ICNES II: A New Order

I need some diplo answered before I can send orders. Some from you, some from sheep and some from shortguy.
 
i will send orders later today ice
 
From: All German NPCs
To: The Palatinate of the Rhine

We will attend this conference in Heidelburg.

From: Annam
To: Siam

We accept the NAP.
 
Orders to come later today, even though the updates Wednesday :p
 
It was supposed to be for today but the lack of orders made me change it.
 
Annam didn't answer my diplo :(

To: Siam
From: China

A defensive pact is more than welcomed between our two nations.

To: Japan
From: China

We are appalled by your sudden change in attitude in foreign affairs, and pray hope that if it's some illness which has affected your head, you recover quickly. Until then, Japan will have to expect itself to be isolated.
 
To: China
From: Annam

Annam refuses to bow to the Qing. We shall stand strong. Alone.
 
This turn is 1765.
 
To Palatine of the Rhine
From the Austrian Reich

We do not see the need for the Confederation to be based in the uncentralised city of Heidleburg but however instead offer the great city of Munich in the centre of the German world as the possible place for Confederation talks.

I also propose that the No-one nation's representative is considered a 'Chancellor' and that meassures are met through consensus of a simple majority. Futhermore this would be a purely economic and defensive alliance.
 
From Palatinate
To Austria

We do not want it to be based in Heidelburg, we wanted it to be based in Vienna. We just wished that a conference be held to see what should be included within the confederation.

We do not care where it is based from though. We just wanted to have a conference to decide what will be included within the alliance before signing it.
 
To Palatine
From Austria

This is acceptable although I see very litle need for discussion on who should join. The only point of contention would be to invite the Netherlands or not to join.
 
From Palatinate
To Austria

We will restate ourselves. Spell our nation's name correctly, please.

We mean what will be the economic benefits of the alliance and such. We want to see what the treaty includes before signing into it.
 
Suriyamarin or Ekkathat sat in the palace in bangkok. He was a wise man and knew much of the outside world. He was king and he feared his line would soon end. The Ayuthaya line had been around for four hundred years and he was growing old.

He would soon decide his successor. He would have to be charismatic. He would have to be fearless and bold. He had heard whispers of the dragons of the west reawakening. Of a fear that would burn and purge the land.

Of a massive fire that would burn and burn. He saw an end of the old days coming. The elder days of old would soon be no more. Change was brewing. He felt it. People would have to be prepared. Ready to fight, work or whatever.

To stagnate was to wither, and in these coming times he knew nothing was more important. Kings would fall, dynasties crushed. Lands conquered. It was all due to come. When? Suriyamarin did not know. He knew it would be soon however. The flames could already be heard on the horizon.

The dragons had ceased their slumber, they were awake, only time would tell for the King, in the coming years no one could possibly tell what was coming.
 

Imperial Proclamation of Her Imperial Majesty Czarina Catherine II the Great of the House of Romanov, Empress of All the Russias Issued in This the One Thousand, Seven Hundred, and Sixty-Fifth Year Anno Domini

1. Establishment of the Great Duma:

1a. Establishment of the Boyar Duma and its Functions:

1aa. Membership and Leadership: Consists of all Slavic nobility who are not serving other duties and are not barred from participation by the reigning Czar or Czarina. Once barred, a noble family may not return until the reigning Czar or Czarina allows them to return. The head of the Boyar Duma is appointed by the reigning Czar or Czarina for life and given the title "First of the Nobility." He/she may be replaced by the reigning Czar or Czarina.

1ab. Functions: The main functions of the Boyar Duma are to pass legislation, represent their families, and advise the Czar or Czarina. The reigning Czar or Czarina may veto a proclamation of the Boyar Duma unless a unanimity of the Russian nobility, nine tenths of the Ukrainian and Belarusian nobility, and three quarters of the rest of the nobility override the reigning Czar or Czarina. The Boyar Duma is the highest body of the Great Duma and can veto decisions of lesser bodies unless the required votes are achieved to override the Boyar Duma or the reigning Czar or Czarina interferes.

1ac. Location: Meets in the Winter Palace of St. Petersburg during the Winter when the Czar or Czarina is present and in St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow while the Czar or Czarina is present. During the fall and spring the Boyar Duma does not meet.​

1b. Establishment of the Lesser Boyar Duma and its Functions:

1ba. Membership and Leadership: Consists of all the non-Slavic nobility who are not barred. Same rules as those in the Boar Duma apply in concern to banning etc. The head of the Lesser Boyar Duma is appointed by the reigning Czar or Czarina for life and given the title "Second of the Nobility." He/she may be replaced by the reigning Czar or Czarina.

1bb. Functions: The main functions of the Lesser Boyar Duma are to pass legislation, represent their families and people, advise the Boyar Duma, and advise the Czar or Czarina should it be requested. The Lesser Boyar Duma is the second highest body of the Great Duma and may have its passed bills vetoed by the Boyar Duma, although it may veto lesser bodies. In order to overrule a veto by the Boyar Duma a nine tenths majority must be achieved.

1bc. Location: Meets in the Winter Palace while the Czar or Czarina is in residence there, meets in St. Basil's Cathedral while the Czar or Czarina is there. Does not meet during the spring and autumn.​

1c. Establishment of the People's Duma and its Functions:

1ca. Membership and Leadership: Consists of chosen representatives of the Russian people. There are one hundred seats, fifty of which belong to city dwellers, twenty-five to free country dwellers, and twenty-five to serfs. Members serve for twenty year terms that may be renewed. The head of the People's Duma is appointed for life (the only member with a life-time seat) and is given the title "First of the People." He/she may be removed by the reigning Czar or Czarina.

1cb. Functions: The main functions of the People's Duma are to pass legislation, advise the reigning Czar or Czarina should it be requested, and to represent the Russian people. The People's Duma is below the Lesser Boyar Duma and may have its passed bills be vetoed by the Lesser Boyar Duma. In order to overrule a veto a nine tenths majority is needed. However, it may veto the bills passed by lower houses.

1cc. Location: Meets in the Imperial Senate building in St. Petersburg while the Czar or Czarina is in residence, meets in the Church of St Alexius the Metropolitan in the Chudov Monastery in Moscow when the Czar or Czarina is there. Does not meet during the fall and spring.​

1d. Establishment of the Lesser People's Duma and its Functions:

1da. Membership and Leadership: Consists of chosen representatives of the non-Russian peoples of the Empire. There are fifty seats, twenty-five of which belong to peoples in Europe, and twenty-five to those in Asia. Members serve for twenty year terms that may be renewed. The head of the Lesser People's Duma is appointed for life (the only member with a life-time seat) and is given the title "Second of the People." He/she may be removed by the reigning Czar or Czarina.

1db. Functions: The main functions of the Lesser People's Duma are to pass legislation, advise the reigning Czar or Czarina should it be requested, and to represent their peoples. The Lesser People's Duma is below the People's Duma and may have its passed bills be vetoed by the People's Duma. In order to overrule a veto a nine tenths majority is needed. However, it may veto the bills passed by the First Duma (see below).

1dc. Location: Meets in the Imperial Senate building in St. Petersburg while the Czar or Czarina is in residence, meets in the Church of Michael Maleinos in the Starodevichy Convent (Ascension Convent) in Moscow when the Czar or Czarina is there. Does not meet during the spring and fall.​

1e. Establishment and Functions of the First Duma:

1ea. Membership and Leadership: Consists of fifty seats, with ten twenty devoted to Russian nobility, ten to other Slavic nobility, ten to non-Slavic nobility, five to Russian commoners, and five to other Slavic commoners. Members serve for twenty year terms that may be renewed. Barring etc. follow the same rules as those applied to the other bodies of the Great Duma. The head of the First Duma is appointed for a renewable twenty year term and given the title "Fifth of the Great Duma."

1eb. Functions: The main function of the First Duma is to receive proposed bills and pass legislation on to the upper houses. Any member of the Great Duma as well as any member of the royal family who is not barred by the reigning Czar or Czarina from doing so may introduce legislation. The First Duma can not overrule a veto by the Lesser People's Duma.

1ec. Location: Meets in the Imperial Senate building in St. Petersburg while the Czar or Czarina is in residence, meets in the Church of The Twelve Apostles in Moscow when the Czar or Czarina is there. Does not meet during the spring and fall.​

2. Affirmation of Power:

2a. The Czar: The reigning Czar or Czarina maintains ultimate authority within the Empire of All the Russias subject to none.

2b. Religious Matters:

2ba. Russian Orthodoxy: Only the Most Holy Governing Synod may make statements that influence the religious lives of members of the Russian Orthodox Church with only the reigning Czar or Czarina having any power above it.

2bb. Other Orthodoxy: If the patriarch, archbishop, metropolitan, etc. of an Orthodox Church within the realm of the Empire of All the Russias makes a ruling that contradicts Orthodox dogma or any ruling that is seen by the Most Holy Synod to endanger the full communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church the Most Holy Synod may intervene and overrule the offending governing office and, if drastic means are necessary, replace the offending official with a new punishing the offender as seen fit.​

3. Enshrinement of the Great Duma:

3a. Disestablishment: All previous governmental legislative bodies are from here on out disestablished. The members of these bodies will be the first considered for membership, rank, and privilege within the Great Duma.​

4. The Titles and Imperial Style of the Czar or Czarina and Spouse:

4a. The Czar or Czarina: From here on out the title of the reigning Czar or Czarina is the following (given here in the masculine): His Imperial Majesty Czar [Name] [Ordinal] [Further Person Specific Title if Applicable] of the House of Romanov, Heir to Rome, Father of His Country, Guardian of the Holy Orthodox Faith, and Emperor of All the Russias.

4b. The Spouse of the Czar or Czarina: From here on out the title of the reigning Czar or Czarina's spouse is the following (given here entirely in the masculine): His Imperial Highness [Name] [House of Birth] of the House of Romanov, Upholder of Tradition, Protector of Moscow and Saint Petersburg, [Gender Specific, See Further On] Consort Emperor of All the Russias by the Grace of Czar [Name, Ordinal, and Further Specific Title if Applicable of Czar or Czarina].

4ba. Gender Specific Titles: Where specified, the gender specific additive for a woman should be added "Bearer of the Heir" while for a man "Progenitor of the Line."​

Signed and Sealed, Her Imperial Majesty Czarina Catherine II the Great of the House of Romanov,
Heiress to Rome, Mother of Her Country, Guardian of the Holy Orthodox Faith, and Empress of All the Russias​
 
*secret*
To: Siam
From: China

The Annamese has doomed their citizens and nation by stubbornly refusing the protection of the Imperial Throne. It appears that your nation is the only sensible one left in the region, and as such we are more than happy to recognize (and to ensure) your rule over the entire indochina region if you ever have the desire to rescue the annamese peasants from their reckless and clueless tyrants.

*secret*
 
orders have been sent :band:
 
To the Palatinate of the Rhine
From the Gross Austrian Reich

The economic benefits would be increased trade amongst German nations. Futhermore the military benefits would be the united defence of all Germanic peoples. It is a simple choice. Do you accept our offer or declare war by refusing it?

Her Imperial Majesty, Maria Thresca, The Holy Roman Empress, Archduchess of Austria, Archduchess of Bavaria, Queen of Hungary, Queen of Bohemia, Queen of Silesia, of the House of Hasburg
 
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