Treaty with Hoenn

[Rei Milharna]

On behalf of my cousin, HIH The Duke of Vessāra, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Hoennese Realm, may it please the Landsraad to allow me to lay before it this treaty that he has concluded with the Hoennese Realm.

Treaty of Friendship, Trade, and Cooperation between the Imperial Republic of Shireroth and the Hoennese Realm

• His Radiant Majesty the Kaiser of Shireroth, on one part, and Their Majesties the Queen and King of Hoenn, on the other part, equally animated by the desire to strengthen and perpetuate the friendly relations which have heretofore uniformly existed between them and to consolidate their commercial intercourse, have resolved to conclude a Treaty of Friendship, Trade, and Cooperation, and have for this purpose named their plenipotentiaries, that is to say, for the Regency of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, Lady Juana Beazcoetxea de Kinnladehügel-Gakkotsuzuka, Imperial Plenipotentiary to the Micras Treaty Organisation and High Representative to Other Nations, and for the Hoennese Realm, Her Majesty Queen Kahede, Queen of Hoenn, who, after having exchanged their full powers, which were found to be in good and due form, and concluded the following articles:
  
  Article the First
  
  • A state of peace, friendship and cooperation shall prevail between the High Contracting Parties and between their respective Countries, States, and Peoples.
  Article the Second
  
  • There shall be established in the City of Shirekeep an embassy of the Hoennese Realm, afforded the protection to its grounds, ambassador and staff as are consistent with the norms of international law. The Ambassador shall have regular access to audiences with the Kaiser and to meetings with the Steward and the Minister of the Exterior whenever necessary.
    
    There shall be established in the City of Evergrande an embassy of the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, afforded the protection to its grounds, ambassador and staff as are consistent with the norms of international law. The Ambassador shall have regular access to audiences with the Queen and King and to meetings with the Prime Minister and Chief Interpreter whenever necessary.
  Article the Third
  
  • The High Contracting Parties establish a Company consisting of 500 shares, of which 250 shall be placed in ownership of either Party, with the name the Shirerithian–Hoennese Interplanetary Postal, Trade, and Transportation Company, which shall be headquartered and registered in Shirekeep. The Parties grant the Company monopoly on all trade and passenger travel between Micras and Terra. Any item that is legal for purchase in Shireroth and in Hoenn may be traded to the other jurisdiction. This Treaty shall constitute the Memorandum of Association for the Company. The Articles of Incorporation are affixed to this Treaty.
    
    The Company shall broker all mail between Micras and Terra. The Parties shall have regular conferences for a mutual postal and telecommunications integration.
    
    The Parties, through and with the Company, shall work toward integrating Shireroth into the Terran internet.
    
    Hoenn shall through the Company grant to Shireroth and Shirerithian corporations and citizens discounted rates on intermediate goods of Terran make.
  Article the Fourth
  
  • Shireroth shall furnish Hoenn with the necessary equipment for the Hoennese defence of its Micran territories.
    
    Henceforth, the Hoennese military and law enforcement units on Micras shall only procure materiel from Shirerithian manufacturers.
    
    Hoenn grants military and civilian ships under the Shirerithian flag free access to the port of Niijima for refueling, trade, and safe anchorage.
    
    Hoenn grants Shirerithian researchers free access to study and inspect the Yamashiro Wataru Tunnel and any other Project Mortis-type technology for research purposes, along with access to any research in the field generated by Hoennese scientists.
    
    Shirerithian public universities shall be afforded the same terms of access to Terran scholarly journals, databases, etc. as are afforded to Hoennese public universities, and the same for Shirerithian private universities as for their Hoennese counterparts.
    
    It shall be an offense under each Party's law to assess a markup or profit on the conversion of Shirerithian erb to Hoennese mon and vice versa.
  Article the Fifth
  
  • Shireroth grants civilian ships under the flag of Hoenn free access to the port of Musica for refueling, trade and safe anchorage.
    
    Hoenn shall for every Norton year send Shireroth members from five species of majuu, and with each species a member of each sex, and with all specimens having reproductive value. The species shall belong to species designated as non-sentient, and may be used for research.
    
    Hoenn shall bear the cost of transport of the majuu, as well as the cost for such Hoennese subject matter experts as are necessary for the welfare of the majuu in Shireroth. Hoenn shall provide for the training and certification of subject matter experts in Shireroth.
    
    Hoenn shall advise Shireroth on the nature of, and Shireroth shall in future implement, public safety regulations concerning the nature of such powers supernatural and otherwise that appear in majuu and from time to time humans and human-majuu hybrids native to the Yamatai archipelago.
  Article the Sixth
  
  • Hoennese citizens shall, upon arriving in the Imperial Republic of Shireroth, be furnished with a tourist visa valid for 90 days under the Shirerithian calendar.
    
    Shirerithian citizens and denizens shall, upon arriving in the Hoennese Realm, be furnished with a tourist visa valid for 100 days under the Hoennese calendar.
  Article the Seventh
  
  • This present Treaty shall take effect as soon as it has been ratified by both Parties and the exchange of ratifications has occurred in the City of Shirekeep. The Treaty shall remain in force for six Norton years. Thereafter, it shall remain in force until two Norton years have lapsed since either Party has informed the Other that it revokes the Treaty.
  In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same and affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
  
  • Done at Shirekeep, in duplicate, this first day of Kuspor in the year after the death of Norton one thousand six hundred fifty-five, corresponding to the fourteenth day of Mutsuki, in the year after Hoenn's founding seven hundred fifty-five.
  SIGNED:
  
  • Juana Beazcoetxea
    
    /s/ 楓子皇
    Kahede
  ANNEXE
  
  Articles of Association for the Shirerithian–Hoennese Interplanetary Postal, Trade, and Transportation Company
  
  • 1. The name of the joint-stock company is the Shirerithian–Hoennese Interplanetary Postal, Trade, and Transportation Company.
    
    2. The purposes of the company are outlined in the Treaty of Friendship, Trade and Cooperation between the Imperial Republic of Shireroth and the Hoennese Realm, done at Shirekeep at 1 Kuspor 1655.
    
    3. The number of shares stay at 500. Owners of shares may transfer or sell shares provided that notice is given of any transfer or sale of shares, including price of sale, to to the Chamber of Guilds and Factorage in Shirekeep, who shall transmit notice of the same to the Hoennese embassy in Shirekeep.
    
    5. The company is governed by a board of governors, elected by the shareholders’ meeting.
    
    6. Any shareholder, holding more than 100 shares, may call for a shareholders’ meeting, provided that shareholders’ meetings shall be held at least every three Norton years. Every share counts as one vote at a shareholders’ meeting.
    
    6. The articles of association are amended upon reaching a three-quarters vote in favour at the shareholders' meeting.

[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]

My Lords,

To clarify, the motion is that the Landsraad ratify the Treaty with Hoenn, concluded 1 Kuspor 1655.

Debate on the motion is open for 1 ASC unit of time at a minimum.

The floor is free.

[Rei Milharna]

Milord Speaker

May it please this Landsraad to be informed of the news from the Hoennese Realm that their Parliament and their Queen have approved of this treaty.

[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]

Voting on the motion begins now.

[Rei Milharna]

Aye

[Ryker]

Aye

[ari]

Aye.

[Hartmut Aldric]

Aye.

[Continuator]

Aye.

[Kizzy Drakland]

Aye

[Mira Octavius-Aryani]

AYE

[Armin Jamal-Arminzadeh]

My Lords

Voting has ended.

The tally is:

IN FAVOUR (7)
The King of Goldshire, Regent of the Imperial Republic
The Queen of Malarboria
The Imperial Mother, The Princess of Elwynn
The Count Palatine of Kezan
Lady Rei, Princess of Shireroth
The Lord Furniture
The Count of Elsyran

NAY (0)


ABSTAIN (0)
The Prætor (Count of Suthergold) (as per the Rules)

ABSENT (5)
The Count of Mar Sara
Viscount Vigeland
Lord Michael Verion
Agha Mahmood Sadri

Accordingly, I declare the treaty with Hoenn duly ratified.