====== Alliance Declaration ======

[ [[Union Laws]] ]

The Alliance Declaration is a declaration by all [[Union]] members regarding how to handle the military interaction with foreign and domestic powers, specifically in regards to warfare and military actions. 

The declaration is written with a lot of legal terms. Provided here is a shorter version, easy to understand version.

===== Article 1 =====

All Members of the Union strive towards peace amongst themselves. No Member of the Union will attack another with military force in any form, nor will they threaten with the use of such force in any manner. In case of disagreement or conflict, members agree to allow for adjudications to aid in the resolving of the conflict.

===== Article 2 =====

With regards to those that are not members of the Union, members will strive to resolve problems peacefully where this is possible. ((This article deliberately leaves a lot of room for interpretation, but is commonly understood as "don't deliberately provoke wars" ))

===== Article 3 =====

Union members will, when their economic situation allows for this, develop their own military forces to be able to defend themselves from foreign attack. Additionally, the Union will maintain its own military force under the command of the Minister of Defence, with the purpose of defending the interests of the Union.

===== Article 4 =====

Whenever a Member of the Union is subjected to attack, the Union will meet at the earliest possible time to agree upon a collective response.

===== Article 5 =====

An attack on any member of the Union is considered an attack on all members of the Union and on the Union itself. Likewise a declaration of war made against one member is a declaration of war against all members.

===== Articles 6 =====

The deployment of the Union defence fleets requires a passed [[union voting laws|vote]] in senate.

===== Articles 7-22 =====

The rest of the articles concern details about the handling of command structures, collective actions, dealing with insurrections, etc.