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I may not be a member of a Kingdom right now, but with volatile relationships of the Kingdoms at this time, I would like to propose the following Pact for review and hopefully adoption by the various Kingdoms:
As it is evident that basically all Kingdoms have expressed a desire to rebuild themselves in peace without threats of hostility or acts of aggression against their sovereignty, the following Peace Pact is proposed, where all those Kingdoms that commit to this Pact, will have the following responsibilities and benefits:
I: To remain within the Pact, a signed member must agree not to engage in Hostilities towards another peaceful Kingdom, whether or not that peaceful Kingdom is a member of this Pact.
II: Any attack from one Kingdom's citizens or military must result in those guilty being punished in a range from Banishment for 1 - 2 weeks to Exile made permanent, unless the attacked Kingdom wishes a lighter sentence for the guilty. An attack involving the King or where punishment is not executed upon the guilty, will result in the aggressive nation as being deemed Hostile, and Pact members are thus required deem the Hostile kingdom as an enemy.
These punishments are not expected to be imposed on non-member Kingdoms, but they will be deemed as Hostile Kingdom, and will not be fought against should they attack a peaceful Pact member Kingdom.
III: Any Pact member may have any treaty it desires with any Kingdom, as long as that Kingdom does not engage in hostilities towards any other peaceful Kingdom, member or otherwise. Treaties with hostile Kingdoms must be limited to those of trade or non-aggression, but the duties of this this Pact supersede any other treaties or pacts.
IV: All Pact Members agree to come to the defense of a Pact member should a member Kingdom be attacked, although combined defense shall not lead to pre-emptive strikes or attacks on the Hostile Kingdom, unless over time it is deemed to be a continuing threat to the peace, at which time involvement in an aggressive attack will not be compulsory but a voluntary coalition.
V: The goals of this Pact, are that if signed by the various leaders who have already stated interest in peace, that any Kingdom that acts with hostility will face a larger force than the single Kingdom they wish to attack and be unable to isolate single Kingdoms for abuse through intimidation of others. In summary, it is an attempt to defend against divide and conquer techniques of aggression that threaten the peace and prosperity of all the Kingdoms.
* This Pact becomes invalid should this Post be edited after any signees post their agreement.
* This Pact can only be agreed to by the leaders of the various Kingdoms, and applies to any member Kingdom until it is violated or honorably withdrawn from by a following post of the said Kingdom's leader to this thread. |