Charters of United Coalition of Nations

Charters of United Coalition of Nations

I. Preamble
We, the sovereign nations of Cybernations in order to form a cooperative brotherhood of nations, establish justice, peaceful coexistence, provide for the common defense, promote economic prosperity, and secure freedom and liberty to all its members, do ordain and establish this charter of the United Coalition of Nations(UCoN).

II. Membership
A. Application i. The ability to apply for membership in the United Coalition of Nations is open to all members of Cybernations.

ii. The mandatory requirement for UCoN moderated trade circles is to have the team color of Green. Preexisting trade circles may exist but are however not moderated by UCoN.

iii. Other mandatory requirements will be provided by any government or staff in charge of the application process.

iv. The United Coalition of Nations reserves the right to deny any application, and meeting only the aforementioned requirements is no guarantee of admission to the alliance.

B. Resignation of Membership

i. Any member of the alliance may resign the said membership should they no longer possess any in-game nation, should they no longer display in-game the alliance affiliation of this alliance, or should they make a genuine statement of resignation.

ii. The approved alliance affiliations include "United Coalition of Nations" and "UCoN Applicant".

iii. Any former member may have the option to remain a friend of UCoN upon the approval of the Secretary of Interior under the supervision of the President.

C. Repayment of Aid

i. All members who have received assistance through contracted UCoN aid programs or contracted UCoN finance programs within the past four months shall, at the discretion of the government of the United Coalition of Nations, be required to repay all of their funding upon termination of their alliance membership.

ii. Notice of the amount to be repaid must be delivered no more than 7 days after leaving the alliance.

iii. Any member or any former member who fails to repay the required amount after a sufficient time period may be subject to consequences of a military assault or other in-game variety.

D. Expulsion Any member may be expelled by a vote greater than 3/4 or 75% of all the UCoN members who voted within one week with a minimum of greater than 20% of all UCoN members voting or found guilty by the Supreme Court for the following reasons: i. Declarations of war on an UCoN member or ally

ii. Unauthorized declarations of war on any nation

iii. Unauthorized forwarding information to other alliance/s

iv. Aiding any nation who is declared an enemy of UCoN at the time of Aid

v. Violation of the UCoN laws, charter and/or By-laws

vi. Disobeying a lawful order of a superior vii. Violation of The One law of the Host/Forum provider

E. Reapplication as member Any nation who was previously a UCoN member must meet all mandatory requirements provided by this Charter, any By-Laws or UCoN Law plus a vote of greater than 3/4 or 75% by the executive branch of the government in favor of reacquiring membership.

III. General Assembly
The General Assembly is the aggregate body of all member nations, each holding one vote in the event of referendums, impeachments, and elections.

A. Elections

i. Any nation member of the General Assembly may run for any elected office up for election in accordance with Article IIIAv.

ii. Winning an election must have the highest number of votes as long as more than 20% of all UCoN members casted their vote.

iii. Elections will be held on the 20th of the month or the most convenient date for the alliance based on the Chief Election Officer's discretion.

iv. In case of vacancy, elections shall be held 1 week upon vacancy only in the vacant elected position.

v. Any nation member who wish to run for President must be 60 days member of the alliance, must at least have one term experience as UCoN deputy or UCoN secretary, registered at UCoN IRC channel and UCoN forum active.

vi. If the nation member did not get the majority approval as stated at Article IIIAv of the charter, the election for President of this nation member is null and void.

B. Impeachment

i. Any elected official may be impeached by a vote greater than 3/4  or 75%  of all the UCoN members who voted within one week with a minimum of greater than 20% of all UCoN members voting as long as in accordance with Article IIIBiii of the Charter.

ii. Any impeachment complaint must be directed to the Chief Justice who is the presiding officer in all Impeachment cases. In case the Chief Justice will be impeached, the Chief Election Officer will preside.

iii. Government officials can only be impeach if that elected official violated the UCoN Charter, UCoN By-Laws and/or UCoN Common Law.

C. Powers

i. The General Assembly has the sole power to amend the charter by a vote greater than 3/4  or 75% of all the UCoN members who voted within one week with a minimum of greater than 20% of all UCoN members voting.

ii. The General Assembly has the sole power to impeach elected officials in accordance with Article IIIBiii of the Charter.

D. Rights

i. No member nation shall be twice put in trial for the same offense; nor shall be compelled in any case to be a witness against himself.

ii. Member nations shall enjoy the right to a fair and speedy trial; to be informed of the evidence, witnesses, and charges against them; to be presumed innocent.

iii. Member nations shall not be imposed on the freedom of speech or of the press or to petition the government for a redress of grievances.

iv. No member nation shall be put on trial for the same offense twice unless the same crime is committed on

v. Members may not represent the alliance in his personal views while posting on other forums, unless appointed by the government as a spokesperson.

vi. Members may not slander other players or alliances in any forum that may damage the credibility of UCoN or put its members in danger in any way.

vii. No member nation shall be convicted of an offense which was not illegal at the time they did it.

IV. Government
The government of the United Coalition of Nations shall have co-equal and independent three branches of government: Congress, Judiciary, Election

A. Congress

i. President

a. An elected position held for 6 months

b. Supreme membership rights at the UCoN Forums and UCON IRC channel

c. Act as Chief of the Congress and issue orders to any Secretary of any Department as necessary except when the time each Secretary is required to vote.

d. Cannot hold any election or judiciary position at the time in office

e. Presides all meetings of the Congress

f. Sole Power to declare war and declare peace in behalf of the alliance

g. Power to veto appointment, laws and policies of Congress within 24 hours from the start of passing of the law, appointment or policy.

h. Can extend office beyond 6 months if alliance is in a state of war.

ii. Secretary of Defense

a. Conducting/executing military operations during times of war

b. Researching and communicating strategies for use in war

c. Regulating military actions and activity

d. Informing the Congress on current military matters and operations

e. Directing and appointment of the military staff

f. Overseeing any military programs

g. Approving or denying raids and maintaining a list of rules and regulations in regards to raiding.

h. An elected position held for 3 months

i. Cannot hold any election or judiciary position at the time in office

iii. Secretary of State

a. The selection of ambassadors to all alliances

b. The sending and receiving of embassies

c. Recommend treaties to the Congress.

d. In charge of all foreign relations of UCoN

e. An elected position held for 3 months

f. Cannot hold any election or judiciary position at the time in office

iv. Secretary of Interior

a. Upkeep of the alliance roster and appropriate forum masks

b. Recruitment of outside nations to the alliance

c. Acceptance or denial of applicants

d. Education of new members in both nation management and alliance structure, programs, and resources through managed integration with Secretary of Finance and Secretary of Defense.

e. An elected position held for 3 months

f. Cannot hold any election or judiciary position at the time in office

g. Responsible for delegating and recruiting Wiki Editors to create / maintain and update the Wiki pages

h. Responsible for portraying statistics to the general membership

i. Responsible for announcing on behalf of the government rulings passed by the government through the communications department.

v. Secretary of Finance

a. Managing and directing the economic growth and stability of the alliance

b. Organizing alliance-wide growth programs

c. Overseeing trade, technology, and other financial programs

d. Directing the distribution of war and rebuilding aid

e. An elected position held for 3 months

f. Cannot hold any election or judiciary position at the time in office

vi. Powers of Congress

a. Recommend Charter Amendments to the General Assembly.

b. Issue UCoN by-laws which are not in violation of the UCoN Charter.

c. Ratify and approve treaties.

d. Repeal UCoN by-laws.

e. Appoint all Justices and Chief Election Officer

f. If a majority of greater than 50% or 1/2 of the Congress supports any action, vote or referendum the motion will be considered passed.

g. The President and each Secretary have one vote each.

h. All laws, policies, appointments pass with a majority of 50%+1 or 1/2+1 of the members of the Congress unless vetoed by the President 24 hours from passing the law, policy or appointment.

B. Judiciary All judiciary power of UCoN is vested in the Supreme Court which shall compromise of 1(one) Chief Justice and 0(zero) to 2(two) Associate Justices.

i. Powers of the Supreme Court

a. to impose punishments on wrongdoers

b. Will rely only the following for its decisions UCoN Charter, UCoN treaties, the By-Laws of UCoN, and UCoN common law.

c. Each justice has only one vote.

d. The final interpreter of UCoN Charter, By-Laws, UCoN common law.

e. Set Rules of court, conduct at court and Conduct of justices

f. Cannot initiate or start a case. Cases must be started by a non judiciary UCoN member

ii. Associate Justices

a. All justices are appointed by Congress and holds the position for life until resignation, expulsion or impeachment.

b. Associate justices cannot hold any election or congress position at the time in office

iii. Chief Justice

a. The Chief Justice will only vote in case there is a tie

b. The Chief Justice will preside all cases, all impeachment and all Charter Amendments.

c. The Chief Justice cannot hold any election or congress position at the time in office.

d. All justices are appointed by Congress and holds the position until resignation, expulsion or impeachment.

C. Election Election office shall have a Chief Election Officer and staff.

i. The Power of Chief Election Officer is as follows:

a. Power to declare winner and losers of all and each elections.

b. Will Preside all elections and referendum in the General Assembly

c. In-charge of all election implementation.

d. The Chief Election Officer cannot hold any judiciary or elected congress position at the time in office.

e. The Chief Election Officer is appointed by Congress.

f. The Chief Election Officer will serve a term of six months. After six months he will be reviewed by Congress. If they vote to return him to office he will serve another six months. If he is denied, Congress will appoint a new Chief Election Officer.

D. Staff

i. All government officials may appoint 2 (two) Deputies

ii. All deputies are under the direction and supervision of the government official that appointed him/her.

iii. All deputies may be removed from office anytime by the government official that appointed him/her.

iv. Powers of deputies may be designated by the appointing official except voting rights. Any action done by the deputy is taken as the action of the appointing official.

V. Ratification
Done by the unanimous consent of the all member nations. In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names:

United Coalition of Nations General Assembly

I. Preamble
We, the sovereign nations of Cybernations in order to form a cooperative brotherhood of nations, establish justice, peaceful coexistence, provide for the common defense, promote economic prosperity, and secure freedom and liberty to all its members, do ordain and establish this charter of the United Coalition of Nations(UCoN).

II. Membership
A. Application i. The ability to apply for membership in the United Coalition of Nations is open to all members of Cybernations. ii. The mandatory requirement is to have the team color of Green. iii. Other mandatory requirements will be provided by any government or staff in charge of the application process. iv. The United Coalition of Nations reserves the right to deny any application, and meeting only the aforementioned requirements is no guarantee of admission to the alliance.

B. Resignation of Membership

i. Any member of the alliance may resign the said membership should they no longer possess any in-game nation, should they no longer display in-game the alliance affiliation of this alliance, or should they make a genuine statement of resignation.

ii. The approved alliance affiliations include "United Coalition of Nations" and "UCoN Applicant".

iii. Any former member may have the option to remain a friend of UCoN upon the approval of the Secretary of Interior under the supervision of the President.

C. Repayment of Aid

i. All members who have received assistance through contracted UCoN aid programs or contracted UCoN finance programs within the past four months shall, at the discretion of the government of the United Coalition of Nations, be required to repay all of their funding upon termination of their alliance membership. ii. Notice of the amount to be repaid must be delivered no more than 7 days after leaving the alliance. iii. Any member or any former member who fails to repay the required amount after a sufficient time period may be subject to consequences of a military assault or other in-game variety.

D. Expulsion Any member may be expelled by a vote greater than 3/4 or 75% of all the UCoN members who voted within one week with a minimum of greater than 20% of all UCoN members voting or found guilty by the Supreme Court for the following reasons: i. Declarations of war on an UCoN member or ally ii. Unauthorized declarations of war on any nation iii. Unauthorized forwarding information to other alliance/s iv. Aiding any nation who is declared an enemy of UCoN at the time of Aid v. Violation of the UCoN laws, charter and/or By-laws vi. Disobeying a lawful order of a superior vii. Violation of The One law of the Host/Forum provider

E. Reapplication as member Any nation who was previously a UCoN member must meet all mandatory requirements provided by this Charter, any By-Laws or UCoN Law plus a vote of greater than 3/4 or 75% by the executive branch of the government in favor of reacquiring membership.

III. General Assembly
The General Assembly is the aggregate body of all member nations, each holding one vote in the event of referendums, impeachments, and elections. A. Elections i. Any nation member of the General Assembly may run for any elected office up for election. ii. Winning an election must have the highest number of votes as long as more than 20% of all UCoN members casted their vote. iii. Elections will be held on the 20th of the month. iv. In case of vacany, elections shall be held 1 week upon vacancy only in the vacant elected position. B. Impeachment i. Any elected official may be impeached by a vote greater than 3/4  or 75%  of all the UCoN members who voted within one week with a minimum of greater than 20% of all UCoN members voting as long as in accordance with Article IIIBiii of the Charter. ii. Any impeachment complaint must be directed to any of the following: Chief Justice, President or the Vice President. iii. Elected officials can only be impeach if that elected official violated the UCoN Charter, UCoN By-Laws and/or UCoN Common Law.

C. Powers i. The General Assembly has the sole power to amend the charter by a vote greater than 3/4  or 75% of all the UCoN members who voted within one week with a minimum of greater than 20% of all UCoN members voting. ii. The General Assembly has the sole power to impeach elected officials.

D. Rights i. No member nation shall be twice put in trial for the same offense; nor shall be compelled in any case to be a witness against himself. ii. Member nations shall enjoy the right to a fair and speedy trial; to be informed of the evidence, witnesses, and charges against them; to be presumed innocent. iii. Member nations shall not be imposed on the freedom of speech or of the press or to petition the government for a redress of grievances unless it violates Article IIIDiv of the Charter. iv. No member nation is allowed to post at Open World Forums unless authorized by the President. v. No member nation shall be convicted of an offense which was not illegal at the time they did it.

IV. Government
The government of the United Coalition of Nations shall have co-equal three branches of government: Executive, Judiciary, Legislative

A. Executive i. President a. An elected position held for 6 months b. Supreme membership rights at the UCoN Forums and UCON IRC channel c. Act as Commander-in-Chief of the military of UCoN, and issue direct orders to Secretary of Defense. d. Act as Chief of the Executive Branch of the government and issue orders to any Secretary of any Department as necessary. e. Cannot hold any legislative or judiciary position at the time in office f. Presides all meetings of the Executive Branch g. the Chief Election Officer for all elections and referendum. h. Cannot vote at any election or referendum unless there is a tie. i. Power to declare war and declare peace in accordance to Article IV-E-v or with the approval the Senate j. From time to time give to Senate information of the state of UCoN and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient

ii. Secretary of Defense a. Conducting/executing military operations during times of war b. Researching and communicating strategies for use in war c. Regulating military actions and activity d. Informing all the executive branch of government on current military matters and operations e. Directing and appointment of the military staff f. Overseeing any military programs g. Approving or denying raids and maintaining a list of rules and regulations in regards to raiding. h. An elected position held for 6 months i. Cannot hold any legislative or judiciary position at the time in office

iii. Secretary of State a. The selection of ambassadors to all alliances b. The sending and receiving of embassies c. Recommend treaties to the Legislative Branch. d. In charge of all foreign relations of UCoN e. An elected position held for 6 months f. Cannot hold any legislative or judiciary position at the time in office

iv. Secretary of Interior a. Upkeep of the alliance roster and appropriate forum masks b. Recruitment of outside nations to the alliance c. Acceptance or denial of applicants d. Education of new members in both nation management and alliance structure, programs, and resources through managed integration with Secretary of Finance and Secretary of Defense. e. An elected position held for 6 months f. Cannot hold any legislative or judiciary position at the time in office g. Responsible for delegating and recruiting Wiki Editors to create / maintain and update the Wiki pages h. Responsible for portraying statistics to the general membership i. Responsible for announcing on behalf of the government rulings passed by the government through the communications department.

v. Secretary of Finance a. Managing and directing the economic growth and stability of the alliance b. Organizing alliance-wide growth programs c. Overseeing trade, technology, and other financial programs d. Directing the distribution of war and rebuilding aid e. An elected position held for 6 months f. Cannot hold any legislative or judiciary position at the time in office

vi. Executive Communication Process a. All Departments within the Executive branch must first post any public announcements privately on the Communications board prior to release to the General Assembly b. Communications will be released only when the President and two Secretaries approve the release. c. A period of 24 hours must lapse prior to release of announcement. Within the 24 hours given, any complaints or disputes must be aired prior to release. If a dispute is made the announcement cannot be released until the dispute is settled. d. If no dispute is made all members of government must not dispute publicly on the General Assembly Board. e. All announcements must be made by the Secretary of Interior on behalf on the government. In his absence, the President will make the announcements. f. In the instance of an emergency, the President make an announcement immediately without prior approval or discussion.

B. Judiciary All judiciary power of UCoN is vested in the Supreme Court which shall compromise of 1(one) Chief Justice and 2(two) Associate Justices.

i. Powers of the Supreme Court a. to impose punishments on wrongdoers b. Will rely only the following for its decisions UCoN Charter, UCoN treaties, the By-Laws of UCoN, and UCoN common law. c. Each justice has only one vote. d. The final interpreter of UCoN Charter, By-Laws, UCON common law. e. Set Rules of court, conduct at court and Conduct of justices f. Cannot initiate or start a case. Cases must be started by a non judiciary UCoN member

ii. Associate Justices a. All justices are elected and holds the position for life until resignation, expulsion or impeachment. b. Associate justices cannot hold any legislative or executive position at the time in office

iii. Chief Justice a. The Chief Justice will only vote in case there is a tie b. The Chief Justice will preside all cases. c. The Chief Justice cannot hold any legislative position at the time in office. The Chief Justice cannot hold any executive position unless there is a vacancy in both the Presidency and the Vice Presidency.

C. Legislative All legislative power of UCoN is vested in the Senate which shall compromise of 4(four) Senators and 1(one) Vice President.

i. Powers of the Senate a. Approve decisions to declare war. b. Issue UCoN by-laws which are not in violation of the UCoN Charter. c. Present an amendment of UCoN Charter to the General Assembly. d. Ratify and approve treaties. e. Repeal UCoN by-laws.

ii. Senators a. Cannot hold any judiciary or executive position at the time in office b. An elected position held for 3 months c. Each Senator has one vote

iii. Vice-President a. An elected position held for 3 months b. Presides the Senate c. Become President in case of vacancy of the Presidential position until an emergency election is held d. Cannot hold any judiciary position at the time in office e. Can only vote at the Senate if there is a tie f. Cannot hold any executive position at the time in office unless there is a vacancy of the Presidency

D. Staff i. All elected officials may appoint any number staff and one(1) Deputy ii. All staff is under the direction and supervision of the elected official that appointed him/her. iii. All staff may be removed from office anytime by the elected official that appointed him/her. iv. Powers of staff may be designated by the appointing official. Any action done by the staff is taken as the action of the appointing official.

E. Continuity and Beginning of Government i. At beginning and birth of UCoN, only the Executive branch will exist. Neither the Judiciary nor the Legislative will exist. When the Elections for the Judiciary and Legislative branches will be under the discretion of the Executive branch. Until such time, the Executive Branch will also have all legislative powers and/or the powers of the Senate. ii. If the Presidency is vacant, it will be temporarily be occupied by the following in order, Vice President, the Chief Justice until results of emergency elections. iii. If the Presidency, Vice Presidency and Chief Justice is all vacant, emergency elections will be held 24 hours upon vacancy. iv. All victorious candidate will immediately assume office upon the formal announcement of the results of elections v. During Beginning of Government, in the Absence of the Senate, the President must get greater than or equal to 3/5 approval of all elected officials of the Executive branch to declare war.

V. War
A. Qualifications for War i. If UCoN is declared upon by another alliance via Declaration of War or recognition of hostilities on the Open World Forums ii. If a treaty is activated requiring UCoN to enter war alongside allies iii. If any UCoN nation member is repeatedly attacked by rogue alliances or rogue nations iv. Coordinate attack/s on any UCoN nation member

B. Member's Responsibilities during war i. All member Nations MUST be given approval from the SoD before launching nuclear weapons ii. All member Nations cannot attack any other nation without approval from the SoD iii. All member Any nation who does not follow these rules can be placed in sanctions from the alliance, which include exemption from moderated tech deals and foreign aid.

VI. Ratification
Done by the unanimous consent of the all member nations. In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our Names:

President Hardin, Reghar73, Namayan, thelittlejd, TK, Eumirbago, DarthDrew, hasansohel,