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| name         = Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association<br><small>''Associatio Tractati Levantiae Odonerusque<small> ([[Wikipedia:Latin|Latin]])</small></small><br>
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| abbreviation = LOTA
| motto        = ''Ad susceptum perficiendum'' <br><small>(Latin: "In order to achieve what has been undertaken")</small>
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| formation    = 18 August 1936
| extinction   = 31 December 2037
| type         = {{wp|Military alliance}}
| status       = Active
| purpose      = 
*Mutual defense
*Power projection
*Containment of [[Caphiria]] (historical)
| headquarters = Bourne House, Holchester, [[Ænglasmarch]]
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| region_served = [[Levantia]], [[Sarpedon]]
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The '''Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association''' ('''LOTA'''; {{wp|Ecclestiastical Latin|Latin}}: ''Associatio Tractati Levantae Odonerusque''), was a military and economic alliance based in the environs of [[Levantia]] and [[Sarpedon]]. The alliance was formed as a formal institution of the natural alliance between parties threatened by the growth of [[Caphirian]] interests during the [[Second Great War]], and continued to serve in this purpose during the [[Occidental Cold War]]. Since the conclusion of the Cold War, the organization has been reoriented towards mutual defense of [[Levantia|Levantine]] powers as well as an organization aimed at forwarding the interests of [[Levantia]]. In [[2037]], the remaining members voted to dissolve the organization and transfer its assets and role to the [[Levantine Union Defense Council]], a successor organization fully integrated within the [[Levantine Union]].

==History==

===Foundation===
The Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association was established as a formalized alliance between co-combatants of the [[Second Great War]], namely [[Urcea]], [[Burgundie]], [[Cartadania]], and later [[Valcenia|Iulia]]. The agreement was viewed as a necessity for a long war, as it clarified the terms of military cooperation and formally established open basing and border policies between its members for the remainder of the conflict and beyond. Iulia would join the organization in [[1947]] with the opening of the [[Great_War#V.C3.A2lcean_Theater|Valcenian Theater]] of the Great war.

===Cold War===
With the end of the Great War and dawn of the [[Occidental Cold War]], the existence of the Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association was calcified by the mutual threat [[Caphiria]] posed to its four members, ensuring that the organization survived beyond the close of hostilities of the [[Second Great War]]. In 1958, [[Yonderre]] was admitted to LOTA.

The [[Assumption Accords]] brought about the end of the [[Occidental Cold War]], and as part of their terms, [[Valcenia]] withdrew from the Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association; [[Urcea]] would continue to guarantee the nation's independence following the Accords.

===Reorientation===

The end of the [[Occidental Cold War]] brought about a significant refocusing LOTA from an anti-[[Caphiria|Caphirian]] alliance to a pan-[[Levantia|Levantine]] security organization, not only for the purposes of ensuring the mutual defense of its members but also in order to pool the resources and influence of its members in order to project Levantine power in an organized manner, as displayed by [[Operation Western Blizzard]] and [[Operation Mission Shield]]. With the end of the [[Great Schism of 1615]], relations between [[Caphiria]] and [[Levantia]] had normalized such that [[Urcea]] and [[Burgundie]] reached an accord with [[Cartadania]] to leave the organization and join [[STARS]]. This move fully completed the reorientation of the organization towards Levantine defense and power projection. In June 2037, the Levantia and Odoneru Treaty Association formally closed its headquarters in [[Talionia]], Castle Eráannach, relocating its headquarters to Bourne House in [[Ænglasmarch]], symbolizing the reorientation of LOTA's policies. Later that year, the organization - now entirely consisting of members of the [[Levantine Union]] - voted to dissolve the organization and reform it within the structure of the [[Levantine Union]], forming the [[Levantine Union Defense Council]].

==Organization==

==Initiatives==

===LOTA Basing Initiative===
In 1954, the organization created the LOTA Basing Initiative, an effort to create unified theaters of operation by locating allied bases in the same region. As part of this initiative, [[Burgundie]] ceded part of [[Port de Vent]] to [[Urcea]], creating the island territory of [[Ventotene]] in the process.


[[File:Palazzo colorno.JPG|200px|thumb|right|Bourne House, headquarters of LOTA.]]
==See Also==
*[[Occidental Cold War]]

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