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Presenting to the American People: Fortis
Fortis; Latin word for strong or brave.
There’s been a lot of discussion about Fortis among Congress and the citizenry at large. As one of the central individuals responsible for its creation, I feel it’s necessary to reach out to the public at-large and explain the 5 w’s about Fortis.
Most importantly, here is a link to our charter: [url] http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcz6tm4_9dpzjjndh [/url]
Who
Fortis is an alliance made up five central countries: USA, Spain, UK, Canada, and Ireland. While not all countries have yet approved the charter, all of them will take votes in their Congressional bodies soon. The US recently approved the Fortis charter overwhelming, with no votes in the negative (a handful of Representatives abstained).
It is certainly possible that Fortis will have more members in the future, but this core of five were the main core necessary to ensure our collective safety and coordination. We are also closest with these five countries compared to almost every other country in the world. Finally, we did not want to conflict with any of the allied affairs of our friends in EDEN, our Eastern-European colleagues and friends.
What
Fortis is a defensive alliance founded to increase its member nations collective security and cooperative partnerships. The alliance consists of a “Security Council” with equal voting among all members, an elected Secretary-General to lead the Council, and a variety of other bureaucratic affairs. The personnel team of the alliance intends to increase dialog and partnership among the member nations. Of the utmost important to the alliance is our collective security. Fortis will do whatever is necessary to keep American and alliance interests safe and secure.
In other words, Fortis will succeed where other alliances have failed with greater coordination and more trust among friends. We will avoid the pitfalls of protectorates, war penalties, and petty politics. We will empower strong leadership to keep us focused while not impeding on the rights of any sovereign nations. Fortis is a balancing act, but one created by like-minded countries with a central purpose.
Where
Obviously the regional focus of Fortis is in the North Atlantic area. Nothing explicitly precludes the organization from expanding in the long-run to different areas. We plan to have friendly relations with as many nations and alliances as possible, though we will not tolerate any force that jeopardizes our collective security. We welcome countries that share our common goals and are willing and interested to join our partnership, though I should remind these countries that membership is a unanimous vote and all member nations must approve new membership applications.
When
There is no better time than now.
Why
The most important question of all; why go with Fortis? Why not join EDEN? Why not stay neutral?
As Deputy Secretary of State under Scrabman, I’ve lobbied officials to avoid neutrality since the end of ATLANTIS. Part of this is because we simply cannot coordinate with our allies in the same way on a bilateral field. I believe the failed anti-PTO protection of Croatia demonstrates the difficulty in collective action without a multi-lateral organization helping to coordinate activities. Furthermore, PEACE is a dangerous force to America in the long-term. We are safer with a strategic partnership. I recognize and appreciate the fact that America is strong, but we need to maximize our strength. An alliance with close allies goes the furthest in guaranteeing our strength and our allies safety.
But what about EDEN? Why split into two? The fact of the matter is that our friends in Eastern Europe are aligned with a different purpose, a different coordination plan, and quite frankly a different time zone. It became exceedingly difficult to coordinate ATLANTIS over the long run. It was also time to try something new. I believe that EDEN and Fortis will be close friends, but we need not be directly tied to each other. We have greater freedom and flexibility in a smaller, more
centralized alliance.
The countries we’ve joined with are our closest allies. We are all strongly English speakers (our Spanish friends are quite proficient). We all revolve around a closer time zone. We all have similar plans for collective security. So in the end, this is the strongest, most prudent alliance we could create.
Logistically this alliance is well-structured. We created legitimate infrastructure but left much power to the Security Council to allow for flexibility. There won’t be any conflicts over the paying of stipulated penalties, because this alliance has the flexibility to determine outcomes on a case-by-case basis. Furthermore, we instituted dues for member-nations so our alliance is not money-starved. That money will absolutely come in handy over the long-run.
<strong> In conclusion…
Viva Fortis! </strong>
There’s been a lot of discussion about Fortis among Congress and the citizenry at large. As one of the central individuals responsible for its creation, I feel it’s necessary to reach out to the public at-large and explain the 5 w’s about Fortis.
Most importantly, here is a link to our charter: [url] http://docs.google.com/View?id=dcz6tm4_9dpzjjndh [/url]
Who
Fortis is an alliance made up five central countries: USA, Spain, UK, Canada, and Ireland. While not all countries have yet approved the charter, all of them will take votes in their Congressional bodies soon. The US recently approved the Fortis charter overwhelming, with no votes in the negative (a handful of Representatives abstained).
It is certainly possible that Fortis will have more members in the future, but this core of five were the main core necessary to ensure our collective safety and coordination. We are also closest with these five countries compared to almost every other country in the world. Finally, we did not want to conflict with any of the allied affairs of our friends in EDEN, our Eastern-European colleagues and friends.
What
Fortis is a defensive alliance founded to increase its member nations collective security and cooperative partnerships. The alliance consists of a “Security Council” with equal voting among all members, an elected Secretary-General to lead the Council, and a variety of other bureaucratic affairs. The personnel team of the alliance intends to increase dialog and partnership among the member nations. Of the utmost important to the alliance is our collective security. Fortis will do whatever is necessary to keep American and alliance interests safe and secure.
In other words, Fortis will succeed where other alliances have failed with greater coordination and more trust among friends. We will avoid the pitfalls of protectorates, war penalties, and petty politics. We will empower strong leadership to keep us focused while not impeding on the rights of any sovereign nations. Fortis is a balancing act, but one created by like-minded countries with a central purpose.
Where
Obviously the regional focus of Fortis is in the North Atlantic area. Nothing explicitly precludes the organization from expanding in the long-run to different areas. We plan to have friendly relations with as many nations and alliances as possible, though we will not tolerate any force that jeopardizes our collective security. We welcome countries that share our common goals and are willing and interested to join our partnership, though I should remind these countries that membership is a unanimous vote and all member nations must approve new membership applications.
When
There is no better time than now.
Why
The most important question of all; why go with Fortis? Why not join EDEN? Why not stay neutral?
As Deputy Secretary of State under Scrabman, I’ve lobbied officials to avoid neutrality since the end of ATLANTIS. Part of this is because we simply cannot coordinate with our allies in the same way on a bilateral field. I believe the failed anti-PTO protection of Croatia demonstrates the difficulty in collective action without a multi-lateral organization helping to coordinate activities. Furthermore, PEACE is a dangerous force to America in the long-term. We are safer with a strategic partnership. I recognize and appreciate the fact that America is strong, but we need to maximize our strength. An alliance with close allies goes the furthest in guaranteeing our strength and our allies safety.
But what about EDEN? Why split into two? The fact of the matter is that our friends in Eastern Europe are aligned with a different purpose, a different coordination plan, and quite frankly a different time zone. It became exceedingly difficult to coordinate ATLANTIS over the long run. It was also time to try something new. I believe that EDEN and Fortis will be close friends, but we need not be directly tied to each other. We have greater freedom and flexibility in a smaller, more
centralized alliance.
The countries we’ve joined with are our closest allies. We are all strongly English speakers (our Spanish friends are quite proficient). We all revolve around a closer time zone. We all have similar plans for collective security. So in the end, this is the strongest, most prudent alliance we could create.
Logistically this alliance is well-structured. We created legitimate infrastructure but left much power to the Security Council to allow for flexibility. There won’t be any conflicts over the paying of stipulated penalties, because this alliance has the flexibility to determine outcomes on a case-by-case basis. Furthermore, we instituted dues for member-nations so our alliance is not money-starved. That money will absolutely come in handy over the long-run.
<strong> In conclusion…
Viva Fortis! </strong>
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mmm. Happy to see it start.
Thanks for the post, it answered a lot of my questions.
good article!
Pretty damn good.
Feel free to ask questions eMericans. This article is meant to inform.
Sound good, but this is not the official logo, right?
Aww Para...but no, it's not the official logo as of this point. Just some boss artwork done by our very own Shada that I wanted to show the world.
Excellent! I agree that we should stay out of EDEN and I'm happy to see this is finally coming to fruition. I'm also glad Romania isn't involved.
Voted and subscribed a long time ago.
Thanks Proggy, this answers a ton of questions and concerns alot of people had.
>but left much power to the Security Council to allow for flexibility.<
You certainly did!
Our military cammanders are kewl with this setup?
Is it Spain that hasnt approved it yet?
Looking forward to join military actions.
Picture is okay, I dunno if I'd call it boss though
Awesome. Pic could use work
Very informative... voted and subscribed I thank you very much for this gathering of info and the link to the charter. I gained a lot out of it and hopefully allows me to expand my politics in the game a bit further.
Wallis
i like the pic, but the canadian flag should be fixed before we insult somebody.
Isn't the dues section a little short? If you're going to have a stipulation that says "The SC can charge X", then you ought to have some kind of limit or stipulation on how it's based, yes?
Excellent news.Good luck guys.Emblem is awesome
Viva Fortis!
Voted and supported from Spain, charter will pass Congress soon
pretty sweet
Nice! I like this!
I'm glad we have a workable alliance. Let's hope it succeeds.
nice
Viva Fortis!
Please vote the spanish version of this article to gain the support of all Spaniards!
<a href="http://www.erepublik.com/es/article/la-alianza-fortis-qu-es--850805/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/es/article/la-a[..]/1/20</a>
Sweet!
Being a brother entity to EDEN makes perfect sense. The Eastern European bloc will - for better or worse - always have a different agenda from the western sides. With two equal factions that can work together, it means that an agreement between the two sends a strong message to the rest of the world and, and that a disagreement won't jeopardise the integrity of one larger organisation.
I've been an advocate for a United Nations-style pact for a while, and I was always told that because Atlantis failed, every subsequent try would fail too. But today, I'm confident that FORTIS will be my vindication, and the dawning of a new era in the New World.
And for goodness sake... The logo is FINE!
Good luck!
Yuo shouldn't have added the Irish flag to the Fortis banner as we are still discussing this in Congress this was unwise of you.
Irish Congressman Pip Kelly
The EDEN logo is much nicer (:
HEED PIP'S WARNING!
This is an important milestone
Viva fortis from Ireland
Nice work, I can say that I like, Fenrisulven, prefer the Eden Logo over the one we have Now you considered Eden our friends, does that mean our relationship with them (as Fortis) is neutral or are we (as Fortis) more-so allies with them?
good article!
i am curious about one thing closer. You wrote this: "Furthermore, PEACE is a dangerous force to America in the long-term."
Peace defines their community as a defensive org as Fortis does.
Could you explain this sentence? Their attacks, owning foreign regions are sacrificed and supported by their members as proactive actions.
Why or how could be PEACE is dangerous? Especially against another defensive alliance? Will be if yes what will be realized as military part of Fortis? Will that be only a mix of reactions and the regular war games or Fortis will legalize the offensive military actions also a la Machiavelli?
How the weighting will be established between such fileds like military, economy, foreign affairs etc?
Another exclusivist fake "defensive" alliance? What else is new.
Terrible logo
Not bad. I'm actually not one for alliances. After reading several wikis I realize that allainces tend to fall through alot, but perhaps in making the group smaller it may be a little stronger, since you don't have a bunch of different views bickering. I look forward to seeing how this one plays out. Hopefully it'll help curb PEACE's plans and set a good example for future alliances.
yay Fortis! Now I know what it is.
damn the logo sucks - I will do a nice one for you for gold. Im a RL graphic designer - pm me ingame
woo! Fortis FTW
Logo sucks, but that's alright, Mark Morcom and I can make a good one.
Well I will need a lot more than 5 Q5 weapons to do this
Excellent, I'm glad to see us moving forward into an alliance like this.
I will be proud to fight for Fortis O7
Fuck yeah FORTIS !
But, why you in USA get this info later than we in Canada ?
Anyways, for FORTIS is a EAGLE needed !
Ok ok for all of the logo haters, please get in touch with me. Like I said, the above logo is NOT official, I just happened to like it and I appreciate Shada's work. But we will ratify a logo in conjunction with all the member nations in a style TBA.
Tribuo quod Victum!
If were in an alliance with Ireland why do they keep attacking us? Fortis good idea though, but in the long term will Fortis die out because of lack of support, or some other problem? One last thing, why doesn't this alliance include latino countries south of the US?
Great Article! Viva Fortis!
isn't ireland attacking rhode island though why would they want a alliance
Great news, very glad to have an alliance with these great countries. Can't wait to fight alongside our Fortis brothers and sisters. O7
I'm glad we are thinking globally, we need to help each other....VIVA FORTIS
This is named after a failed Dutch bank. It's doomed to fail.
How can you have an alliance when members of it don't want to even be involved.
<a href="http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/uk-fortis-speculation-851003/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/uk-f[..]/1/20</a>
Amazing, Spain is in two alliances
HAIL EDEN
VIVA FORTIS
btw EDEN logo is better :p
Great news! However, one of the nations your listed says they are NOT a part of FORTIS.
Thanks for your hard work on this.
Fortis is a great idea.
I'm very glad to see it come closer to realization.
What logo it should have?
C'mon, if that's the only complaint you have, you might as well just admit you can't come up with a better objection.
I think some of the haters might be happier living in Hungary or Indonesia.
PM me, I'll send you one-way tickets.
I am also glad to see EDEN forming in the East.
We will not always have the same objectives and goals, but I see a huge potential for coordinated effort once we get our ducks in a row.
Thanks for all the hard work you put into this, folks.
JBB
Hail FORTIS !
Why do we need an alliance again? Am I the only one who has noticed that since Atlantis fell nothing bad happened to the US?
I dont think this was the best choice personally.
Fortis + Eden = Former Alantis vs. PEACE. WWIII anyone?
JAJAJAJA!!!
Barack Obama lent me his jacket
<a href="http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/uk-fortis-speculation-851003/1/20" target="_blank">http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/uk-f[..]1/20</a>
Oops?
Failed PTO? Yesterday it was a success Why Ireland? Are they that strong?
Ally with Ireland? What will we do for wargames without them to kick around?
EDEN & Fortis = BFF!
Bring Germany into Fortis, imo.
So Fortis is at most 4 countries (UK is NOT in it) currently with only 1 military "powerhouse"...
Voted and Subscribed, very nice.
It would seem to me that FORTIS is being rushed out for some reason. Other nations have openly discussed and debated the alliance sense the idea was kicked around. Here in the USA, We have almost NO public discussion and then get an announcement "We're in FORTIS!".
I really think we are jumping the gun and are excluding alot of valuable nations who could help alot to stroke the Ego's of the power players at the upper eschelon of the US Government and Private Government (The powerplayers who despite being out of government, are still polled for their opinions on situations).
The eUSA needs friends, this is true. However FORTIS is NOT the answer. Neither is EDEN for that fact. We need a well thought out, universally agreed upon Alliance that values each member equally and isnt just a US Dominated alliance that favors only the US.
FAIL NAME
That logo is appalling.
lol
its Latin it must be serious business, honorable, and will definitely appeal to the legions of Americans who throw up Latin quotes whenever they can.
/agree with RobertaM
Ago porro quod prospicio FORTIS!
Im assuming that the dues payed will be albe to be held without cases of robbery, and who will our war games be with if we do this?
Great, just what we need, an American version of PEACE. *sarcasm*
Nothing but conflict usually comes out of these multination alliance groups.
The UK doesn't even want to be involved.
excellent idea go fortis
eNAU
oh god, my head is spinning!
lol
Viva Fortis!
Well:
UK dont want to be in Fortis.
Ireland didnt choose till today
Spain is in EDEN ( and in AHA which is a part/ally of Peace )
So the real alliance is between USA and Canada. All others are questionable as I see.
But its a milestone .
Ireland hasn't decided at all but I'm sure the arrogence of saying we have joined plus the rejection by the UK will not make it an easy to pass.
This is full of FAIL. So, is this a piss poor start to the HR administration or a complete disaster to end the Scrab administration?
GO FORTIS!! Can we make a better logo tough?
Viva Fortis!
sounds boring.
Um, I'm not sure if you guys have noticed, but we're at war with Ireland right now.
It's a war game, it's not for real.
with ireland? NEVER!
From what I've seen, Fortis is very faulty.
Spain has other alliegences along with Fortis, Ireland has next to no real power, Canada the same as Ireland, UK isn't even in Fortis.
I don't think this was set up properly at all, and quite possibly, it may be necessary to rethink, and recreate this.
"Why not stay neutral?"
When did the eUSA become neutral? Ever since the end of Atlantis the eUS military has fought for her old allies in foreign wars that are no direct concern of the eUSA (eg trying to stop Serbia recovering regions from Croatian occupation), and in anti-PEACE offensive operations such as those in the United Netherlands and most recently in France. These actions cannot be described as neutral.
Good stuff.