• The Observers Market is a Public Regulated, private speculation market Governed by the Kalistani Bookmakers Association. The KBA both computes the money line daily and insures all contracts in association with the Bank of Suldanor, located in Sulari, Duchy of Suldanor.
  
• All contracts are due for payment according to the terms of the contract upon expiration of contract. The KBA does not accept purchase of contracts on spec, though the use of agents located in Sulari is permitted. The KBA earns 4% Vigorish on all contracts as a service fee for insurance, and Vigored Pools are divided among winning contracts based on their stake in the pool, with all losses covered by those who fail. Contracts are decided at close of business on the last day of the contract, and the final price is based on the final contract call on the floor of the Sulari Observers Market Exchange in Downtown Sulari, Duchy of Suldanor.
  
• Short position moneylines are not listed here, but information, including moneyline on the Short positions is available when the contracts go up for bid daily in Sulari. All other moneyline, implied and fractional odds, and information for all other international and domestic futures contracts are public and are available upon request from the Kalistani Bookmakers Association.
  
• All investments involve risk, and no investment guarantees a return on investment. This market is a purely speculative pari-mutuel market. While it is audited annually and regulated by Her Imperial Majesty's Ministry of Finance, and adheres to best practices of the KBA and the Bank of Suldanor, who insures all contracts, it is essentially gambling against the future, which is unknown: These moneylines are the KBA's best forecast of chances of improvement in ratings scores in the future, and, as a pari-mutuel, the moneyline continues to fluctuate as more people buy in and sell out of the contract over its life. Invest in the Sulari Observers' Market with a clear head.
  
• All bids in the Sulari Observers Markets are in Kalistani Imperial Rubles (K$).
  

• Discussing issues of regional and national concern for Member States;
  
• Preparing and discuss policy proposals to be decided by the Summit;
  
• Advising the Secretary-General on major matters, including any negotiations undertaken on behalf of SODOC with external parties; and
  
• Creating Ministerial Councils to address policy issues of common concern.
  

• Commonwealth of Lodamun - 10 Delegates
  
• Kingdom of Gaduridos- 10 Delegates
  
• Empire of Ananto and Kalistan - 10 Delegates
  

1. Each Nation listed in the List of Constituent Nations below shall receive 10 delegates.  It is assumed that all delegations are completely filled unless otherwise mentioned.  Players can appoint their delegates however they like.
   
2. Each Nation should select a spokesperson from their Delegation to be the primary spokesperson for the entire delegation, but there is no rule that all ten votes need to agree, and Nations should feel free to RP dissenting viewpoints.
   
3. The business of this Assembly is creation of Policy for the Empire.  It is not to do the business of non-Imperial states, or to promote the interests of nations who are exterior to the Empire.
   
4. Strict decorum is to be observed at all times.  Good Faith should be assumed, and practiced in all discussions.  This includes addressing all comments to the Chair, acknowledging all titles correctly, and not misspelling of mispronouncing names.  It also assumes that we are not being sneaky or duplicitous within this body.
   
5. The Chair is a virtual rotating chair.  The Chair is purely functionary, and does not vote.  They only preside over meetings.
   

1. Any delegate may make a proposal.  This proposal should be as complete as possible when presented, but other delegations may request the ability to wordsmith the proposal.  Nothing in the proposal is considered final until a vote is called, but the author of the proposal owns until then, and need not accept any changes at all.
   
2. All proposals should include sufficient time for the item to debated.  We should keep business light, so that there is not a significant shift in time between when a bill is proposed and when it is passed.  We should assume that game time is running somewhat normally in this body, so it is my hope that sufficient debate time does not include proposals where timely action is necessary.  Ideally, we will want to work on general principles here, and things that require more timely votes we will work out ahead of time in the Discord, either the main or the Anantonese Server, and bring nearly finished bills here so that this can serve as a record that they are adopted or rejected.
   
3. Germane proposals include, but are not limited to: 
   
4. Efforts at collective action within the Empire
   
5. Events where a Nation would like an extra stamp of legitimacy
   
6. Things which require Empire wide approval, such as an Empire wide treaty or agreement
   
7. Events that aim at increasing another Constituent Nation's resources, infrastructure, and or prestige for the Proposer's gain (such as building a base) as part of an RP arc.
   
8. Proposals aimed at compelling another Constituent Nation to either do something it was opposed to doing, or to forbid something it was inclined to do would not be considered germane to our business here.
   
9. Proposals that are specific to one country and do not touch other countries in the Empire would not be considered germane.
   
10. All proposals must be written in Standard Vrassan/North Seleyan Luthorian.  Egelian Text is optional, but encouraged.
    

1. Once a vote is called, each Constituent Nation is encourage to list how their delegation voted. 
   
2. Delegations may split between yay, nays and abstentions.
   
3. Abstentions are counted as Nays for the purpose of vote counting.
   
4. The vote should not be scheduled until all players can vote in a timely fashion.  The vote remains open until either all Constituent Nations have voted, or 24 IRL hours have passed, at which point all those not voting will be counted as abstentions.
   
5. The Sovereign breaks all ties and votes in the interest of the Empire.
   
6. A simply Majority decides the Question.  If the vote fails to obtain a simple majority, the status quo is upheld.  If it passes, the proposal becomes active and official Imperial Policy, which the Sovereign is bound to observe and enforce, unless s/he vetoes the proposal.
   
7. Any proposal that passes and is not vetoed will be "read out" meaning fully restated, and a final vote tally included, and will be linked in the Digest.
   

1. The Sovereign may veto any proposal passed in the Imperial Assembly.
   
2. In the event the Sovereign vetoes the decision of the Assembly, the veto must occur within 24 IRL hours of the actual decision, or the Sovereign veto is lost on that proposal.
   
3. In the event of a veto, a delegation may call for a veto override, within 24 hours of the issue of the Veto.
   
4. A new vote will be held then, and to override the veto, the Assembly must obtain 2/3+1 of the Assembly in favor of over riding the veto.
   
5. If a veto is not successfully overridden, the status quo remains in place.  If a veto is successfully overridden, the proposal becomes active and official Imperial Policy which the Sovereign in bound to observe and enforce.
   

1. All currently active proposals will me maintain in the following post.
   
2. This Assembly is designed to give Constituent Nations the ability to help set Imperial Policy.  Absence of a specific proposal, the Assembly may simply direct the Sovereign that there is general consensus for an action and the Sovereign may agree that this is good policy and may simply put it into effect, so this body can act as an informal advisory body as well as a legislative one.
   
3. The Sovereign will stop issuing Imperial Policies without direction from the Imperial Assembly.  If the Assembly has not taken action on some issue, the Sovereign shall be inclined to note that the Imperial Assembly has not spoken on the issue.
   
4. All official positions of the Empire will be listed below in the Digest Post.   Policies listed in the Digest will be divided in three:  Adopted Policy, Assembly Advisory Statements, and Constituent Advisory Statements.  Adopted Policy goes through the normal process listed above.  Assembly  Advisory Statements do not require votes, and generally suggests a friendly consensus on some topic.  Constituent Advisory Statements are stated preferences of points of Information from a single Constituent Member, who wants their opinion or position reflected in the Digest.
   
5. The Proposals passed through this Assembly can be considered canon policy for all Constituent States in the Empire.  Any issue which does not have policy listed below in the Digest is considered to reside with the Constituent Nations themselves rather than being considered "Imperial Policies".
   
6. For all Adopted Policy, a link to the official reading out and vote total must be included with the title.  For all advisory positions, once the policy is decided on, the proposal should be read out, and that will be linked to the title in the Digest.  For all Constituent Advisory Statements should be read out, and linked to the title in the Digest.
   
7. This is not the forum for hostilities.  This is a forum where equal members debate the finer points of international and foreign policy.  It is means as a friendly group-- there are plenty of other places to drag someone who doesn't agree with you. 
   
8. Each state should represent their own Nation's interests in the Assembly rather than concerning themselves with other considerations.  The goal is to adopt correct imperial policy that binds us all and contributes to a healthy Empire where all players feel heard and equal.  Not to attempt to seize power.
   
9. There can be no mechanism adopted within this Imperial Assembly to remove the Sovereign from or in any way, alter their role, to make the sizes of delegations less equal, or to punish a member.  Any other provision in the above can be changed under normal proposals.
   

Quote:Greetings to all Delegates and Observers.

Some quick ground rules for our plenary meeting.

We shall observe decorum here.  There may be differing points of view, but all comments should be directed at the Chair, which in this case is myself, and not at other delegates.  Refrain from personal attacks or attacks on motive.  Please focus on the argument on the floor, and I will do as well as I can to restate the "Sense of Debate" at anytime it is called for, especially if we lose the thread and veer off onto some other topic.

All Delegates and Observers will be welcomed to introduce themselves, and say a bit about their motivations for attending.

Only Delegates will be welcomed to make motions or vote.  All Observers are welcomed to speak on all topics, but their points should be considered commentary in good faith.  If our discussion either from observers or Delegates appears to be in bad faith, as in an effort to derail the Meeting or to sink the program, the speaker will be invited to leave.

The Agenda for the Plenary will be roughly as follows

Point 1:  To Determine whether there is even interest in forming a multi-National Union, and to consider some stumbling blocks to cooperation.  What shall be a guiding philosophy and shared set of interests that make cooperation preferable to competition?
Point 2:  If there is interest in union, what shall be the scope of the project?  To what degree shall we integrate (customs union, trade union, monetary union, political union)?
Point 3:  What form and institutions shall we accept to help us govern whatever sort of union we decide to work toward?  Will it be dominated by one major power?  To what degree will we seek power-sharing options?  How shall we divide the responsibilities of administering this body?
Point 4:  Shall we open it up further than this group?  In what way will re ratify this Charter?  In what way will we Amend this Charter? 

Working on these topics will allow us to have an idea about what a Charter of Union should say.

All delegations will receive two votes each to cast how they wish.  In this way, we can theoretically express strong interest, ambivalence or strong disinterest in a proposal.  Voting will be counted on a Plurality system, and all abstentions will not be considered in the tally.

With that, we welcome Delegations from Kalistan, led by myself of course, Lodamun, Baltusia, Gaduridos, Tukarali, Aldegar, Likatonia, and Valruzia.  You may introduce yourselves as you see fit.