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Prior to the Millennium Reforms, Ardmore was largely pursuant and committed towards full economic autarky, with international trade being limited to fellow socialist countries. Since the 1980s and especially with the enactment of the Millennium Reforms, however, Ardmore has opened up international trade beyond just socialist countries so long as trade is done in a manner that satisfies the following principles: mutual benefit, where goods and services are voluntarily exchanged for the common benefit of all parties; solidarity, where all parties involved are united under shared interests and sympathies; and fair exchange, where all parties perceive an equal value or benefit from a trade. However, Ardmore still retains a preference towards establishing cooperative relations with both fellow socialist nations and nations that are committed to the opposition of what they deem to be capitalist imperialism; the Ardmori government places a significant priority on partnerships that promote socio-economic justice on a global scale. All trade agreements are to be negotiated transparently and democratically, with great emphasis being placed on protecting the interests of workers and safeguarding Ardmore's sovereignty and independence. | Prior to the Millennium Reforms, Ardmore was largely pursuant and committed towards full economic autarky, with international trade being limited to fellow socialist countries. Since the 1980s and especially with the enactment of the Millennium Reforms, however, Ardmore has opened up international trade beyond just socialist countries so long as trade is done in a manner that satisfies the following principles: mutual benefit, where goods and services are voluntarily exchanged for the common benefit of all parties; solidarity, where all parties involved are united under shared interests and sympathies; and fair exchange, where all parties perceive an equal value or benefit from a trade. However, Ardmore still retains a preference towards establishing cooperative relations with both fellow socialist nations and nations that are committed to the opposition of what they deem to be capitalist imperialism; the Ardmori government places a significant priority on partnerships that promote socio-economic justice on a global scale. All trade agreements are to be negotiated transparently and democratically, with great emphasis being placed on protecting the interests of workers and safeguarding Ardmore's sovereignty and independence. | ||
== | ==Workers' Force== | ||
{{main|Ardmori Workers' Force}} | |||
The royalist armed forces of Ardmore was formally abolished after the end of the Ardmori Civil War in 1931, it being replaced with the [[Ardmori Workers' Force]]. The Workers' Force is not a formal or an organized armed forces as traditional armed forces are deemed by syndicalism to be nothing more than means of reactionary coercion, but rather it is more akin to a {{wp|military reserve force}} in that members may be called up for service as needed but are otherwise able to lead lives not unlike that of regular civilians. Membership in the Workers' Force is mandatory as is the accompanying training program; all Ardmori citizens who are able-bodied must complete the training program when they reach the age of eighteen. The training program lasts for 26 weeks, or approximately six months, and all members are compensated equally for each day of training completed. Those who do not wish to take part in the training program for reasons of conscience are instead required to apply for either the [[Ardmori Civil Force]], which is the nation's {{wp|civilian service}}, or the [[Ardmori Civil Defense]], which is the nation's {{wp|civil protection}} service. The goal behind these programs is to help instill a sense of {{wp|civic nationalism|civic national pride}} and to ensure that all able-bodied citizens are able to defend their country when called into service. The compulsory training program in the Workers' Force, alongside the alternative and yet also compulsory Civil Force and Civil Defense units, are exceptionally popular, with the proposed constitutional provisions that would abolish these programs as part of the Millennium Reforms being soundly defeated. | |||
==See also== | |||
[[Category: Countries]] | [[Category: Countries]] | ||
[[Category: Levantia]] | [[Category: Levantia]] | ||