William Watts
Titles	None
Education	Upper Second Class Honors Degree in Sports Science from Sports College Valtheim High School Qualifications from Valkyria High School
Positions Held	Driver Coach, Riviere Corporation Racing
Family	Wife - Satella Watts
Links to Important events?	Formula Mundus 2016 - Megan Harrison's recovery 2017
Biography	Encouraging, calm under pressure and highly positive he's jokingly called "the motivator" around the paddock.

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Formerly the heartland of the Rus Empire that was a powerful and influential nation in eastern Cotf Aranye for centuries, the Rus Empire fell during the Communist uprising of 1760 and following a subsequent revolution was reborn as the United Soviet Rodina but would commonly in later years be referred to as the USR. It was a powerful nation during the Great War period and would become the second nation to develop nuclear weapons (Achkaerin being the first). During the Post War era the country under the leadership of the Stalin dynasty would spread it's communist reach to other nations such as Zimalia through the Dhirg and Marseilles, the latter including the forced annexation of Aquitaine. In the twenty first century the country got into a heated rivalry with Rokkenjima and created the WARSAW alliance. The country would collapse into chaos following the death of its leader Joseph Stalin and military defeats at the hands of the CIS in Safraen and Meche. Following a brief crisis it has now re-emerged.

Government Type:- One Party Socialist State
Population:-:- 145,000,000
Capital City:- Yeleshov (11,920,000)
Demonym:- Rodinian.

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Currency:- Rodinian Mark
GDP per Capita:- $27,466
Unemployment Rate:- 2.4%
Main Industries:- Oil, Natural Gas, Defence.

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Ethnicity:- 97% Native Rodinian with smaller minorities.
Languages:- Only official language is Rodinian (RL Russian)
Religions:- Religion is banned by law but there is a small community of Earagon followers in hiding following a genocide a few years ago. Several other faiths are present but in small numbers and often hard to locate due to their secretive nature.
Average Life Expectancy:- How long do people live

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Head of State:- President Artemiy Klepakhov
Head of Government:- President Artemiy Klepakhov
Name of Legislative Body:- The People's Conference

Not a criticism, not a major issue more something I remembered from when I joined back in 2014 - I discounted Christianity as Achkaerin's religion for several reasons but there were two major ones

1) Lack of Holy Land - this is now resolved and the Christian narrative in the Bible now makes sense when applied to Vanora and assuming Abydos takes the Egypt role in Exodus.

2) What I call the 'Paul Problem' - As Christians will be aware a large section of the New Testament in the Bible is given over to Paul's letters - written to small fledgling Christian communities in the very early days of the Church. Now obviously these places do not exist on Mundus so I struggle to reconcile the existence of the letters in the Mundus Bible given that the places ICly do not exist. I believe given that it would only be a semantic change and not a theological one that we could substitute in nations of Mundus or we have to establish where such cities might be. I am aware oh...controversy but given we're talking history a lot these days I thought I'd throw it out there.

We would essentially have the following -

Romans
1 Corinthians =
2 Corinthians =
Galations =
Ephesians =
Collosians =
1 Thessalonians =
2 Thessalonians =

Also we did do this (and it is just a thought) I'd want to pencil Achkaerin on the Corinthians or Corinth

Finally this is just because we've got a lot of Christian leaders in the spotlight and since Christianity does exist on Mundus it should at least make sense.

	Hannelina Porter
Titles	Senator
Education	Upper Second Class Honors Degree in Sociology, Linguistics and Business Studies from Valkyria University High School Qualifications from Djana-Ville High School
Positions Held	Foreign Aid Minister Senator for Midtown Constituency, Valkyria Member of the Unity Party
Family	Father - Thomas Porter Mother - Britney Porter
Links to Important events?	None
Biography	Highly organised, sensible a top notch negotiator who speaks many languages, she has a passion for helping others and is seen at many drop in events in her constituency during the week.

OOC Thread

This is the IC thread for the Mundus Boxing Federation this is where the associated RP takes place such as mini events and obviously bouts, these will occur periodically and deadlines etc will be given with each event that occurs.

Champions List

WIP (to be randomly generated)

Commonwealth Treaty Organisation
General Assembly Resolution[/big]

Resolution 0019
Adopted by the General Assembly on 17th October 2017

The General Assembly,

Concerned by the delay which was witnessed in the release of Lakhzovian election results which has cast a shadow of doubt over the validity of said elections,

Noting the allegations of electoral misconduct which have been raised by the International Electoral Monitoring Group, a coalition of thirty one international non-governmental organisations who have lodged several concerns as to the conduct of the Lakhzov elections,

Acting in the support of democracy and those free institutions which exist in Lakhzovia,

1. Rejects at this time the results of the Lakhzov election.

2. Reserves the right to recognize the results of the election, as presented by President Kadassa, once an independent body has verified the results and concerns of misconduct have been satisfactorily addressed.

3. Commissions an observation team to visit Lahkzovia to investigate claims of electoral misconduct where observers may have access to any and all data relevant to the elections.

4. Requests Lakhzovia adopt the recommendations of the East Moreland report on the Vilniz Chemical Plant (noting recommendation four has been satisfied). The CTO further requests that the review identified in article three be reported on publicly or copies of the findings and subsequent recommendations of the review be made available to the international community and the Secretary General of the CTO.

5. Endorses the East Moreland Four Point Plan and urges Lakhzovia to engage with the plan, noting that the Utman have made known their readiness to negotiate.

6. Nominates Sakura Sheppard to chair the negotiations under point four of the above mentioned plan.

Ygritte Amberbrook had been stood around the arrivals terminal of Valtheim International Airport, this had been very much thrown together at the last minute but they would manage it as best they could. She glanced up as some quite obvious Scandinavians walked out of one of the gates. She pushed off the dividing barrier she'd been leaning on and made her way over

"Your Majesty I am Ygritte Amberbrook I've been asked to escort you to the Marble Palace. If you would follow me I have a car waiting." she said

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At the Marble Palace metal was striking metal as Emperor Peter Azurewind took part in one of his fencing sessions, his opponent for the day was Maki, though fencing probably described something a lot more constrained than this, what they were doing was close to a full on duel. Maki was quick on the attack as they fought but Peter was experienced enough to retain control and he was moving a lot less than she was. The room they were in was sort of a gym though more for sparring than anything else there were various handheld melee weapons hanging on the walls and in stands around the perimeter of the room while a large canvass mat dominated the floor.

"I know what you're doing." Maki said as they circled each other again "The old water strategy, you let me wear myself out and then take me down when I'm exhausted."
"Rion teach you that?" Peter asked
"She sure did." Maki said twirling her blade "But she also taught me how to counter it."

Maki rushed at Peter who saw her coming, like her he knew the counter that was generally taught - surge the attack, hit and run, get your breath and then hit again the aim was to cajole Peter into attacking rather than defending with counter tactics. But that said Peter was cunning enough to know what to do, he blocked Maki's swing and in so doing continued his motion as he span around her letting her momentum carry her forwards and an accurate kick to the back of the knee send her onto the floor her blade skittering across the floor.
"Enough for today." Peter said

They put their blades back on their stands and Maki then sat down on a chair, she was sweating, she took a towel and ran it through her hair and over her face. Peter meanwhile was taking a drink of water before offering Maki a bottle.
"Thanks." Maki said
"So what's going on?" Peter asked "Why did you ask the King of Scandinavia here?"
"You know I went on well...let's call it enforced leave to Ecclesiastical State?" Maki asked
"Yes Rion told you to take time off after what went down in Zimalia." Peter said
"Well I met a girl..." Maki said "Sophia, brilliant, beautiful, intelligent..."
"You like her?" Peter asked sitting next to Maki
"Yeah." Maki said running a hand down her legs, she was wearing a t-shirt and shorts because it was the practical clothing for the exercise "Anyway we were accosted by King Oscar and he asked me whether I'd consider taking his place on the throne."

"Are you thinking about it?" Peter asked
"I've never wanted that power." Maki said
"Neither did I." Peter said "Seemed like too much responsibility, too much pressure...I was so worried when I took the throne that I'd screw it all up."
"But you didn't." Maki said

"No I didn't. The paradox of a Monarch is that they can be granted all this power but the true Monarch's never have any need of that power." Peter said he glanced at Maki "If you do this take my advice build your household out of those loyal to you, better to face the threats from outside than from within. Remember that a Monarch is not served by the people they serve the people take the feudal pyramid you've learned in High School and flip it on its point. Stay true to yourself and your instincts, you're a survivor, a fighter, you're young and you're likable remember it is not the Crown that defines a Monarch but the head that wears it. It's not easy and it's not a game, there's no score you'll have the answer sometimes and other times you won't. Most importantly don't try to be someone you're not, let it come naturally."

"Promise me something." Maki said
"What?" Peter asked
"I can't do this alone." Maki said
"You've got my number." Peter said
"Will you sing at the coronation?" Maki asked
"Is that a deal breaker?" Peter asked, Maki raised an eyebrow "Deal." he chuckled

"What?" Maki asked
"I'm just remembering the first time we met." Peter said "And now I can't believe how much you've grown."

Emerson had to smile he'd had this sort of lecture before though not for a few years and the last time it had come directly from the Emperor himself.

"Eight years ago I lost the woman I cared about." Emerson said "Danielle was her name, she was the Marqueeza of Silverlea Province, popular, bright, loved by the people, funny, she was everything and then she was assassinated the day that Avalon was opened. I raised her daughters Olivia and Maia, with the same code expected of any man in regards to a woman - cherish her, respect her, honor her, love her. And in Achkaerin we are great believers in our word being our bond."

"To be honest Evanthe needs a holiday and she's needed one for a very long time, perhaps once Somerset's had it's big celebration I'll deal with it, there's a reason my adopted daughter has Euphemia's phone number after all." 

Achkaerin votes Aye

OOC- Will do if necessary Dave thanks.

Commonwealth Treaty Organisation
General Assembly Resolution[/big]

Resolution [XXXX]
Adopted by the General Assembly on [Date]

The General Assembly,

Concerned by the delay which was witnessed in the release of Lakhzovian election results which has cast a shadow of doubt over the validity of said elections,

Noting the allegations of electoral misconduct which have been raised by the International Electoral Monitoring Group, a coalition of thirty one international non-governmental organisations who have lodged several concerns as to the conduct of the Lakhzov elections,

Acting in the support of democracy and those free institutions which exist in Lakhzovia,

1. Rejects at this time the results of the Lakhzov election.

2. Reserves the right to recognize the results of the election, as presented by President Kadassa, once an independent body has verified the results and concerns of misconduct have been satisfactorily addressed.

3. Commissions an observation team to visit Lahkzovia to investigate claims of electoral misconduct where observers may have access to any and all data relevant to the elections.

4. Requests Lakhzovia adopt the recommendations of the East Moreland report on the Vilniz Chemical Plant (noting recommendation four has been satisfied). The CTO further requests that the review identified in article three be reported on publicly or copies of the findings and subsequent recommendations of the review be made available to the international community and the Secretary General of the CTO.

5. Endorses the East Moreland Four Point Plan and urges Lakhzovia to engage with the plan, noting that the Utman have made known their readiness to negotiate.

6. Nominates Sakura Sheppard to chair the negotiations under point four of the above mentioned plan.

OOC- Voting lasts 48 hours

"When I joined the Navy I took an oath which among other things included promises to defend the innocent , protect the helpless, uphold justice, freedom, self determination and most importantly a pledge of allegiance to my country. " Serenity said "As a Lieutenant in the Achkaerinese Navy my Commander in Chief is the Emperor and that is the case for every service man and woman in the ranks of the Achkaerinese military. In Rokkenjima the Commander in Chief is the Empress, in East Moreland it is the King or Queen I believe. If Achkaerin wasn't already leaving the CTO we'd walk the second the CTO got an army because you do not have the right to ask or demand that soldiers go against their superiors, imagine we had this peacekeeping force and the General Assembly voted to deploy it but say East Moreland voted against it are you seriously expecting East Moreland soldiers assigned to that peacekeeping force to be deployed? You can't compel that. It gets even better though because in all likelihood the commander of that force would be a Morelander. I'll speak plainly the CTO is an organisation not a nation, the best you would be able to achieve without directly interfering in the sovereignty of nations over their military forces is to encourage nations to put elements of their military's on standby for CTO action, something most already do."

"The issue is not the lack of willingness on the part of member states but that that willingness does not seem to translate into boots on the ground, look at Marseilles there were more than ten nations willing to get involved in CTOMM in the end it came down to four." Sakura said "And half of those came in late. I don't believe the CTO needs an army nor I do believe it should have an army. Because I do not believe creating that will solve the issue it will merely create a much more dangerous one.

At this point my belief is that the CTO is not fit for purpose in its current format, it has a bureaucratic nature that takes too long to put things in place, it  has organs that are surplus to requirements. Therefore my question is this - are we flogging a dead horse? Because it strikes me that there is a very simple alternative in the form of the Round Table. Simply getting nations around a table on a matter by matter basis to work out a way forward, and it has a strong track record this is the format that conceived of the Treaty for the Protection of Hygelac and Hrothgar, that ended the Toshikawan Civil War, that resolved in some way the Scordisci situation and formed the basis for the Achkaerinese and Vaguzian coalition in Phuebra. No votes, no membership requirements, flexible format. To me that sounds a lot better than what we have and it removes the problems.

So before this goes any further I would ask that people consider whether the CTO should be salvaged, or whether we should in fact here and now propose its disbanding and in its place put a system that works for everyone and does not put the kind of pressures on nations that the CTO does."

OOC- Updated Treaty with amendments.

"Factoring everything in we presently stand thus:" Sakura said, she sent the latest draft of the resolution up onto the various screens.

Commonwealth Treaty Organisation
General Assembly Resolution[/big]

Resolution [XXXX]
Adopted by the General Assembly on [Date]

The General Assembly,

Concerned by the delay which was witnessed in the release of Lakhzovian election results which has cast a shadow of doubt over the validity of said elections,

Noting the allegations of electoral misconduct which have been raised by the International Electoral Monitoring Group, a coalition of thirty one international non-governmental organisations who have lodged several concerns as to the conduct of the Lakhzov elections,

Acting in the support of democracy and those free institutions which exist in Lakhzovia,

1. Rejects at this time the results of the Lakhzov election.

2. Reserves the right to recognize the results of the election, as presented by President Kadassa, once an independent body has verified the results and concerns of misconduct have been satisfactorily addressed.

3. Commissions an observation team to visit Lahkzovia to investigate claims of electoral misconduct where observers may have access to any and all data relevant to the elections.

4. Requests Lakhzovia adopt the recommendations of the East Moreland report on the Vilniz Chemical Plant (noting recommendation four has been satisfied). The CTO further requests that the review identified in article three be reported on publicly or copies of the findings and subsequent recommendations of the review be made available to the international community and the Secretary General of the CTO.

5. Endorses the East Moreland Four Point Plan and urges Lakhzovia to engage with the plan, noting that the Utman have made known their readiness to negotiate.

6. Nominates Sakura Sheppard to chair the negotiations under point four of the above mentioned plan.

OOC- Given the speed that the relevant threads are moving on at I'm going to say 48 hours before this goes to a vote if no one says anything.

Also on a more minor point, I was drafting something up for the CMA and noticed that in the original FMN article on the old forum concerning this (found here) that Agran Tsagarai is identified as the leader of the Shanata Party while Laian Illaniy is stated to be the Democratic Alliance leader. I'd just like Lakh to confirm whether their respective positions have been swapped round because of the current narrative identifying Tsagarai as the DA leader.

Peter sat in his study with his Foreign Affairs Adviser Nettie Taylor, Chief of Staff Kumiko Arkwright and Defence Minister Adam Sheppard.

"We're running out of time here." Nettie said "The question that needs an answer Peter is this - at what point do we go in?"
"Adam?" Peter asked
"Difficult one Peter." Adam said "We have the capability to go in but we need a clear reason for doing so and at the moment all we have is a frightening rhetoric from Lakhzovia and Saheristan. We could take a closer look at the Chemical Plant but all we'd have is circumstantial evidence. We have a clear and justified concern and if this spirals out of control to the extent we fear then we'd have just cause, but for all the frightening narrative being fronted up there's nothing going on that isn't outside the norm."
"Give me an overview Nettie." Peter said

"We've had the Utman at the negotiating table from day one." Nettie said "Getting Lakhzovia there is the issue, there's East Moreland's four point plan which works provided the Utman agree to it which I think they would because it gets them and Lakhzovia to the table. But Kadassa may not come to the table and if he doesn't then this could be madness."
"You think he's stalling?" Peter asked "Buying time for something?"
"I think the lack of any response to your offer which you caveated with a guarantee of him coming to the table is an indicator of that but it will be interesting to see the Lakhzovian response to the East Moreland four point plan." Nettie said "It's simple and common sense he can't refuse it."

"One move left." Peter said "We call the Utman's bluff."
"So we're going to put it all on Olivia at Establishment Day?" Kumiko asked
"Kadassa wants a resolution to the situation we'll give him one and while we're at it we'll satisfy ourselves and everyone else as to the intentions of the Utman while ensuring concerns on all sides are put to rest." Peter said "What's Sakura going to do?"
"Push the Morelander plan I'd expect." Adam said
"One way or the other that resolution needs to get sorted." Nettie said "Kadassa must either commit to a negotiation process mandated by a CTO resolution or he declines and shows his true colours."
"Adam two contingencies you know what to do." Peter said
"Yes." Adam said

On the INS Seònaid Ayanami the atmosphere was mixed, on the one hand they'd managed to extract the person of interest from Lakhzovia, on the other hand that created a slight issue for them but on the plus side that was a much more controllable situation with Tsagarai on their ship. Jade Watson the ship's captain stood on the flight deck as Fiona and Tsagarai made their way over having landed safely.

"Welcome aboard Mr Tsagarai." Jade said "We have some quarters set aside for you and we'll be stationing an escort with you at all times and for the moment we'll have to confine you to the ship, this is due to political matters elsewhere that may compel me to do something I'd sooner not but as the saying goes sir we shall cross that bridge if and when we come to it." she was referring to discussions at the Palace of Nations if the CTO let the arrest warrant stand which they'd probably have to then she'd have to enforce that warrant as Achkaerin was still a CTO member state. Still that didn't really bear thinking about yet. She had enough to worry about with this whole Lakhzovian situation anyway.

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Emerson nodded
"James make the arrangements for the Empress to travel to the Seònaid Ayanami" he said glancing at Evanthe "If you want to talk to Tsagarai it'll have to be there I'm afraid."
"Of course." James said

Emerson then followed Savannah into the captain's quarters
"So what do you want to discuss?" he asked closing the door behind them.