United Under Scorn

United under Scorn
Team Color	Multi-Colored
Founder(s)	NecroSeer and White Chocolate
Founded	June 2008
Cabinet	Magistrate King Cody III
Other Officials	Vice Reign Open (foreign affairs) Guard's Captain schmidyy Quartermaster Thud III Quartermistress victoriaVB Executrix/or Open (finance/tech trade)
International relations	Protected by The International ODP - Nations Empowered Against Totalitarianism MDaOA - The Sandwich Confederation PIAT - Coalition of Royal Allied Powers PIAT - North American Confederacy (2nd) PIAT - Asgaard
Statistics as of May 2, 2010
Total Nations	▼ 42
Strength	▲ 511,971
Avg. Strength	▲ 12,190
Nukes	◆ 37
Score	▼ 2.27
Important Links	US forums IRC: #uniteUS Member list

United under Scorn (US) is an alliance committed to peace and trading technology. We follow a hierarchy of service and allegiance to each other, to US and to our allies, and to the cyberworld at large. US was founded in June 2008 on the principles of sovereignty, peace, freedom and prosperity for all. We seek quality membership over size. Both founders had no previous experience on Planet Bob before founding the alliance. US became the first Protectorate of The Righteous Fist and when a number of TRF members merged into The International the Protectorate Treaty followed. US also has close ties to Asgaard as a significant number of former TRF members hold leadership positions there. We maintain good relations with a variety of other alliances that simply have not involved formal treaties. US generally takes a "neutral" stance in world politics and thus far has stayed out of an alliance war. However, we are sympathetic to issues of concern to small alliances.

Membership

US invites anyone who is willing to follow our constitution to join as long as the nation is not in another alliance, or can leave in good standing. United under Scorn does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, age, religion, sexual preference, political class or affiliation. We are a multicolored (gray included) team alliance. Although a Protectorate of The International, US is not a "communist" alliance. In addition to new leaders who want to remain peaceful and grow, US would be a good option for experienced leadership that is looking for a place to "retire" or simply relax for a period of time. Contact White Chocolate of Lander Clan via PM if interested in joining or you have questions.

Rights of Members

1. The individual nation is sovereign and has the right to rule the internal affairs of his or her own nation as he or she sees fit, except as otherwise stated.
2. The leader of each nation has the right to free speech within the alliance on any topic provided it is kept civil.
3. Each individual nation has the right to leave the alliance assuming the conditions below are met at any time. The alliance is under no obligation to accept a former member as a member a second time and if done, the 10 day probationary period is back in effect.

• a) That the nation does not owe the alliance any money. All money given by the alliance to the member is considered a gift unless otherwise stated.
• b) That the individual nation or the alliance as a whole is not currently involved in a war. We don't look kindly on deserters, especially since wars that involve the alliance are voted upon and are rare.
• c) That the co-founders(Necroseer and White Chocolate) be informed in advance that your nation is leaving. This is just polite, otherwise we'll wonder what happened.
• d) That the member nation not attack any other nation prior to leaving.
• e) We require an absolute non-aggression pact of all former members. We will not attack you and you do not attack one of us, regardless of later affiliation.

1. To expect diplomatic, financial and military support in the event that the member nation is attacked without provocation. We do NOT consider "revenge" as provocation. (i.e. in other words, IF we accept someone into US - we will protect them against former enemies. Contact US leadership if you have an issue with ANY member.)
2. To be eligible to receive aid after 10 days of membership. The amount of aid may vary depending on alliance strength and resources. Currently aid is set at 1 million, with additional 3 million AFTER member signs up on forum.
3. To be eligible to run or be appointed to a leadership position after one month of membership as the positions become available.
4. After one month of membership, to be eligible for additional shared aid as available. When the alliance provides aid, the alliance reserves the right to require the nation receiving the aid to sometimes spend it in a particular fashion if accepted. (We strongly encourage shared aid and sharing income from outside revenue sources like tech and donation deals among members. The stronger the weakest link, the stronger the alliance!)
5. The right to appeal decisions regarding one's membership status in the alliance made by the co-founder's to the alliance Magistrate. In other words, we DO TRY to follow some form of "due process," final call going to the Magistrate.

Constitutional Monarchy

Alliance Co-founders

These two:

1. Appoint all other RC positions.
2. Power to give out awards to others on behalf of the alliance.
3. Serve until they cede power.
4. In charge of recruitment.
5. Power to declare war in the event of an unprovoked attack against US or one of our allies. All treaties are voted on by the entire membership.
6. Right to expel a member from the alliance at anytime for treasonous acts (i.e. spying, etc.) In this situation, a trial may be held after the person is expelled and the individual will be allowed in if innocence is proven.

There is no formal division of labor between the co-founders. Unofficially, White Chocolate of Lander Clan does the majority of diplomatic work and Necroseer of Damnation does the majority of internal affairs and military planning. Necroseer doesn't like to "get out of the castle" while White Chocolate likes to play the social butterfly.

Royal Council (RC)

The RC assists in the administration of the alliance.

ViceReign: Establishes relations with other alliances. Serves as the plenipotentiary diplomat. May appoint and direct other diplomats as needed, however only the ViceReign has the power to officially sign treaties other than the co-founders. (translated as the Minister of Foreign Affairs). Wears fireproof underwear. This position is open.

Executrix(/tor): Educate membership regarding financial matters such as tech trades, etc. Establish relations for the purpose of tech deals with other alliances. Keeps track of the alliance monies and acts as advocate for the lesser strength nations in US. (translated as the Minister of Finance). Wears leather... and bling. This position is open.

QuarterMistress(/Master): May be multiple positions assigned. Welcome new members to the alliance, serve as a mentor for new members and also assist in providing the membership with aid as required (distribution). (translated as Ministers of Internal Affairs). Wears-out their aid slots.

Guard’s Captain: Plans and implements wars in consultation with the Alliance sovereigns. Can give out rank to other members of the military. (translated as the Minister of Defense). Wears the belt with trophies of those who have fallen before his/her might.

Magistrate: Head of the judicial system. (Current magistrate IS legally trained. "Evidence" of any bad acts by membership is helpful if co-founders decisions are questioned.)

Foreign Relations Policies

War and Policy: We are peaceful and, except in possible very rare situations, defensive only. We do not start wars but will defend allies if attacked. We do not tech raid any other nation regardless if they are in an alliance or non-aligned. We favor optional or non-chaining treaties. We dislike the use of nuclear weapons and have only recently approved them as weapons. Most politicians would consider US as "neutral", however we are VERY sympathetic to issues important to new and/or small alliances.

Bad member issues: A number of the founding members of US are legally trained. We attempt to have some sort of "due process." The use of "evidence" (i.e. screen shots) when making complaints is helpful in the event that an US member denies the bad act. Anyone found attacking other nations without a Declaration of War having been declared by a founder is doing so without permission or defending one of our members who was raided. If a member is kicked out, thus far it's been due to the member starting unauthorized wars.

Treaties: All agreements that possibly involve war require a 2/3 majority vote of the membership. No vote is treated as a vote to approve. US usually starts with PIAT's (which we take serious) and favors Optional Defense Pacts and, for very close relationships, non-chaining Mutual Defense Pacts and possibly Optional Aggression Pacts. We are not entirely "neutral" but we are very selective. Our Protectorate Agreement requires tech trades with The International, but allows for the option (not required) for US to assist them on a military basis. Since it is a Protectorate, The International is required to protect US. (Thank you INT, couldn't ask for better protectors!)

Non-Aggression Pacts: US policy states that members shall NOT make a military first strike against any nation. This includes raids for resources (i.e.tech raids) Thus, we do not seek non-aggression pacts as a general rule. However, since not all alliances share that policy, we will consider signing non-aggression pacts with alliances that allow first strikes.

All treaties signed will be honored by all members of US. Only the co-founders have the power to end a treaty with another alliance.

Tech Trading: US tech trades with their Protector, The International, first as explained above. If their are additional slots available, members may trade with any other individual.

Mergers, absorptions (and such): Here are the requirements for US as far as this issue goes. 1. MUST be a non-tech raiding alliance. 2. High preference to an already established treaty partner. 3) Don't you dare offer money. White Chocolate and Necroseer have been offered money in exchange for absorption so often that, if we were NOT ethical leaders, we might use such an offer as a valid CB for war (and I'm only half joking). If other alliances want to make such contracts, feel free. US Co-founders consider it an insult. What we DO care about is how well the alliances would work as a team.

War History: US has not been in any alliance war to date. There have been individual rogue attacks. We are proud of this and consider it an accomplishment. Members gain war experience in TE with a variety of alliances.