Draft TIDE text, per Nedea's Request (WIP)

Article 1:
The States Party undertake, as set forth in the Aventine Proclaimation, to settle any international dispute in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the World Forum.

Article 2:
The States Party undertake to contribute toward the further development of peaceful and friendly international relations by promoting conditions of stability and well-being within the international system of Enkon. They will seek to eliminate conflict in their international economic policies and will encourage economic collaboration between any or all of them.

Article 3:
In order more effectively to achieve the objectives of this Treaty, the States Party, separately and jointly, by means of continuous and effective self-help and mutual aid, undertake to maintain and develop their individual and collective capacity to resist armed attack. For the purposes of this undertaking, States Party shall provide logistical support, including, but not limited to, provision of and access to supply lines, access to military bases or other facilities, and the creation of joint-training facilities and programmes.

Article 4:
The States Party will consult together whenever, in the opinion of any of them, the territorial integrity, political independence or security of any of the member States or Protectorates is threatened.

Article 5:
The States Party agree that an armed attack against one or more of them shall be considered an attack against them all and consequently they agree that, if such an armed attack occurs, each of them, will assist the State or States Party so attacked by taking forthwith, individually and in concert with the other States Party, such action as it deems necessary, including the use of armed force, to restore and maintain the collective security of the States Party to this Treaty. Any such armed attack and all measures taken as a result thereof shall immediately be reported to the World Forum. Such measures shall be terminated when the World Forum has taken the measures necessary to restore and maintain international peace and security. For the purposes of this Article, an armed attack on a TIDE Protectorate shall likewise be considered an attack on all States Party to this Treaty.

Article 6:
For the purpose of Article 5, an armed attack on one or more of the States Party is deemed to include an armed attack on the sovereign territory of any of the TIDE member States or Protectorates or on the forces, vessels, or aircraft thereof, when in or over these territories or any other area in Enkon in which occupation forces of any of the States Party are stationed on the date when the Treaty entered into force, or are stationed in execution of resolutions enacted by the World Forum.

Article 7:
This collective defence arrangement does not affect, and shall not be interpreted as affecting in any way the rights and obligations, under the Aventine Proclaimation, of the States Party, or the primary responsibility of the World Forum for the maintenance of international peace and security.

Article 8:
The States Party as full members, and the States Party enjoying Protectorate status, agree to the exchange of products of the following intelligence operations:
- a) Collection of foreign communications traffic
- b) Acquisition of communication documents and equipment
- c) Acquisition of 'Organic' intelligence*
- d) Analysis and cryptanalysis of communications and 'Organic' intelligence*
- e) Decryption and translation of communications and 'Organic' intelligence*
- f) Acquisition of information regarding intelligence organizations, practices, procedures and equipment

*For the purposes of this Article, 'Organic Intelligence' shall refer to all products of overt and covert information gathering acquired by any person, regardless of race or species, acting as an intelligence officer on behalf of the Governments of any of the States Party to this Treaty.

Article 9:
Such exchange of intelligence products as provided under Article 8 shall be unrestricted on all intelligence work undertaken, except when specifically excluded at the request of State Party concerned and agreed by all other States Party being full members.

Article 10:
Throughout this Treaty, communications intelligence and human intelligence is understood to mean all intelligence gathered from the government, military force, political party or faction, department, agency or bureau of a foreign state, or of any person or persons acting, or purporting to act therefor, and of the communications of all aforementioned organizations and persons, and shall include all documents or communications which may contain information of military, political, or economic value. 'Foreign state' as used herein this Article is understood to include any country, whether or not its government is recognized by States Party to this Treaty, which is not itself party to this Treaty, either as a full member or as a Protectorate.

Article 11:
The States Party agree to the exchange information regarding the methods and techniques involved in the operations outlined in Article 8. Such exchange will be unrestricted on work undertaken, except that upon notification by States Party enjoying full membership that such information will be withheld by the when the special interests or intelligence operations of the withholding State Party so require. Such notification will include a description of information being withheld, sufficient in the opinion of the withholding State Party, to convey its significance. It is the intention of the States Party to to limit such exceptions to the absolute minimum.

Article 12:
For the purposes of economic cooperation, the States Party being full members agree to free trade between themselves, and undertake not to levy tariffs on imports from each other State Party, nor restrictions on investments made by each State Party into the trade, commerce and businesses of each other State Party. This Article shall not prejudice the rights of each State Party to ban the importation of goods deemed by their respective Governments as contraband, provided that such a ban on importation is universally applied to all such contraband, regardless of origin.

Article 13:
For the purposes of economic cooperation, the States Party being full members undertake to grant unrestricted entry and leave to remain within their respective territories to all citizens of the other States Party. This Article shall not prejudice the rights of the States Party to refuse entry to persons, and to deport said persons from their territories, on grounds of national security and crime prevention, provided such refusals or deportations on such grounds universally apply to all persons entering or being present in, the territory of a State Party.

Article 14:
For the purposes of collective wellbeing of the Citizens of the States Party, the States Party, both full members and protectorates, collectively undertake to provide consular services to all citizens of member States, both within the territories of the other member States, and within the territories of foreign States with which a State or States Party enjoy consular relations.

Article 15:
For the purposes of collective economic wellbeing, the States Party, both full members and protectorates, undertake to provide economic assistance to the other States Party in the event of natural or man-made disaster, infrastructural damage incurred during the course of warfare, and economic disaster threatening the solvency and security of a State Party.

Article 16:
Executive Authority and Supreme Command over TIDE shall vest in the Heads of State of the member States collectively, but in their absence, shall be exercised by a TIDE Council. The Council shall be comprised of one permanent representative from each member State, and all member States shall be required to appoint one representative to the Council. In the absence of their respective Head of State from a TIDE summit or other diplomatic event, the permanent representative shall serve in the place of their respective Head of State.

Article 17:
In the absence of a collective meeting of all Heads of State thereof, the States Party recognize the TIDE Council as exercising administrative authority and supreme command over the collective institutions and programmes which may be created in execution of this Treaty. For this purpose, each member State's permanent representative on the Council shall serve concurrently as a TIDE Commander.

Article 18:
In the absence of agreement between their respective Heads of State, and provided there are no objections by their respective Heads of State, the permanent represntatives, in their capacity as TIDE Commanders, may freely created joint regulatory bodies, intelligence organizations and defence programmes to bring into execution the provisions of this Treaty, and shall serve, concurrently with their respective Heads of State, as the repository for this Treaty.

Article 19:
The TIDE Council, TIDE Command, and all collective institutions created by the Council or by agreement between their respective Heads of State shall be headquartered in the city of Polograd, within the territory of the Way Sun Cooperation. TIDE Headquarters shall enjoy the same legal and diplomatic protections as afforded to the premises of diplomatic and consular missions under the Aventine Proclaimation, and senior personnel, including the TIDE Commanders, shall enjoy the same legal and diplomatic protections as afforded to diplomatic and consular officers under the Aventine Proclaimation.

Article 20:
Membership of TIDE shall extend to the following States as founding members:
a.) The Syndicated Corperations of Nedea
b.) The Way Sun Cooperation
c.) Nation M

Article 21:
Other States may petition to join TIDE, subject to the following requirements:
a.) Petitioning States must maintain a non-aggression stance with all TIDE members, preferably through a formal pact. In the absence of such a pact, accession to this Treaty shall constitute an undertaking of non-aggression.
b.) Petitioning States must adopt trade policies aligning with TIDE economic goals.
c.) Petitioning States must demonstrate a commitment to industrial and economic development compatible with TIDE objectives.
d.) Petitioning States must not, at the time of petition, be engaged in warfare with any other State, nor be at variance with, or otherwise in diplomatic dispute with, another State.

Article 22.
Current TIDE members will vote on all petitions made by other States under Article 21. All such votes shall require a two-thirds majority of all current member States for approval.

Article 23.
Upon accession to this Treaty, acceding States shall:
a.) Obtain the same mutual rights and incur the same mutual obligations, as provided for in this Treaty as all other States Party thereto.
b.) Contribute to TIDE funding and initiatives proportionally to their economic capacity.
c.) Appoint a permanent representative, pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of this Treaty.

Article 24.
Non-member States of TIDE may be invited to accede to this Treaty by a vote of the Heads of State of each TIDE member State, and for a vote to pass, it shall require the unanimous support of all such Heads of State. Invitation to accede to this Treaty shall negate any requirements of the invited State to petition for membership under Article 21.

Article 25:
From time to time, States not Party to this Treaty may petition for Protectorate status with TIDE. After approval from the current member States, which shall require the approval of two thirds of sitting TIDE Heads of State, the petitioning State shall become a TIDE protectorate, holding the following rights and obligations:
a.) Protectorates may not sign mutual defense pacts with States who are neither members, nor protectorates, of TIDE.
b.) Protectorates may not take any actions that would otherwise disrupt the harmony of TIDE.
c.) Protectorates undertake to provide logistical and intelligence support during conflicts as requested by TIDE.
d.) Protectorates shall have their independence guaranteed by TIDE. Any attack or hostile action against a TIDE protectorate will activate Article 5 of this treaty.
e.) Protectorates will receive industrial support from TIDE members to help expand their infrastructure.
f.) States petitioning for Protectorate Status must not, at the time of petition, be engaged in warfare with any other State, nor be at variance with, or otherwise in diplomatic dispute with, another State.

Article 26:
Protectorate Status shall end immediately upon the termination of the protection arrangement either by the withdrawal of the Protectorate from the protection arrangement or by the termination of protection by a two thirds majority of full TIDE member States.

Article 27: Dispute Resolution
Disputes between TIDE member States and Protectorates should be resolved exclusively through diplomatic negotiations within sixty days. If however no such resolution is forthcoming, the TIDE Council shall refer the dispute to a TIDE Arbitration Panel (TAP).

Article 28: Arbitration of Disputes
The TAP shall consist of one arbiter per member state, with a neutral chair selected by consensus. Decisions by the TAP shall be by a simple majority vote of arbiters, and shall be binding on the member States or Protectorates at variance. All such arbitration decisions must be implemented within ninety days, and all costs incurred by TIDE for the arbitration shall be defrayed equally by the aforesaid member States and Protectorates at variance.

Article 29: Annual Summits
The Heads of State of TIDE member States and Protectorates shall hold annual summits to review the implementation of this Treaty and the work of the TIDE Council. The location of the Summit shall rotate among the full member States, with the first TIDE Summit taking place in the City of Deonic, in the territory of the Way Sun Cooperation.

Article 30: Summit Agenda
The Annual Summit shall include the following agenda:
a.) Reports by each member State on their respective implementations of the Treaty;
b.) Reports by each Protectorate on their respective efforts to comply with their TIDE protectee obligations;
c.) A Report by the TIDE Council on its work and that of the collective institutions it has administrative authority over;
d.) Appeals from member States and Protectorates;
e.) Discussions on any proposed amendments to this Treaty, and on the creation of collective institutions, programmes and policies;
f.) The issue of a public statement detailing any amendments made to the Treaty, any decisions made at the Summit, and a reaffirmation of each member State's commitment to the TIDE alliance.

Article 31: Observer Status
At the invitation of a State Party being a full nember, a State not Party to this Treaty may be recognized as an Observer State of the institutions created by, or which may be created in pursuance of this Treaty. Observer States may attend TIDE Summits, and may receive reports by the TIDE Council. Observer Status shall be accorded to foreign States immediately upon invitation by a full member, and secondment by another full member. Observer Status shall terminate immediately upon the communication of either termination by the Observer State itself, or of objection by a simple majority of all States Party being full members.

Article 32: Treaty Termination
This Treaty does not have a termination date, but may be amended or terminated by unanimous consent of all full member States. Individual member States may however withdraw with one year’s notice, fulfilling all obligations during that period, and any member State, excluding the founding members, may, with the concurrence of two thirds of the membership, be expelled from the alliance.

Article 33: Treaty Ratification
With respect to the founding member States, this Treaty shall enter into legal force immediately upon ratification by all three founding member States. With respect to all other member States, this Treaty shall enter into legal force immediately upon ratification following accession. With respect to Protectorates, this Treaty shall enter into force immediately upon the grant of protectorate status by the TIDE Council.

The following States are Party to this Treaty, having ratified it in accordance with their respective constitutional procedures. They shall be listed in chronological order of membership, along with their respective date of ratification, and the name and title of their current Head of State:

The following persons currently serve as the TIDE Commanders and as the permanent representatives of their respective Heads of State. They shall be listed in chronological order of their respective State's membership, along with their respective State, and their TIDE Command title:

The following States are under the protection of TIDE and the member States thereof as Protectorates under Articles 25 and 26 of this Treaty. They shall be listed in chronological order of obtaining Protectorate status, along with their current Head of State and the date of their admission into TIDE protection.

In accordance with Articles 29 and 30 of this Treaty, the following annual TIDE Summits have taken place. They shall be listed in chronological order, along with the dates they took place, and the names of the host city and member State:

In accordance with Article 31 of this Treaty, the following States have been duly registered as Observer States of TIDE. They shall be listed in chronological order of having attained Observer Status, along with the date such status was granted, and the name of the current Head of State thereof: