Forite Order of Raids and Anarchy

The Forite Order of Raids and Anarchy (FORA, also the Forite Order) is a small alliance on the Black sphere. It was founded on February 1, 2010.

Founding
The Forite Order came to exist after a thread on the Fora wherein Tidy Bowl Man complained about his then-current lackluster alliance. Princeps, admin of the Fora and fellow veteran of the Sons of Liberty in Lunar Wars with Tidy Bowl Man, decided to establish a Forite alliance in CN, and several Forites created nations. In addition, Jodo, the ex-leader of the now-defunct Terminus Est, also joined this new alliance.

It was decided early on to found the Forite Order as a raiding alliance; and early raids by Princeps and Tidy Bowl Man saw a fellow raider, Illyich Zhukov, join in earnest. Princeps created a recruiting video on the basis of these first couple raids and started sending out messages, bringing in a couple more nations.

Sajasabie War
This raiding policy ended up bringing ire upon the Forite Order from other quarters. Sajasabie, in accordance with its anti-raiding policy, began an undeclared war against the Forite Order. At the outset of the conflict, Sajasabie had 6500 NS and 4 nations, and the Forite Order had around 5000 NS and 6 nations. Within a day, though, tech deals allowed FORA to change the tide of war-FORA jumped to 16000 NS and pounded Sajasabie to 5000 NS.

One of the side effects of the war was that it drove the Forite Order to make an early declaration of existence. This sped up negotiations with Poison Clan over a protectorate. Ironically, Sajasabie's attacks only made FORA take steps to strengthen itself all the quicker.

The war is still ongoing. No terms for individual or alliance surrender have been offered by either side, although the momentum is now by far on the side of the Forite Order.

Summary of the Rules of the FORA
Full text of the FORA rules

1-3) Princeps is absolute ruler of the Fora, may choose to have elections but doesn't have to, and can annul the results anytime, and can hire and fire officers at will.

4) All prospective members must be registered and active on the forums.

5) Diplomats wishing an embassy must also remain active on the forums.

6) The FORA government must approve all use of nukes, and all raids.

7) The FORA government may silence its members in public, but guarantees their free speech on the internal forums.

8) Verbatim copypasta of a Fora meme.

9) Princeps may alter or abolish the Rules at any time, and any powers not otherwise mentioned reside with Princeps or his government.

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