Declaration of Neutrality of the Green Old Party



The member nations of the Green Old Party (henceforth GOP) will, in sincerity and good faith, pursue friendly and impartial conduct toward all other alliances, maintaining a strict stance of political neutrality.

We hereby declare that the GOP is legally bound to its political neutrality, and must exhort and advise its own member nations to avoid any and all acts or proceedings which may in any manner breach this Declaration of Neutrality, and thereby violate the neutrality of the GOP itself.

Any member nation of the GOP caught committing, aiding, or abetting hostilities against any sovereign nation, nations, alliance or alliances (or otherwise caught breaking the terms of this Declaration of Neutrality) renders itself liable for punishment; this punishment will be delivered without delay, restraint, or reserve by the officers of the GOP.

''In defense of its own resource trade interests, the GOP will actively and willingly engage unaligned rogues and ghosts within the green sphere, to the best of its ability, if called upon by a green sphere alliance to do so. This assistance will be offered indiscrimately by the GOP to all green team alliances insofar as the GOP is capable of providing assistance. It is, therefore, not a violation of the GOP’s strict political neutrality. In this way, the GOP offers a service to the green community, but abstains from political partisanship.''

In Recognition of GOP Neutrality we, the undersigned alliances (henceforth known as Assenters) do hereby duly recognize the neutrality of the GOP, and do agree to the following contract:

Article 1: Definitions:
Assenters - Any undersigned alliance

Belligerent - Any nation or alliance that undertakes hostile action against a member of the GOP.

Hostile action - An actual, attempted, or threatened attack, invasion, or endeavor to inflict harm upon another nation or its property.

Roguery – Attacking without provocation.

Ghosting – Deceptively and fraudulently flying a sovereign Alliance Affiliation.

Article 2: Prevention of Aggression:
(A.) The citizens, territories, and properties of the GOP member nations are inviolable.

(B.) GOP members shall not violate the citizens, territories, and properties of any Assenters.

Article 3: Neutrality:
GOP member nations shall remain neutral in any conflict, save for those in which a Belligerent has taken hostile action against a GOP member nation, and in the instances of Roguery or Ghosting within the green sphere.

Article 4: GOP Defense:
(A.) The GOP reserves the right to defend itself against any Belligerent, and any such defensive action shall not be regarded as a hostile act.

(B.) When asked by another green sphere alliance for assistance, the GOP reserves the right to aid in the detriment of Roguery or Ghosting within the green sphere. The GOP and its member nations will only take action in accordance with Article 3B when explicitly asked to do so by the green sphere alliance involved, and when it is within the GOP’s capacity to take action. If it is not within the GOP’s capacity to take action in accordance with Article 3B, its inaction will not be seen as a violation of its neutrality.

Article 5: Non-Aggression Pact:
(A.) Aside from the instances where Article 3A and 3B apply, GOP member nations are forbidden to initiate (or cause another nation to initiate) hostile action against other nations.

(B.) Assenters to the treaty herein are forbidden to initiate, or cause another nation to initiate, hostile action against any GOP member nation.

Article 6: Illicit Aid:
(A.) GOP member nations are forbidden to knowingly provide financial, military, or technological aid to non-GOP member nations that are actively involved in war.

(B.) Assenters are forbidden to knowingly provide financial, military, or technological aid to Belligerents.

Article 7a - Freedom of Trade:
GOP member nations and Assenters are not called upon to forbid or restrict the import or export of any resource. Subject to the restriction in Article 6b, all members have the right to determine their own trading patterns within their own alliance's rules and regulations.

Article 7b – Sanctions:
(i.) The GOP shall not use sanctions on any Assenter, unless those sanctions are applied in response to a hostile act in accordance with Article 3, nor shall the GOP use sanctions on non-Assenters with the intent of hindering trade by Assenters.

(ii.) Assenters shall not use sanctions on any GOP member, nor shall Assenters use sanctions on non-GOP nations with the intent of hindering trade by GOP members.

Subject to Article 7b i.: the loss of a trade by an Assenter as a result of sanctions placed by a GOP member shall not be classed as a hostile act unless the sanctioned nation belongs to the Assenting alliance.

Subject to Article 7b ii.: Assenters are not restricted in their use of sanctions on any other nation

Subject to Article 7b ii.: The loss of a trade by a GOP member as a result of sanctions placed by an Assenter shall not be classed as a hostile act unless the sanctioned nation belongs to the GOP.

Article 8: Violators:
Any nation found in violation of this contract shall be subject to punishment in the form of restitution to the nation or nations harmed by said violation. The amount of the restitution shall be commensurate with the degree of harm caused. If the offending nation cannot or will not reimburse the victims, then the burden of providing restitution shall fall to the alliance to which the offending nation belongs (i.e. the GOP or the appropriate Assenter). Any assenting alliance (including the GOP) reserves the right to discipline violating nations beyond this treaty in accordance with their own laws and regulations.

Article 9: Enactment:
Every measure of restriction or prohibition taken in regard to the matters referred to in the preceding articles must be impartially applied to all applicable nations.

For the Green Old Party

 * Rooman33, Founder and Triumvir of Military Affairs
 * Samwise, Triumvir of Internal Affairs
 * Rekh127, Tirumvir of Foreign Affairs

For Ordo Verde

 * Rayvon, Minister of Foreign Operations
 * Dani C, Minister of Defense
 * Mr. Duffy, Minister of Internal Affairs