The Foreign Division

Introduction
The Foreign Division (TFD) is a relatively traditional yet unique alliance in CyberNations. The alliance was founded by Tamurin on the 21st of February 2007, and during the Third Great War accepted refugees from both sides. TFD is a democratic alliance with an elected legislative body (Senate) and several ministers as well as a Speaker of the Senate as head of the government.

Membership in The Foreign Division is open to all members of CyberNations. We don’t ask you where you were and what you did. Here with us only what you are and do now and in the future counts. This is your place to start over, leave the past behind and move on. We ask that applicants end any war(s) they may be involved in prior to seeking membership.

All members enjoy the right of free speech, security and identity protection. It is illegal for any government body to investigate the past of any member. This information may only be provided by the members themselves.

President & Speaker
The President of The Foreign Division was a Senator and Head of the Ministers. The President managed the elections of the Senate and oversaw all government work. To be eligible for the President position, a nation must have had resided in The Foreign Division for at least 6 months (determined by the joining date on the forums). The term of the President was limited to 3 months.


 * 1st President: Tamurin (1)
 * 2nd President (Jun 2007): Tamurin (2)
 * 3rd President (Aug 2007): Tamurin (3)

As of November 2007, the position of President has been replaced by the Speaker. The Speaker is a Senator who is elected by the Senate. He replaces the President completely. That way, TFD has become a parliamentarian democracy.


 * 1st Speaker (Nov 2007): circlewood (1)
 * 2nd Speaker (Jan 2008): circlewood (2)
 * 3rd Speaker (Mar 2008): circlewood (3)
 * 4th Speaker (May 2008): Deacon (1)
 * 5th Speaker (Jul 2008): Lusitan (1)
 * 6th Speaker (Sep 2008): Lusitan (2)
 * 7th Speaker (Nov 2008): Lusitan (3)
 * 8th Speaker (Jan 2009): Lusitan (4)
 * 9th Speaker (Mar 2009): Firebolt (1)
 * 10th Speaker (May 2009): Sir Volpe (1)
 * 11th Speaker (Jul 2009): GearHead (1)
 * 12th Speaker (Sep 2009): GearHead (2)
 * 13th Speaker (Nov 2009): GearHead (3)
 * 14th Speaker (Jan 2010): LetsHunt (1)

Senators
The Senators are members of the Senate of the alliance. They are elected from general membership of The Foreign Division. To be eligible for a Senate position, a nation must have resided in The Foreign Division for at least 3 months (determined by the joining date on the forums). Senators are in office for 4 months, after which there are elections for the positions. Every two months two senators are re-elected. The two senators up for re-election are the two senators who were not up for election two months previously. Thus every two months two senators are re-elected who then serve for 4 months before being up for election again. There are five seats open for Senators (since November 2007; before, there were only four).

Ministers
Ministers are elected by the Senate by from amongst suitable candidates for the position (they must put themselves forward). There are four Ministers for the four Ministries (Immigration, Economic Affairs, Security and Foreign Affairs). A Minister may not be a Senator or vice versa. Ministers are in office for three (3) months, after which there is another election for that position. If a Minister resigns, is expelled or the election result is vetoed, another election is held immediately, for that Minister position only.

Education
The 'Minister of Education is responsible for the for the oversight of all activities within the Ministry of Education, which includes distribution of game-related information (Cybernations Rules and Mechanics) and TFD's rules, laws, and guidelines. The Minister of Education's goal is to educate the membership of TFD to the point where they themselves can guide further new members. He is also in charge of the Academy and is responsible for appointment of the Head of the Academy, however he may assume this role himself. The Minister of Education is given the authorization to administer payment, via TFD bank, to his aides and academy graduates at his discretion.
 * 1st MoE: Kamino (1) – Experience: 1

Academy
The Director of the Academy is the head of the Academy and serves under the Minister of Education, with five Education Officers (one of which is filled by the DA) who teach their respective courses. The Academy was reformed to replace the mentor system and is responsible for the training of members on a large scale for futures in their chosen field. The Academy currently offers five different courses that can be taken by members, for which they will receive $3,000,000, a ribbon and a certificate upon successful completion of these courses. The current courses offered by the Academy are the Basic Course, Military Sciences, Economic Sciences, Foreign Relations and Alliance Development. These courses correspond to the various Ministries within TFD.

Immigration
The Minister of Immigration is responsible for the oversight of all activities within the Ministry of Immigration, which includes the growth of The Foreign Division and it's new members. This is promoted through the recruitment of newly created and established unaligned nations. His goal is to promote the recruitment of nations into TFD through constructive means, and he is given special authorization to administer payment, via TFD bank, to aides at his discretion.
 * 1st MoI: Platinumviper (1) – Experience: 1

Economic Affairs
The Minister of Economic Affairs is head of the Tech Deal and Trade Guild Centers. He oversees Tech Deals and Trade Guilds inside of TFD, and organizes said programs with TFD's allies for maximum effect and efficiency. He may appoint aides. In March 2009, the Ministry of Economic Affairs was split into two sections with two Ministers over each section. The resulting sections are called Ministry of Economic Affairs and Director of the Bank. This splits the Bank & Aid Center and the Development Center from the Ministry of Economic Affairs to increase efficiency in the Economic Department.
 * 1st MoEA: chickenx (1) – Experience: 1
 * 2nd MoEA (May 2007): Orioni (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 3rd MoEA (Jul 2007): Orioni (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 4th MoEA (Sep 2007): deacon (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 5th MoEA (Nov 2007): deacon (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 6th MoEA (Jan 2008): Lusitan (1), with deputy Firebolt (1) – Exp.: 2
 * 7th MoEA (Mar 2008): Lusitan (2), with deputies Phil (1) and Arkady of Phobos (1) – Exp.: 4
 * 8th MoEA (May 2008): KingAdam (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 9th MoEA (Jul 2008): KingAdam (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 10th MoEA (Sep 2008): Basileus (1), with deputy FarmGirl (1) – Exp.: 2
 * 11th MoEA (Nov 2008): Basileus (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 12th MoEA (Jan 2009): Basileus (3) – Exp.: 3
 * 13th MoEA (Mar 2009): Thierra (1), with deputies Captain Canuck (1) and Lusitan (3) – Exp.: 5
 * 14th MoEA (Jun 2009): Eivind the Great (1), with deputies Captain Canuck (2) and Kine Rage (1) – Exp.: 4
 * 15th MoEA (Jul 2009): Eivind the Great (2), with deputies Captain Canuck (3), Kine Rage (2) later replaced with Lusitan (4) – Exp.: 7/9
 * 16th MoEA (Sep 2009): Eivind the Great (3), with deputies Captain Canuck (4) and Lusitan (5) – Exp.: 12
 * 17th MoEA (Nov 2009): Eivind the Great (4), with deputies Captain Canuck (5) and Lusitan (6) – Exp.: 15
 * 18th MoEA (Jan 2009): Eivind the Great (5) – Exp.: 5

The Bank
The Director of the Bank is head of the Bank & Aid Center. He handles loans and deals with all issues in this area. He also oversees the Nation Development Center. He organizes the routing of aid from the bank to the Nation Development Center to promote maximum overall growth in The Foreign Division. He may appoint aides.
 * 1st DoB (Mar 2009): Legend (1), with deputy wilkes1559 (1), DoB later replaced by wilkes1559, with deputy President James Smit (1) – Experience: 2
 * 2nd DoB (Jun 2009): The Iggy (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 3rd DoB (Jul 2009): The Iggy (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 4th DoB (Sep 2009): Eivind the Great (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 5th DoB (Nov 2009): Eivind the Great (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 6th DoB (Jan 2009): Eivind the Great (3) – Exp.: 3

Security
The Minister of Security heads the Defense Group and the Intelligence Group. He coordinates both groups and appoints officers. The internal management of both groups is his responsibility. He can order defense missions to help attacked members. He is also responsible for the proper appliance of the constitution and for the internal security of the alliance. He obeys orders from the Senate only.
 * 1st MoS: Progmode (1) – Experience: 1
 * 2nd MoS (May 2007): Progmode (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 3rd MoS (Jul 2007): Progmode (3) – Exp.: 3
 * 4th MoS (Sep 2007): Tamurin (1), later replaced by Stompy (1) – Exp.: 2
 * 5th MoS (Nov 2007): Stompy (2) – Exp.: 3
 * 6th MoS (Jan 2008): The Straightener (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 7th MoS (Mar 2008): Tamurin (2), with deputy Orioni (1), deputy later replaced by Sir Volpe (1) – Exp.: 3
 * 8th MoS (May 2008): Tamurin (3), with deputy Sir Volpe (2), MoS later replaced by Sir Volpe – Exp.: 5/2
 * 9th MoS (Jul 2008): Sir Volpe (3), with deputy Stompy (3), later replaced by Tamurin (4), with deputy LetsHunt (1) – Exp.: 6/5
 * 10th MoS (Sep 2008): LetsHunt (2), with deputy deacon (1) – Exp.: 3
 * 11th MoS (Nov 2008): LetsHunt (3), with deputy deacon (2) – Exp.: 5
 * 12th MoS (Jan 2009): LetsHunt (4) – Exp.: 4
 * 13th MoS (Apr 2009): ZeroSoldier (1), with deputy LetsHunt (5) – Exp.: 6
 * 14th MoS (Jun 2009): LetsHunt (6), with deputy President James Smit (1) – Exp.: 7
 * 15th MoS (Jul 2009): LetsHunt (7), with deputy President James Smit (2) – Exp.: 9
 * 16th MoS (Sep 2009): President James Smit (3), with deputy ZeroSoldier (2) – Exp.: 5
 * 17th MoS (Nov 2009): President James Smit (4) – Exp.: 4
 * 18th MoS (Jan 2009): President James Smit (5), with deputy Kryptonite (1) – Exp.: 6

The following table contains an overview of the military chain-of-command of The Foreign Division. The Foxtrot Company commander is also awarded the title "General of the Army". There are three Colonels: Colonel of the Lower Companies (Alpha and Bravo), Colonel of the Middle Companies (Charlie and Delta), and Colonel of the Upper Companies (Echo and Foxtrot). All Colonels serve as an aide and second-in-command for their respective companies, and act as commander if the the company commander is away or absent during a time of crisis. All enlisted officers are outranked by the Minister of Security and the Deputy Minister of Security, who in turn are outranked by the Senate.

The following table contains an overview of all military conflicts The Foreign Division has participated in.

Foreign Affairs
The Minister of Foreign Affairs is responsible for the relations with other alliances, embassies and contacts with other alliances–organizations and the public reputation of the Foreign Division. He may appoint diplomats and aides, found embassies, establish foreign relations and he has a mandate for brokering treaties, although those treaties have to pass the Senate.
 * 1st MoFA: Tamurin (1) – Experience: 1
 * 2nd MoFA (May 2007): Nam Cam (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 3rd MoFA (Jul 2007): Nam Cam (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 4th MoFA (Sep 2007): Decadance2010 (1), MoFA later replaced by Nam Cam (3) – Exp.: 5
 * 5th MoFA (Nov 2007): Nam Cam (4), with deputy Lusitan (1) – Exp.: 5
 * 6th MoFA (Jan 2008): Herbert]] (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 7th MoFA (Mar 2008): Herbert (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 8th MoFA (May 2008): Herbert (3), with deputy Nam Cam (5) – Exp.: 9
 * 9th MoFA (Jul 2008): Herbert (4), with deputy Nam Cam (6) – Exp.: 10
 * 10th MoFA (Sep 2008): Herbert (5), with deputy Nam Cam (7) – Exp.: 12
 * 11th MoFA (Nov 2008): SupremePrince (1), with deputy Veniciana (1), deputy later replaced by Legend (1) – Exp.: 2
 * 12th MoFA (Jan 2009): SupremePrince (2), with deputy Legend (2) – Exp.: 5
 * 13th MoFA (Mar 2009): SupremePrince (3), with deputy Unive (1) – Exp.: 4
 * 14th MoFA (Jun 2009): Lusitan (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 15th MoFA (Jul 2009): Lusitan (3), with deputy Cadieness (1) – Exp.: 4
 * 16th MoFA (Sep 2009): Lusitan (4), with deputy Cadieness (2) – Exp.: 6
 * 17th MoFA (Nov 2009): Lusitan (5), with deputy Cadieness (3) – Exp.: 8
 * 18th MoFA (Jan 2009): GearHead (1), with deputy Kryptonite (1) later replaced with Barkeaters (1) – Exp.: 2

The following table contains an overview of all of the current treaties that The Foreign Division has signed.

Magistrates
The Magistrates act as the body of law. They head all trials and may not hold the office of Senator, Speaker, Minister, or Deputy Minister. This was enacted in February 2009.
 * 1st Magistracy (Mar 2009): Illius Vander (1), Claphamsa (1), Phil (1) – Experience: 3
 * 2nd Magistracy (Jul 2009): Illius Vander (2), Firebolt (1), LittleRena (1) – Exp.: 4
 * 3rd Magistracy (Nov 2009): Circlewood (1), LittleRena (2), Pompel (1) – Exp.: 4
 * 4th Magistracy (Mar 2010): To be decided.

Internal Affairs
The Minister of Internal Affairs (formerly known as Minister of Immigration) was responsible for the growth of the Foreign Division and for winning new members. He can appoint aides and manages the Foreign Division thread in the “Player Created Alliances”-subforum on the CN-boards. He’s also responsible for helping new members and the aid system. The Minister of Internal Affairs' oversight extends to Community Management, Education, and Communications, which keep the community active, educate and provide guides to the TFD members, and provide a closer interaction between TFD events and TFD's members respectively. On January 25, 2010, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was dissolved and split into the Ministry of Immigration and the Ministry of Education.
 * 1st MoI: Tamurin (1) – Experience: 1
 * 2nd MoI (May 2007): Tamurin (2), later replaced by Circlewood (1) – Exp.: 2/1
 * 3rd MoI (Jul 2007): deacon (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 4th MoI (Sep 2007): Orioni (1), with deputy Sir Volpe (1) – Exp.: 2
 * 5th MoI (Nov 2007): Illius Vander (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 6th MoI (Jan 2008): Johnnydriver (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 7th MoI (Mar 2008): Johnnydriver (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 8th MoI (May 2008): Johnnydriver (3) – Exp.: 3
 * 9th MoI (Jul 2008): Johnnydriver (4) – Exp.: 4
 * 10th MoI (Sep 2008): Johnnydriver (5) – Exp.: 5
 * 11th MoIA (Nov 2008): Firebolt (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 12th MoIA (Jan 2009): GearHead (1), with deputies Thierra (1), Circlewood (2), and Tamurin (2) – Exp.: 6
 * 13th MoIA (Mar 2009): GearHead (2), with deputy Tamurin (3) – Exp.: 5
 * 14th MoIA (May 2009): Thierra (2) – Exp.: 2
 * 15th MoIA (Jul 2009): Cyndro (1), with deputies Circlewood (3), DaxNico (1), and Platinumviper (1) – Exp.: 6
 * 16th MoIA (Sep 2009): Zebula25 (1), MoIA later replaced with Don Pica (1), with deputies Platinumviper (2) and Kamino (1) – Exp.: 4
 * 17th MoIA (Nov 2009): Phil (1), with deputies Platinumviper (3, Recruitment) and Kamino (2, Education) – Exp.: 6

Education
The Minister of Education was responsible for the individual development of our members besides trades and technology and guides nations from their early stages to nuclear superpowers. The Ministry of Education was created in January 2008. After elections in January 2009, the Ministry of Education was absorbed into the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
 * 1st MoE (Jan 2008): Fleet Admiral Connor Grey (1) – Experience: 1
 * 2nd MoE (Mar 2008): Fleet Admiral Connor Grey (2), with deputy Airsoft (1) – Exp.: 3
 * 3rd MoE (May 2008): Arbaces (1) – Exp.: 1
 * 4th MoE (Jul 2008): Arbaces (2), later replaced by GearHead (1) – Exp.: 3
 * 5th MoE (Sep 2008): GearHead (2), with deputy Kine Rage (1) – Exp.: 3
 * 6th MoE (Nov 2008): GearHead (3), with deputy Kine Rage (2), deputy later replaced by Tamurin (1) – Exp.: 5/4