Post by Admin Imperator on Nov 17, 2012 16:12:42 GMT
Greetings from the Continental Alliance!
The Continental Alliance was officially born on 25 June 2010 by order of the Founder’s Council of the Continental Union as an economy roleplay region. It was originally named the Continental Union Economic Alliance and was jointly founded by Imperator Rex and Basileus Romanus. The initial purpose of the Alliance's existence was for Continental Union members to create puppet states to use for the econ roleplays in progress at the time. It was also created to house recruiting and diplomatic puppets not yet assigned to a region. When our second OSF on IPBFree went dark (because they could no longer host sites for legal reasons), we had to reconstruct the regional economy and all the systems and mods attached to it when both regions began operations on our current Proboards OSF in September of 2010.
With a revival in RPs in both the Continental Alliance and the Continental Union, the Continental Trust has begun reconstructing business entities and the virtual Continental Exchange commodities and stock market. Our region is dedicated more to economy roleplays open to all members of the Alliance and the Union than being involved in NationStates military actions. We are a neutral region, but we support the Union in many of its defender actions.
Regional Governance or administration is managed by the Founding Partners Continental Trust (or “Continental Trust” for short), chartered by the Continental Union Founder’s Council in July of 2010. The Trust is composed of a Board of Directors chosen by the corporate principals as outlined in the Trust’s Articles of Incorporation, and various offices that oversee regional activities. Among them are: the Division of Foreign Operations, Continental Exchange Commission, Office of the Auditor-General, and Continental Reserve Bank Board of Governors. The Chairman of the Board and CEO of the Continental Trust, Yávaros, is the region’s executive WA Delegate and chief administrator of the Continental Alliance. The Regional Founder, Imperator Rex, has limited reserve powers and does not get directly involved in the Alliance’s administration.
After nearly six months of debates, the Continental Trust Board of Directors submitted to the Founder's Council of the Continental Union a Petition for Autonomy in February 2012. By late March 2012 the Founder's Council approved the measure, which was granted Founder's Assent on 31 March 2012. The Act of Autonomy severed all administrative authority exercised by the Continental Union over the Continental Alliance, effectively ending the subordinate status of the Alliance. With the exception of certain diplomatic and internal administrative matters that are managed jointly by both regions, the Continental Alliance is a sovereign, independent region in association with the Continental Union.
The Continental Alliance currently as 18 nations on the NationStates platform. Eight of those nations are organic, primary profile members, and the others are secondary, parallel nations created by Union members for roleplay purposes in the Continental Exchange and Economy RPGs and Diplomatic puppet states that have not yet been assigned to an allied region. The Alliance is also looking to engage in its own recruiting campaigns for additional organic members once the regional economy roleplays have been completely retooled on the Unified Regional Forum.