Treaty of Amity, Friendship, & Commerce

Article II Peace Proclamation

Amicable relations having been established as existing between the Signatory Nations, be it hereby declared and noted that a Lasting and Eternal Peace exists between the citizens, government, and territory of the Kingdom of Eastern Zartania and the citizens, government, and territory of the Free Nation of Westria / Westerreich. Each nation shall refrain from acts of hostility toward the citizens, vehicles, territory, or government of the other nation, and shall restrain its citizens likewise from acts of hostility. Any citizen who takes such hostile action toward the other Signatory of this document without a preceding valid war declaration from his Government does so at his own risk, without knowledge of his Government, and with the full understanding that in doing so he forfeits the protection of his Government.

Article III Economic Relations

The Signatories of this treaty, having officially recognized each other, and having established diplomatic relations with the other signing Government, hereby agree to establish trade and economic relations with each other's Governments. Trade between the Signing Nations will be conducted on a conditional most-favored-nation status.


The ships of the foreign nation in the host nation's ports shall be treated with the same respect and privileges as the ships of the host nation.


The Free Nation of Westria agrees to forbid the registration of Eastern Zartanian merchant ships under the Westrian Naval Registry, as in accordance with Royal Law. The Westrian authorities also agree to use distinct ensigns to differentiate between merchant ships owned by Westrian citizens and those owned by foreign citizens under Westrian registry. Said ensigns are attached to this treaty text as Appendix 1. The Kingdom of Eastern Zartania, in accordance with Royal Law, refuses to permit the entry into the Kingdom of Westrian registered ships under foreign ownership, and will use the above-mentioned ensigns as the basis for admittance.


Tarrifs between the Signing Nations shall be determined by each nation's Legislative Body. Each nation shall impose the necessary tarrifs and duties on its imports and exports, but those taxes placed by the Westrian Government shall never exceed those placed by the Kingdom of Eastern Zartania. Said tarriffs will be assessed only on the tonnage of cargo being delivered to or extracted from the host nation. No tarriff or tax shall be assessed on the tonnage of extra cargo in transit to a third party, or on the tonnage of the ship itself.


The merchant ships of a foreign nation will not be allowed to conduct trade with any outlying Colony or Territory of the Kingdom of Eastern Zartania. All such "colonial" trade must be conducted aboard domestic ships. This provision may also be evoked by the Free Nation of Westria / Westerreich at any future time following delivery of notice of the evokation to the government of Eastern Zartania two months prior to evokation. Should foreign merchant ships be allowed entry to the "colonial" trade, the other Signatory of this treaty shall be notified prior to the opening of said trade.


The economic relations here enumerated are conditional upon reciprocal enforcement by the other Signatory Nation.

Article IV International Borders

The Borders of the Kingdom of Eastern Zartania are hereby recognized as the following:
beginning at the ocean and travelling westward along the 3n parallel for a distance of 212.5 units (425 miles), then running due south for a distance of 42.5 units (85 miles), then due west again for a distance of 42.5 units, turning due south for a distance of 42.5 unites, then due west for a distance of 42.5 units, then due south for a distance of 119 units (238 miles), then due west for a distance of 1,283.5 units (2,567 miles) to the northeast corner of Lake Nomar (old Weiqan Salt Lake), thence along a line through the center of Lake Nomar to a point 34 units (68 miles) from the southwest corner of Lake Nomar, from there due south for a distance of 76.5 units (153 miles) to the northwest corner of Tabitha Salt Lake, thereupon along a line through the center of Tabitha Salt Lake to a point 8.5 units (17 miles) beyond the 5e longitude and 34 units from the Zartanian shore, then running due north to the 3n parallel, then due east for a distance of 8.5 units, then due north along the 5e longitude to the sea, with territorial waters extending 20 miles offshore and to the bottom of the ocean.


The Borders of the Free Nation of Westerreich / Westria are hereby recognized as the following:
all territory as encompassed on the official Westrian maps, copies of which are included in this Treaty as Appendix 2.

Article V Neutral Rights & Obligations

Having now declared recognition of each other, and having declared a peace existing between the Signatories, and having further opened economic relations, should there come a time when the First Party finds itself engaged in Hostilities with a foreign enemy not a Signatory to this document, it is the solemn obligation of the Second Party to this treaty to firmly declare its Neutrality in the conflict. As such, the Neutral Party agrees not to provide military aid to either of the Belligerent nations unless such aid is stipulated by a subsequent treaty. The Neutral Party is not allowed to permit recruitment for a Belligerent Nation's Armed Forces upon its soil, or allow its Territory to be used as a staging area for a Belligerent's Armed Forces.


As a declared Neutral in such a Conflict, the Neutral Party has the right to engage in trade with both Belligerents without menace to its Vessels or Citizens, providing that said trade is in non-contraband goods and is not with a blockaded port. Such trade in non-contraband goods allows the Neutral Vessel to transport non-contraband goods from the Neutral Nation into a Belligerent Nation, and allows non-contraband goods from the Belligerent Nation to be exported on Neutral Vessels. However, any trade not open to foreign vessels in time of Peace is not to be considered open to foreign vessels in time of War. Thus, any foreign ship engaging in such formerly restricted trade will be considered the property of the Belligerent Nation and treated as such. The Neutral Party will not in anyway show favoritism toward either Belligerent during wartime trade. The Neutral Party shall also be allowed unlimited and unrestricted trade with other Neutral Nations during wartime without fear of intervention by either Belligerent.


During wartime, the blockade of a Belligerent port will be considered effective and binding only if the blockading force is disposed in such a way as to make communication with the blockaded port a menace to the safety of merchant traffic and shipping. Trade with such a port, having been formally declared and proven to be under blockade, is to be considered off-limits, and conducted only under the risk of the crew of such a ship. Any ship attempting to enter or leave a port under blockade, following a grace period following the institution of said blockade, is considered to be a blockade- runner, and thus liable for capture. Any and all ships of the Neutral Party thus captured or destroyed will be assumed to have forfeited the protection of their Government.


The entry of Belligerent warships into Neutral waters will be considered an Act of War unless escorted by a Neutral warship. Belligerent warships shall be allowed entry into the ports of the Neutral party for a period of no more than 72 hours, and only in cases which require immediate repairs to said warship to prevent sinking and loss of life. Should said warship remain in a Neutral port for more than the specified 72 hours, the warship will be interned by the Neutral Government for the duration of the Hostilities, to be returned to its rightful Government following the conclusion of a peace treaty ending the Conflict.


Any and all goods considered to be contraband are liable to seizure by a Belligerent Nation at the expense of the owner. Goods considered to be contraband are: any and all forms of weaponry, biological weapons, chemical weapons, weapons components, clothing for uniforms, official Government or Military correspondance or dispatches, naval stores, ammunition, and/or persons serving in the Armed Forces of a Belligerent Nation.

Article VI Immigration & Tourism

The Signatory Nations, having formally declared open diplomatic relations and peace as existing, hereby recognize the rights of their Citizens to immigrate to the other Signatory or to visit said Nation for reasons of vacation or tourism.


Visitation and tourism between the two Nations will be governed by their respective Legislatures, but no law-abiding Citizen shall be denied entry into either Nation. Customs Regulations, Passport Regulations, and Immigration Laws shall be determined by each Government individually, with the requirement that the other Signatory be informed of all such Laws and Regulations.


The Signatory Nations also recognize the right of their Citizens to intermarry and establish mixed families. The Kingdom of Eastern Zartania, however, does not recognize dual citizenship; thus the mixed family must inform a local Zartanian Government official of their decision concerning the point of Citizenship.


As the Kingdom of Eastern Zartania does not recognize the practice of dual citizenship, and as the Free Nation of Westria does recognize this practice, should a situation arise concerning the Conflict of these two philosophies, the Signatory Nations hereby agree to the use of diplomacy to solve said Conflict. Failing the use of diplomacy to settle the Conflict, the two Powers agree to the use of a completely neutral Board of Arbitration to settle the question.

Article VII Extradition

The Nations hereby subscribing to this treaty, having agreed to open and establish peaceful relations, also endeavor to cooperate on the issue of International Criminal Law. In this respect, the Signatories to this document hereby agree to Extradite the wanted Criminals of the other Signatory from the Host Nation to the Original Foreign Nation. These extraditions shall be dealt with by the duly appointed Consuls or other Diplomatic Envoys present, and before a duly authorized Judicial Officer of the Host Nation. Extradition is to apply to all Criminals wanted on outstanding Warrants and valid Charges, both Civil and Felony. Extradition does not apply to political persecutees or those persons fleeing invalid or false charges. In such cases, the Host Nation has the right to grant Assylum to the individual being pursued. The Host Nation also has the right to determine the status of those Persons wanted criminally by the other Signatory and seeking Assylum in the Host Nation, and the Host Nation may therefore determine whether to consider said Persons as Refugees or as Criminals.

Article VIII Ammendments

Following the Ratification of this treaty by the Signing Nations, the treaty may at any time be ammendend or added to following diplomatic negotiations between the Nations, and ratification of the Ammendment as if a seperate treaty. Failing this, the negotiators may opt to create an entirely seperate treaty to be enforced equally with this one.

Article IX Abrogation

This Treaty of Amity, Friendship, & Commerce, duly Signed and Ratified by the Kingdom of Eastern Zartania and the Free Nation of Westria / Westerreich, is to be considered legally binding on both nations for the time limits specified or until such time as the two Nations agree to mutual end the treaty stipulations. At anytime, this treaty may be abrogated unilaterally by providing to the other Signatory Government six months prior to premature termination, official notice in writing of one Government's intentions to end the treaty. The treaty may also be abrogated bilaterally following diplomatic negotiation and legislative consent, resulting in joint legislation to effectively deactivate the treaty.

May this Treaty of Amity, Friendship, & Commerce be the first step toward a bright future of cooperation between these two nations.

Signatures:

Prof. Ernest Kaylin, III.	Oct. 6, 298
Free Nation of Westria / Westerreich	Date

James M. Pattie	Sept. 28, 298
Kingdom of Eastern Zartania	Date

Negotiated and Signed in Kikikira, capital of the Territory of Westermarc within the Free Nation of Westria.

Reservations
(introduced by Eastern Zartania 11/2/298; acknowledged by Westria 11/4/298)

Treaty Reservation #1

Reguarding Article I, Clause 2, be it hereby recognized that under Royal Law any attack on the embassy of the other Signatory, or illegal detention of said Signatory's diplomatic personnel, shall be considered an act of utmost Treachery, and be recognized as basis for a Declaration of War, following the exhaustion of all other possible Solutions.

Treaty Reservation #2

The articles contained in this Treaty are not considered to be Perpetual, and may be placed under a time constraint or modified by the calling of a future Treaty Conference, which shall meet for the sole Purpose of the Determination of such limits of modifications.

Treaty Reservation #3

This Treaty of Amity, Friendship, & Commerce is hereby considered to be open to aherence by all States arising from the former Republic of Terramarc, namely the Federal Republic of Whitlam and the Albionish state. In order to adhere to this Treaty, the above-mentioned States must Sign and Ratify the Treaty text following due Amendment to Articles II, III, IV, VI, and VII.

Naval Ensign in use by foreign owned ships

Appendix 2:
Official map of the borders of Westria

Official map of the borders of Westermarc