Alliance of Nortuan States
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Alliance of Nortuan States ANS | |
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| Administrative capitals | Laitstadt, Besmenia (Headquarters) Allengin, Elbresia (Nortuan Congress) |
| Official languages | English (Working language) Besmenian Caticeze-English Candatoreze Arenish Seravian Utobanian Offeati Shebati Tinegardish |
| Type | Intergovernmental Organization |
| Membership | 14 members |
| Leaders | |
 Harriet Mastersonn | |
 Jörg Rautenberg | |
 Bayman Belgrada | |
 Dontalia Vera | |
| Establishment | June 1st, 1989 |
| June 1st, 1989 | |
| Population | |
• Estimate | 264,672,233 |
The Alliance of Nortuan States (Abbreviated ANS) is an intergovernmental organization located in Nortua on Iearth. It was founded on June 1, 1989 in Freiz, Besmenia and is headquartered in Laitstadt, Besmenia. The Congress of the ANS has its seat in Allengin, Elbresia.
The ANS was first proposed by the Besmenian delegation to the Pan-Nortuan Conference held in 1985 in the Elbresian city of 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 A.N.S. 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 establishment of a mutual currency, a free trade zone and relaxed border controls between member states.
History
From proposed idea to the A.N.S. Charter (1985-1989)
The prospect of a unified Eastern Nortua had been a concept since the 1940s, though the Besmenian division in the 1920s, 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. 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. 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 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 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, 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. 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.
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.
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
Headquarters
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.
Politics
Members
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 | Date of Admission | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Besmenia |
June 1st, 1989 | Founding member |
| Elbresia |
June 1st, 1989 | Founding member |
 Candatora |
June 1st, 1989 | Founding member |
| Arenoran Isles |
June 1st, 1989 | Founding member |
 Versenia |
June 1st, 1989 | Founding member |
 Ivite |
April 1st, 1991 | |
 Kyti |
April 1st, 1991 | |
 Tine |
December 8th, 1992 | |
 New Anea |
September 1st, 1993 | |
| Saint Offeat |
March 15th, 1998 | |
 Yubonia |
June 1st, 2006 | |
 North Shebat |
March 1st, 2012 | |
 South Shebat |
March 1st, 2012 | |
 Lovinali |
March 1st, 2012 |
Secretary-General of the Alliance of Nortuan States
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 Elbresian politican Harriet Mastersonn, elected by the Nortuan Congress on 15 April 2019.
| Name | Beginning of term | End of term | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gerhard Mahler | 1 June 1989 | 1 June 1995 | Besmenia
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| Duncan Holmes | 1 June 1995 | 1 June 2001 | Arenoran Isles
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| 1 June 2001 | 1 June 2007 | ||
| 1 June 2007 | 1 June 2013 | ||
| 1 June 2013 | 1 June 2019 | ||
| Harriet Mastersonn | 1 June 2019 | - | Elbresia
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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.
| 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
|
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.
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 | 27-29 March 1990 |
| 2. | Arenoran Isles | Arenkau | 23-25 March 1991 |
| 3. | Ivite | Tanin | 21-23 March 1992 |
| 4. | Kyti | Kasema | 27-29 March 1993 |
| 5. | - | - | 25-27 March 1994 |
| 6. | - | - | 21-23 March 1995 |
| 7. | - | - | 18-20 March 1996 |
| 8. | Arenoran Isles | Inverkralle | 23-24 March 1997 |
| 9. | Versenia | Aassillit | 11-13 March 1998 |
| 10. | Candatora | Highsite | 24-26 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 |
Economy
Culture
Symbols
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 to merge the ANS and the SBU into an All-Nortuan intergovernmental organization.