The Caledonia Accord

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THE CALEDONIA ACCORD

Issued at Year 168 of the Second Age

 

 

 

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CONTENTS:

ARTICLE I: On Rights 

ARTICLE II: Non-Aggression and Protection

ARTICLE III: On External Relations

ARTICLE IV: On Internal Relations

ARTICLE V: On Sovereignty

ARTICLE VI: On Duration

 

ARTICLE I: On Rights

I. The Most Serene State of Lurin, henceforth referred as Lurin or the Most Serene State, and the Barony of Caledonia, henceforth referred as Caledonia, agree to enter a vassalage pact.

II. The Most Serene State will grant Caledonia land within its borders, in exchange, the Barony of Caledonia will pay an elven weekly tax of 80 mina.

III.  The Barony of Caledonia will be granted the rights to form their own Government and to write their own laws.

IV. The Most Serene State will reserve the right to hold the national army, the Centurions, and thus Caledonia will not be able to form an armed force.

 

ARTICLE II: On Non-Aggression and Protection

I.  The Most Serene State and Caledonia agree to enter a Non-Aggression pact, where both parties agree to never start conflict with the other.

II. Lurin and its Centurions agree to protect Caledonia from external conflict.

III. Caledonia agrees to contribute to the numbers of the Centurions, enlisting any denizen that wishes to be part of the State army.

 

 

ARTICLE III: On External Relations

I. The Barony of Caledonia will be granted the right to sign friendship and non-aggression pacts.

II. The Barony of Caledonia will be granted the right to sign trade pacts.

III. The Most Serene State of Lurin will reserve the right to sign defensive pacts with other nations and vassals.

IV. The Most Serene State of Lurin will reserve the right to form new vassals.

  

 

 ARTICLE IV: On Internal Relations

I. The Barony of Caledonia agrees to hold a cultural event once every elven month.

II. The Most Serene State agrees to invite a representative of Caledonia to their Government meetings in order to give them voice.

III. The Most Serene State agrees to invite Caledonia denizens to their events and cultural events.

IV. The Most Serene State of Lurin and the Barony of Caledonia agree to join forces to hold an event together, once every elven month.

 

 

ARTICLE V: On Sovereignty
I. The Most Serene State of Lurin and the Silver Lubba grant, from now on, the title of Baron of Caledonia to Conor Belanus Tsecsar. A title that will be hereditary.

II. The Baron of Caledonia and their denizens agree to swear fealty to the Silver Lubba.

III. Only under extreme circumstances would the Most Serene State enter Caledonian lands with force, including but not limited to; rebellion, harboring of darkspawn, preaching of forbidden religions and others that might be voted on by the Lurinite Council.
 

ARTICLE VI: On duration

I. This pact, upon signature, will be made indefinite.

II. If any of the signatories wishes to break the pact, they must notify the other party two elven weeks before-hand.

III. The Barony of Caledonia will not be penalized with a mina fee in the case they wish to receive independence outside of Lurin lands, as long as that request is made after ten elven weeks since the pact was signed. If they wish to gain independence before that time, they must pay a sum of 1000 mina to the Serene State.

 

Signed,

The Silver Lubba, Lumia Anarion

Hand of the Lubba and Prime Minister of Lurin. Baron of Aevum, Edvard Kervallen

 

 

Baron of Caledonia, Supreme Lubba Knight, Conor Tsecsar