T H E  T R E A T Y  O F  B E L V E T H

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JOINTLY ISSUED BY

THE KINGDOM OF BALIAN & THE PRINCIPALITY OF REINMAR

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13th of Sigismund’s End

151 BA | 2018 IT

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I. Sovereignty

The Kingdom of Balian and the Principality of Reinmar recognize each other's independence as Canonist Realms, and as such recognize each other’s territorial integrity, their Rulers’ sovereignty, and all other rights and privileges pertaining to that station.

II. Defence

The Kingdom of Balian and the Principality of Reinmar agree to a mutual defensive alliance in event of hostilities from a foreign power or darkspawn. 

• An attack on one shall be considered an attack on the other.
• The signatories shall refrain from acts of aggression towards one another. 
• Any disputes which may arise between the signatories shall be resolved solely through peaceful and diplomatic means.
• The signatories pledge to coordinate in the eradication of darkspawn incursions into either of their realms.

III. Extradition

The Kingdom of Balian and the Principality of Reinmar agree to legal cooperation in criminal matters, and the extradition of fugitives to the realm in which they have offended, and coordination against bandits and other mutual threats, to see them put to proper trial for their offences.

IV. Trade

The Kingdom of Balian and the Principality of Reinmar agree to the free movement of merchants between their respective markets, for the purpose of fostering trade between the nations. Furthermore, the courts of the signatories are committed to the organization of festivities and cultural exchanges, to foster bonds of fellowship between their peoples. 

V. Duration 

This treaty takes effect immediately upon signing and will last a total of fifteen years, or otherwise expire upon the death of either ruling monarch. After this term, the signatories will reconvene to review and potentially renegotiate the treaty.

AD GLORIAM DEI

HIS ROYAL MAJESTY, JOHN II, by the Grace of God, King of Balian, Prince of Providence, Duke of Helena, Lorraine and Reutov, Count of Pompourelia, Viscount of Eflen, Anatis and Valio, Baron of Renzfeld, Brucca, Valens, Malenos, Montcoure and Ciavola, Lord of Portoregne, Atrus and Monterosa, Warden of La Costa Rubinissima, Protector of the Heartlanders and the South, etcetera.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ERWIN, By the Grace of God and Light of the Ancestors, RVOOBE GMSTSR, Prince in Reinmar, Prince of Sutica and Minitz, Duke of Reinmar, Count of Kretzen, Neu Brandthof and Freimark, Burgrave of Langenkirch, Viscount of Tucay, Baron of Freising, Madvon, and Boriënwald, Lord of Sankt Johannsburg, Freisburg, Wilheburg, Rozenfeld, Erwinsburg, Neuberg and Durres, High Chief of the Reinmaren, Warden of the Ferdenwald and Franklands

ᛞᚨ ᚾᚨᚱᚢᚨᚲ’ᛟᛊ ᚱᚢᚢᚨᛚᚲ

Pact:

The Glorious Riverway

Da Narvak’os Ruvalk

ᛞᚨ ᚾᚨᚱᚢᚨᚲ’ᛟᛊ ᚱᚢᚢᚨᛚᚲ

2nd of the Grand Harvest, in the 135th Year of the Second Age

11th of Gronna ag Droba in the 484th Year of Exalted Sigismund, 

ARTICLE I: INTEGRITY

I. The signatories recognise their authority to exercise their powers (including their power to create lasting treaties between their peoples), as well as their responsibilities to their people that come with their respective positions of prestige. 

II. The signatories shall form a buffer zone of one region between the two nations to respect each other’s territorial integrity.

A. Urguan relinquishes its claims upon the 12th region of the redwood forest biome.

ARTICLE II: DIPLOMACY

I: The signatories shall create and maintain a correspondence through the offices of their diplomatic representatives, in the interest of maintaining the terms of this treaty and using such as a platform to voice any concerns that the signatories may have in the future.

II: The sovereigns of each state will swear oaths of friendship jointly, in their honor, as an act of kinship and solidarity in the years to come.

ARTICLE III: TRADE

I. The signatories entitle each other the right to one shop or stall in each other’s capital’s market, free of tax to encourage trade, as well as ensuring the free movement of people in one another’s territory.

II. For a merchant to claim the stall or shop in a respective capital’s market, a merchant is to inform the respective economic representative of the nation of the requested stall or shop & are required to inform the diplomatic representative of the countersignatory nation.

A. Urguan’s merchant stall in Haense will be entitled to a forge, which will be formally owned by the Worker’s Guild of Urguan.

ARTICLE IV: EXTRADITION

I. The signatories agree to a mutual extradition clause, in which a citizen/subject from either Nation, having reasonable justification for an arrest, may be apprehended and passed over to the Courts of the Land in which their crime took place.

II. In such cases as these, an Extradition Request by the Judicial representatives of the state of the first-part must be presented to the Monarch or Government of the second-part for approval.

III. Legal Defense for the defendant may be given by Judicial representatives of the Nation from which the citizen/subject hails from.

ARTICLE V: ALLIANCE

I: The signatories agree to a defensive military alliance, in which any hostilities from a third party against any one of them will be viewed as an attack against the both of them.

II: The signatories agree to settle any dispute between them or in which they may be involved through diplomatic means in such a manner that this alliance and the laws of signatories are not endangered.

III: The signatories agree to consult together whenever, in the opinion of either of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of the signatories is threatened.

IV: The signatories reserve the right to expand this defensive pact into a full military alliance whenever deemed favorable by both parties.

ARTICLE VI: DURATION

I. The signatories agree that this treaty shall last for a duration of TWENTY years.

II. In FIVE years, the signatories agree to recongregate to discuss land borders and expansions between the two nations as discussed in articles I.II and I.II.A

III. In the case that any of the signatories wish to make amendments to this treaty in the future, they are to consult with the others and discuss credible changes, lest the agreement mutually dissolve. 

IV. At the conclusion of the treaty’s duration, the signatories may request an extension, to be considered jointly, if found beneficial to both parties.

Signed,

His Grandess, Garedyn The Emerald, Grand King of Urguan,  Chief of Mossborn,

Prophet of Yemekar, Seer of Hefrumm, Zealot of the Triad

His Royal Majesty, Aleksandr II, by the Grace of Godan, King of Hanseti and Ruska, Grand Hetman of the Army, Hochmeister of the Order of the Crow, Prince of Bihar, Dules, Lahy, Muldav, Solvesborg, Slesvik and Ulgaard, Duke of Carnatia and Vanaheim, Margrave of Korstadt, Rothswald and Vasiland, Count of Alban, Siegrad, Werdenburg, Alimar, Baranya, Graiswald, Karikhov, Karovia, Kaunas, Kavat, Kovachgrad, Kvasz, Markev, Nenzing, Torun, Toruv, Valdev and Werdenburg, Viscount of Varna, Baron of Esenstadt, Kraken’s Watch, Kralta, Krepost, Lorentz, Rytsburg, Buck, Thurant and Astfield, Lord of the Westfolk, Protector and Lord of the Highlanders, etcetera.

Auriel Doomforged, High Prophet of Urguan, Cleric of Grimdugan, Keeper of the Reforged

Her Excellency, Alyona Rhetta Sviatovna Godunov, Lady Emissary of Hanseti-Ruska, Baroness of Verskaya

Lady Ilaria Anabel Amador, Diplomat to Urguan