The Phoenix Collective

The Phoenix Collective Charter

Preamble

This Phoenix Collective is an Alliance made to protect our members and help them grow in strength. We pride ourselves on being fully democratic and defensive by design.

Members

1. Must not belong to any other alliance. 2. Members are expected to remain civil to other members at all times. Flaming or insulting other members will not be tolerated. 3. Members can call a vote of no confidence in a Minister at any time, the vote will pass with a 66%+ Majority and an election for a new Minister held (The ejected minister will be unable to run). 4. Members can overturn a Ministers decision with a 2/3 Majority. 5. All charter ammendments must pass by 2/3 Majority through the membership. 6. Any member can propose a charter ammendment at any time.

Elections

1. Members elect all leadership positions from within the alliance with a 50%+1 majority-- Should no one recieve 50%+1 a new vote with the 2 top vote choices will be conducted to have a final result. 2. Emergency elections (for a specific minister) occur at a request of a 50%+1 majority of members. 3. Regular general elections occur every 2 months (on the first of every even month).

War

Defence

1. Member nations who have had war declared on them have full right to defend themselves however they feel appropriate -- including use of nuclear weapons. 2. Said member is expected to alert the Alliance of this attack. 3. If the attacker belongs to an alliance, diplomacy must be used and only the PM can order an attack on the that attacker or that attacker's alliance. 4. Should the attacker agree to pay reps and declare peace, then no other alliance member need get involved-- unless said attacker fails to pay and declare peace within a timely manner. 5. Should the attacker found to be a rogue and diplomacy has failed, members are expected, if within range, to attack the rogue or offer assistance to the attacked member if possible.

Authorizing Military Action

1. Nations may always conduct self defense against an attacker but before nations other than the one attacked may get involved the attacks must be approved. 2. The Defence Minister can authorize wars against rogues (those without alliance affiliation). 3. The Prime Minister can authorize wars against rogues and alliances.

Illegal Offensive Actions

1. If a member attacks a nation unprovoked, the attacking member will be demanded to pay reps and declare peace, if he/she declines, that person will face charges and possible expulsion from the alliance.

Foriegn Doctrine

1. We will not sign MDP's with alliances with multiple MDP's. 2. NAPs and other diplomatic agreements must have the signature of a minister to be binding. 3. Should another minister disagree with a signed treaty, the treaty goes up for general membership approval. If the treaty recieves a 2/3 majority it will be adopted and the Prime Minister is expected to sign it.

Government

1. Prime Minister

a. Oversight of other ministers b. Can overturn decisions made by other ministers. c. Can remove a minister and hold an election. d. Can remove a member of the alliance for breaking the charter. e. Can declare war on other rogues and alliances.

2. Defense Minister

a. Oversees all matters of war. b. In case of a war, will organize the war effort. c. Can declare war on rogues. d. Supervises matters of internal and external security

3. Internal Minister

a. Oversees all internal matters. b. Can appoint and remove members as diplomats. c. Resolves internal matters and disputes when possible.

4. Recruitment Minister

a. Coordinates all recruitment efforts. b. Designates members as recruiters.

5. Defence Council

a. Looks into matters of internal security for the alliance. b. Alerts the Defence Minister of unusual situations and possible threats.