United Blue Directorate Charter

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The Charter of the United Blue Directorate is UBD's highest-level legislation. Members agree to be bound by the Charter as long as they remain members of the UBD.

Contents 1 Text of the Charter 1.1 Preamble 1.2 Government 1.2.1 Directors and Ministers 1.2.2 Parliament 1.2.3 Membership 1.2.4 Code of Conduct 1.2.5 Resignation 1.3 War and Foreign Policies 1.3.1 Foreign Policy 1.3.2 Tech Raiding and War 1.4 Nuclear weapons 1.5 Amendments to the Charter

[edit] Text of the Charter

[edit] Preamble

The Charter of the United Blue Directorate serves as the incontrovertible and highest system of laws, which all members, including Directors and Ministers, must abide by. The Charter is to be interpreted and enforced by the Directors and their cabinet as it aims to ensure the safety, prosperity and success of each and every member of the United Blue Directorate. The United Blue Directorate (UBD) is an alliance which embraces and promotes world peace, freedom and prosperity for all. The UBD respects the rights of all nations to govern as they please while abiding by this document during their membership.

[edit] Government

[edit] Directors and Ministers

The government of the United Blue Directorate is as follows. The leadership of the United Blue Directorate shall consist of three Directors who are elected by the general membership every three months. The role of the Directors is to oversee all areas of the alliance, and to guide the alliance in a way that is ultimately benificial to its members. If a Director resigns, then a new Director shall be elected from the parliament within one week. These three directors will also appoint a cabinet of 7 ministers to oversee each ministry. All directors have an equal say in all matters concerning the alliance and must reach decisions by majority.

There are seven ministerial posts - Internal Affairs, Finance, Recruitment, Trade, Foreign Affairs, Education and Defence. The Directors reserve the right to remove any minister from his position without prior notice for any reason. The role of the Ministers is to oversee their specific area of alliance governance and make day - to - day decisions based on current UBD law, whilst deferring to the Directors rule.

[edit] Parliament

Parliament is the main contact point between the general membership and the government of the United Blue Directorate. Any member of the alliance may propose a bill or suggestion to parliament. If the bill receives support from at least five members including one official the bill will be moved to voting for three days. Any member of the United Blue Directorate reserves the right to form a political party to further advance a political ideology. Political parties may propose legislation if they so wish. Political parties may advise their members to vote for a Directorship candidate or for a particular bill or suggestion but may not enforce this or ostracise members who do not.

[edit] Membership

Joining the United Blue Directorate All prospective members must :-

1. Register to the forums.
2. Post an application for membership in the UBD forums.
3. Become a member of the blue team unless a special waiver is issued by the Directors.
4. Agree to the terms of membership.

The applicant will either be accepted or denied by a Director or an appropriately masked Minister. Certain situations may require the delay of membership (i.e. offensive wars, or other alliance issues). Once they are accepted they shall be allowed to put “United Blue Directorate” as their Alliance Affiliation and be given membership masking views of the forum. After they have been accepted into the alliance they may vote in the UBD parliament. They shall also be given the full protection of the United Blue Directorate.

[edit] Code of Conduct

Members are expected to represent the United Blue Directorate in a positive fashion, which includes refraining from threatening other alliances or nations. Acting disrespectfully towards others will not be tolerated regardless of the rank or position of the person. All of our members are expected to behave honourably at all times. The Directors of the UBD reserves the right to define what is acceptable to members and what sanctions can be placed on members. Further rules regarding breaches of representation and sanctions may be formulated and approved by parliament.

[edit] Resignation

You may leave The United Blue Directorate at any time. If you feel that you need to leave the alliance for whatever reason you are asked to post a letter of resignation in the UBD forum with and appropriate reason. If you have received any type of financial aid in the last 21 days you are required to pay it back within a week of your resignation. Failure to comply with this will result in this aid being forcibly removed from your nation.

[edit] War and Foreign Policies

[edit] Foreign Policy

The Foreign Policy of the United Blue Directorate rests in the hands of the Directors. The Directors will seek approval from the parliament for a general policy before setting down to specifics by themselves.

[edit] Tech Raiding and War

As a member of The United Blue Directorate you are allowed to declare war on any unaligned and inactive nation, after first asking permission from a Director or Minister of Defence. However, if you declare war on another nation without approval, the alliance will not be required to help. Any attempt by a UBD member to intervene on the behalf of a member who is carrying out an unauthorised attack does not represent the views and decisions of the UBD. The UBD refuses to take responsibility of those nations who declare war on an aligned nation without permission. Any such action may lead to a warning, fine, suspension, exile, or possible military action. Any member of the United Blue Directorate who comes under attack will have the full support of the United Blue Directorate behind them through any and whatever means. Only with an unanimous verdict by the three Directors may the United Blue Directorate as a whole go to war.

[edit] Nuclear weapons

Any nation of The United Blue Directorate that wishes to produce nuclear weapons shall be encouraged to as a means of deterrence and increasing the strength of the nation and the alliance. However, nuclear weapons are never permitted to be used in a first strike except with permission of a Director and the Minister of Defence. Any nation that does strike without prior approval shall be subjected to expulsion from the alliance. Any nation that has been struck unprovoked by a nuclear resserves a right to retaliate with any means necessary including nuclear strikes.

[edit] Amendments to the Charter

Amendments to this Charter can be proposed by any member of the alliance thought the use of the parliament. If the parliament passes the amendment, the three Directors must give majority approval to the amendment.