Mutual Defensive Pact

-- THIS THE TREATY BETWEEN THE HONORABLE EAST VENICIAN TRADING COMPANY, THE DORVEN KINGDOM, AND GLOININGEN –

Clause of Mutual Defense

In the event that any/or of the states of the East Venician Trading Company, the Dorven Kingdoms, and/or Gloiningen where separately or collectively attacked by a hostile power, or threatened with violence by a hostile power, or otherwise acted upon in a detrimental and disruptive manner, these states pledge a mutual defensive pact to immediately come to the aid of the other in the purview of military or industrial support as far as is possible by either state, such as but not limited to the sending of allied armies, supplies, or transportation aid.


Clause of Treatsie Entanglements

In order to prevent the conflicting entanglements of different mutual defensive pacts or other such treaties, such as in the case of one member of a pact attacking another member of a pact, or through third proxxy create a similar conflict by attacking another nation to whom also has a different defensive pact with, the following agreements are to be adhered to by the signatory states:

1. Any additional defensive pacts signed by any/or the East Venician Trading Company, Dorven Kingdoms, or Gloiningen to a third party are to be respected. Neither state is to attack a fellow nation with such a third party defensive contract.

2. Full and fair warning can and should be given to any signatory power that either/or of the aforementioned states are seeking another defensive pact, alliance, or obligation contract which could potentially result in hostility. Such that we can avoid situations where a signatory state signs a pact with a hostile power or previously hostile power which has conducted a great wrong.

3. Violations of the contract do not constitute immediate or retroactive dissmissal, nor do violations of third party contracts. Whenever a breech or potential breech is to be complained of, those signatory powers will gather in a neutral grounds to discuss and rectify as far as possible, ensuring with every ability that the nation in breech returns to a state of compliance with the contract.

4. When it is found that a a signatory willingly engages in aggressive, disruptive, or dishonorable against the spirit and/or letter of said contract, unrepentant and unwilling to return to compliance, it's status in this defensive treaty will be deemed void.

5. Force Majeure - Extenuating circumstances regarding the intentional or unintentional resultation of a signatory or proxxy signatory power significantly harming, detrminenting, or otherwise resulting in an extreme malicious effect will be taken into account.

An example being, if one of us is to suffer extreme detriment due to the action of an ally of the other, or proxxy ally, actions against said individual shall be considered acceptable provided they are within reason. With the understanding of Clause 3 and 4 that all diplomatic action be pursued to resolve peaceably as far as the ends of possibility.

6. 1st Party Supremacy Clause - An admittance that this defensive pact and regarding its true signatories will be held supreme in all cases of issues of conflict arising, in especially above minor third party contracts.

7. Retroactive 3rd Party Supremacy Clause
Under this clause, all third party persons who have or wish to engage in a pact or alliance with a true signatory of the Defensive Pact must presently or retroactively agree to sign a written contract that their agreement with a true signatory of the Defensive Pact will be held in supreme above all others, that is to say, in such cases where conflict may arise that any agreements concerning the Venicia/Dorven/Gloinginen OR the aforementioned signatories third party allies, are given explicit prerogative and bias, and that they will be held above any other third party contracts.

8. Retroactive 3rd Party Neutrality Clause

All third parties who have or wish to engage in a pact or deal with a signatory power of the Defensive Pact must presently or retroactively agree to uphold a status of non aggression towards another third party with whom a Defensive Pact member is also in an agreement or third party pact with

They are not to engage in hostilities, or in indirect hostilities such as providing support, logistics, or information to another power which is hostile to such a nation that is connected to a pact member.

They must also retroactively agree to uphold and honor a status of neutrality with 4th party members who are in a pact with other 3rd party members connected to a 1st party signatory.

Whereupon any third or fourth party contract may result in such hostiles as allies attacking allies, the third parties must agree that said contract may be made null or portions of it made null as per in agreement with the neutrality clause

These must all be signed by said third parties retroactively, and be informed of the additional third party connections to first parties.


9. Retroactive 3rd Party Dismissal Clause + 3rd Party Force Majeure

Where the aforementioned clauses are not being upheld and/or if any other deals by third parties towards other non-pact members are being given precedence before this pact, a breech shall be noted and grounds for reprimanding action be take. If the breech persists, unrepentant and willingly, the true Signatory powers agree to engage in expunge actions. This action is still governed under Claus 3, 4, and 5, such that again, diplomacy shall be opted to be the first action to be taken at all times to its limit.