The Citrus Accords

"The Citrus Accords" is an orange sphere treaty.

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The Citrus Accords

Preamble:

We the members of the Orange Team come together united by a common bond, to once again promote the ideals we share. The Citrus Accords is established upon the principles of independence. Unless attacked the members shall have freedom to act as they see fit, to the benefit of their respective alliances. The goal of this treaty is to foster the advancement and prosperity of the Orange Team as a peaceful and powerful entity. With The Citrus Accords we hope to create an Orange Team with the necessary strength to maintain its independence, deter aggression and create increasingly more amicable bonds between the great alliances of the Orange Sphere.

Article 1: Sovereignty

I: All signatories of this treaty shall remain sovereign, independent entities, as do their respective nations. II: The Citrus Council will hold no power over a signatory's internal or foreign affairs.

Article 2: Non-aggression

I: No recognized member of any signatory may knowingly perform an act of aggression against another signatory. II: An act of aggression shall be defined as attacking a signatory directly or aiding, encouraging and otherwise provoking an attack upon a signatory by a third party. III: If a nation is alleged to be in violation of this article, they must immediately cease any and all attacks and offer peace. Reparations to the defender must also be made, to an equal or greater amount of the damages the defender incurred. If peace and full reparations are not offered, the attacker shall be publicly declared a rogue and must immediately be expelled from their respective alliance.

Article 3: Intelligence and Espionage

I: Signatories agree to refrain from engaging in any kind of espionage or other intelligence gathering activities against any signatories. They shall also refrain from supporting any such action by other parties. II: If any signatory possesses information relevant to the well being of any other signatory it is required that the information be shared with that signatory. III: If any signatory is found to be in violation of this article, the Citrus Council will vote on the possible expulsion of this member.

Article 4: War and Aid

I: All signatories have a legal casus belli against any third party which conducts aggression (as defined in Article 2, Section II) against any signatory. II: Aid can be requested by any signatory. If requested, said aid must be considered through the appropriate channels by all other signatories. III: Signatories can, but are by no means required to, come to the military defense of another signatory. IV: If a signatory decides not to pledge aid to another signatory, they must remain militarily neutral in the conflict until it is resolved.

Article 5: Establishment of Citrus Free Trade Zone

I: All signatories agree to establish joint Free Trade Zone on neutral forums. Each signatory will have one representative holding admin rights on the Citrus Free Trade Zone forums. II: All signatories are asked to encourage their members to participate in the Citrus Free Trade Zone. Daily operations of Citrus Free Trade Zone include but are not exclusive to trade searching, tech deals, donation deals or trade circle organization.

Article 6: Establishment of Citrus Council

I: The purpose of the Citrus Council shall be to serve as the primary inductor for new Orange Team alliances into this treaty, and to add additional amendments to this treaty. The Citrus council also reserves the right to expel signatories if they are found in violation of Article 2 or Article 3, or for some other specified reason. II: Each signatory may appoint up to two officials to serve in the Citrus Council. III: A signatory may be expelled from this treaty with a vote of no less than 75% of the Citrus Council.

Article 7: Admittance

I: This treaty is open to all Orange Team Alliances, provided they agree to be bound by its terms. II: New signatories may be admitted to this treaty by a unanimous vote from the Citrus Council.

Article 8: Amendments

I: New legislation may be added to this treaty after being approved by the Citrus Council with a unanimous vote. II: Signatories may propose legislation they feel will strengthen this treaty to the Citrus Council for consideration.

Article 9: Cancellation and Expiration

I: Any signatory may withdraw at any time from this treaty. After an official and public announcement has been made, and the withdrawing alliance must still obey all parts of this treaty for a period of 120 hours. II: Should any signatory be expelled from this treaty, all signatories, including the expelled signatory, are still bound to non-aggression as defined in Article 3, Section 2 for a period of 48 hours.

Signed for The Confederation of Organized Nations

Solunsford, 1st Director of Confederation Affairs Hebrin, 2nd Director of Confederation Affairs Brother Kane, 3rd Director of Confederation Affairs

Signed for UNION

President: Frozen-rpg Vice President: Czerwony14 Secretary of Defense:Cadet135 International Affairs Representative: La Grande-Bretagne Treasurer: Chaz1049 Recruitment Officer: Aggbeast1

Signed for IRON

Sister Midnight - Founder and President Furytear - Secretary of State The IRON Council

Signed for R&R

Gofastleft - President Mixoux - Secratary of State The R&R Senate

Signed for the Orange Defense Network

Salka Palmir - Secretary General Soccerbum - Deputy Secretary General Templar, The Eric, Empirica, Posta0, Yawoo, and Lego2Build - ODN Senate XIII

Signed for the Orange Protection Alliance

Shru - President Joune - Vice President Nederireland - Minister of Information Alofwar - General

Signed for The Order of the Paradox:

Ski11585, Grandmaster Ugly Guy, Grand Hospitaller Saber, Grand Chancellor DukeWilliam, Grand Inductor TonytheTiger, Grand Treasurer GeneralDiTuti, Grand Defender Punkbob, Councilor At Large