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After a few discussions and some careful planning, the governments of the Benelux and Ireland have decided to fuse their militairy and coordination. This joint command will go under the name of NIBCOM (Netherlands-Ireland-Belgium command ; a loose referance to ABDACOM ).
The goal of this joint coordination is to have the available number of citizens for a coordination HQ to fully function. With these 2 nations cooperating, the strike-channels will be more active and there will be more capable commanders available to support this coordination and to watch over our battles and territories.
This militairy fusion will make both our nations stronger. As we now both have a larger direct army defending our regions, we will be significantly stronger in wars and it will decrease the interest of other powers to invade one of us.
The structure of the Command
The command will be lead by 3 commanders. These commanders will alter orders and will have the authority to command every state MU inside of NIBCOM and to make official suggestions to private ones.
The current commanders:
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F1Ferrari
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Kiecho (Gilano)
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Federico Rosenfeld
Every change of rules/powers/structure within the command will only be accepted when both the Benelux and Ireland agree, there is no majority vote.
There will yet come a discussion about possible state "supplies", and how and to who these could be distributed. NIBCOM will be launched first as an "experiment". We will look at how it works, and modify the structure if needed.
The strike-channel of NIBCOM will be #holland-strikes
All citizens from Ireland and the Benelux (Belgium and the Netherlands) are invited to join. The more people frequently check the strike-chan before hitting in a battle, the stronger we'll be and the more we can do as a Command.
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NIBCOM, an alliance?
NIBCOM is not an alliance, it's a pact. Just as in the real world, most nations are part of a series of international instantions and agreements like the EU, NATO, the UN etc. . This pact does not interfere with the militairy alliances.
The Benelux for example is part of MP. This means that they have an obligation towards them. Ireland however, is not part of MP, and has such not got any obligation towards them. Effectively, this will mean that the Irish and Benelux MU's will not always follow the exact same orders. Differend orders can be given to specific MU's. NIBCOM only makes sure that it watches and coordinates all of these battles.
This is a militairy union, not a political/diplomatic one. With the entrance to NIBCOM Ireland has not become pro-MP, but will remain neutral (the diplomatic status of Ireland is an intern discussion, and is not related to NIBCOM). However, to be able to function as a militairy union, we will have to try to tune our foreign affairs a little bit towards each other. It would be inefficiant and destructive would we both be part of opposing alliances.
Earlier signed treaties are still in charge and are still binding. The Benelux, as part of MP, has agreed with the terms of the alliance. Which means to defend each others cores. This pact does not avoid that rule.
NIBCOM is created so that we, as little nations, can make a difference. So that we can coordinate battles in the same way as larger nations can. Seperately, we're not that large. But combined we are a force to recognize, a force to fear!
While waiting for a new logo, we'll use this one in the meanwhile:
Sincerely,
Firo Prochainzo
MoFA of the Benelux
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