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The '''Alliance of Nortuan States''' ('''ANS''') is an intergovernmental organization located in east and central [[Nortua]]. It was founded on June 1st, 1989 in [[Samaroda]], [[Besmenia]] and is headquartered in [[Laitstadt]], Besmenia. The [[Nortuan Congress]], the legislative body of the organization, has its seat in [[Allengin]], [[Elbresia]]. Other key institutional functions of the organization include the [[Nortuan Central Bank]], which is dual headquartered in [[Eblium]], [[New Anea]] and [[Aassillit]], [[Versenia]]. The organization has 14 member states with a combined population of around 265 million people. The [[Nortuan Monetary Union]], established in 2011, created the [[Nortuan Monetary Union|Norta (ℕ)]] as an official currency widely used throughout the organization, though not necessarily at a sole utilization.
The '''Alliance of Nortuan States''' ('''ANS''') is an intergovernmental organization located in east and central [[Nortua]]. It was founded on June 1st, 1989 in [[Samaroda]], [[Besmenia]] and is headquartered in [[Laitstadt]], Besmenia. The [[Nortuan Congress]], the legislative body of the organization, has its seat in [[Allengin]], [[Elbresia]]. Other key institutional functions of the organization include the [[Nortuan Central Bank]], which is dual headquartered in [[Eblium]], [[New Anea]] and [[Aassillit]], [[Versenia]]. The organization has 17 member states with a combined population of around 265 million people. The [[Nortuan Monetary Union]], established in 2011, created the [[Nortuan Monetary Union|Norta (ℕ)]] as an official currency widely used throughout the organization, though not necessarily at a sole utilization.


The ANS was first proposed by the Besmenian delegation to the [[Allengin Pan-Nortuan Conference (1985)|1985 Pan-Nortuan Conference]], held in [[Allengin]] as a means to promote interregional co-operation on topics such as trade, national security and immigration in the wake of the period of solid economic growth during the late 20th century. The Alliance was formally established on June 1st, 1989 with the states of [[Besmenia]], [[Elbresia]], [[Versenia]], [[Candatora]] and the [[Arenoran Isles|Commonwealth of Arenor]] ratifying the [[Charter of the Alliance of Nortuan States|ANS Charter]] in the Besmenian city of [[Samaroda]]. Since its inception, the ANS has greatly expanded both as a diplomatic instrument as well as one of interregional peacekeeping with several milestone acts of legislation coming into force such as a common extradition treaty, tax incentives for member businesses to expand their operations and interregional war games. The ANS' long term goals are for the expansion of the organization's [[Nortuan Monetary Union|mutual currency (the Norta)]], a free trade zone, and relaxed border controls between member states.
The ANS was first proposed by the Besmenian delegation to the [[Allengin Pan-Nortuan Conference (1985)|1985 Pan-Nortuan Conference]], held in [[Allengin]] as a means to promote interregional co-operation on topics such as trade, national security and immigration in the wake of the period of solid economic growth during the late 20th century. The Alliance was formally established on June 1st, 1989 with the states of [[Besmenia]], [[Elbresia]], [[Versenia]], [[Candatora]] and the [[Arenoran Isles|Commonwealth of Arenor]] ratifying the [[Charter of the Alliance of Nortuan States|ANS Charter]] in the Besmenian city of [[Samaroda]]. Since its inception, the ANS has greatly expanded both as a diplomatic instrument as well as one of interregional peacekeeping with several milestone acts of legislation coming into force such as a common extradition treaty, tax incentives for member businesses to expand their operations and interregional war games. The ANS' long term goals are for the expansion of the organization's [[Nortuan Monetary Union|mutual currency (the Norta)]], a free trade zone, and relaxed border controls between member states.  
 
In late 2023, prompted by the [[Haduastan War]], the ANS co-created the [[Trilateral Strategic Security Dialogue]] alongside [[WEDA]] and the [[Sotoan Basin Union|SBU]]. ANS and WEDA participated in [[Operation Afton]] during the [[Zalluabed civil war]].


==History==
==History==
===Origins===
[[File:ANS poster 1989.png|200px|thumb|right|Advertising poster for the ANS (1989)]]
The prospect of a unified Eastern Nortua had been a concept since the 1940s, though the [[Besmenian division]], the [[Offeat Troubles]], and differing ideologies from leading governments around the region, as well as the tensions of the post-[[World War (Iearth)|World War]] era and the Cold War's influence from the [[United Communist and Socialist States|UCSS]] seeping into [[Besmenian Republic|West Besmenia]] prolonged these ideas. However, following [[Besmenian reunification]] in 1967 and the [[1973 Offeat coup d'état]], the ideas for a formal alliance went into effect. However, due to Besmenia's isolation policy under [[Robert Gleitzmann]] from 1972 to 1980, the idea processes for a unified eastern Nortua were prolonged again. During the 1980s, delegates of multiple Eastern and Central Nortuan nations met in conferences to lay out the frameworks of a unified organization, which would in their perception be a subdivision of the [[Coalition of Crown Albatross]]' 1975 [[Charter of the Coalition of Crown Albatros|Charter Agreement]].
===From proposed idea to the [[Charter of the Alliance of Nortuan States|ANS Charter]] (1985-1989)===
===From proposed idea to the [[Charter of the Alliance of Nortuan States|ANS Charter]] (1985-1989)===
The prospect of a unified Eastern Nortua had been a concept since the 1940s, though the [[Besmenian division]], the [[Offeat Troubles]], and differing ideologies from leading governments around the region, as well as the tensions of the post-[[World War (Iearth)|World War]] era and the Cold War's influence from the [[United Communist and Socialist States|UCSS]] seeping into [[Besmenian Republic|West Besmenia]] prolonged these ideas. However, following [[Besmenian reunification]] in 1967 and the [[1973 Offeat coup d'état]], the ideas for a formal alliance went into effect. However, due to Besmenia's right-wing government under [[Robert Gleitzmann]] from 1972 to 1980, the idea processes for a unified eastern Nortua were prolonged again. During the 1980s, delegates of multiple Eastern and Central Nortuan nations met in conferences to lay out the frameworks of a unified organization, which would in their perception be a subdivision of the [[Coalition of Crown Albatross]]' 1975 [[Charter of the Coalition of Crown Albatros|Charter Agreement]]. In 1985, the [[Allengin Pan-Nortuan Conference (1985)|Pan-Nortuan Conference]] in [[Allengin]], [[Elbresia]] brought the proposal of [[Besmenia]]n delegates to form the Alliance of Nortuan States, which would promote interregional co-operation on topics such as trade, national security and immigration.  
In 1985, the [[Allengin Pan-Nortuan Conference (1985)|Pan-Nortuan Conference]] in [[Allengin]], [[Elbresia]] brought the proposal of [[Besmenia]]n delegates to form the Alliance of Nortuan States, which would promote interregional co-operation on topics such as trade, national security and immigration.  
 
On June 1st 1989, delegates and heads of state from [[Besmenia]], [[Elbresia]], [[Versenia]], [[Candatora]] and the [[Arenoran Isles]] met in [[Samaroda]] to ratify the [[Charter of the Alliance of Nortuan States|ANS Charter]], officially forming the Alliance of Nortuan States. They appointed [[Gerhard Mahler]], who until then had been the [[Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Besmenia)|Besmenian foreign minister]], as the first [[Secretary-General of the ANS]], and established Allengin as the legislative capital to host the [[Nortuan Congress]], while [[Laitstadt]] would host the [[Nortua Tower|executive headquarters]] of the ANS.
[[File:ANS territorial history1989-2022.png|250px|thumb|left|The territorial history of the ANS, 1989-2022]]
 
On June 1st 1989, delegates and heads of state from [[Besmenia]], [[Elbresia]], [[Versenia]], [[Candatora]] and the [[Arenoran Isles]] met in [[Samaroda]] to ratify the [[Charter of the Alliance of Nortuan States|ANS Charter]], officially forming the Alliance of Nortuan States. They appointed [[Gerhard Mahler]] to be the first [[Secretary-General of the ANS]], and established Allengin as the legislative capital to host the [[Nortuan Congress]], while [[Laitstadt]] would host the [[Nortua Tower|executive headquarters]] of the ANS.


===History of the ANS since 1989===
===History of the ANS since 1989===
Initial anticipated growth of the alliance was slower than expected, with the next member states to join being [[Ivite]] and [[Kyti]] on April 1st, 1991. [[Tine]] joined the ANS on December 8th, 1992, and [[New Anea]] and [[Utobania]] joined on September 1st, 1993. In [[Saint Offeat]], the right-wing regime of [[Beltramo Cassaro]] collapsed in 1996 and was replaced in a referendum by a left-wing coalition of ANS-sympathetic politicians. Thusly, Saint Offeat joined the ANS in 1998 after a mediation period in which the ANS poured economic investment into the country to stabilize its fractured institutional systems. It was 8 years longer before the next member state, [[Yubonia]], joined in 2006, and in 2012 [[North Shebat]], [[South Shebat]], and [[Lovinali]] also joined.
Initial anticipated growth of the alliance was slower than expected, with the next member states to join being [[Ivite]] and [[Kyti]] on April 1st, 1991. [[Tine]] joined the ANS on December 8th, 1992, and [[New Anea]] and [[Utobania]] joined on September 1st, 1993. In [[Saint Offeat]], the right-wing regime of [[Beltramo Cassaro]] collapsed in 1996 and was replaced in a referendum by a left-wing coalition of ANS-sympathetic politicians. Thusly, Saint Offeat joined the ANS in 1998 after a mediation period in which the ANS poured economic investment into the country to stabilize its fractured institutional systems. It was 8 years longer before the next member state, [[Yubonia]] and [[Greater Normark]] joined in 2006, and in 2012 [[North Shebat]], [[South Shebat]], and [[Lovinali]] also joined.


From the beginning of the 2010s, the cohesion of the ANS has been tested by several issues, including a debt crisis in some of the member countries, increasing migration from [[Adula]], [[Utobania]]'s 2012 withdrawal and admission to the [[Sotoan Basin Union]], and the consequences of the [[Second Syraranto Civil War|civil war]] in [[Syraranto]]. In 2011, the Nortuan Congress agreed to the formation of a mutual currency called the [[Nortuan Monetary Union]], also known as the Norta (ℕ). While most nations in the ANS have not adopted the Norta as the main currency, every nation utilizes it as an accepted currency alongside other national currencies. The Norta is issued through the [[Nortuan Central Bank]], which is dual headquartered in [[Eblium]], [[New Anea]] and [[Aassillit]], [[Versenia]]. With [[Palingia]]'s accession to [[Besmenia]] on April 11, 2022, Palingia became part of the ANS without increasing the number of member states.
From the beginning of the 2010s, the cohesion of the ANS has been tested by several issues, including a debt crisis in some of the member countries, increasing migration from [[Adula]], [[Utobania]]'s 2012 withdrawal and admission to the [[Sotoan Basin Union]], and the consequences of the [[Second Syraranto Civil War|civil war]] in [[Syraranto]]. In 2011, the Nortuan Congress agreed to the formation of a mutual currency called the [[Nortuan Monetary Union]], also known as the Norta (ℕ). While most nations in the ANS have not adopted the Norta as the main currency, every nation utilizes it as an accepted currency alongside other national currencies. The Norta is issued through the [[Nortuan Central Bank]], which is dual headquartered in [[Eblium]], [[New Anea]] and [[Aassillit]], [[Versenia]]. With [[Palingia]]'s accession to [[Besmenia]] on April 11, 2022, Palingia became part of the ANS without increasing the number of member states.


On May 30th, 2022, a referendum for [[Elbresia]] to leave the ANS failed just a month ahead of the [[2022 Elbresia general election|national election]]. The close referendum was initially swept away from concern by most ANS officials, but on July 4th [[Alexander Desende]] and the [[Conservative Party (Elbresia)|Conservative Party]] won the [[2022 Elbresia general election|Elbresian election]], unseating [[President of Elbresia|President]] [[Gilles Martin]] and uprooting 30 years of liberal party control. Martin and his party long kept the frameworks of typical ANS operation at the forefront of Elbresian policy, but Desende vowed to eventually pass a referendum to leave the ANS. Ultimately, the contention was about economics, as Desende wanted Elbresia to be less integrated with ANS regulations.
On May 30th, 2022, a referendum for [[Elbresia]] to leave the ANS failed just a month ahead of the [[2022 Elbresia general election|national election]]. The close referendum was initially swept away from concern by most ANS officials, but on July 4th [[Alexander Desende]] and the [[Conservative Party (Elbresia)|Conservative Party]] won the [[2022 Elbresia general election|Elbresian election]], unseating [[President of Elbresia|President]] [[Gilles Martin]] and uprooting 30 years of liberal party control. Martin and his party long kept the frameworks of typical ANS operation at the forefront of Elbresian policy, but Desende vowed to eventually pass a referendum to leave the ANS. Ultimately, the contention was about economics, as Desende wanted Elbresia to be less integrated with ANS regulations. In a referendum in Elbresia on September 10, 2022 on ANS membership, about 79% of the voters voted for Elbresia to remain in the ANS.
 
On September 14, 2022, [[Coaitte]] joined the ANS as the 17th member.


==Goals and purpose==
==Goals and purpose==
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*Closer cultural and economic cooperation
*Closer cultural and economic cooperation
*Promotion of social justice and social protection
*Promotion of social justice and social protection
*Promotion of scientific and technological progress
*Strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion and solidarity between member countries


==Headquarters==
==Headquarters==
[[File:Frankfurt Tower 185.Süden.20140508.jpg|220px|thumb|right|The [[Nortua Tower]] serves as the headquarters of the ANS.]]
[[File:EZB-Hauptverwaltung-2016-Ffm-156.jpg|220px|thumb|right|The [[Nortua Tower]] serves as the headquarters of the ANS.]]
The official headquarters of ANS is located in Laitstadt in the Nortua Tower, which was built between 1989 and 1993. Before that, the Laitstadt World Center was used as a temporary headquarters between 1989 and 1993.
The official headquarters of ANS is located in Laitstadt in the Nortua Tower, which was built between 1989 and 1993. Before that, the [[Laitstadt World Centre]] was used as a temporary headquarters between 1989 and 1993.
 
==Politics==
==Politics==
===Members===
===Members===
[[File:ANS territorial history1989-2022new.png|240px|thumb|right|The territorial history of the ANS, 1989-2022]]
Membership is available to any state in [[Nortua]]. The prerequisite is that a member state must adopt a peaceful course in their foreign policy.
Membership is available to any state in [[Nortua]]. The prerequisite is that a member state must adopt a peaceful course in their foreign policy.


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|[[File:Flag of SaintOffeat.png|22px]] [[Saint Offeat]] || March 15th, 1998 ||
|[[File:Flag of SaintOffeat.png|22px]] [[Saint Offeat]] || March 15th, 1998 ||
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| [[File:Norlansia_Flag_Updated_2024.png|22px]] [[Norlansia]] || August 15th, 2004 ||
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| [[File:YuboniaFlag.png|22px]] [[Yubonia]] || June 1st, 2006 ||
| [[File:YuboniaFlag.png|22px]] [[Yubonia]] || June 1st, 2006 ||
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| {{flagicon image|Normaaaaark.png}} [[Greater Normark]] || June 1st, 2006 ||
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| [[File:Flag_of_North_Shebat.png|22px]] [[North Shebat]] || March 1st, 2012 ||
| [[File:Flag_of_North_Shebat.png|22px]] [[North Shebat]] || March 1st, 2012 ||
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| [[File:LovinaliFlag.png|22px]] [[Lovinali]] || March 1st, 2012 ||
| [[File:LovinaliFlag.png|22px]] [[Lovinali]] || March 1st, 2012 ||
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| {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Canary Islands (simple).svg}} [[Coaitte]] || September 14th, 2022 ||
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| [[File:WareseltFlag.png|22px]] [[Wareselt]] || November 11th, 2024 ||
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| [[File:Flag_of_the_Kalmar_Union.svg|22px]] [[Saint Hilley]] || November 11th, 2024 ||
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| [[File:Civil_Ensign_of_Luxembourg.svg|22px]] [[Eastern Holin]] || November 11th, 2024 ||
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| [[File:KamaniFlag.png|22px]] [[Kamani]] || November 12th, 2024 ||
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===Former member===
===Former member===
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===ANS institutions===
====[[Nortuan Congress]]====
The [[Nortuan Congress]] is the largest political body of the ANS. Each member nation sends 6 delegates from its own ranks to attend Nortuan Congress sessions. The president of the congress is elected from among the members of the congress for 4 years.
====[[Nortuan Monetary Union]]====
====[[Economic and Social Council (ANS)|Economic and Social Council]]====


===[[Secretary-General of the ANS|Secretary-General of the Alliance of Nortuan States]]===
===Governance===
The Secretary-General of the ANS is elected for a term every six years. The general-secretary candidate is proposed by the heads of state/government of the ANS member states with a qualified majority and then elected by the [[Nortuan Congress]] with an absolute majority of the members. The general-secretary provides the guidelines and is supposed to ensure that the ANS has an effective and collegial work organization. He also represents the ANS on an international level. The current Secretary-General of the ANS is the [[Elbresia]]n politican [[Harriet Mastersonn]], elected by the Nortuan Congress on 15 April 2019.
====[[Secretary-General of the ANS|Secretary-General of the Alliance of Nortuan States]]====
The Secretary-General of the ANS is elected for a term every six years. The secretary-general candidate is proposed by the heads of state/government of the ANS member states with a qualified majority and then elected by the [[Nortuan Congress]] with an absolute majority of the members. The secretary-general provides the guidelines and is supposed to ensure that the ANS has an effective and collegial work organization. He also represents the ANS on an international level. In the event of the premature departure of the secretary-general from office (e.g. through resignation or death), the deputy secretary-general temporarily assumes the duties of the secretary-general on an acting basis until the Nortuan Congress elects a new one. The current secretary-general of the ANS is the [[Elbresia]]n politican [[Harriet Mastersonn]], elected by the Nortuan Congress on 15 April 2019.  
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|+List of Secretary-Generals of the ANS
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| [[Duncan Holmes]] || 1 June 1995 || 1 June 2001 || {{flagicon image|Arenor-Flag.png}} [[Arenoran Isles]]
| [[Duncan Holmes]] || 1 June 1995 || 1 June 2001 || {{flagicon image|Arenor-Flag.png}} [[Arenoran Isles]]
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| || 1 June 2001 || 1 June 2007 ||  
| [[Christopher Shirley]] || 1 June 2001 || 1 June 2007 || [[File:Flag_of_Versenia.png|25px]] [[Versenia]]
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| || 1 June 2007 || 1 June 2013 ||  
| [[Liam Arbour]] || 1 June 2007 || 1 June 2013 || [[File:Flag_of_Kyti.png|25px]] [[Kyti]]
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| || 1 June 2013 || 1 June 2019 ||  
| [[Viliana Stasio]] || 1 June 2013 || 1 June 2019 || [[File:Flag_of_SaintOffeat.png|25px]] [[Saint Offeat]]
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| [[Harriet Mastersonn]] || 1 June 2019 || - || [[File:Flag of Elbresia.png|22px]] [[Elbresia]]
| [[Harriet Mastersonn]] || 1 June 2019 || - || [[File:Flag of Elbresia.png|22px]] [[Elbresia]]
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===[[Deputy Secretary-General of the ANS|Deputy Secretary-General of the Alliance of Nortuan States]]===
====[[Deputy Secretary-General of the ANS|Deputy Secretary-General of the Alliance of Nortuan States]]====
The Deputy Secretary-General of the ANS is nominated by the Secretary-General of the ANS and elected by a majority of the [[Nortuan Congress]]. The Deputy Secretary-General shall assist the Secretary-General and assume his duties should the Secretary-General be unavailable at any time. The current Deputy Secretary-General of the ANS is the [[Besmenia]]n politican and diplomat [[Jörg Rautenberg]], who was nominated by then secretary-general-designate Harriet Mastersonn and elected by the Nortuan Congress in May 2019.
The Deputy Secretary-General of the ANS is nominated by the Secretary-General of the ANS and elected by a majority of the [[Nortuan Congress]]. The Deputy Secretary-General shall assist the Secretary-General and assume his duties should the Secretary-General be unavailable at any time. The current Deputy Secretary-General of the ANS is the [[Besmenia]]n politican and diplomat [[Jörg Rautenberg]], who was nominated by then secretary-general-designate Harriet Mastersonn and elected by the Nortuan Congress in May 2019.
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| [[Jörg Rautenberg]] || 1 June 2019 || - || {{flag|Besmenia}}
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===[[Nortuan Congress]]===
[[File:A.N.S congress.png|200px|thumb|left|Nortuan Congress in [[Allengin]].]]
The [[Nortuan Congress]] is the largest political body of the ANS. Each member nation sends 6 delegates from its own ranks to attend Nortuan Congress sessions. The president of the congress is elected from among the members of the congress for 4 years.
===ANS summit meeting===
===ANS summit meeting===
Since 1990, the ANS summit has been held every year in March. Participants are the heads of state/government of the respective member countries and the ANS secretary-general. The economic and political guidelines are determined at the ANS summit. At the summit meeting in the election years of the Secretary-General, a candidate for the office of ANS Secretary-General is selected and nominated the participating heads of state/government. To do this, the proposed candidate requires the majority of the heads of state/government.
Since 1990, the ANS summit has been held every year in March. Participants are the heads of state/government of the respective member countries and the ANS secretary-general. The economic and political guidelines are determined at the ANS summit. At the summit meeting in the election years of the Secretary-General, a candidate for the office of ANS Secretary-General is selected and nominated the participating heads of state/government. To do this, the proposed candidate requires the majority of the heads of state/government.
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! Summit !! Host country !! Host city !! Date
! Summit !! Host country !! Host city !! Date
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| 1. || [[Besmenia]] || [[Laitstadt]] || 27-29 March 1990
| 1. || [[Besmenia]] || [[Laitstadt]] || 3-4 March 1990
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| 2. || [[Arenoran Isles]] || [[Arenkau (Arenoran City)|Arenkau]] || 23-25 March 1991
| 2. || [[Arenoran Isles]] || [[Arenkau (Arenoran City)|Arenkau]] || 2-3 March 1991
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| 3. || [[Ivite]] || [[Tanin]]|| 21-23 March 1992
| 3. || [[Ivite]] || [[Tanin]]|| 7-8 March 1992
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| 4. || [[Kyti]] || [[Kasema]] || 27-29 March 1993
| 4. || [[Kyti]] || [[Kasema]] || 6-7 March 1993
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| 5. || - || - || 25-27 March 1994
| 5. || - || - || 5-6 March 1994
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| 6. || - || - || 21-23 March 1995
| 6. || - || - || 4-5 March 1995
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| 7. || - || - || 18-20 March 1996
| 7. || - || - || 2-3 March 1996
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| 8. || [[Arenoran Isles]]|| [[Inverkralle]] || 23-24 March 1997
| 8. || [[Arenoran Isles]]|| [[Inverkralle]] || 1-2 March 1997
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| 9. || [[Versenia]]|| [[Aassillit]] || 11-13 March 1998
| 9. || [[Versenia]]|| [[Aassillit]] || 7-8 March 1998
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| 10. || [[Candatora]] || [[Highsite]]|| 24-26 March 1999
| 10. || [[Candatora]] || [[Highsite]]|| 6-7 March 1999
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| 11. || [[Tine]] || [[Tinegard]] || 25-27 March 2000
| 11. || [[Tine]] || [[Tinegard]] || 25-27 March 2000
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| 33. || - || - || 23-25 March 2022
| 33. || - || - || 23-25 March 2022
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| 34. || - || - || 19-21 March 2023
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| 35. || [[Besmenia]] || [[Helmfurt]] || 2-3 March 2024
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==Political areas of the ANS==
===Foreign policy===


==Economy==
==Economy==
The main economic sectors are industry and services, while agriculture accounts for only a small part of the ANS economy. Economic growth in the ANS between 2000 and 2010 averaged 2.8%. Within the ANS itself, [[Besmenia]] is the economically strongest member country and is responsible for 22% of ANS economic output (as of 2021). [[Elbresia]] followed in second place with 16%.
===Currency===
The [[Nortuan Monetary Union|norta]] is the official currency of the ANS. The currency was first issued on June 1, 2011 by the newly established [[Nortuan Central Bank]]. The currency is also used officially by the institutions of the ANS, although it is not mandated by the ANS Charter as being the sole official currency for each ANS member state, and as such most member states of the ANS utilize their own official currencies and keep norta as another acceptable currency.
===Trade===
==Culture==
==Culture==
===Cultural policy===
The goals of the cultural policy of the Alliance of Nortuan States are set out in the ANS Charter. They consist in complementing and supporting, through their activities, the actions of the member states in the cultural and creative fields. The aim is to improve knowledge and dissemination of the culture and history of the Nortuan peoples. The cultural heritage of Nortuan importance should be preserved and protected. The non-commercial cultural exchange as well as artistic and literary creation, also in the audiovisual field, should be promoted. The focus is on cultural diversity, which should be preserved. Cultural diversity means the diversity of cultural identities, languages, traditions, the diversity of different art forms, literature, theatre, visual arts, music, the diversity of cultural expressions and cultural heritage within the member states.
====Cultural projects of the ANS====
===Symbols===
===Symbols===
====Flag====
====Flag====
The flag of the ANS consists of five equal horizontal stripes in the colors turquoise and white. On the left, the stripes are covered by a turquoise equilateral triangle. In the triangle there is a golden wreath in which there are five golden stars. The five stars represent the five founding members of the ANS. The two white stripes represent the two capitals of the ANS, [[Laitstadt]] and [[Allengin]].
[[File:New flag of ANS.png|179px|thumb|right|The flag of the Alliance of Nortuan States]]
The flag of the ANS consists of five equal horizontal stripes in the colors green and white. On the left, the stripes are covered by a green equilateral triangle. In the triangle there is a golden wreath in which there are five golden stars. The five stars represent the five founding members of the ANS. The two white stripes represent the two capitals of the ANS, [[Laitstadt]] and [[Allengin]].


The flag was adopted in 1990 and was established as the official symbol of the alliance in revisions to the ANS Charter. In addition to the institutions of the ANS, many ANS member states also use the flag alongside their own national flag. For example, in most member states, the ANS flag is displayed on public buildings owned by federal and government agencies on flag days alongside their own national flag.
The flag was adopted in 1990 and was established as the official symbol of the alliance in revisions to the ANS Charter. In addition to the institutions of the ANS, many ANS member states also use the flag alongside their own national flag. For example, in most member states, the ANS flag is displayed on public buildings owned by federal and government agencies on flag days alongside their own national flag.
==Relationship with other nations and organizations==
==Relationship with other nations and organizations==
===[[Sotoan Basin Union]]===
===[[Sotoan Basin Union]]===
There is close cooperation in the areas of economy, defense and culture with the [[Sotoan Basin Union]] (SBU), which was founded in 1996 and is primarily active in West Nortua. For several years there have been efforts to merge the ANS and the SBU into an All-Nortuan intergovernmental organization.
There is close cooperation in the areas of economy, defense and culture with the [[Sotoan Basin Union]] (SBU), which was founded in 1996 and is primarily active in West Nortua. For several years there have been efforts from both sides to merge the ANS and the SBU into an All-Nortuan intergovernmental organization.
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Alliance of Nortuan States
ANS
Flag of Alliance of Nortuan States ANS
Flag
Emblem of Alliance of Nortuan States ANS
Emblem
Alliance of Nortuan States new map 2023.png
Administrative capitalsLaitstadt, Besmenia (Headquarters)
Allengin, Elbresia (Nortuan Congress)
Official languagesEnglish (Working language)
Besmenian
Caticeze-English
Candatoreze
Arenish
Seravian
Utobanian
Offeati
Shebati
Tinegardish
TypeIntergovernmental Organization
Membership21 members
Leaders
Flag of Elbresia.png Harriet Mastersonn
Besmenia Jörg Rautenberg
Flag of SaintOffeat.png Bayman Belgrada
Dontalia Vera
EstablishmentJune 1st, 1989
June 1st, 1989
January 14th, 2011
Population
• Estimate
264,672,233
CurrencyNorta (ℕ) (NOT)

The Alliance of Nortuan States (ANS) is an intergovernmental organization located in east and central Nortua. It was founded on June 1st, 1989 in Samaroda, Besmenia and is headquartered in Laitstadt, Besmenia. The Nortuan Congress, the legislative body of the organization, has its seat in Allengin, Elbresia. Other key institutional functions of the organization include the Nortuan Central Bank, which is dual headquartered in Eblium, New Anea and Aassillit, Versenia. The organization has 17 member states with a combined population of around 265 million people. The Nortuan Monetary Union, established in 2011, created the Norta (ℕ) as an official currency widely used throughout the organization, though not necessarily at a sole utilization.

The ANS was first proposed by the Besmenian delegation to the 1985 Pan-Nortuan Conference, held in Allengin as a means to promote interregional co-operation on topics such as trade, national security and immigration in the wake of the period of solid economic growth during the late 20th century. The Alliance was formally established on June 1st, 1989 with the states of Besmenia, Elbresia, Versenia, Candatora and the Commonwealth of Arenor ratifying the ANS Charter in the Besmenian city of Samaroda. Since its inception, the ANS has greatly expanded both as a diplomatic instrument as well as one of interregional peacekeeping with several milestone acts of legislation coming into force such as a common extradition treaty, tax incentives for member businesses to expand their operations and interregional war games. The ANS' long term goals are for the expansion of the organization's mutual currency (the Norta), a free trade zone, and relaxed border controls between member states.

In late 2023, prompted by the Haduastan War, the ANS co-created the Trilateral Strategic Security Dialogue alongside WEDA and the SBU. ANS and WEDA participated in Operation Afton during the Zalluabed civil war.

History

Origins

Advertising poster for the ANS (1989)

The prospect of a unified Eastern Nortua had been a concept since the 1940s, though the Besmenian division, the Offeat Troubles, and differing ideologies from leading governments around the region, as well as the tensions of the post-World War era and the Cold War's influence from the UCSS seeping into West Besmenia prolonged these ideas. However, following Besmenian reunification in 1967 and the 1973 Offeat coup d'état, the ideas for a formal alliance went into effect. However, due to Besmenia's isolation policy under Robert Gleitzmann from 1972 to 1980, the idea processes for a unified eastern Nortua were prolonged again. During the 1980s, delegates of multiple Eastern and Central Nortuan nations met in conferences to lay out the frameworks of a unified organization, which would in their perception be a subdivision of the Coalition of Crown Albatross' 1975 Charter Agreement.

From proposed idea to the ANS Charter (1985-1989)

In 1985, the Pan-Nortuan Conference in Allengin, Elbresia brought the proposal of Besmenian delegates to form the Alliance of Nortuan States, which would promote interregional co-operation on topics such as trade, national security and immigration. On June 1st 1989, delegates and heads of state from Besmenia, Elbresia, Versenia, Candatora and the Arenoran Isles met in Samaroda to ratify the ANS Charter, officially forming the Alliance of Nortuan States. They appointed Gerhard Mahler, who until then had been the Besmenian foreign minister, as the first Secretary-General of the ANS, and established Allengin as the legislative capital to host the Nortuan Congress, while Laitstadt would host the executive headquarters of the ANS.

History of the ANS since 1989

Initial anticipated growth of the alliance was slower than expected, with the next member states to join being Ivite and Kyti on April 1st, 1991. Tine joined the ANS on December 8th, 1992, and New Anea and Utobania joined on September 1st, 1993. In Saint Offeat, the right-wing regime of Beltramo Cassaro collapsed in 1996 and was replaced in a referendum by a left-wing coalition of ANS-sympathetic politicians. Thusly, Saint Offeat joined the ANS in 1998 after a mediation period in which the ANS poured economic investment into the country to stabilize its fractured institutional systems. It was 8 years longer before the next member state, Yubonia and Greater Normark joined in 2006, and in 2012 North Shebat, South Shebat, and Lovinali also joined.

From the beginning of the 2010s, the cohesion of the ANS has been tested by several issues, including a debt crisis in some of the member countries, increasing migration from Adula, Utobania's 2012 withdrawal and admission to the Sotoan Basin Union, and the consequences of the civil war in Syraranto. In 2011, the Nortuan Congress agreed to the formation of a mutual currency called the Nortuan Monetary Union, also known as the Norta (ℕ). While most nations in the ANS have not adopted the Norta as the main currency, every nation utilizes it as an accepted currency alongside other national currencies. The Norta is issued through the Nortuan Central Bank, which is dual headquartered in Eblium, New Anea and Aassillit, Versenia. With Palingia's accession to Besmenia on April 11, 2022, Palingia became part of the ANS without increasing the number of member states.

On May 30th, 2022, a referendum for Elbresia to leave the ANS failed just a month ahead of the national election. The close referendum was initially swept away from concern by most ANS officials, but on July 4th Alexander Desende and the Conservative Party won the Elbresian election, unseating President Gilles Martin and uprooting 30 years of liberal party control. Martin and his party long kept the frameworks of typical ANS operation at the forefront of Elbresian policy, but Desende vowed to eventually pass a referendum to leave the ANS. Ultimately, the contention was about economics, as Desende wanted Elbresia to be less integrated with ANS regulations. In a referendum in Elbresia on September 10, 2022 on ANS membership, about 79% of the voters voted for Elbresia to remain in the ANS.

On September 14, 2022, Coaitte joined the ANS as the 17th member.

Goals and purpose

The goals of the ANS include:

  • Promote peace, Nortuan values and the well-being of its citizens
  • Closer cultural and economic cooperation
  • Promotion of social justice and social protection
  • Promotion of scientific and technological progress
  • Strengthening economic, social and territorial cohesion and solidarity between member countries

Headquarters

The Nortua Tower serves as the headquarters of the ANS.

The official headquarters of ANS is located in Laitstadt in the Nortua Tower, which was built between 1989 and 1993. Before that, the Laitstadt World Centre was used as a temporary headquarters between 1989 and 1993.

Politics

Members

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The territorial history of the ANS, 1989-2022

Membership is available to any state in Nortua. The prerequisite is that a member state must adopt a peaceful course in their foreign policy.

State Accession Note
 Besmenia June 1st, 1989 Founding member
Flag of Elbresia.png Elbresia June 1st, 1989 Founding member
CanadatorFlag.png Candatora June 1st, 1989 Founding member
Arenoran Isles June 1st, 1989 Founding member
Flag of Versenia.png Versenia June 1st, 1989 Founding member
Flag of Ivite.png Ivite April 1st, 1991
Flag of Kyti.png Kyti April 1st, 1991
TineFlagTine Flag.svg Tine December 8th, 1992
NewAneaFlag.png New Anea September 1st, 1993
Flag of SaintOffeat.png Saint Offeat March 15th, 1998
Norlansia Flag Updated 2024.png Norlansia August 15th, 2004
YuboniaFlag.png Yubonia June 1st, 2006
Greater Normark June 1st, 2006
Flag of North Shebat.png North Shebat March 1st, 2012
Flag of South Shebat.png South Shebat March 1st, 2012
LovinaliFlag.png Lovinali March 1st, 2012
Coaitte September 14th, 2022
WareseltFlag.png Wareselt November 11th, 2024
Flag of the Kalmar Union.svg Saint Hilley November 11th, 2024
Civil Ensign of Luxembourg.svg Eastern Holin November 11th, 2024
KamaniFlag.png Kamani November 12th, 2024

Former member

State Accession Withdrawal
UtobaniaFlag.png Utobania September 1st, 1993 November 1st, 2012

ANS institutions

Nortuan Congress

The Nortuan Congress is the largest political body of the ANS. Each member nation sends 6 delegates from its own ranks to attend Nortuan Congress sessions. The president of the congress is elected from among the members of the congress for 4 years.

Nortuan Monetary Union

Economic and Social Council

Governance

Secretary-General of the Alliance of Nortuan States

The Secretary-General of the ANS is elected for a term every six years. The secretary-general candidate is proposed by the heads of state/government of the ANS member states with a qualified majority and then elected by the Nortuan Congress with an absolute majority of the members. The secretary-general provides the guidelines and is supposed to ensure that the ANS has an effective and collegial work organization. He also represents the ANS on an international level. In the event of the premature departure of the secretary-general from office (e.g. through resignation or death), the deputy secretary-general temporarily assumes the duties of the secretary-general on an acting basis until the Nortuan Congress elects a new one. The current secretary-general of the ANS is the Elbresian politican Harriet Mastersonn, elected by the Nortuan Congress on 15 April 2019.

List of Secretary-Generals of the ANS
Name Beginning of term End of term State
Gerhard Mahler 1 June 1989 1 June 1995  Besmenia
Duncan Holmes 1 June 1995 1 June 2001 Arenoran Isles
Christopher Shirley 1 June 2001 1 June 2007 Flag of Versenia.png Versenia
Liam Arbour 1 June 2007 1 June 2013 Flag of Kyti.png Kyti
Viliana Stasio 1 June 2013 1 June 2019 Flag of SaintOffeat.png Saint Offeat
Harriet Mastersonn 1 June 2019 - Flag of Elbresia.png Elbresia

Deputy Secretary-General of the Alliance of Nortuan States

The Deputy Secretary-General of the ANS is nominated by the Secretary-General of the ANS and elected by a majority of the Nortuan Congress. The Deputy Secretary-General shall assist the Secretary-General and assume his duties should the Secretary-General be unavailable at any time. The current Deputy Secretary-General of the ANS is the Besmenian politican and diplomat Jörg Rautenberg, who was nominated by then secretary-general-designate Harriet Mastersonn and elected by the Nortuan Congress in May 2019.

List of Deputy Secretary-Generals of the ANS
Name Beginning of term End of term State
1 June 1989 1 June 1995
1 June 1995 1 June 2001
1 June 2001 1 June 2007
1 June 2007 1 June 2013
1 June 2013 1 June 2019
Jörg Rautenberg 1 June 2019 -  Besmenia

ANS summit meeting

Since 1990, the ANS summit has been held every year in March. Participants are the heads of state/government of the respective member countries and the ANS secretary-general. The economic and political guidelines are determined at the ANS summit. At the summit meeting in the election years of the Secretary-General, a candidate for the office of ANS Secretary-General is selected and nominated the participating heads of state/government. To do this, the proposed candidate requires the majority of the heads of state/government.

Summit Host country Host city Date
1. Besmenia Laitstadt 3-4 March 1990
2. Arenoran Isles Arenkau 2-3 March 1991
3. Ivite Tanin 7-8 March 1992
4. Kyti Kasema 6-7 March 1993
5. - - 5-6 March 1994
6. - - 4-5 March 1995
7. - - 2-3 March 1996
8. Arenoran Isles Inverkralle 1-2 March 1997
9. Versenia Aassillit 7-8 March 1998
10. Candatora Highsite 6-7 March 1999
11. Tine Tinegard 25-27 March 2000
12. - - 21-23 March 2001
13. Besmenia St. Butz 19-21 March 2002
14. - - 9-11 March 2003
15. Arenoran Isles Goldriver 13-15 March 2004
16. - - 20-22 March 2005
17. - - 19-21 March 2006
18. Kyti Rakohovo 18-20 March 2007
19. - - 2-4 March 2008
20. - - 12-14 March 2009
21. Tine Drøske 22-24 March 2010
22. - - 15-17 March 2011
23. New Anea Eblium 19-21 March 2012
24. Kyti Golenovo 5-7 March 2013
25. Arenoran Isles Kurnow 19-21 March 2014
26. - - 7-9 March 2015
27. - - 12-14 March 2016
28. Besmenia Berkafurt 26-28 March 2017
29. Candatora Highsite 13-15 March 2018
30. Versenia Millerrath 18-20 March 2019
31. - - 26-28 March 2020
32. - - 19-21 March 2021
33. - - 23-25 March 2022
34. - - 19-21 March 2023
35. Besmenia Helmfurt 2-3 March 2024

Political areas of the ANS

Foreign policy

Economy

The main economic sectors are industry and services, while agriculture accounts for only a small part of the ANS economy. Economic growth in the ANS between 2000 and 2010 averaged 2.8%. Within the ANS itself, Besmenia is the economically strongest member country and is responsible for 22% of ANS economic output (as of 2021). Elbresia followed in second place with 16%.

Currency

The norta is the official currency of the ANS. The currency was first issued on June 1, 2011 by the newly established Nortuan Central Bank. The currency is also used officially by the institutions of the ANS, although it is not mandated by the ANS Charter as being the sole official currency for each ANS member state, and as such most member states of the ANS utilize their own official currencies and keep norta as another acceptable currency.

Trade

Culture

Cultural policy

The goals of the cultural policy of the Alliance of Nortuan States are set out in the ANS Charter. They consist in complementing and supporting, through their activities, the actions of the member states in the cultural and creative fields. The aim is to improve knowledge and dissemination of the culture and history of the Nortuan peoples. The cultural heritage of Nortuan importance should be preserved and protected. The non-commercial cultural exchange as well as artistic and literary creation, also in the audiovisual field, should be promoted. The focus is on cultural diversity, which should be preserved. Cultural diversity means the diversity of cultural identities, languages, traditions, the diversity of different art forms, literature, theatre, visual arts, music, the diversity of cultural expressions and cultural heritage within the member states.

Cultural projects of the ANS

Symbols

Flag

The flag of the Alliance of Nortuan States

The flag of the ANS consists of five equal horizontal stripes in the colors green and white. On the left, the stripes are covered by a green equilateral triangle. In the triangle there is a golden wreath in which there are five golden stars. The five stars represent the five founding members of the ANS. The two white stripes represent the two capitals of the ANS, Laitstadt and Allengin.

The flag was adopted in 1990 and was established as the official symbol of the alliance in revisions to the ANS Charter. In addition to the institutions of the ANS, many ANS member states also use the flag alongside their own national flag. For example, in most member states, the ANS flag is displayed on public buildings owned by federal and government agencies on flag days alongside their own national flag.

Relationship with other nations and organizations

Sotoan Basin Union

There is close cooperation in the areas of economy, defense and culture with the Sotoan Basin Union (SBU), which was founded in 1996 and is primarily active in West Nortua. For several years there have been efforts from both sides to merge the ANS and the SBU into an All-Nortuan intergovernmental organization.

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