Treaty of Avakir

The Treaty of Avakir is a treaty between the Sovereign Confederation and the Kingdom of Ransenar that created the Sovereign-Ransenari Union, an organization that both nations have given the power to establish and carry out common policy portfolios such as foreign affairs, defense, currency, and other commonly agreed aspects of governance.

The Treaty of Avakir is the first step towards greater political and economic union among the lands in Benacia that once made up the late Shirerithian state of Goldshire. Greater political and economic union will depend on future developments, led by a Joint Committee composed of political and economic leaders of both the Sovereign Confederation and Ransenar. It is believed that more Treaties on further integration will come, and begin to create a common law between the signatories and eventually create a federal Kingdom of Goldshire.

The Treaty was signed in the city of Avakir, in the Sovereign Confederation.

Background

• The details of the Treaty were agreed over a series of meetings of the Joint Committee for Goldshire held at different instances in the cities of Goldshire Hamlet, Avakir, Kingsgate, and Goldfield. The initial draft was first circulated at the inaugural meeting of the Joint Committee in Avakir. The draft was signed by representatives of both nations in the session held in the city of Goldshire Hamlet on 13.IV.1676, and separate Acts made by each of the signatories were then passed by their legislatures and governments to put the agreed Articles into effect on 20.V.1677. The Treaty deals with the establishment of a "union that shares common powers of policy and governance", committing both nations to further integration and the eventual creation of a federal Kingdom of Goldshire.
  • Avakir Treaty Referendum, 1677 (Ransenar)
  • Avakir Treaty Act, 1676 (Ransenar)
  • Avakir Treaty Reforms Act, 1676 (Ransenar)
  • Constitutional Amendment Act, 1676 (Ransenar)
  • Decree and other regulations for the referendum to approve the changes (Ransenar)
• Prior to the signing of the Treaty of Lune Villa, both the Sovereign Confederation and Ransenar appointed diplomatic officials tasked with the negotiation of agreements and treaties that would create greater integration between both countries, rooted in their shared commitments to the Raspur Pact, common history, common concern over the Verionist threat and with the peaceful aspiration of eventually creating a federal Kingdom of Goldshire in the lands that belonged to the old state of Goldshire.
  • The federal Kingdom of Goldshire would have its capital at Goldshire Hamlet.
• Representatives recognize that total integration would be a long process, decide to begin the process of establishing a common policy on several fields of governance, with the Treaty then being ratified and enforced by the respective governments as they saw fit. Further details of integration to be established over successive Treaties and Agreements.
  • Treaty of Union: signed in Goldshire Hamlet, creates the federal Kingdom, set out terms of Goldshirian federalism, establish a popular elective monarchy (OOC: we rotate the monarchy between Ryker and a character played by Edgard every so often - 6 months?) establishes a common Constitution that both countries will have to approve along their respective processes and traditions.
  • This meant in Ransenar, that the Treaty had to go through the Ransenari Congress. The Treaty would need constitutional amendments and a referendum on the changes that the Kingdom had to make in their laws. The Ransenari Congress and the Lord High Steward were empowered to do different parts of the enforcement of the approved changes through a series of acts and decrees, etc etc.

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See Also

• Sovereign Confederation
• Ransenar