Socialistic Empire

Socialistic Empire
SE Official Flag
Team Color	Black
Founder(s)	Silent
Founded	3 April 2007
International relations	See below
Statistics as of 27 April 2008
Total Nations	81
Strength	952,998
Avg. Strength	11,765
Nukes	80
Score	4.03

The Socialistic Empire is an alliance dedicated to spreading leftist ideologies around the Cyberverse. The -SE- is run as a representative government and encourages it's nations to be an active part of the alliance. The Socialistic Empire will help some leftist alliances, and will usually serve as the last line of defense of leftist ideals in CN.

The Socialistic Empire Memorandum

Preamble:

The Socialistic Empire is a radical alliance devoted to the ideals of Socialism. This alliance is dedicated to defending and further spreading leftist ideologies in the Cyberverse. The –SE- will endorse all leftist ideologies, and will always seek cooperation with other leftist alliances. With a strong, representative government it will stand firm against any storm and will overcome any problem, recognizing its responsibility to defend the Left in CN.

CHAPTER I: Admission and Membership.

Any nation that wishes to join the –SE– must fill out the following form, and post it on the –SE– Imperial Forums:

1. Nation Name
2. Nation Ruler
3. Nation Resources
4. Nation Strength
5. CN Forums Username
6. Link to your nation
7. How did you find out about -SE-; Who recruited you?

Once a nation becomes an official member of the –SE–, it is forbidden to:

1. Join any other alliance without first resigning from the –SE– (punishable by expulsion from the alliance and by military actions taken against said nation).
2. Transfer any internal alliance information to anyone outside the alliance (punishable by expulsion from the alliance and by military actions taken against said nation).
3. Start any wars without being sanctioned by the Defense Ministry (attacking a nation member of any alliance during peace time is punishable by expulsion from the alliance).
4. Aid enemy nations and/or alliances of the –SE– in any form or matter (punishable by expulsion from the alliance and by military actions taken against said nation).
5. To ask for aid and resign from the alliance within a week after receiving aid (considered as desertion and is punishable by military actions taken against said nation).
6. Resigning from the alliance within 72 hours after the start of a war (considered as desertion and is punishable by military actions taken against said nation).

All members of the –SE– are encouraged to:

1. Promote any leftist ideologies outside the –SE–.
2. Promote the –SE– in the international opinion.
3. Promote allies of the –SE–.
4. Recruit more members for the –SE–.
5. Help new –SE– members in any way required.

CHAPTER II: Government and Military Structure.

Article 1: Government

1.1 Form of polity

I. The People of the Empire: The most fundamental part of Socialistic Empire consists of the citizens of the Empire. They are the essence and the guardians of the alliance. The People elect directly their representatives, The Peoples’ Assembly. Voting is universal and equal and shall not last for more than 24 hours. All powers derive from the People and exist for the People and the Alliance; they shall be exercised as specified by the Memorandum The government structure of the Alliance is founded on the free formation of opinion, on equal suffrage and compliance to decisions of the elected representatives of the People.

II. The Peoples Assembly(PA): The Peoples’ Assembly consists of 5 members, elected by the People as their representatives and forms the main government body of the Socialistic Empire. The PA, after taking into consideration the suggestions and proposals of the citizens makes policy decisions that shall affect the alliance. In the state of emergency and urgent situations specified under 1.2, the Peoples’ Assembly can put into effect executive orders. The PA can override an Executive Order over 24 hours. The PA carries the right to change SE's Charter as specified under 1.2.IV A member of PA can be removed from his position after failing to be active for 3 months or being outvoted by the rest of 4 other members of PA for committing crimes or treachery against SE and the implementation of the Socialist ideals within SE. The members of PA vote from within their ranks the Supreme Commissar Each and every remaining member of Peoples Assembly is appointed a ministry, hence considered as relevant Commissar.

II.A The Commisariat

i) Supreme Commissar (SupCom): The Supreme Commissar is the main representative of SE and is formulating plans to help achieve the mandates proposed by PA. SupCom is the head of the PA, nevertheless equal among the Commisars. The SupCom will be appointed by the rest of Peoples’ Assembly for a period of 3 months, but with a majority decision of the PA, emergency elections can be held in order to replace the SupCom. The SupCom has the right to nominate the Marshals of the Peoples’ Army. Under the special circumstances and urgent situations defined under 1.2 the SupCom can be put in charge of the whole alliance by the PA for 1 month. As a result the SupCom will have the right and the responsibility to make all decisions regarding the politics of SE, except changing SE's Charter.

ii) Defense - Intelligence Ministry (DM) – run by a Defense Commissar (DefCom). The Ministry is in charge of all Military matters. It grants sanctions to –SE– members to attack unaligned nations/rogues, and assigns nations to carryout military punishments. During war the DM acts as the HQ for the Imperial Peoples' Army, where the Marshals receive orders from the DefCom or directly from the SupCom. The Ministry is also in charge of searching for spies within the alliance and gathering vital intelligence (without resolving to spy operations) across the Cyberverse.

iii) Economics Ministry (EM) – run by an Economics Commissar (EconCom). The Ministry is in charge of all economic matters, like directing aid, organizing bank nations and organizing internal and external alliance trade within the official -SE- Team Color (Black).

iv) Social Ministry (SM) – run by a Social Commissar (SoCom).The Ministry is in charge of recruitment, providing education for new CN players about the game and making propaganda.

v) Foreign Ministry (FM) – run by a Diplomacy Commissar (DipCom). The Ministry is in charge of Diplomatic Relations, and the DipCom is to appoint Ambassadors and act as a Diplomat in important situations, like negotiations of a higher level.

1.2. Definitions

I. Executive orders: Include measures taken by the PA in order to face the conditions described in 1.2.III without appointing the SupCom with the entire control of alliance politics. They can be in effect for 24h (+24h extended). Executive orders are not to be debated and are to be applied instantly.

II. State of emergency: Is declared by the PA under the conditions described in 1.2.III and allows the PA to issue Executive Orders.

III. Urgent situations and special circumstances: Include Major war (SE engaged in a war with an alliance that has more than 2/3 of SE’s NS), coup attempt and civil war (with more than 1/10 of alliance members involved).

IV. Revision of the Memorandum: The Preamble, Chapter II article 1.1 (parts I, IIAi) and 1.2 cannot be changed under any circumstances. Any attempt should and would be considered as highest treason against the SE and the Socialist Ideals that SE is built upon.

Article 2: Military Structure

The Imperial Peoples’ Army is the main Military Body of the –SE–. The army is divided into several Battalions, according to Nation Strength. Each Battalion is appointed a Marshal, who commands his Battalion according to the orders he receives from the DM.

The Imperial Peoples’ Army must obey a strict Codex of Warfare and Honor:

• Nuclear Weaponry is to be used only as the last resort and is only allowed to be used after being authorized by the DefCom or the GraComs. Under no other circumstances may it be used. Using a Nuclear Weapon without proper authorization is punishable by expulsion from the alliance.

• Respect your enemy. Whether on the battlefield or elsewhere, always keep civil with your enemy, and show respect. If your enemy does not show you respect in exchange – do not stoop to his level and simply ignore his statements. All War declarations must also be kept civil. Only rogues, traitors, spies and deserters must be shown no respect or mercy.

• If your enemy wishes to declare peace – accept, under the condition, that your enemy types in his alliance affiliation “Socialistic Empire POW”. This may be overruled only by a special order of the DM and does not apply to traitors, spies, deserters and rogues.

CHAPTER III: Symbols

• The –SE– has a set of specific symbols that represent what it stands for:

Hammer and Sickle – The Symbols of Socialism. Red Star – The Symbol of Worker’s Unity among the world it represents the five fingers of the worker’s hand as well as the five continents. Black AK 47 and Sickle (war time only) – The Symbol of -SE- Peoples in arms

• Also –SE– has three primary colors:

Red – for Socialism Golden – for Glory of the People Black – for Reminding that the Power of the Peoples’ derived from the oppression of the past times (dual symbolism)

• The –SE– has an official flag that consists of a golden hammer and sickle in front of a red star. The background is black to symbolize both the Power of the People and the oppression of ages past. The golden lines symbolize the bright way to socialism and lead to the star that is placed at the center of the flag. Red symbolizes socialism.

FINAL PROVISION

• Respect towards the Memorandum and the law concurrent thereto, and devotion to the Socialistic Empire and Socialism constitute a fundamental duty of all citizens of SE.

• Usurpation, in any way whatsoever, of popular sovereignty and of powers deriving therefrom shall be prosecuted upon restoration of the lawful authority; the limitation from which punishment for the crime is barred shall begin as of the restoration of lawful authority.

• Observance of the Memorandum is entrusted to the sense of duty and responsibility of the members of SE who shall have the right and the duty to resist by all possible means against anyone who attempts the violent abolition of the Memorandum.

Brief History of the Socialistic Empire

Socialistic Empire was founded on the 3rd of April 2007.

Silentism

Originally Silentism was created by an -SE- Member (the -SE- IntelCom since the First of July) - Subcomandante Marcos. On the 3rd of June he posted an article called "The Principles of Silentism" and proposed to use it as the official -SE- Ideology. The matter was never actually put up for real discussions until the rise of -SE- Loyalists now known as "Silentists", who made Silentism-related posters. This finally brought the matter of Silentism for official vote, and the vote resulted with the majority of -SE- members voting for the authorization of Silentism as the official Socialistic Empire Ideology.

Copy of "Principles of Silentism", the "New Era" Version, as written by Subcomandante Marcos, the Intelligence Commissar of the Socialistic Empire as of the 16th of November 2007.

Silentism Silentism is the political system named after Silent: Supreme Commissar of the Socialistic Empire. It is the ideology of leftist pluralism, in which all leftist ideologies are tolerated. Silentism incorporates a strong, centralized, and organized type of government. The government organization is a hierarchal system. The Socialistic Empire is formed similar to a military system. Although -SE- members are permitted to speak their mind(given it is not hate speech) inside of the Empire, they are required to abide by The Code of Discipline(CoDe) whenever they venture onto other alliance forums or the CN forums. Political Doctrine 1) Allied Consensus There is a prejudice from other "democratic" alliances that the Socialistic Empire lacks democracy. This is a wrong view, the Socialistic Empire is in fact very democratic. The practice in the Socialistic Empire is to discuss the implementation of a policy and members are allowed to freely give their views and add to the policy should they see fit. The discussions sometimes last for days allowing for every possible criticism to be voiced, and then the Supreme Commissar implements the policy, which has support of the membership. 2) The People's Vanguard In the last months of the Supreme Commissar's absense a de-facto vanguard has guided the Socialistic Empire and had allowed for continual discussions and improvement policies in the Socialistic Empire, creating and enforcing existing -SE- domestic policy. The Vanguard of the Socialistic Empire had included the most active members and the greatest contributors to -SE- policy, which included the Commissariat and other active members. This Vanguard guarantees the progress of the Socialistic Empire since they have proven that The People's Empire stood strong despite a missing SupCom, DefCom, and DipCom. 3) Aggressive Defense Aggressive Defense is perhaps the oldest of -SE- political doctrines, and probably the most familiar. In coordination with the Code of Discipline, Aggressive Defense has increased the odds that the Socialistic Empire would never be attacked since it operates on a "no first strike" policy. However, this does not mean the Socialistic Empire does not invest in its defenses. The Defense Commissar of the People's Empire has stressed militarization in individual nations and installed marshals to each division of the Imperial People's Army: Peasant Sickle, People's Star, Worker's Hammer, Guerrilla Army, and Death Hand. 4) Self-Reliance Self-Reliance should be considered on economic as well as political policy of the Socialistic Empire. It is political since the People's Empire has expressed an interest in a move to the black trading sphere, the color black in -SE- represents power and is one of the three official alliance colors. Self-Reliance also is an economic policy which places internal trades and the formation of such over external ones. The logic being that the resources would be better placed in common ownership inside of the Socialistic Empire. Prior to this move the Socialistic Empire had a Color Republic system to attract members of different colors. The Republics were run by Chairmen who were charged with responsibility of keeping trades inside of the Republic. However, self-analysis has proved this practice to be ineffective since most trades had been kept outside of the Republic, Presently, the People's Empire has secured its most desirable resources and has over 1/3 of the membership making the switch to the Black Sphere in the week of the order from the Supreme Commissar. Economic Policy The Socialistic Empire since the disbandment of the Color Republics has made a great leap to Socialism by stressing common ownership of its most important resources. Here the Socialistic Empire has made its greatest achievements. In the past the -SE- Five Year Plans had been the most important of -SE- Economic Plans. However, the requirements of perfect trades made the aid unaccessible to nations who did not have the required resources. However, this problem was overcome by the implementation of the Imperial Banks, Imperial Trade Center, Aid Chains Center, and the discontinuation of the Five Year Plans, and the ironical adoption of the New Economic Policy. In coordination with the move to black and stressing of internal trades, The New Economic Policy had abandoned the prerequisite for perfect trades that the Five Year Plans had adopted and abandoned this to make the NEP much more lenient. Silentism Presently With the sharp decline of the Libertarian Socialist Federation, the Socialistic Empire leads the left as the largest and strongest alliance on the left. Other alliances on the left include the other leftist pluralist alliance called the Communist Party of Cybernations (CPCN), and the New Worker's Front (NWF).

-SE- Medals and Awards

Propaganda Award

Recruitment Award

Exceptional Duties Award

Intelligence Medal

Military Achievements Medal

Hero of the Socialistic Empire

Awards and Medals can be officially presented to any member of the Socialistic Empire only by the SupCom, either of his own will or by a suggestion of any Commissar (they can propose giving medals to members not only from their Ministry, but to other Commissars as well). The only way the SupCom himself can be awarded is if all Commissars agree to present him with any of the above medals and awards.

What does -SE- have to offer?

The Socialistic Empire has a vast Imperial Library filled with guides for new players and two Leftist Archives, one related to all RL Leftism related matters and one dedicated strictly to CN Leftism History. Also -SE- has a strong line of economic plans and projects that will ensure growth of newer nations. There is always work going in -SE- and therefor there are many interesting projects new members can participate in. Joining -SE- you join a Comradeship that strives to achieve new heights, working as one, fighting to reach one goal: to turn the Socialistic Empire into the One True Bastion of the CN Left.

-SE- Posters

The Socialistic Empire Possesses the most powerful Propaganda machine in all of the Cyberverse, producing not only amazing posters, but also customizable signatures and official alliance avatars to its members.

Diplomatic Relations of the Empire

Treaties of the Socialistic Empire

Treaty	Signed with	Date	Treaty Type	Content	Status
SE - RIA PIAT-ODP	Random Insanity Alliance	020081229000000 Dec 29, 2008	Optional Defense, Peace, Intelligence, and Aid	Full Text	Active
SE - LSF MDP	Libertarian Socialist Federation	020081203000000 Dec 3, 2008	Mutual Defense Treaty	Full Text	Active
SE-Jama ODP	Jamahiriya	020081123000000 Nov 23, 2008	Optional Defence Pact	Full Text	Active
CADRE	CPCN, LSF, TRF	020081114000000 Nov 14, 2008	Join bloc (PIAT)	Full Text	Active
SE-TriCom ODP	Trilateral Commission	020081103000000 Nov 3, 2008	Optional Defence Pact	Full Text	Active
SE - LSF ToA	Libertarian Socialist Federation	020081019000000 Oct 19, 2008	Treaty of Amity	Full Text	Active
SE - Western Empire MDP	=Western Empire=	020080929000000 Sep 29, 2008	Mutual Defence Pact	Full Text	Active
SE - Crimson Brigade MDOAP	The Crimson Brigade	020080925000000 Sep 25, 2008	Mutual Defence - Optional Agression Pact	Full Text	Active
SE-CPCN MDOAP	CPCN	020080920000000 Sep 20, 2008	Mutual Defense - Optional Aggression Pact	Full Text	Active
Warsaw Pact	UDCS, USA, SPA	020080409000000 Apr 9, 2008	Join bloc (MDoAP)	Full Text	Active
SE-UDCS ToA	UDCS	020080406000000 Apr 6, 2008	Treaty of Amity	Full Text	Active
The Dark Vows	BAPS, FIST, ODK, Mafia, ODR, TDE	020080327000000 Mar 27, 2008	Join bloc (NAP)	Full Text	Active
Black Peace Initiative	FIST, TSC, Darkfall, HoL	020080317000000 Mar 17, 2008	Join bloc (MSoAP)	Full Text	Active
SE - Farkistan NAP	FARK	020070721000000 Jul 21, 2007	Non-Aggression Pact	Full Text	Active
FEAR - SE Treaty of Amity	FEAR	020070624000000 Jun 24, 2007	Treaty of Amity	Full Text	Active

Last Updated 14/12/08 - Edit Treaties

Inactive Treaties of the Socialistic Empire

Treaty	Signed with	Date	Treaty Type	Content	Status
SE-NATO PIAT	NATO	020080611000000 Jun 11, 2008	Peace, Aid, and Intelligence	Full Text	Cancelled (NATO announcement)
Imperial Fist Treaty	FIST	020080105000000 Jan 5, 2008	Peace, Intelligence, and Aid Treaty	Full Text	Invalid (FIST merged with Darkfall to form Dark Fist)
SE-TriCom PIAT	Trilateral Commission	020080724000000 Jul 24, 2008	Peace, Aid, and Intelligence	Full Text	Upgraded (renegotiated as ODP)
SE - OIN MDP	OIN	020070824000000 Aug 24, 2007	Mutual Defence Pact	Full Text	Cancelled (OIN voids all existing treaties)
SE - Crimson Brigade Treaty of Amity	The Crimson Brigade	020080329000000 Mar 29, 2008	Treaty of Amity	Full Text	Upgraded (renegotiated as MDOAP)
SE-CPCN ODP	CPCN	020080612000000 Jun 12, 2008	Optional Defense Pact	Full Text	Upgraded (renegotiated as MDOAP)
SE - NWF PIAT	NWF	020080317000000 Mar 17, 2008	Peace, Intelligence, and Aid Treaty	Full Text	Invalid (NWF merged into UDCS)
-SE- and BDC Treaty of Amity	BDC	020080210000000 Feb 10, 2008	Treaty of Amity	Full Text	Invalid (BDC merged into The Dark Evolution.)
The Imperial Protectorate	OIN	020070716000000 Jul 16, 2007	Grant Protectorate	Full Text	Upgraded (renegotiated as MDP)
SE - FOK Treaty of Amity	FOK	020070624000000 Jun 24, 2007	Treaty of Amity	Full Text	Cancelled (announcement from FOK)
Red Faction - SE Treaty of Amity	Red Faction	020070615000000 Jun 15, 2007	Treaty of Amity	Full Text	Invalid (merge of RF into SE)
Imperial Arctic Sunrise	TOTAS	Not recorded	Treaty of Amity	Full Text	Invalid (Liquidation of TOTAS)
CPCN Imperial Protectorate	CPCN	September 2007	Grant Protectorate	Full Text	Cancelled (Demokratikos incident)
SE - Central Alliance MDP	C.A.	Not recorded	Mutual Defence Pact	Full Text	Invalid (Liquidation of Central Alliance)
RGA - SE Treaty of Amity	RGA	Not recorded	Treaty of Amity	Full Text	Invalid (Liquidation of RGA)

Last Updated 26/11/08 - Edit Inactive Treaties

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Former Signatories
- Socialistic Empire - Black Defense Council - Obsidian - Order of the Dark Knights	- Realm of Titans - Element - Confederacy of Imperial States

Black Peace Initiative

Former Member Alliances	Former Member Alliances	Former Observer Member Alliances
- The Shadow Confederacy* - House of Lords* - Dark Fist* - Black Peace Society - Dark Nation Federation	- The Dark Order - Black Defense Council - FIST - Darkfall - Socialistic Empire	- Mr. Fixit Online - The Dark Coalition - California
Related Articles: Charter, Ratification - *Asterisk indicates final three BPI alliances.

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