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== Structure == | == Structure == | ||
The Nysdra Sea Treaty Association is governed according to the terms of the Nysdra Sea Treaty, signed on 5 November 2016. The Treaty not only historically constituted the Association but also actively serves as its charter. Any change to the structure of the association requires approval of the Nysdra Sea Treaty Council. The Treaty, as currently constituted, provides for three primary organs within it. The Office of the Chair provides for basic administrative oversight of the Association, ensuring the proper functioning of the other two organs, while also serving as the presiding officer of the NSTA Council. The Nysdra Sea Treaty Council is the central organ, which can make changes to the Treaty and all other major changes to the Association as needs. The third organ is the Administrative Agency of the Association, which is answerable to the Council and executes the basic operations of the Association. The Treaty also sets forth a two-tiered system of membership. | |||
=== Organs === | |||
====Rotating Chairperson==== | |||
====NSTA Council==== | |||
The Nysdra Sea Treaty Council, often referred to as the "NSTA Council", is the central organizing body of the Association. The Council has the authority to amend or dissolve the Nysdra Sea Treaty, to admit members to the Treaty and Association, and the authority to organize or dissolve any body of the Association as the need arises. The Council also confirms any nomination to an office of the Association made by the current chairperson. It is comprised of one voting member from each full member of the Association, as well as two non-voting members from both participating observer members. The Chairperson of the Association usually serves as presiding officer of meetings of the Council. The members of the Council are appointed by each member nation and serve at the pleasure of their respective governments. | |||
====Administrative Agency of the Association==== | |||
=====Association Office of Trade and Commerce===== | |||
=====Association Office for Common Defense===== | |||
======Defense Coordination Initiative (DCI)====== | |||
The Defense Coordination Initiative is an initiative of the Association which broadly integrates the defense functions of the members, including with streamlined basing agreements and shared intelligence. Critically, the Initiative also includes measures that allow the seamless integration of units within the members' militaries within any military body designated as the lead defense organization for the Association. The lead defense organization has been, for the entire history of the Association's existence, the [[Armed Forces of the Apostolic Kingdom of Urcea]]. As a result of the Initiative, and also owing to the small population size of many of the Association's members, most of the militaries of member nations are designed to be specific formation-sized (i.e. brigade, division, corps) units intended to be organized under Urcean command and within Urcean units in the event of war. | |||
Every member of the Association, with the exception of [[Quetzenkel]], is a member of the Initiative. Due to its size and relative military strength, Quetzenkel's military is able to operate independently. In its place, Quetzenkel and Urcea have a bilateral basing agreement as well as an agreement detailing shared strategy in the event of a war involving the Association. | |||
======Nysdra Sea Guard====== | |||
{{Main|Nysdra Sea Guard}} | |||
The Nysdra Sea Guard (NSG) is a military organization which serves as the effective navy and coast guard for all full NSTA members besides [[Urcea]] and [[Quetzenkel]]. It was established in [[2026]]. Funded from stipends from each member of NSTA and staffed with officers and enlisted men from all participating NSTA members, the NSG is a rare example of a trans-national military force. The Sea Guard is largely responsible for Nysdra Sea anti-piracy actions as well as anti-smuggling and anti-drug trafficking activities, although it has limited defensive capabilities as well. In the event of war, the NSG is designed to integrate with the [[Royal Navy (Urcea)|Royal Navy]] and Quetzen Navy to form a joint Nysdra Area Defense Force under Royal Navy leadership with NSG personnel and ships fulfilling secondary littoral protection roles. | |||
======Order of the North Star====== | |||
{{Main|Order of the North Star}} | |||
The Order of the North Star is a meritorious order created for recognition of military service to NSTA during the [[Final War of the Deluge]]. The Order has become readily identified with NSTA, so much so that the star of the order was incorporated onto NSTA's flag in [[2026]]. | |||
=== Membership === | === Membership === | ||
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The Nysdra Sea Treaty provides for "participating observers", nations and territories which are a party to the collective defense provisions under the treaty but are not obliged to participate in collective defense. This was written to provide that [[Urcea]] and its allies would be partly responsible for the protection of [[Shenendehowa Bay]] and, to a lesser extent, [[Xisheng]], while [[Caphiria]] and [[Corumm]] would not be drawn into a war to protect Urcea's allies in the region. The participating observer status obligates its signatories to take part in the economic and trade restrictions established by the treaty. Participating observers are allowed to import goods from specific non-signatory members - namely Caphiria and Corumm - but provides that purchases of these goods can only be fulfilled and delivered to the signatory party. This functionally means that Caphirian and Corummese firms can do business in the Nysdra region but primarily through intermediaries in Shenendehowa Bay and Xisheng, respectively. | The Nysdra Sea Treaty provides for "participating observers", nations and territories which are a party to the collective defense provisions under the treaty but are not obliged to participate in collective defense. This was written to provide that [[Urcea]] and its allies would be partly responsible for the protection of [[Shenendehowa Bay]] and, to a lesser extent, [[Xisheng]], while [[Caphiria]] and [[Corumm]] would not be drawn into a war to protect Urcea's allies in the region. The participating observer status obligates its signatories to take part in the economic and trade restrictions established by the treaty. Participating observers are allowed to import goods from specific non-signatory members - namely Caphiria and Corumm - but provides that purchases of these goods can only be fulfilled and delivered to the signatory party. This functionally means that Caphirian and Corummese firms can do business in the Nysdra region but primarily through intermediaries in Shenendehowa Bay and Xisheng, respectively. | ||
== Criticism == | == Criticism == | ||