Pan-Gotic Union

As the aides collected the cards, they quickly counted them at the clerks tables at the head of the room. One came to Årnad and leaned in to whisper something.

Årnad stood.

"We have reached quorum. Andrenne shall be reinstated once their representative has informed the Union of its signing of the required treatises."
 
Frida Teigland leaned forward just a bit to speak into her mic and address the PGU caucus.

"Assembled PGU delegates. My country has watched with concern as increasing political instability has gripped the Republic of Callise in southern Craviter. Within the last twenty-four hours a leftist coalition of parties has seized power of that country's legislator and have forced through a new constitution. While Callise's governance is an internal matter the Kingdom of Prydania remains concerned that this could represent the first step in attempt by Callisean socialists to impose their will beyond their borders. Already they have attempted to freeze capital flight, efforts that have resulted in foreign economic assets and property being placed under the control of the socialist-dominated Callisean government. Given the history of Callise's revolutionary regimes on Craviter and the dominant party of their ruling socialist coalition's own stated dislike of our government, the Royal Prydanian Armed Forces have risen the National Service alert level and have mobilization along defensive lines. It is because of this that I, His Majesty's government's representative to this body, am asking for PGU forces to join us in watching the Callisean situation and to consider deploying to Craviter in the event that the revolutionary regime in Callise attempts to impose its will beyond its borders or against citizens and property not its own."
 
John Largan made his way slowly into the chamber, looking at all of the delegates around him. He himself had resigned just a few years before the PGU was founded, and he certainly would have put entry on the top of his list were he still the Forethane... still, applying in the first place as a major step for Esthursia, even if it was a little later than John would have preferred. Reaching the microphone, and clearing his throat, he decided to put his mind back on track.

Putting that minor grievance aside, he rifled through his notes, and then began.

"Good evening. I am John Largan, the reeve for international co-operation from across the Consence* in Esthursia, here to make known the application of my government to the Pan-Gotic Union. The Union of Esthursia is fundamentally a culturally Gotic nation and has been for a millennium now, and both its history and its present are closely and irrevocably intertwined with fellow Gotic nations and culture. Esthursia shares the PGU's core values of stability, unity, protection of human rights and the preservation of the rule of democratic law, and it will work tirelessly in conjunction with your nations here to maintain and safeguard those principles, and it is a proud signatory to the Savattenstad and Saintes accords. I'd be happy to respond to and answer any queries that any of you all have on the Esthursian nation or its application; furthermore, and importantly therewith, Esthursia and its government look forward to hopefully co-operating with you all for many years to come. Thank you." Standing back slightly, putting his hands behind his back and signalling that he had finished his introduction by taking a singular backwards step, awaiting response.


Consence: referring to the Consence Ocean, the Esthurs' name for the central ocean west of Esthursia separating it (and Auroria) from the western world
 
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Frida Teigland leaned forward ever so slightly into her mic.
"My fellow PGU delegates, the Kingdom of Prydania would like to voice its support for Esþursia's admittance. Their Gotic heritage, through our own kinship, is a historical reality. My government also wishes to add that Esþursia, beyond the ethnic considerations, embodies the values we in the PGU share and have worked to propagate."
 
Helevjsse Vremjnett, the Kalivese foreign secretary, entered into the chamber, her aides in tow.

"Greetings, honorable PGU Delegates. Kaliva has had a long and storied history, rooted in Gotic culture and heritage. Some of the first cultures to ever inhabit modern-day Kaliva were Gotics who migrated up north from what is now Xentheridia many millennia ago. Furthermore, the Kalivese Republic has had strong cultural and political ties to Prydania, a member of the Pan-Gotic Union, ever since the Viking Age. In 2022, the Kalivese Republic signed on as a founding member of the Menningarsamfélag Prydanski, or Prydanian Cultural Community. This shared history, along with our desire to increase international cooperation and assist in the promotion of a safer Eras is why I, Foreign Secretary Vremjnett, am here to officially submit an application for membership in the Pan-Gotic Union. Thank you for allowing me to speak today, and we will be eagerly awaiting your response."
 
I'm going to move this along as a mod.

Code:
[b]Nation:[/b]
[b]Admit Esþursia as a member?:[/b] < Aye | Nay | Abstain >

Code:
[b]Nation:[/b]
[b]Admit Kalivia as a member?:[/b] < Aye | Nay | Abstain >
 
Nation: Gotmark
Admit Esþursia as a member?: < Nay >

Nation: Gotmark
Admit Kalivia as a member?: < Nay >
 
Nation: The United Clans of Essalanea
Admit Esþursia as a member?: < Aye >

Nation: The United Clans of Essalanea
Admit Kalivia as a member?: < Aye >
 
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Nation: The Imperial Goyanean Federation
Admit Esþursia as a member?: < Nay >

Nation: The Imperial Goyanean Federation
Admit Kalivia as a member?: < Abstain >
 
Six nations voted in the designated period. That sets a threshold for approval for four. Esþursia did not receive four Aye votes, coming in at 3. Kalivia did come in with four votes though, and so Kalivia will be admitted into the PGU.
 
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