole thing off with a LULZS!! OOC BACK STABBING PLAN, what sith and the GE pulled was OOC immoral, and I want nothing to do with the GE or any member state of theirs)

OOC:


In a different topic but still relivent to the ITF.

This organization, actually a trade alliance does in no way compete with the Intergalactic Trade Hub. The ITH provides commercial traffic a mode of transportation and that is it.

A player appeared on my MSN and seemed to think we were in competition so I wanted to clarify this. You probably already have some members from the ITH as your own members, I haven't checked how many but I know at least a couple are here too.

The ITH is completely neutral so you can expect no trouble from it unless you try to violate the restrictions I places upon the ships using it. I expect there will be no problems between the two entities in the present or future.

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

OOC:

Just wondering:

Have I been accepted or ignored? Either or, just curious.

OOC:

Just wondering:

Have I been accepted or ignored? Either or, just curious.

[OOC:Missed your post, my apologies.]

OOC:
Mah Post ta join (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showpost.php?p=13510670&postcount=39)

There ya go.

It seems our message didn't make it the whole way, so we are sending it again.

The Following Holo-Message was addressed to the Union Leader of the Interstellar Trade Federation.

"Greetings.

I, George Mon, minister of foreign affairs of Futuria hereby ask for membership in this glorious alliance, aiding you in your struggle for galactic peace. However, we will only ratify pillar I and III, as the very limited military we have is for our defence only, and we cannot surrender an information as it could risk our security.

May our friendship last long and well"

[Guess I have to do it the hard way :P]
From the office of the Emperor, Richard Caste IIV
The Master Cathedral, Venisas, Earth, 24x-087

On behalf of the Emperor, the Holy Empire of Northern Castesene formally ratifies all clauses of the ITF treaty, and seeks membership in your trade union. We hope there can be good relations between us, the union itself, as well as the member nations whithin the union. We are comparatively smaller than some nations, but we hope we can be a valuable addition.

Personally,
Prefect-Admiral Eric Bonitea

Future World, Northern Castesene, and Anagonia have all been accepted into the Interstellar Trade Federation. We welcome our new members.

[Also updated the Treaty to show recent amendments / BUMP]

Future World, Northern Castesene, and Anagonia have all been accepted into the Interstellar Trade Federation. We welcome our new members.

[Also updated the Treaty to show recent amendments / BUMP]

OOC:

Woohoo! Thanks. I updated my relations. Anywho, just in case, it's now officially the Galactic Federation of Anagonia.

Do I need to participate in anything right now?

Bump

this is NERV we would like to join the ITF we agree to all pillars of the agreement.
our location is in the Poseidon galaxy, we are unaware weather you nations have intergalactic hyperspace/FTL jump engines if you do not then we can make an intergalactic jump gate in a system of your choice.
we await your reply.